WARNING: If you don't live in the Silicon Valley Bay Area and you love food, you will be sad after reading this, so just skip it.

I can't believe I haven't mentioned Scream sorbet before (I did get them a shout-out in my Big Eat post, but it's about time they deserve their own).  I have been quietly feeding my addiction to Scream whenever I visit my ( Read more... )

As you can see, I'm really putting some effort into this 7x7 list.  I may not live in the city or get many chances to head up there, but I will not be deterred by those little setbacks.  When I found out a co-worker drives past Dynamo Donuts every day on the way in to work, I enlisted his help on a reconnaissance mission.   He brought me one of ( Read more... )

My husband had a meeting in the city this week, so I sent him on a mission to bring me back #49 from the 7x7 Big Eat list: Miette's Ginger Snaps.  Whenever we go to the Ferry Building, I am always drawn to Miette's booth, with its immaculate display of scrumptious-looking cupcakes and beautiful jewel-like macarons under glass cake domes.  I've ( Read more... )

In my last post, I talked about the 7x7 Big Eat article on the 100 things to try in SF before you die.  In retrospect, it was a little crazy to think I could try everything on that list, especially considering I haven't set foot in San Francisco since my post, but I'm still going to make a go of it.

Lo and behold, as if the heavens read my heart's ( Read more... )

I recently came across the 2010 Big Eat list, a list of 100 things to eat in San Francisco before you die.   I'm type-A, so putting anything in list form is going to pique my interest.  I'm a foodie, too, so a list of food will definitely get me hooked.  But 100 is a lot of things.  And I'm 35 miles outside the beautiful city of San Francisco.  And ( Read more... )

Yes, I still love frozen yogurt, but the onset of winter (always delayed in California, not the biting, paralyzing cold that the rest of the country gets, but still cold for us wimps who call wearing a hoodie over a t-shirt "winter layering") has dampened the craving.  However, we had a nice, if brisk, sunny day today, and I was feeling good, so I  ( Read more... )

...for their Candy Cane Joe-Joe's, which are essentially Oreo cookies with crushed peppermint candy in the creme filling.  The Trader Joe's version is made without any trans fats.  My husband opened the box last night, and a third of the box is already gone.

Get your box while they're here for the holidays.


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Remember frozen yogurt?  Vanilla, dutch-chocolate, strawberry, swirled into a creamy matterhorn of goodness and topped with cookie crumbs, Reeses pieces, or syrupy fruit segments.  Squint (or swallow fast) and you might be fooled into thinking it's soft-serve ice cream.

Well, frozen yogurt is making a comeback, but fro-yo 2.0 is not like its ( Read more... )

Our good friends and fellow foodies, the Andersons, invited us out for dinner at Pampas Palo Alto on Saturday.  Only two weeks old, Pampas PA is another fine choice for all you carnivores out there.  It is a Brazilian churrascaria, offering a wide variety of meats in a bold and manly fashion (i.e., sliced straight off a sword onto your plate).

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I've been on a blogging hiatus due to my nanny's month-long vacation, but I'm looking forward to having the time to let my mind wander again ( Read more... )