As featured in Bay Area Bites, February 4, 2009
One look at Socola Chocolatier’s whimsical mascot, a flying white alpaca named Harriet, and you just know that this won’t be your typical gourmet chocolate. No, Socola Chocolatier is anything but typical. The promising, Oakland-based enterprise is young, exciting, and full of modern day [...]

Farshid was in town this past week, and was unfortunately feeling a little under the weather. His delicate SoCal constitution just couldn’t handle the SF chill. So what the doctor ordered was some hot, soothing pho.
He hadn’t been to the Ferry Building yet, and I’ve been wanting to try The Slanted Door, so [...]

I woke up on Saturday to a gorgeous, sunny, 78 degree day…in November.  I guess this makes up for all that whining I did in July over chilly SF weather.  I promptly threw on a sundress and packed a bag for a picnic in the park!
As always, we wanted to go cheap, easy, and delicious.  [...]

When the sky is grey and the chilly fog rolls in off the bay, there is one thing that is guaranteed to make me feel better: a big fat bowl of hot phò steaming in my face.
After trolling Little Saigon in search of the perfect bowl of phò tai, I am excited to report that [...]