Lefty Like Me

Day 11: Calling on Old Fromagy Friends.

Once again this year I asked my local providers if they could help provide me with some help in anyway.  I hope that giving both Acme and the Cheeseboard credit for their bread and cheese, respectively, as much as I can with my friends and fans continues to help these two great company/co-ops grow.

The Cheeseboard Collective is Berkeley’s special place to try a trouve of cheeses from near and far.  How can I not use their cheese when I have the luxury of a place so grand in choice and friendliness so close by?  You rock Cheeseboard.  Make you rock enough to say yes again to giving me a little love with the lumps……..of cheese.

Acme is a bread company that I only assume found its name because someone liked Roadrunner cartoons a lot as a kid.  Nevertheless, the bread is the closest I can find to reminding me of what it is like to eat a European loaf of any sorts.  I love Acme.  I bike far and wide and early and routinely for Acme.  I hope you still are up for the challenge of attempting destroy my competition again this year with your wonderful loafy powers.

I part you on a great secret fact and mini-story: Acme bread company in the ferry building serves sandwiches from like 11 – 2 (not positive of exact times) that WILL make you think you are in France having a little sandwich with thinly sliced ham, cornichons, and some wonderful butter.  All they are missing…..is the cheese…..which I only say for the overall cheese theme/lines going on….otherwise no way with that sandwich.  True story within this mini-story:  I was in line once excitedly telling a visiting friend what I was about to share with them when a real San Franciscan* turned around and proceeded to tell me that “No, they do not sell sandwiches here. (with great agony)”   Yes, I have been here only 3 years.  Also yes, I have learned a WHOLE lot about the wonderful things that make my first west coast experience a good one.   Good enough to bring my friend their and try the sandwich while visiting.  When I pointed to the little sign up indicating the sandwiches being served for the limited time of day, he was crushed, silent, and turned around.  Battle won.

*I base this off looks and the fact he implied he has been here since the dawn of Acme in the Ferry building and knows the rules like some Richard Alpert of Foodie Ferry Island.