Golden Osetra caviar perfected Big Eye Tuna atop fresh bergamot and a froth of green apple.
Its black leaves are suffused with caramel, vanilla and an enigmatic citrus note, bergamot.
New, smaller art hubs, from Santa Monica's gallery enclave Bergamot Station to Los Feliz, are bustling.
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At the Blue Bottle Coffee locations in San Francisco and Oakland, the current seasonal fruit buckle features none other than bergamot under its crumble topping.
And they aren't the only ones showcasing bergamot at its peak.
For a crash course in bergamot history, I turned to Kevin West of the blog and book "Saving the Season, " to be published by Knopf in June.
And, back at Bien Cuit in New York, baker and co-owner Zachary Golper has introduced an orange-bergamot tart with a delicate pastry shell lined in rosemary-chocolate ganache.
Where else but San Francisco would an underground gourmet produce market become the destination for the downtown demimonde to purchase kombucha and bergamot marmalade on their weekend nights?
It has the texture of a slightly melted Cadbury Creme Egg, with a shell made of crumbled cookies instead of chocolate and filled with refreshing lemon-bergamot sorbet instead of oozing sugar.
Ohana Gingergrass Bamboo Scrub, from the line Red Flower, may not be pretty (overlook its resemblance to dirt) but the crushed bamboo is both gentle and effective in sloughing off dead skin, while the ginger and bergamot work to increase circulation.
While her Chez Pim bergamot marmalade is already sold out for the season, fellow Bay Area jam makers June Taylor (junetaylorjams.com) and Rachel Saunders (bluechairfruit.com) have preserved the citrus of the moment in limited batches that are still available for purchase and certainly live up to Ms. Techamuanvivit's promise.
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