C.R.E.A.M?, Berkeley

Cash Rules Everything Around Me? Not at this place. Cookies rule here.

Mint and Chip ice cream in between White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies & Banana Nut ice cream between WCMN Cookies.

The store name is a play on one of Wu-Tang Clan's famous singles, C.R.E.A.M. While this place doesnt play Wu-tang music all day (thankfully), it does make some pretty good ice-cream cookie sandwiches for a cheap $1.50.

This is a fairly new place near the UC Berkeley Campus that opened a few months ago. So far, they've earned 4.5 stars on Yelp. Not bad.

Check 'em out on Yelp and/or facebook.

Velvet Birthday

Red Velvet Birthday Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Lightly Roasted Walnuts. My little sister made it for me for my birthday! :)

Little sister puts more cocoa in the recipe than most recipes call for, so it was chocolaty and therefore had a darker color. 

Mexi New Year

Traditional Mexican food for the Holidays and New Years Season.

White Pozole. Pozole is a popular Mexican soup made for special occasions, including Christmas and New Years. While there are different types of pozole, green, red and white, my family makes white pozole. This recipe traces back to the state of Guerrero in Mexico. It cooks over a period of 24 hours, includes three types of meats and several different cuts. It is topped off with shredded cabbage, radish, oregano and crushed chile de arbol.

Tamal Rojo de Puerco (Tamale with red sauce and pork) Tamales are another Mexican tradition during the holidays. Like pozole, there are countless ways to make tamales. They vary from country to country. Some are spicier (such as this one) and others are sweeter, being made with strawberries and cream.

Tamal de Rajas con Frijoles Negros. (Tamale with jalapeno strips, cheese, and black beans)

Another variation.

Gramma's Buñuelos.

Buñuelos are dessert made specifically during the Holiday/New Years Season. Essentially, it is a sweeter-cinnamon fresh flour tortilla that is deep fried, then coated in cinnamon sugar.

The Holidays

The Classic Gingerbread House. 

The more Classic Hot Cocoa w/whipped cream and marshmallow.

'Tis the Season

Make-Out Room, Mission

Hell or High, 21st Amendment

Hell or High Watermelon Wheat beer. Good, even though its not watermelon season.
21st Amendment in SoMA, San Francisco.

Microbrewery with a decent selection of home brews.
Have yet to try all of them, but this is some of what they have:
St. Lupulin, belgian imperial IPA
Noir de Black, cocoa witbier
Drunken Monk Ale, dark abbey ale
Papa Parks Porter, belgian-style porter
The Conventioneer, blonde ale
Hop Crisis, 9.7% abv IPA

Recently started distributing (in cans, even though bottles would be better):

Hell or High Watermelon Wheat beer. 

Brew Free or Die, IPA
Back in Black, black IPA
Fireside Chat, winter spiced ale

It's a Lower Haighter Thing

Lower Haight, SF

Perfect Sunday Morning Fix, CIRCA

Eggs Benedict A La Mexi/Veggie.

Mimosa Brunch @CIRCA, San Francisco

Winter Leggings

Only the finest bar, Berkeley.

Korean Tacos, San Francisco Food Trucks

Californian Korean Tacos from San Francisco Food Truck.

Korean Tacos in the news.