A compendium of places to buy, eat, and learn about chocolate and chocolate production in the Bay Area. Also see Bay Area Food, Bay Area Restaurants, and Bay Area Sightseeing posts. Feb 2024 KQED Bay Curious podcast on SF’s chocolate history. The featured chocolatiers are Socola and Formosa Chocolates. 2014/03/04: Per tablehopper, “Noted San Francisco…
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Bay Area Food
A compendium of places to buy, eat, and learn about food and food production in the Bay Area. Also see Bay Area Chocolate, Bay Area Restaurants, and Bay Area Sightseeing posts. Alameda / Oakland / Berkeley / Greater Alameda County Alameda County Foodie Tour Alameda Natural Grocery (organic food and healthcare), 1650 Park St, Alameda,…
Miscellaneous Adult Fiction
War and Its Aftermath Nine Stories Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger, though much less well-known today than Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, was quite popular at the time of its publication in 1953 – particularly the semi-autobiographical story “For Esme – with Love and Squalor”. This story was notable for its handling of recovery from…
Sci Fi and Fantasy
Books by George R.R. Martin Windhaven CNP couldn’t get into Windhaven, written by George R.R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle – though at 336 pages in hardback it is considerably shorter than Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice series. A Game of Thrones The graphic novel Volume 1 & 2 version of A Game of…
Manju Buns
Manjū – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In Volume 51 of the Japanese manga One Piece Luffy, Chopper, and Brooks consume mass quantities of the Sabaody version of the manju bun.
Bay Area Sightseeing
The Bay Area consists of the nine counties directly surrounding the San Francisco Bay – though technically Napa County touches the slough separated from the Bay proper by a strip of Solano County. See Northern CA Sightseeing for activities in the 39 counties outside of the Bay Area, Bay Area Restaurants for dining in the…
Teen Friendly Fiction
Finishing School Series Tofa Borregaard under the pen name Gail Carriger writes Regency romance, steampunk, and paranormal fiction. (See the discussion of her The Parasol Protectorate series in the Romance Novels post.) In the Finishing School series she adds a school setting and teenagers to the mix. This new series which starts in 1851 England…
Food in Fiction
Contemporary Lady of Magick by Sylvia Izzo Hunter Set in an alternate Regency England, Chapter 6 opens on the dessert course of a fancy dinner party. “Joanna prodded irritably at the spun-sugar cage of glazed profiteroles on her plate. What was the use of a dish which one could not eat without first attacking it…
Children’s Fiction
(Also see the posts Children’s Classics and All Ages Manga.) Jane Simmons Quack, Daisy, QUACK! is a colorful picture book with two big bonuses: ducks quacking and the Monet-ish pond and garden backdrops. (With the exception of the first and last pages, the book consists of two-page oil paintings.) The ducks themselves (featuring yellow duckling…
Food Media
Books Also see the Food in Fiction post and posts in the Nutriate Related category under Books, Nonfiction. Cuisine Exploration Food Lover’s Guide to the World published by Lonely Planet. With introductions by Mark Bittman and James Oseland. Dirt Candy: A Cookbook: Flavor-Forward Food from the Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant by Amanda Cohen,…