BUON TEMPO CLUB

 

I am a card carrying member of the Buon Temo Club. This is an Italian Social Club who hosts dinners twice a month in Castro Valley California. I do need to make a disclamer that I am not Italian. I do really enjoy the dinners though. Once a year the Buon Tempo host a free Anniversary diner for members only. Prime rib was the entre and this cut of beef will go down in the food memory books.

   This particular cut seemed to fill the gold standard for prime rib. It was cooked to a perfect, let me repeat perfect medium rare. It was sliced almosst 1 1/4 in thick. It had the most succulent crust you could ever imangine. The crust had spices, maybe a little rosemary and was crunchy/caramilized in spots. There was a slight sweetness from the crust that made me savor every bite of this cut of meat. All I can say is Wow!

STRAWBERRY POP-TART DOUGHNUT

 

Krispy Kreme has a strawberry pop-tart doughnut for sale. Life does not get any better.

HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY

 

It was not actually Steve Kirby's 100 birthday. It was more in the mid 70's but Steve said he would probably never get to celebrate a 100th birthday so he was going to throw himself a 100th party anyway. The party was held at the Galileo Italian Club. I just wanted to share a few images of the food because it was impressive. Happy Birthday Steve Kirby.

FIRST PIE 2025

 The first pie of 2025 is a spiritual renewal of life. I do like pie.

PAUL'S FRUITCAKE CORNER REVIEW

 

Welcome to Paul’s Fruitcake Corner. Here at the corner we try fruitcakes so you do not have to.

What a tasty journey. Some readers ask do you eat all of these fruitcakes. YES. Please understand that my folly began right after Christmas 2023. Some fruitcakes are seasonal and start to come out as early as October. I do pay for all of my cakes and do not represent any company. I have listed 16 cakes which I reviewed this year. This was not a contest but I do have them listed by my preferences with a few word summaries. It seemed to me the better cakes had the short ingredient list without added preservatives. I found a lot of these cakes through Google searches and some by recommendations by readers. I am not sure what I have in store for 2025 but I do have some fruitcakes that did not make this year’s list which I will share later. I hope you enjoyed my journey, Thankyou

• Dominican Sisters of San Jose…….local & well balanced

• New Calmaldoli Hermitage……sticky dates………

• Swiss Pantry……..nutty

• Anna Mary……nutty

• College of Ozarks….traditional

• Robert Lampert……..expensive & boozy

• Frogtown………coconut and very sweet

• Gethsenami Trappist Bourbon………….bourbon

• Monestary……… crumby in a good way

• Norsland Lefse………chewy and modest ingredients

• Vegan………..pleasantly moist but possibly pretentious 

• Lehmans……….refrigerated and blocky

• Gladys………..cakelike….do not read ingredient list

• Wolferman……..nostalgic flavors

• Trappist Abbey or Lady Guadalupe…………slightly dry

• Frank’s…………..raisins and foreign objects