A date night at Dopo in pictures…           Dopo 4293 Piedmont Ave Oakland, CA 94611

Since I’ve started working in the city, my lunch choices have increased dramatically and perhaps the most exciting part of my new-found food options are the food trucks in the vicinity. With all the hype surrounding Bacon Bacon Truck as San Francisco’s first bacon truck, I was excited and also a little skeptical about the [...]

Recently, some friends and I took a limo wine tour of Napa. It was a Home Run special where we had six hours of limo time for a discounted $375 (regularly $800). It was my third limo trip to Napa, but the first for many of my friends. We visited three wineries: Baldacci Vineyards, Frog’s [...]

Ushering America’s 235 birthday requires a weekend of overindulgence. I sit here in front of my computer 5 pounds heavier, but those were 5 pounds of deliciousness I would gladly relive again! Here are just some (yes, there was more!) of the amazing food we had this past weekend:

I love meat. My boyfriend loves meat. We eat meat so often that sometimes I forget how a simple vegetarian dish can be so good. But vegetables can pack as much flavor punch when combined with the right ingredients and honestly, we can all benefit from consuming a little less animal product. Quiches are my [...]

Growing up, we rarely ate out—maybe once or twice every six months. I grew up on home cooked Chinese meals, but surprisingly it wasn’t my mom that got me started with cooking. Sure, seeing her cook every night instilled in me the value of cooking at home, but it was my seventh grade home economics [...]