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Earlier this week, the Winter Fancy Food Show was in town, making its annual trek to San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
Presented by the Specialty Food Association, this major trade show brings together food exhibitors who try to connect with distributors to eventually get to their products in the hands of consumers. As a food blogger, […]
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The idea of visiting Patisserie Rotha can seem pretty intimidating, especially since the tiny bakery in Albany has gained a reputation of selling out quickly after doors open with lines starting early in the morning.
Since it opened last July, the French bakery on San Pablo Avenue (across from the Sprouts market complex) has been […]
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TOKYO
For the longest time, Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji Fish Market drew tourists far and wide to watch the live auction of fresh fish that’s shipped all over the world. Being a lover of food, I always dreamed of one day visiting the temple of quality seafood.
Then last year Tsukiji closed and re-opened in […]
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ST. HELENA, Calif.
When wine tasting in Napa Valley, it’s all about the wine (doh) and the experience. Over the years, wineries have created modern tasting rooms with a view, some filled with an art gallery, or increasingly a chef curated food pairing menu.
With all these tasting rooms vying for visitors, it takes […]
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I work in the Uptown area of Oakland, and for the last few weeks I’ve been noticing something happening in a space between a hair salon and pet day care center on Broadway. Turns out it was a new coffee cafe, but not just an ordinary cafe.
Restaurateur Kash Feng is pretty comfortable in San Francisco’s Design District in SOMA. I mean, that’s where he opened his first restaurant, the high-end Omakase. That was followed by the Japanese izakaya Okane and then the uber popular modern Chinese restaurant Dumpling Time.
Now in one swoop he’s added three additional properties on a block […]
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.
For me, the holidays are for catching up and … sweets! And somehow I’m always finding myself doing both in Mountain View.
Partly that’s because I meet up with my friend Denise, who lives in San Jose. And partly because Mountain View has some great patisseries, including the newest on the […]
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San Franciscans are no stranger to standing in line for tarts. Just look at the line outside Golden Gate Bakery on any weekend and you’ll know what I mean.
So it’s no surprise that people are lining up, this time a short distance down Grant from Chinatown to the lower level of the Westfield San […]
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This week was the annual Winter Fancy Food Show at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The massive trade show by the Specialty Food Association is overwhelming in sights and sounds and taste as you go through two arena-size exhibition halls to check out the latest in specialty foods.
This year […]
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I live in Oakland but I admit I haven’t spent much time in the Fruitvale neighborhood, a vibrant and historical area in central Oakland that’s known for its Mexican food trucks and Latin American restaurants.
In recent years, the neighborhood has been marred by a reputation for crime and police brutality. But like many places […]
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Much is happening in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood, and these days you have to be bigger and better.
That’s the route Farley’s East is going as it prepares to unveil its new expanded space at its Grand Avenue location, where it took over the space next door and doubled the size of its cafe. I was […]
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The popular ice cream shop Salt & Straw has brought its creative flavors to San Francisco, along with the notoriously long weekend lines.
Salt & Straw, known for its handmade ice cream and flavors such as honey lavender and salted honey marshmallow, has plans for two locations in the city. Two weekends ago, it opened […]
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Anyone who has visited Italy will always remember the sights and, of course, the gelato.
There’s something about Italian gelato, the rich and gooey texture and the often colorful and interesting flavors. It’s hard to find anything similar outside of Italy (although the gelato in Argentina, known as helado, comes pretty close).
Now I might […]
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The strip of 40th Street off Broadway continues to grow, and the same block that draws crowds regularly because of the mac and cheese restaurant Homeroom has now blossomed with a few novelty stores, including the boutique wine shop Oakland Yard.
Opened late last year by partners Daniel Schmidt and Jonathan Davis, the […]
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