This was our nosh trail on the way to the Los Altos Arts Festival: Esther’s German Bakery & Cafe was adorable: pretty wall colors, display cases, curtains, lampshades, cute kids' play area, and seductive smells greeted us at...

I’m planning to send a care package to a cousin stationed in Iraq, and want it to be homemade. So far, I’ve sent him trail mixes, fruit candies, etc., that I knew wouldn’t melt. However, I thought this time I...

, with great crumb. The bread was so much better than Molenberg (one of the better supermarket loaves) it wasn’t funny. Tasty, light interior, but what stood out was the seed-encrusted, firm yet flexible crust. In an...

, but they have vanished after the bi-pass was built. Harry’s cafe de wheels also rates a mention – not necessarily the best in pie quality(although acceptable), but definitely a must-do experience on the pie trail.

included walnuts and honey with cinnamon, crushed peanut butter malt balls, Trader Joe’s raspberry/ chocolate chip trail mix, and fresh strawberries and brown sugar. Honey does not seem to stand up very well to the...

Homemade granola might also be a good call...you can eat out of hand or as cereal in the morning. Remembering the care packages that friends received, the most important thing is to pack well....I remember many friends getting...

in the green and pink neon glow of “The Original Pizzeria Regina”. Inside while waiting for your pizza the hum of conversation in the cramped place, the smell of pies as they come from the oven and float out to tables...

only salted them once until I found out by trail and error I didn’t need to salt them.

! Think dried – fruits, tomatoes, potato, rice, crumbs, etc. think small pouch- soup, tuna, ...Small fresh – like green beans and carrots, 1 zucchini, small onion. Banana chips- great in the oatmeal or dipped in...

Use it in a homemade trail mix with unsalted peanuts, walnuts, almonds, raisins, and dried cranberries. We always have some at my house – it’s a great nutritious snack.

a trail of ribbons when lifting the whisk. But here’s the problem. The recipe calls for flour and cocoa to be sifted and once the eggs are done to be added and folded in. Of course the recipe says not to overwork the batter....

as an excellent tiramisu. Never had a bad dessert here, but know it’s more about doing the basics well, as opposed to blazing a trail. The eggplant parm is, again, a real Neapolitan take on the dish. Very good, particularly...

Baked fresh haddock topped with ritz cracker crumbs, potato pancakes, and homemade pickeled beets.

This almost reminds me of my favorite trail mix, the Ocean Spray Cranberry Trail Mix. It also has coconut, cashews and honey roasted peanuts. I think adding some type of chopped nuts, and toasted coconut would be good, and...

up in Napa thinking that this is where they should be when someone mentions Napa Valley. Some bitterness from the locals who feel like all the civic dollars go to keeping the outsiders happy whereas the people who live there get...