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Yesterday, I posted locally distilled spirits from St George Spirits in Alameda. A perfect accompaniment, especially if you plan on making cocktails, are the syrups from Small Hand Foods. In fact, when Genie from The Inadvertant Gardener was recomme (read full article)
Last weekend, while shopping for Gingerbread House candy at Draeger’s in Menlo Park, my daughter and I enjoyed several of the sample stations at the front of the store. Many were for the usual holiday products – special cheeses, fancy hor (read full article)
A few weeks ago, while touring Filoli and their Holiday Fair, I came across Shelley and her wonderful Chocolate Dipped Salted Caramels. Her Coconess is a brand new business, just started in 2009, right here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and as Shel (read full article)
The Menlo Park Farmer’s Market on Sundays is full of lovely local food, and today I met Heba from Happiness Within, my second feature of a 12 Days of Local Christmas series, highlighting local food purveyors, perfect for a locavore-minded holid (read full article)
For the next 12 days, I am going to highlight some of my favorite local food purveyors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some are new to me, some I have been visiting for years. And all have lovely gifts for the season and the locavore on your list. At (read full article)
After bringing home the Progressive Collapsible Salad Spinner, I wanted to know more about what was new from Progressive. Many of the kitchen tools and gadgets I have seen lately from this line seem to focus on storage and organization, making it eas (read full article)
In my post last week about my favorite Thanksgiving gadgets, I realized that I own quite a few Cuisipro and VacuVan kitchen tools. So, I contacted the public relations company for the two companies to find out what is new for the 2009 holidays. And t (read full article)
Oooh, Thanksgiving is right around the corner and already I am counting the days. Is it too early to contact Julie to find out what I can bring? Yeah, probably. But, I have been thinking, especially after Women’s World Magazine asked, about my (read full article)
It is that time of year, almost Halloween, and this week is a great week to Boo your neighbors. Not familiar with this tradition? Well, let me explain. “Booing” your neighbors and friends is a great way to build excitement for Halloween (read full article)
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