I am so late to the game on this post, I’m almost too ashamed to post it. Damn you, Procrastination, damn you. I’m making a stand. No more staring at this in my “Draft” box and re-writing this on my “To-do” list every week – let’s get on with the [...]

Thank you to everyone who made it out to “Spooning With Strangers,” Lick My Spoon’s very first meet-up for food writers, professionals in the food/beverage industry, and foodies at large!
The goal of the event was to bring together SF’s rich community of passionate food-lovers. I hear there was a secret cuddle [...]

“I’m on this new diet. Well, I don’t eat anything and when I feel like I’m about to faint I eat a cube of cheese.”
– The Devil Wears Prada

Well, clearly I don’t subscribe to the eating habits touted in The Devil Wears Prada (unless you count that one scene where Adrian Grenier makes [...]

After coming dangerously close to death by chocolate at the NASFT Winter Fancy Food Show 2009 (life is good, ain’t it?), I was faced with the daunting challenge of selecting my favorite chocolates sampled from the dozens of amazing, artisanal, handcrafted, made with love morsels. But I’m hard core. I’ve done it. [...]

Today I attended the 34th Winter Fancy Food Show 2009 presented by The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) at Moscone Center, San Francisco. The three day show is the largest marketplace for specialty foods and beverages on the West Coast, with 250,000 products showcased by 1,250 exhibitors.
As I waded my way [...]