As the 7×7 “Eight Pastries To Add To Your Breakfast Bucket List” conquest continues, it is getting harder and harder to choose a favorite. I can usually convince myself that fruit scones are relatively healthy but the amount of brown butter cream cheese, fried dough and sticky-pecan-sauce-magic in this edition is pure gluttony. What I love about… Continue reading Pastry Tour of San Francisco Part II
Tag: San Francisco
Nopalito, I so badly want to like you.
I’ve learned my lesson. If I want Mexican food I need to find the tiniest joint with the largest health violation. That’s where the authentic food is hiding. That’s where the fat and flavor is. At the end of September my dear friend Alina came to visit. She is one of my favorite friends to… Continue reading Nopalito, I so badly want to like you.
Pastry Tour of San Francisco Part I
My mom and I have a shared love for scones. Always gravitating towards sweet verses savory on the breakfast menu it’s no surprise we choose scones or muffins over bagels with cream cheese. The first scone I have memory of us sharing was a Starbucks blueberry scone. These used to be round, smaller than the… Continue reading Pastry Tour of San Francisco Part I
A Thing for “itos”
I like any Spanish word ending in -ita. Chiquita, frutita, amorcita, mamacita…I could go on. Adding -ita to the end of a word basically makes it a smaller version of itself. Fruta = fruit. Frutita = little fruit. Make sense? The word frutita will always evoke flashbacks as I can vividly hear my Spanish Madre… Continue reading A Thing for “itos”