This Diet Ain't Proletariat

Gong Xi Fa Cai! What I know of Chinese New Year I've learned from ampao red envelopes containing McDonald's coupons. That and a Mandarin hat my dad once bought complete with a fake braided pigtail. This my ten-year old self wore one United Nations Day in grade school as he shuffled around the classroom and repeatedly bowed to every classmate. Karma would catch up ten years later in America when guards at my school...

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In Lieu of the Chocolate Man

by Twinkle He came, they saw, he faltered. Whispers (well, text messages to be accurate) of a chocolate man roaming around the ballroom found it's way to me.  Although I arrived 30 minutes after the doors to the Grand Wine Event opened, it seems like I've missed the chocolate man!  I’m guessing people started drooling over him and scared him off.  I was left with a room full of premium wine choices, long...

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Going "Au Natural" at Sauceria

by Twinkle Happy new year to all!!! After bidding adieu to a ‘food-ventful’ 2011, I’ve looked back and reflected on the yummiest bites I’ve come across during the year.  Aside from coming up with a list of 2011 favorites (watch out for that), I’ve also vowed to open up my eyes to healthier food horizons.  If you could have the yummy, with a little less of the health ouchies why not? Jon and I found the middle...

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