Tortilla Chips from Way Better Snacks

As you may have realized, I tend to munch on a lot of snacks, and chips in particular.  While I'm not normally all that interested in "healthy" chips, I somehow keep encountering the products made by Way Better Snacks.  They aren't "healthy" in the raw nutrition stats, but rather, are supposed to be better for you because "Way Better Snacks creates a unique blend of sprouted grains and seeds that are bursting with goodness and form a flavorful snack of...

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M.H. Bread & Butter

M.H. Bread & Butter is a small artisan bakery and cafe located up in San Anselmo.  I haven't ever been there, and I don't think you can find their goods anywhere in San Francisco, although they do distribute to a few places around Marin. I had never heard of M.H. Bread & Butter until I attended an event, and someone brought a few of their baked goods.  Never one to turn down a baked good, I tried them out, even though I had no expectations....

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I've missed you Alexander's!

If you have read my blog before, you are well aware that Alexander's Steakhouse is my favorite restaurant in San Francisco.  I love it so much that I even devoted a label on this blog to it.  Whenever someone asks me for a restaurant recommendation in San Francisco, I send them to Alexander's.  It is where I bring out of town visitors.  It is my goto for any special occasion.  It is even where I held my last large team dinner, in their private...

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L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Tokyo

On my recent business trip to Tokyo, I had only three free days, and I was determined to take full advantage of all of the amazing cuisine Tokyo has to offer - more Michelin stars than anywhere else, France included! On Saturday, we started with a fairly formal lunch at Tateru Yoshino, 2 Michelin stars, French.  As you read last week, it was good, but, didn't seem worthy of 2 stars.  That night, we moved on to dinner at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon,...

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Scones from Munchery

You've heard me rave about Munchery many times by now, so often that I have a label on this blog devoted to it.  But a quick recap: meal delivery service, curated group of chefs, well designed web site, delivery tracking, etc, etc. Munchery is open only for dinner, so I mainly use it to order entrees, like my absolute favorite meal so far, the stuffed shells from Chef Bridget Batson.  But, they often have breakfast items on the menu.  I was pretty...

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Righteously Raw Chocolates

Righteously Raw is a chocolate maker, that, as you would expect given the company name, makes all raw products.  The website is filled with buzzwords galore: certified organic, vegan, gluten-free, no refined sugar, low glycemic, anti-oxident rich, etc.  They use coconut sugar, agave, coconut nectar, dates, figs, and raisins as sweeteners, rather than cane sugar. I tried all three of their original varieties of their chocolate, which come as individual...

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