On Location

One of my most cherished food-related activities is exploring travel destinations through their local cuisine and best locations to eat. On this page I’m posting my experiences and impressions, both locally in the SF Bay Area and elsewhere in the country/world. I’ll add more as I visit new places! 🙂

San Francisco
Pastry Crawl (Part 1)
San Francisco – Pastry Crawl (Part 2)
San Francisco – Pastry Crawl (Part 3)
San Francisco – Pastry Crawl (Part 3 ½ – TCHO Chocolate Factory)
San Francisco – Pastry Crawl (Part 4/Epilogue)

Cocoa Halva Sesame Hamantashen

Every year since I did 10 Days of Hamantashen in 2020, I keep telling myself some version of, “I don’t need to make a bunch of flavors this year”, or […]

Breads & Doughs

Cranberry Pecan Bread

Aside from turkey, on any given holiday table, my least favorite thing is very often the cranberry sauce. Perhaps I had one too many cloying canned versions as a kid, […]

Breads & Doughs

Cinnamon-Eggnog Scones with Blonde Chocolate

I must say that I love the lazy “holiday hangover” days between Christmas and New Year’s, when you don’t know what day it is without thinking about it for a […]

Cookies & Small Treats

Cannoli Sandwich Cookies

Happy 2023, friends! Do you have bright, colorful, nutrient-rich salads and soups on deck for January? ME TOO, and I am so excited about them. And alsoooo… I’m still baking. […]

Cookies & Small Treats

Earl Grey Shortbread Snowflakes with Blood Orange Glaze

We’re all still eating cookies, yes? This has been such […]

Cookies & Small Treats

Sicilian Cuccidati (Christmas Fruit & Nut Cookies)

As you might remember if you’ve been following this blog […]

Cookies & Small Treats

Latke Cookies

It is Day 6 of Chanukah 2022, and I have made precisely ZERO latkes so far during this holiday week. Eaten, yes; cooked, nope. I am planning to this weekend, […]

Chocolate

Double-Chocolate Peppermint Rice Crispy Treats

I’ve never been much of a peppermint person. With a couple of exceptions (here and here), it’s not a flavor that I generally gravitate towards in my baking or candy-eating. […]