I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Mine was very relaxing. I didn’t have to cook this year, but I did make Paula Deen’s Pumpkin Cheesecake.  It was a hit! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/pumpkin-cheesecake-recipe/index.html It was nice to have a few days off.  I spent a lot of time catching up on reading some of my favorite food blogs [...]

When I was a little girl, Saturdays were always “donut days”.  My brother and I would leap out of bed earlier than we would on school days, all because we wanted donuts from Winchell’s Donut House.  (www.winchells.com)  Winchell’s is an international doughnut company headquartered in California.  There was one located about a mile from my childhood home in San [...]

By now you all know how much I love Italian delis.   I adore Molinari’s in North Beach, San Francisco and go there every time I go home.  While living in Tampa, I have really only been to Castellano & Pizzo, which is conveniently located close to home.  (Read my post on Castellano & Pizzo http://myothercitybythebay.com/2010/04/22/thats-amore/ )  Friends have told me for [...]

Board games are an obsession of mine.  I have a wonderful collection filled with classics such as Scrabble, Clue, Candy Land, Risk  and Trivial Pursuit.  My collection also consists of  newer ones such as Zobmondo, Scene It? and Cowgirls Ride the Trail of Truth.   I have even created my own board game that I hope to release one [...]