Even though it’s California, there’s special vibe that happens on our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy and Chinatown this time of year.  Maybe it’s the holiday season, maybe it’s the change of season, or maybe it’s something else.  The great thing is that vibe is coming from not just people who are …

When they are handmade from fresh potatoes that have a clean flavor and texture that the premade gnocchi can’t compare to.  Maybe it’s the time and care that it takes to make them or maybe it’s something about the texture that you only know if you’re making them by hand.  As I was enjoying them …

On our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy and Chinatown, we often get asked the question about whether organic food tastes any different than conventional food.  It’s an interesting question, one that may be subjective, in other words, it can change according to who one asks.  For myself, I think that I can …

The big question is what to do with it all.  We tend get imaginative at home, with everything from Turkey Vegetable Soup and Tukey Pot Pie to even Turkey enchiladas and fajitas.  It seems like we make all of this turkey, then spend the next couple weeks trying to figure out what to do it. …

On our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy and Chinatown, it’s been an easy weekend.  Between the storms in the other parts of the country to people being out shopping, there’s been a lot of things impacting us.  For me, that’s a great reason to make soup or stew.  Soup and stew are …

I’m not sure what it is, maybe it is part that it is a form of comfort food, maybe it’s the care and slowness that needed to make it or may be that it starts off very basic and yet can become the basis for any combination of food, from seafood, to vegetables, to meats …

It’s always interesting how everyone seems to celebrate Thanksgiving, however everyone adds their own little spin to it.   It not only changes according each neighborhood; it also changes according to everyone’s individual gathering.  At this time of year, everyone wants to get together with others and celebrate the holiday.  On our San Francisco Tours, we …

Maybe it’s all of the variety of books, maybe it’s  the feel of the place or maybe it’s something else.  For me, it’s the possibility of finding something unexpected. Something that I never even thought of.  On our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy and Chinatown, it’s the same possibility that makes it …

On our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy and Chinatown it’s always a curious question about what makes good cook.  Is it experience, is it the right equipment or it something else?  Being someone who likes to cook, I think it could be something else.  It could the willingness to try new things …

For many people, the question is whether you are a dog person or a cat person.   In San Francisco, it seems like most of us are dog people. That could that is accurate, or it seems that way because I’m a dog person.  The result is that we tend either indulge or overindulge our dogs.  …