food gal in Silicon Valley, CA
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Dark chocolate-coated meringues made by a bakery that helps train the homeless and mentally disabled.
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Two sisters join forces to create heavenly chocolates.
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These bodacious, bountiful cookies are tender, buttery, and tinged with citrus. It's sunshine on a plate.
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A sip of green for St. Patrick's Day. But will this particular brand of absinthe bring you the luck of the Irish?
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When life gives you extra ricotta, put dinner on the table with it in this easy-as-can-be penne dish.
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Ricotta makes this pound cake so moist and dreamy that even grown men go mad for it.
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Empress rice at the lovely Bong Su restaurant in San Francisco that is no more.
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Aged white cheddar is the essential ingredient in this macaroni and cheese originally created by a man who truly knows his cheese.
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Heston Blumentha's new-style bolognese contains some unusual ingredients. Fish sauce and ketchup, anyone?
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Chocolate Sour Cream Cupcake with Dulce De Leche Frosting. See how this treat from Teacake Bake Shop ranks.
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In memory of a man who loved beer, and wrote with passion about it.
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Full-fat, imported French yogurt in cute little ceramic jars is one of the great finds to be had at the new Gourmet Corner store.
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Sterling Truffle Bars offer a unique twist on your standard truffles.
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The easiest chocolate dessert you'll ever make -- Mocha Pots de Creme.
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Chocolates made with elegance and finesse from Luis Moro.
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An unusual trio of flavors -- cinnamon, raisins AND rosemary -- makes this focaccia unforgettable.
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Thirsty? Then head to San Francisco to enjoy a week-long celebration of craft beers.
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Call it jook or congee or rice porridge. Whatever you call it, it's true comfort.
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This dried fruit gets regular massages. We should all be so lucky! Taste the pampered hoshigaki -- Japanese dried persimmons.
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Forget regular flat pancakes. You'll flip over these round, filled Danish flapjacks.
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Take salt and lemons, and let them marry for three weeks. The result is wonderful preserved lemons.
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Meyer lemon marmalade with vanilla bean is like a taste of pure sunshine.
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Don't blanch. They're surprisingly tasty fried grasshoppers with guacamole at the new Mezcal restaurant.
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Amber India's head chef shares his life story, along with a tangy-spicy shrimp coconut curry recipe.
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Ho, ho, ho for gourmet Hostess-like cupcakes and other lavish little cakes from this amazing bakery.
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Ginger lovers will go mad for this simple persimmon salad that has a whole quarter cup of fresh ginger in it.
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Spicy, dark, warm gingerbread topped with caramelized apples and a fluff of kicky cider sabayon. It's Christmas dessert personified.
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The perfect spicy, chewy gingerbread cookie made even more over-the-top good with chunks of dark chocolate.
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Beautiful ornaments, aren't they? But did you know they're also edible?
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Want the ultimate chewy cookie? Take egg whites, sugar, and almond paste to create these addicting almond macaroons. Anyone who has ever had one begs me to make more.
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Nutty to indulge in cookies the day after Thanksgiving? Of course not. Not when you can enjoy crisp Sicilian pistachio bars.
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Sushi. Or is it? Actually, these sushi look-alikes are candies and cookies.
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Root beer in a cake? Why not, when it makes for this super moist chocolate frosted one?
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Who needs pumpkin pie? Not when you can have creamy, rich, nutty-tasting kabocha cheesecake instead.
