Chocolate martini at Ayza in Manhattan

Cocktails and chocolate in Midtown Manhattan. When I planned my trip to New York, I genuinely thought eight days would be enough time. After all, it wasn’t like I was visiting the city for the first time. I figured the TBEX travel bloggers conference would take two days, so that would leave six days to [...]

UN of food: Colombian and Uruguayan food in Queens

My culinary adventures in New York City continued in Queens. My Brooklyn-based host Mike was keen for a Queens outing so I met up with him after work and we caught the F train out to Jackson Heights. I had originally intended to go to Queens earlier in the day so I could visit some [...]

Cajun food in Staten Island – yes, really

The St George Parish Grill and Staten Island Museum. When I decided to visit all five boroughs of New York City on my recent trip, I didn’t have much of a plan for Staten Island. I knew I’d be staying in Brooklyn and making regular trips to Manhattan. The Bronx had the zoo and the [...]

Pearltrees lunch at Waterbar San Francisco

I’ve just got back from a lunch at Waterbar on Embarcadero in San Francisco with six other bloggers. We were hosted by Patrice Lamothe of a new social media company called Pearltrees. I greatly enjoyed the lunch and found the Pearltrees concept very interesting. Waterbar I eat out a lot but I rarely write about [...]

Driving Highway 1 in California: Pescadero and Duartes Tavern

Have an artichoke lunch at Duartes Tavern in Pescadero, a few hours south of San Francisco. This is the first in a series of posts about our road trip down California’s famous Highway 1. The stretch of Highway 1 immediately south of San Francisco, before you hit Santa Cruz, is pretty but not as spectacular [...]

Thai food at the Buddhist Temple in Berkeley

Could the Thai food at the Buddhist temple be Berkeley’s worst-kept secret? If the day I went is typical then I would say so – the place was rammed with people from all over the Bay Area. People weren’t just seated at the tables but spilling out on to the street and picnicking on the [...]

Best of the Web – Gooseberry Fool: Foodie links for 5 October

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback to my question about the format of this ‘best of the web’ feature. The polls will remain open until Wednesday but I have more or less decided what I want to do. This will be my last regular link love post in this format, though I may decide [...]

Best of the Web – Gooseberry Fool: Foodie links for 21 September

San Francisco is enjoying an Indian summer so we are dining al fresco as much as possible and enjoying all the wonderful fruit and vegetables. The nectarines and peaches are still in full swing and have been joined by lovely plums and heirloom tomatoes have really come into their own. With the warm weather, it’s [...]

Best of the Web – The Gooseberry Fool: Foodie links for 24 August

I can’t believe August is nearly over already! Ever since I arrived in San Francisco, I’ve been devouring summer fruits, especially white nectarines and peaches. I’ll be sad when peach season is over, but I have a cunning plan to extend it a little further. I bought an entire box of organic white peaches for [...]

Best of the Web – Gooseberry Fool: Foodie links for 10 August

Food and travel Vegetarian travel. Top 10 countries to be vegetarian in, according to Expatify. Maltese delicacy. Nanette, the self-styled Ms Gourmet of Gourmet Worrier, writes about ġbejniet – individual cheeselettes formed in little plastic baskets made from fresh goat or sheep milk. The picture of her little girl with a bag of ġbejniet is [...]

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