A travel & food blog from Andi Fisher - Merry musings of a feisty food slash globe-trotting wannabe Frenchie!
France has a very complex history when it comes to World War II and the treatment of persons of Jewish decent. It is not like American history on the topic which is rather cleaned, we know which side of the fence we were on and what our American troops did when they discovered concentration camps, [...]
I am going to do another French Friday tomorrow, but my Tasty Bits list is getting really long, so I decided to get this out today. A couple weeks ago I tried a new Mexican restaurant in Berkeley called Comal. The architecture of the interior and back patio is gorgeous, something you would never know [...]
If you check out the origins of April Fool’s Day on Wikipedia there are several disputed origins, but being a devoted francophile, I like the French one the best…bien sûr! The story goes that in 1564 King Charles the XIV changed the calendar to start on January 1st instead of April 1st. Without the telegram, [...]
This week I just could not decide what picture to share. Technically this is a food foto series, so by all rights that means a food photo, thus the above image from another food truck adventure I tried this week. The truck is Tandoori Chicken USA or TCUSA which serves a menu of Indian dishes [...]
Location: Gather Restaurant, Berkeley, California, USA.
While hunting around for a place to get passport photos for a visa (for Mr. Misadventures and not for me, sad face) we found an adorable French shop in Berkeley called La Bedaine with an amazing chef, Alain Delangle. He has an incredible resume including a stint at La Coupole. Chef Delange makes single-course fresh [...]
Location: Berkeley, California, USA.
I realize it is the second week in a row that I have mentioned Mint Leaf Restaurant in Berkeley, but it has been quite chilly and there is nothing better on a cold night for dinner than soup. Mr. Misadventures and I love Vietnamese pho and our newly discovered local restaurant serves an excellent one! [...]
Location: Cafe Rouge restaurant, Berkeley, California, USA.
My recent Friday publishing schedule has prevented me from posting another Friday Food Foto, so I decided to use (Not quite) Wordless Wednesday as a stolen opportunity to share my latest food cravings and tasty bites. The beautiful brick and glass factory where Scharffen Berger Chocolate used to be made in Berkeley (before Hershey took [...]
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