Small food business partners Valerie Luu & Katie Kwan of Rice Paper Scissors, a pop-up cafe serving Vietnamese food located in San Francisco, share their vision: integrating their eastern culinary heritage with the trending western street food culture.
(via KQED’s Bay Area Bites blog)
Tea time just became play time with these whimsical infusers. You can collect them all in my Thinx Gifts Amazon store.
Craving cranberry-apricot scones? Get a recipe from Stephanie Hua in today’s BAB post.
What’s life been like for pastry dynamo Yigit Pura after winning the first season of Top Chef Desserts? Check out today’s BAB post from Mary Ladd.
The humble and homey bagel are having their moment in Oakland. Stephanie Rosenbaum blogs about two new spots that have recently opened in the East Bay.
Olympic Torch Cupcakes
“Vicky McDonald at Stasty has concocted these fun Olympic Torch Cupcakes, frosted lemon cupcakes baked in flat bottom ice cream cones. Each are topped with carmelized sugar “flames”.
Deep-Fried Gadgets: Artist Henry Hargreaves Deep-Fries (Fake) iPad, iPhone And More
“I didnt have deep enough pockets to get the real thing,” explained Hargreaves, adding, “nor did i care to find out what happens when a lithium battery is dunked in 400°F oil!”
“Officials said the light rail train was southbound and had the green light when the truck driver attempted to turn in front of the train.
The train crashed through the truck’s trailer, causing hundreds of cases of Mountain Dew to spill into the street .”
“These snow cones won’t melt. Nope. They’re not icy… but they are frosted.”
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More information at Lexicon of Sustainability.
So Jon Stewart was at our gala. And someone put this together. And we liked it.
Monday: writer Susan Orlean on the legendary dog Rin-Tin-Tin, star of stage and screen
Hulk SMASH!
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Hand vs. Head: The Cartoon Genius of Ronald Searle
The individual elements in this cover, from the slyly contented cat to the splendidly...
