About Me

Laurel Timms is the owner of Laurel’s Catering, a San Francisco-based catering and event planning company. She also contributes restaurant reviews to posthoc.com and sfstation.com.

Member Since

Apr 7, 2006

What is the next…

Purchase you’ll make?

A deep fryer or new deluxe Cuisinart...whichever is on sale.

Trend in design?

Everything old is new again—back to basics with a twist. Simple yet still elegant presentation, traditional food with new flavors, romantic approach but with softer colors and styles.

Car you’d like to own?

Ideally, one powered by natural resources; realistically, one with enough space to haul at least 3 chafing dishes and food for 60 hungry guests.

Big step you’d like to make?

Property ownership, be it business or private.

Fad that will fade?

The many varieties/brands of water: flavored, bubbly, vitamin-enriched, etc.

Vacation you’ll take?

To a Warmer clime...

Thing you’re going to fight for?

Money owed to me; raw cheeses and foie gras

Secret that’s going to leak?

Laurel’s Catering does weddings too!

Hollywood blockbuster going to be about?

A passionate Italian family running a restaurant in SF.

Life you’ll lead?

Domestic Goddess who writes a book about catering escapades

Fountain of youth?

Laughter, balancing work and play, and plenty of rest...

Book you’ll read?

America’s Test Kitchen

Thing that will change the world?

An energy alternative to oil which is clean and renewable.

Guilty-pleasure food in which you’ll indulge?

Straus’ vanilla ice cream with chunks of dark chocolate

Person to whom you’ll say, “I love you”?

Begins with ’M’...though, actions mean more to me than words...