Spring is here – so I decided I wanted to try growing herbs again. I went down to my local nursery with my friend Tim and we picked up some seedlings. I have a garden of San Diego Tomatoes, some Italian Parsley, Rosemary, Basil and Chives.

Seven cuisines of the world will be on hand at the International Food Festival in Tustin today (Saturday, March 20). Indian, Bolivian, African, Mexican, Italian, Brazilian and Vietnamese.

My new license plates!

I recently came across a new blog aggregator (a site that centralizes blog posts from multiple sites into one site) called FoodBlogs.com. They currently have over 500 food blogs from around the world and it’s a great place to view content from hundreds of food blogs.

Do you Twitter while you shop? Have you ever Twittered or IM’d a friend for a recipe idea while walking down the aisles of your local market?

I was intrigued at the idea of a Filipino restaurant located in a food court inside a Mall. How much foot traffic sales was she getting? I was surprised!

I was approached by a PR firm today and was asked if I would be interested in interviewing Wolfgang Puck at an event next Thursday.

Remember LeWhif, that breathable chocolate I blogged about a few weeks ago? Well today was supposed to be their World Launch Day in Paris…

That’s right, currently an exclusive with ThinkGeek.com you can have your very own Starfleet issued Spork to use on the Enterprise’s Mess Hall.

So I have a new game, it’s called Where’s Sur La Table. It’s my guessing game as to where in South Coast Plaza the new Sur La Table will go.

There has been an item moving about the internet this last week and everyone is just going cuckoo for. It’s the S-XL Bundt Cake Mold. I have a problem with this piece of “technology”…

Le Whifs wants to see how the world whiffs on the premiere of their Chocolate invention on April 29, 2009

Well last night my nieces wanted to make Easter eggs for today. So they went out to CVS and bought a couple of those PAAS Coloring Kits along with some inked-stamps and painting kits.

On your first inhale you are hit with cocoa bliss! Le Whif is about the size of a short cigar and looks like an asthma inhaler. You extend the color cap (each cap represents the added flavor like mango, raspberry or mint) that will mix with the chocolate air.

Sur La Table is just jazzed that the creators of South Park have placed them in their Emmy Award-winning show!

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Midnight Muncheez will deliver everything from chips, drinks and food to Nag Champa, Condoms and Ping Pong balls! It’s an interesting collection to say the least. In the next few months they will be expanding by adding a kitchen and delivering freshly made pizzas and sandwiches…

The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies has released their Luncheon Menu for the January 20th Inaugural Event in Washington DC. In addition, they have also released the recipes…

Kat Nguyen the former OC Register blogger for restaurants in the OC has left and there has been a vacuum in the OC Register’s Gluttonista blog…

When I read this story yesterday I could hardly believe it. Three young KFC employees took it upon themselves to dress up in bathing suits and take a dip in the sinks in the kitchen at KFC…

This blog wouldn’t be complete unless I brought some technology component to it right? I am after all a Computer Geek by Day!

I’m in the newspaper today! I won a cookbook and correctly answered last week’s Cook’s Quiz. Each week, Cathy Thomas, editor of the Food & Dining section of the OC Register asks a culinary related question…

Restaurants in 13 Metropolitan areas will be serving fixed menus featuring either a three-course lunch or dinner. Lunches are $24 and dinners are $35. Beverages, tax and gratuity are not included…

These last few months have been riddled with announcements of cuts, layoffs and restructuring…

Looks like some places are offering free food or discounts if you hit the polls tomorrow. Vendors such as Starbucks, Krispy Kreme, Pizza Hut, Ben & Jerry’s and the Daily Grill will be making the offers, hoping to get voters to the polls, but more importantly, into their restaurants…

Question: Do you go back to a restaurant you know has been closed for some kind of Health Code violation? Newspapers across America publish a database of restaurants in their city/county that have been closed due to an infraction…

While perusing thru the Irvine Spectrum Directory last week to see where Sur La Table will be opening their newest store, I saw that The Veggie Grill, will be opening a location in the Spectrum…

So after writing the previous post,Mother’s Cookies is No Longer, I went out to the market to buy some. I took a picture using a Canon Powershot G3. I placed the products on a white backdrop, but I still have poor lighting. Hopefully I will be able to procure the correct lighting this weekend…

Well it seems that Mother’s Cookies has filed for bankruptcy and shuttered its doors. Most of us grew up with Circus Animals, Chocolate Chip and those Iced Oatmeal Cookies. They went on to make sugar-free varieties as well. Today was their last day in operation…

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law today that will require restaurants with 20 locations or more to list the calorie count and nutritional information for all their foods starting July 1, 2009.