October 5, 2014
Le Parfait Paris
by Kirbie
Le Parfait Paris opened this weekend in downtown San Diego. The French-owned catering company has had its presence at farmer’s markets and a corporate office in the Mission Gorge area that is open to the public on...
September 29, 2014
Boudin SF
by Kirbie
Boudin SF just opened its newest San Diego branch in the Balboa Mesa complex (also home to the future 85ºC Bakery and Chicken Charlie’s). The bakery, originally from San Francisco, is known for their...
September 28, 2014
Weekend Things
by Kirbie
1. House Party We had a house party recently. We had such a good time hanging out with friends and the weather was perfect- sunny, not too hot, not too cold. I managed to snap a...
September 23, 2014
Whisknladle (Restaurant Week)
by Kirbie
San Diego Restaurant Week is back. Between September 21-26 (and some restaurants extend into a second week) select restaurants offer a a 2-course lunch (priced at $10, 15, 20) or a 3-course dinner (priced at $25,...
August 21, 2014
Afters Ice Cream
by Kirbie
We recently visited Afters Ice Cream, an ice cream joint in Fountain Valley that has become quite popular because of their “Milky Bun” a fresh donut stuffed with ice cream. The sign made it...
August 1, 2014
Press
by Kirbie
COOKBOOKS Author of 5-Minute Mug Cakes, featuring nearly 100 individual serving cakes that can be cooked in the microwave and ready in 5 minutes. Author of Dump Cakes from Scratch, featuring nearly 100 recipes where...
July 14, 2014
Wow Wow Waffle
by Kirbie
WOW WOW Waffle, with stands at various farmer’s markets in San Diego, recently set up a permanent space behind 30th Street Laundry. They specialize in sweet and savory liege waffles. Once you rear around...
July 7, 2014
Romesco
by Kirbie
Recently, we had dinner at Romesco with a few close friends. We’ve been wanting to return for awhile, having had such a good first impression earlier this year. This second time around, the meal...
June 20, 2014
Laduree
by Kirbie
Ladurée, along with Pierre Hermé, are the two most famous bakeries for macarons in France. There is much debate as to who makes the superior macaron. I am firmly in the Pierre Herme camp,...
May 30, 2014
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
by Kirbie
One of the best meals we’ve had this year was our visit to Dinner. While not as well known as Heston Blumenthal’s other restaurant, Fat Duck (a 3 Michelin star restaurant), I was more...
May 13, 2014
Cafe 21 Happy Hour
by Kirbie
The downtown location of Cafe21 recently relocated to their new space (formerly occupied by Croce’s). I wanted to go check it out, so we stopped by for their Happy Hour, which has 21 food...
March 24, 2014
Shrimp Three Ways with OXO
by Kirbie
I was recently lucky enough to be one of the bloggers selected to participate in OXO’s Shrimp Showdown. We were given some OXO shrimp related kitchen tools along with five pounds of glorious shrimp...
