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New month, new custard calendar. I checked on the way to the office and they had it up earlier than usual. I am so excited about gianduja (p...

I had two chicken tacos today at lunch.  They were filled with delicious well-flavored chicken, onions, cilantro and salsa verde.  (The taco...

I walked almost five thousand steps today at lunch.  The plan was to quickly pick up lunch.  That... didn't quite happen.   Although t...

I have mentioned before that I have a taco addiction . Tonight I ordered dinner from Film Center Cafe for the first time and saw as an ap...

I love ordering from Akdeniz , the Turkish place near my office. The food is great, they're close to the office and they're super q...

Since the free French food wasn't enough for lunch, I went over to the Hale and Hearty near work and picked up some soup. I was tryin...

Earlier this week, I heard that Air France was planning a promo to give away free food. I went for the Austrian Airlines promotion ; why ...

A few months ago, Crisp introduced their burger line.  I haven't been there in quite some time, so today's lunch was my first time t...

I was in the hospital for almost a week, and on Sunday night, finally felt recovered enough to go out for dinner. Although I had eaten some...

It's Pi Day and that means only one thing - everyone should eat pizza! We have a pizza delivery on the way but I was looking through la...

Today it rained. For hours. I didn't mind going out for lunch in the rain because it was a nice break, but not seeing the sun is reall...

I have a thing for Chinese sesame noodles. They remind me of when my grandparents would visit from Taiwan when I was younger. Now, I've ...

In Honokowai in West Maui, there is a farmers market which puts out free samples a few times per week. We stayed down the block from it on ...

Two years ago today, we arrived at one of our favorite places in the world - Maui - for the second time and the last planning trip before ou...

When I was younger, I used to think it would be fun to work as a grocery store checkout person. I'm a grocery store dork. I enjoyed th...

I love arepas. I tried my first real arepa about nine years ago over spring break in Miami. It was so good. So good that later, in law s...

A wrote a great post on Dafni and the salad he got for dinner. Guess what I got for dinner? Yes, the same salad. A and I had been looking ...

It's been a while since I posted (as usual), but I'll try to do better about this. M just seems so much more disciplined than I when...

Look what I found ! Well, I found it in a Serious Eats post , but anyway. Look familiar? Burgermeester ! We loved their burgers and wi...

According to IHOP, today is National Pancake Day. So, happy National Pancake Day! In honor of the holiday, I think it's time to finall...