Taste It Presents Desserts

As you know by now, desserts, and baked goods in general, are pretty much my favorite things to review.  And by "review", you know I mean "eat".  For "research".  While I certainly love local small bakeries, for my group at work, we are required to order through foodservice distributors, so I've had my share of wholesale items.  Many taste like the freezers they come from, most are non-offensively average, and every once in a while...

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Swiss Airlines First Class Lounge, A Gates, Zurich

Um, wow.So that happened.  You can start with my post on my First Class flight from San Francisco to Zurich to understand how it is that I wound up in the First Class lounge at Zurich Airport.  Normally, before I travel, I do plentiful research.  I know what every lounge will have to offer, I have my lounge hoping plans all laid out.  But for this trip, I thought I was flying business class, which gave me access to only one lounge. ...

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Mixt

Mixt is small chain in the Bay Area (which you may also know as "Mixt Greens", their old name).  The concept is healthy salads, grain bowls, and plates, all very customizable, or, you can opt from their pre-designed dishes.  When you order at the store, your ingredients are tossed into a bowl, and mixed in front of you, hence the name (I think?).Mixt is the sister restaurant to Split (previously, Split Bread), a similar concept sandwich shop.  Both...

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