Category Archives: a place to eat

couscous with vegetables

Couscous is a marvelous dish when prepared properly. I don’t mean the kind of couscous you make by soaking it in hot water for ten minutes. I mean the kind of couscous you steam forever, smother in butter, steam forever … Continue reading

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are you well fed?

I certainly am! Check out my first post for Well Fed Network’s Well Fed on the Town.

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documenting all you can eat #3

Hanging out with your 3 and 5 year old nephew and niece while trying to prepare a Thanksgiving meal is exhausting. Ask me how I know. Tonight’s post will be minimalist in nature, as I’m about to pass out. Just … Continue reading

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documenting all you can eat #2

This post is day two of documenting all you can eat, a blogging event hosted by Sam of Becks and Posh. I spent the day at the de Young Museum with my family visiting from out of town. We had … Continue reading

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las palmeras: salvadoran food in the mission

Las Palmeras is our current favorite place to eat in San Francisco’s Mission district. Offering both Mexican and Salvadoran food, Las Palmeras is a simple, inexpensive restaurant. This is not the sort of place you go to for the decor, … Continue reading

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food destinations #3: my favorite chocolate shop

Allow me to introduce you to my dealer: Bittersweet Café, readers, readers, Bittersweet Café. Bittersweet is a chocolate shop and café in Oakland and San Francisco. It’s a cozy place to have a cup of coffee, or satiate your chocolate … Continue reading

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what to eat at the dallas airport

On my way back from New York, I found myself wandering around aimlessly during a stopover at the Dallas airport. It was one of those stopovers that is long enough to drive a person to boredom but not quite long … Continue reading

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more news from nyc

I must have some sort of weird magnetic aura that attracts Israeli Knesset members. The other day I walked right past Silvan Shalom—former Israeli Foreign Minister—in the crowded theater district after seeing “The History Boys.” It’s pretty common to spot … Continue reading

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stockholm: medieval tavern medeltidskrogen sjätte tunnan

Úlfr Grímsson lumbers into the dark, noisy tavern. He is famished from a long day of seafaring and battle, and thirsty for a good jug of mead. Úlfr wearily lugs his Viking gear and sack into the tavern’s back room, … Continue reading

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