Chinese tamales in Chinatown, San Francisco

The Amazing Alemany Farmers' Market in SF

Holy Ravioli...

Just try to resist once you've seen the ravioli made fresh at Lucca's

Let the cavalcade of cuisine begin!

Gorgeous sushi at Moki's in San Francisco

Tidbits is going on holiday!

I will post more "foods and moods" from the road. Until then, here is one of my favorite books you can peruse. Buon appetito!

Remember when water was just water?

Estelle's Coffee - new and not a chain

Memorial Day Pizza? Yes!

Paper plate art at Fuel Pizza...



...and one perfectly themed for Memorial Day.

Mom got pizza, I just got the box

A story about milk (thanks, Kel!)

A little old lady from Wisconsin had worked in and around her family dairy farms since she was old enough to walk, with hours of hard work and little compensation.

When canned Carnation Milk became available in grocery stores in approximately the 1940s, she read an advertisement offering $5,000 for the best slogan. The producers wanted a rhyme beginning with "Carnation Milk is best of all."

She thought to herself, I know all about milk and dairy farms. I can do this! She sent in her entry, and several weeks later, a black limo pulled up in front of her house. A man got out and said, "Carnation LOVED your entry so much, we are here to award you $2,000 even though we will not be able to use it!"

And here it is...

What exhausted editors eat at the end of the week

Even celebs celebrate National Asparagus Month

"Lillian, these pickles are delicious!" - Vincent D'onofrio as Sam Deed, Happy Accidents, 2000

You know how you buy something sleek and see-through to impress your man...

...and when he leaves you, you just can't bear to look at it anymore, so you put it away until the day your heart has healed enough to open the closet door?

And there it is, waiting for you to reclaim it, that little see-through number you bought for that special someone?

Well, here is mine. We are ready for action once again!

Only eat oysters in a month with an "R" unless...

you eat this kind!

Coffee at Julia's

Where all the proceeds support Habitat for Humanity.

What's for dinner?

If this is you...



this is your dinner!

Portofino's ... Perfect!

Dinner at Sir Edmond Halley's

Hey, this isn't cat food!

After the show: the Penguin!

Swell Season in Atlanta...food for the soul...

...followed by food for the stomach!

Check out this cool barbecue book

Great Mother's Day gift idea

Make your own cook book. Check out epicurious.com or tastebook.com

Tomatoes and onions for sale at the Katy-did Antique Mall

When nothing else inspires...

The tiniest little chocolate bars

From New Tree Chocolates. Small, yes -- but with a big flavor!

88 China Bistro

Chung and Kim Lam, owners of 88 China Bistro, proudly display the fruits of their labor.

And who was Julia (of Julia's coffee)?

Julia’s Coffee Shop is named after one of Charlotte’s pioneering public servants, Julia Maulden. As the first volunteer executive director, she helped get Habitat for Humanity started in Charlotte. She not only worked on the first Charlotte Habitat home, she also brought Jimmy Carter to the Optimist Park Neighborhood for a fourteen house Build-a-Thon. Julia grew up poor in the segregated South, borrowing and working her way through Greensboro Women’s College during the Depression...

To read more about Julia go here: http://www.juliascoffee.org/Julia.html

In honor of Cinco de Mayo: Paletas! (Popsicles!)

Mexican popsicles from Paleteria la Potosina. Available in vanilla, coco, fresa, melón, limón - and my favorite: Spicy frutas, an addictive combination of mango, cucumber, pineapple, lime and hot chili peppers!

What happened today?

Nothing in my food journal, nothing on my calendar, so I must assume I cooked and ate nothing!

Sweets from Suarez Bakery

the cavalcade of carbs continues

Happy White Rabbits Day! (It's the first of each month in Britain)

Let's celebrate with some White Rabbit candy from Japan!