Gaslamp Popcorn Co

If you haven't noticed, I'm obsessed with popcorn.  Flavored, coated popcorn to be exact.  And, uh, usually, frozen popcorn (seriously, try it, it gets so crunchy!)  So when I was at an event with bags of a brand of popcorn I hadn't seen before, Gaslamp Popcorn, I gleefully grabbed some. I did my research afterwards.  Gaslamp turns out to be a California manufacturer, and they make 5 flavors of popcorn: the classics (salted, white cheddar,...

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Oren's Hummus Shop

Oren's Hummus is an institution in the Palo Alto area, starting as a little shop and farmer's market stand (by a techie who missed good hummus), and expanding into a very successful catering business, and now multiple restaurants. I've heard about Oren's for years, as everyone raves about it, but, Mediterranean food is really not my cuisine of choice so I never sought it out.  Then, about a year ago, a friend of mine catered an event with Oren's and I was blown...

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Restaurante Largo, Lisbon

Lisbon.  Not exactly known for food (besides Pastéis de Belém, which, is actually totally worth the hype).  Group dining.  Also not generally known for the food.  But I was in Lisbon, and with a big group for a conference, so I did my research, and generated a list of places worth trying, ready to be consulted as needed. My first night in Lisbon I was stuck in conference calls from my hotel room, and wasn't able to venture out, but the second...

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Kin Khao

I've often lamented that San Francisco does not have very good Thai cuisine.  There is plenty of "ok" Thai food, but I have never found a place that I actually would be excited to go back to.  I have felt that way since I first moved to the city, but, after spending time in Sydney with excellent Thai food, that feeling has grown even stronger.  I've kinda given up on That food in San Francisco. And then I heard about Kin Khao.  It opened in 2014,...

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