Bikes & Buttermilk Biscuits
I love biscuits. I love them warm or cold, light or dense. I like them savory with melted cheese on top and bacon bits inside, or sweet with a slather of clotted cream and a…
Miami Massage Mishaps
Part 1 of 2 This is the first part of a two part series about two hilarious massages I received in South Florida on separate occasions. Read the second story here. I don’t know if…
New Orleans: the best beignets in town
I remember the first time I had a beignet. I was living in Los Angeles and working for a film producer who paid me $450 per week, which back then—was still bupkis! After paying my…
The Diary of a Pastry Chef
When I first met Chef Belinda Leong it was for this interview. It was a Friday morning at her Pacific Heights patisserie just off the corner of California and Divisadero Streets. I’d eaten there many…
My BF Wears Sweatpants in Public
Every year for Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) Jonathan and I fly back east to visit family and friends. It’s our annual pilgrimage to the mother country, which, for us, happens to be a…
Foraging our Way Through Panama City Part 1 of 2
Josh, one of my best friends from college, has been traveling to Panama City off and on for the past few years for work. This is the same friend who pretty much coached me out…
I asked about Beignets…Mom asked about his Genitals
At what age is someone allowed to completely smash through the proverbial cinder block wall of appropriateness? I mean, when is it forgivable to just throw away the filter and literally let unadulterated questions and…
Backyard Brunch in Forestville, CA
To know me is to know I have a healthy obsession with California wines. Sort of a love-hate relationship- I love wine and hate when I don’t have it! Fortunately, I live in San Francisco…