Rachel's Rice Pudding, UK

Pudding.  One of my favorite desserts, as un-fancy as it is.  I just like the stuff, what can I say?  I like regular pudding, rice pudding, bread pudding, and of course the more sophisticated spins on them like panna cotta, crème brûlée, etc.  There is a reason these all have labels on my blog! And I'm not even talking about restaurant quality pudding, with additional garnishes and flourish.  I even like packaged pudding. Of course,...

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IT'S-IT Ice Cream

IT'S-IT.  The OTHER San Francisco treat. I don't know about you, but I hadn't ever heard of IT'S-IT, until I came to San Francisco.  Within about one week of arriving though, I knew IT'S-IT.  I rode past their factory alongside the 101 every day.  And, at that time, my office had a freezer stocked with IT'S-IT for me to enjoy, daily.  (I know, life was tough).  Somehow, I probably only ever had a handful of them back then, when...

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Dessert from Osha Thai

Randomly one day at work, my co-workers decided to go out to lunch, a rare occurrence, since our office serves amazing food, for free.  But sometimes it is nice to get out of the office, but I sadly had meetings, so there was no way I could join. Of course, they asked me for recommendations, and I suggested Osha Thai, not because it is amazing, but, it really is the only place nearby that I thought might be able to seat a group of 10+ without any reservation....

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IHOP, 2016

Another year, another couple sets of free pancakes: one for my birthday, and one for my anniversary of joining the IHOP Pancake Revolution. And, another year of loving IHOP. If you'd like, you may start with my reviews from 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 if you wish to read about a lot of pancakes. August 2016, Fisherman's Wharf Location I arrived around 10am, on a Saturday, at the location near Fisherman's Wharf.  The place was bumpin',...

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