“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” -Virginia Woolf

Nothing inspires romance like an evening of attention bestowed on your loved one in the form of sushi, chocolate, and champagne. ...

At any Super Bowl party, you know that only half the action happens on screen. The rest is provided by great friends and of course, some good eats. We spent our Super Bowl Sunday with Jay and Judy ...

Just as I was heading to Lucy Stern Theatre for an afternoon of Palo Alto Players’ ‘Rabbit Hole’, I suddenly had a desire for a hot latte to chase away some of the grey skies and drizzle that ...

A particular discussion involving avocado and iron chefs prompted me to have visions of sushi and I just had to dig up these photos I took of Hanaichi Sushi Bar, a place I discovered on a Sunday evening ...

While in Ottawa last week, we dropped by a Bridgehead coffeehouse in Westboro for some hot lattes after our workout at GoodLife Fitness. Bridgehead Coffee is exclusive to the Ottawa area and specializes in 100% fairly ...

I hope you and your family had a wonderful New Year’s eve to kick off the shiny new decade. Clint and I spent last night in the wonderful company of the O’s.

Chef Suzy O—, as usual laid out ...

Celebrating the New Year, I took my new apple peeler on a test drive.

Well, the first attempt ...

My usual ritual when I am in Ottawa, Canada for the holidays is to pick up 6 timbits from Tim Hortons to share with Clint after our morning workout at GoodLife Fitness everyday. I know, it ...

While shopping for salad ingredients at the local grocery store, I came across pints of these pretty and unusual looking fruit called “Physalis” or ground cherries from Colombia stacked in the middle of the produce section.

The plastic film ...

I stumbled upon Sushi Rock in San Francisco with an empty stomach and little time before we had to catch a play at a local theater. To be exact, I had about 30 minutes for dinner before we ...

Yesterday, I posted an entry on the fate of our Christmas turkey entitled “Holiday Eats: One turkey’s journey from oven to table“. As a follow on, Patterson, a reader and occasional contributor to StarkSilverCreek, sent in ...

A while back I discussed the wonders of chocolate shavings and edible gold flakes for dressing up a brownie ice cream cake recipe.

This recipe and technique was used again recently to create a beautiful sweet ending ...

There is a lot of pressure when you are the star of the dinner table. When it is a traditional Christmas dinner, the pressure of this coveted title goes to the friendly neighborhood turkey. (Okay, if you’ve ever ...