Mediterra Bars

I've reviewed a lot of snack bars by now.  Many make claims of their nutrition benefits, show off that they are non-GMO, high protein, low glycemic, gluten-free, etc.  I usually read these materials, roll my eyes, think to myself, "another healthy nutrition bar, yay", try the products, and generally dislike them.  It takes a lot for me to do a second taste, or even find a snack bar company unique at this point. But ... Mediterra did indeed catch my...

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Funnel Cake, Santa Cruz Boardwalk

A walk along the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk is filled with an array of tempting, horrible-for-you, extremely overpriced, carnival fare.  Garlic fries or sweet potato fries.  Chips-on-a-stick with a DIY seasoning station!  Deep fried veggies, hot dogs, cheese, Oreos, Twinkies, even peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!  Caramel corn, or caramel apples.  Perfect looking soft serve cones with chocolate dip.  Dippin' Dots.  Even Dole...

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Waffling Leftovers: Lasagna

Well, this is a bit odd. I was looking through my blog archives, and discovered that I had an unpublished review about waffling lasagna.  I was confused, because, well, I had a memory of publishing a review about waffling lasagna, and it was a great success.  And this post was not really a strong success story. It turns out, I had the idea to waffle lasagna long ago.  I wrote it up, in January 2015.  It didn't work. And then, a year later, I...

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City Baking Co. @ Caffe Bianco

Caffe Bianco is a cafe in the Financial District in SF that I desperately want to like. It is a bit of a fixture on Sutter Street, located in a historic building, and has been in operation since the early 1980s.  It has elegant, old school decor.  You can tell the staff have been working there forever, the owner included, who is always around the front keeping an eye on things. But, the thing is?  They aren't very friendly.  It is not welcoming,...

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