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Saying that I 'like' chocolate is very much an understatement if there ever was one. I eat chocolate every single day. Do you think I'm lying? Go ahea...

I've walked past the street-side tables and bright red sign of Farina in the Mission many a time. Over-hyped, over-priced and too hipster are all word...

Piccino, a small little cafe/pizzeria in the Potrero Hill/Dogpatch region of San Francisco, is my newest discovery--and quite the gem. I won't claim t...

My fiance, Matt, has done some pretty amazing things for me, but this Valentine's Day may have just about topped everything aside from his proposal....

And I'm back with lots of inspiration. Tonight, I visited my market and ideas were flying (I think this is a sign of recovery?) As a writer, I'm all t...

Hello there. I hope you had a lovely holiday. I sure did. I'm still in Ohio, where it is currently sixty some degrees. No snow. Some wind. Pretty unim...

December has, over the years, become one of my favorite months. Ever since I passed the school days and could no longer look forward to summer vacatio...

I have a go-to cake recipe that I make for a range of occasions. It comes from one of my go-to cookbooks by one of my go-to bloggers, Clotilde of Choc...

While it hasn't quite been a balmy summer here in San Francisco, that doesn't mean I can't cook like it is. After all, my market is filled with summer...