What a wonderful experience to be served an unusual meal, in a pleasant setting, with high-quality ingredients!! That’s in a nutshell the experience we’ve had at Tigelleria, a nine-month old establishment close to downtown Campbell. It’s easy not to notice it if you don’t know where it is, but once you enter you’re handsomely rewarded [...]
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The glutton in me is hopelessly attracted to anything that says “bakery” in the window. At Cocola, I am never disapponted: rows and rows of fresh buttery croissants, brioches, cakes and sweets for all palates, and most importantly- breakfast food!
Italian breakfast is sweet sweet sweet: cappuccino and brioche, often with a custard filling, are a [...]
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I have to apologize, but this was a fairly bad food week. I have tried a couple of places in the South Bay that were on my list of “to go places”, and I always walked out disappointed. In fact, I didn’t have terrible meals, it was just that for one reason or another their [...]
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Draeger’s is possibly the most upscale grocery store in the Bay Area, and from what I can see walking around the aisles, it’s well worth its reputation! In fact, Draeger’s carries some products I have seen only at very specialized Italian specialty stores, and other items I can barely find anywhere else!
Let’s start with Traditional [...]
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I find Il Fornaio a hit-and-miss place. Despite their large success in terms of clientèle, I am not always persuaded I am having an Italian experience. There are many compromises Il Fornaio had to take in order to get t its great success, and some of those are not too pleasant for someone looking for [...]
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