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Stone fruit upside down cake (at Rich Table)

Green farro with heirloom tomato, cipollini, and avocado (at Rich Table)

With all the carnage from gun violence in our country, it’s still almost impossible to believe that a mass shooting in a kindergarten class could happen. It has come to that. Not even kindergarteners learning their A,B,Cs are safe. We heard after Columbine that it was too soon to talk about gun laws. We heard it after Virginia Tech. After Tucson and Aurora and Oak Creek. And now we are hearing it again. For every day we wait, 34 more people are murdered with guns. Today, many of them were five-year olds. President Obama rightly sent his heartfelt condolences to the families in Newtown. But the country needs him to send a bill to Congress to fix this problem. Calling for ‘meaningful action’ is not enough. We need immediate action. We have heard all the rhetoric before. What we have not seen is leadership—not from the White House and not from Congress. That must end today. This is a national tragedy and it demands a national response. My deepest sympathies are with the families of all those affected, and my determination to stop this madness is stronger than ever.

Michael Bloomberg

We’re spending so much time worrying about terrorism from foreigners but we’re willing to let home-grown terrorism continue because gun ownership is a “right”. This country needs to wake up and make some progress on stopping this insanity.

(via maniacalrage)

Dessert (Taken with Instagram at Locanda)

Tonnarelli Cacio e Pepe (Taken with Instagram at Locanda)

Early Girl Tomatoes (Taken with Instagram at Locanda)

Sunday done right. (Taken with Instagram at Locanda)

California strawberries marinated in fig balsamic vinegar with Straus vanilla bean ice cream, basil, and amaretti. (Taken with Instagram at Pacific Heights)