Dining Detectives – 2012 Fancy Food Show
The 37th NASFT Winter Fancy Food Show www.FancyFoodShows.com once again filled the Moscone Center in San Francisco. There were more than 1,300 companies from 35...
Dining Detectives: Skool Restaurant and Bar – San Francisco
Skool Restaurant and Bar is now almost two years old and has been a favorite of ours since it opened. We just learned that Restaurateur Andy Mirabell and Executive...
An insight into the history of Feasts, Fasts, Famines & Fads!
Dr. Myrna Tonkinson of the School of Social and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia parted the curtains (I was going to write “kimono”)...
Dining Detectives: Tavola Italian Kitchen – Novato
We love Italian Cuisine and are continually amazed that there are so many unique offerings at Italian Restaurants in The Bay Area. We had heard that East Coast...
Dining Detectives: Castagna Restaurant – San Francisco
San Francisco has always been a City people from around the world come to visit and many inevitably decide to make their home. The City’s captivating style...
Dining Detectives: Dobbs Ferry Restaurant – San Francisco
San Francisco has wonderful neighborhoods for dining and shopping. We always enjoy Hayes Valley as there are quite a few quality “Specialty” stores and some...
Sweet Sally’s Hanukkah Treats
My father’s Jewish but my mother is not, so growing up, I never really got into the religious aspects. I did, however, get to enjoy a lot of wonderful Jewish...
Dining Detectives: Origen Restaurant – Berkeley
Origen is a new Berkeley restaurant on Telegraph Avenue not far from Ashby. It has a Farm to Fork Mission bringing what is fresh in the markets daily… to...
Dining Detectives: Flavor! Napa Valley – A Celebration of Food and Wine
We were pleased to attend the first annual Flavor Napa Valley Food and Wine event at the Culinary Institute of America in Saint Helena. The Greystone Building,...
Dining Detectives: Mua Restaurant-Oakland
We knew about a hip, trendy restaurant just off of Oakland’s Broadway Auto Row called Mua but had never had a chance to go. A recent tweet from @1skinnychef alerted...