Fatted Calf’s Sugo Di Carne with 16 oz of fancy ‘maters. I’ve pretty much stopped making my own sketti red sauce since Fatted Calf came to town. The Sugo is that good. We always and I mean, always have some on hand.
This is not a good week to be on a meatless diet. The title says pretty much all you need to know. This is a special week, don’t miss it. The Basque sausage coils are sportin’ piment d’Espelette and garlic and wine. Yup, that’s Basque alright. The pork crepinettes got greens, lemon and pinenuts. Oh man, citrus and pork? A match made in heaven pally boy. Between the crepinettes and the salumi selection, I’m about ready to keel over. Make Biggles proud and make your way in to Berkeley Saturday morning, your reward will be great. I’m sure the veggies and fruit will also be fine. You’ll go for the cherries, you’ll be stayin’ for the meat.
Xo Xo

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It’s time for a party, don’t you think? I just get the urge, every few weeks or so, to share my food and my house and my bad jokes with some people I like. It doesn’t have to be a lot of people, but sharing all your stuff is fun, and people seem to like it. The weather has been funky, but Team Fatted Calf is betting it is going to be a beautiful weekend. Throwing a party can be tough, especially if, like us, you work hard, hard, hard all week long, you don’t have a ton of time to shop and plan, and, darn it all, you want everything to be perfect from the food to the tunes to the fun. Here’s what we suggest: Take a trip to the Farmer’s Market. Start with produce; you know the drill- then, a couple of loaves of bread, some berries or cherries for piling high in big bowls, and it looks like you’ve worked your way down to the Fatted Calf end of things. You might be surprised that we say this, (ha!) but sausages are really perfect for any kind of entertaining. And, we just happen to have the party sausage to end all party sausages: Basque Sausage Coils. This is the perfect thing for feeding a crowd, be it a crowd of six or sixteen (or, multiply accordingly). It is one magical, big long, skinny sausage, coiled round and round and secured with skewers, for grilling ease and majorly cool looks. Speaking of looks, here is a similarly coiled sausage from a Fatted Calf Event from last year:
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Cool, no? These babies will come in different sizes, and are made of pork seasoned with lots of garlic and wine, and Piment d’Espelette, how Basque. Party on.
Note: The Fatted Calf will not be making appearances at the Tuesday Berkeley Market, at least not as long as stone fruit season is upon us. Our Saturday BFM schedule stays the same.
SPECIAL
Lamb Brochettes
Basque Sausage Coils- like the ones we had at the anniversary party but with Piment d’Espelette and lots of garlic and wine. They’ll be skinny and of various sizes. Easy to feed a crowd!
Sausage
Pork Crepinettes with Greens, Lemon and Pinenuts
Merguez
Calabrese
Sweet Italian
Toulouse
Mexican Style Chorizo
Breakfast Sausage
Bordelaise Pates
Confits & Terrines
Pate Maison
Guinea Hen Terrine
Duck Confit
Duck Rillettes
Rabbit Rillettes
Salumi
Fegatelli
Mortadella
Finocchiona
Pancetta
Spanish
Style Chorizo
Other Meaty Goods
Bacon
Duck Demi
Glace de Viande
Sugo di Carne