664196 Mon Nov 02 14:11:26 -0800 2009 6 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 5150157 Someone on another SF list I read asks this question which I think is better suited for this crowd: "I love quinces and the season is short. They are so unusual that I find it hard to find any restaurants serving this great fruit. Anyway, apart from the obvious restaurant Quince, do you know of any restaurants in the Bay area that have quince on the menu these days?" Mon Nov 02 14:11:26 -0800 2009 261092 BernalKC 1 5150281 I haven't been getting out enough to find quince on menus, but Coke Farms has had quince the past couple of weeks at the Palo Alto Saturday famer's market. They also sell at Menlo on Sundays. Nice big yellow fruit, not fuzzy. I cooked one batch of quince paste and am going to try another this afternoon. If you follow in my footsteps and use the Chez Panisse Fruit cookbook, know that it takes a long long time to reduce them to a proper thickness. It's not mentioned in the recipe. Delicious enough to be worth trying though. Mon Nov 02 14:56:10 -0800 2009 5150157 22505 YSZ 1 5150332 At Camino in Oakland I had a great main course of grilled duck breast and leg braised with quince and turnips three weeks ago, but the menu changes daily. Mon Nov 02 15:14:05 -0800 2009 5150157 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 5150355 Etoile at Domaine Chandon in Yountville seems big on quince right now. Their online menu isn't updated, but in addition to the brunch/lunch dishes I mentioned ... quince and carmelized tart ... quince tatin ... a few other lunch dishes had quince. I imagine dinner would have some quince dishes as well. Mon Nov 02 15:26:56 -0800 2009 5150157 10264 rworange 1 5157874 I had a quince crepe dessert at Aziza a couple weeks ago Thu Nov 05 07:52:26 -0800 2009 5150157 17284 Sharon S. 2 5159226 Yes delicious and it comes with apple fritters, or little donut orbs the size of marbles with a piece of diced apple inside. The crepe with quince inside is wrapped up like a little purse, delish! It may be for dessert, but you'll definitely enjoy the rest of your meal too. Thu Nov 05 14:55:34 -0800 2009 5157874 63444 groover808 1 5159558 had a delicious quince crumb donut at dynamo last saturday: $3. best to check their twitter before heading over there, since they change it up everyday: http://twitter.com/dynamodonut. Thu Nov 05 17:03:50 -0800 2009 5150157 322695 52X