Berkshire Bark Chocolate

Once, when flying out of Logan Airport in Boston, I found a cute little, ridiculously overpriced, market with local artisanal goods: Berkshire Farms Market.  If you've flown out of Terminal 2 at SFO, you'd recognize the model, just like our Napa Farms Market. Anyway, while I was there, I couldn't resist picking up some chocolate.  It has been a while since I have reviewed chocolate, mostly because I just haven't been trying anything new, so, a chance to...

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Group Dining at La Mar Cebicheria Peruana

Back in 2013 I went through a phase of wanting to find good Peruvian food in SF.  I hit all the standard places: Limón (decent, not amazing), Destino (hated it) and of course, La Mar (mostly meh).  I love yucca fries, taro chips, plantain chips, tasty sauces, etc, and I was determined to find somewhere I really liked, but, eventually gave up, and haven't had all that much Peruvian food since.A few years ago, I had a work happy hour again at La Mar,...

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Zum Dürnbräu, Munich

Update Review, May 2022It was the last night in Munich for two of my fellow travelers.  The entire trip, I kept talking about kaiserschmarren.  Raving about it.  And yet, it somehow never became our priority to seek it out (granted, we kept winding up at big group dinners we didn't select, and it wasn't on the menu).  So their final night in town, after a mediocre carb heavy Italian meal nearby at Tavernetta, rather than staying for traditional...

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