Back to Berkeley

Berkeley, March 5, 2011—

DEDICATED MERCEHEADS THAT WE are, we're back in Berkeley. Not before lunching at home, though, on the remains of the pizza L. had yesterday for lunch.

I took pains to remove from each wedge the melted-down ball of ricotta that had been added to the pizza when served — cold ricotta, spooned atop the then-hot pizza — before L. slid it into the toaster-oven. Properly darkened and innocent of cognitive dissonance, it was okay — with a nice green salad, bien entendu.

Dinner? Back at Zellerbach Auditorium: a roast-beef sandwich, small green salad on the side. Nothing to write home about.

“Old Vines Red,” Marietta Cellars, unknown vintage

• Adagia @ Zellerbach, Zellerbach Auditorium, UC Berkeley