Nestle Coffee Crisp: Seeking the Elusive Chocolate Bar in Silicon Valley
Friends visiting from Canada gifted us with an abundance of Coffee Crisp candy bars. It was fantastic! I had an Ebenezer Scooge moment – counting my Coffee Crisp candy bars […]
Category Archives: Good Eats
French Macarons: Fabulous, Delicious and Stylish
In recent years, French macarons have taken the dessert world by storm with designer macarons dessert houses to pop-up macarons kiosks satisfying insatiable and sudden macaron cravings. It’s hard to […]
Fast Food: Not Your Usual Suspects
Fast food nowadays is synonymous with unhealthy, caloric, trans fat and quick takeout food. By definition, however, fast food is “food that can be prepared quickly and easily and is […]
All Day Breakfast At McDonald’s
I confess: McDonald’s breakfast is my junk food weakness. More specifically, their Egg McMuffin with a side hash brown. Their hash brown with ketchup to dip is a must for […]
Bordeaux: Release the Wines
Each fall, around the end of September or early October, marks the annual Bordeaux release at most BC Liquor Stores (particularly Signature BC Liquor Store locations). It is a month-long […]
Local Gastronomy and Food Culture Magazines
One of the hardest things about moving from the food mecca of Vancouver, BC was leaving its vibrant food and restaurant scene. Although it has taken awhile to find our […]
Seafood Shopping
One of the hardest finds while living in Canada and when we moved down to the States has been a good, fresh seafood shop. It took a bit of searching […]
Morning Tea, Afternoon Tea, Night Time Tea
From Wikipedia’s page on Red Rose Tea: “[Red Rose Tea] is considered an iconic part of Canadian culture and many Canadians have a strong emotional attachment to the brand.” This […]
National Wine Day
The secret to enjoying a good wine: 1. Open the bottle to allow it to breathe. 2. If it doesn’t look like it’s breathing, give it mouth-to-mouth. The province of […]
Craving Korean Cuisine
I crave Korean cuisine every so often – from the delicious sweet grilled taste of Korean barbecue short ribs (galbi), piping hot tofu stew in stone bowls (soondubu jjigae) to […]
Silicon Valley Loonies 