Anna's Cool Finds

The Virtues of Soba. I'm quite a fan of soba in its many incarnations. Growing up, I knew it as buckwheat and enjoyed it in my mother...

Lunch at Robata. This time I visited Robata Grill and Sushi for lunch with my father and actually took photos of their lunch special. I...

Crispy Organic Sweet. Jo-Ann gave me an Oskri's Sesame Bar to try. Organic, vegan and quite tasty crispness with molasses and sesame...

Another Dishy Dill Dish or Rather Superb Soup. Yes indeed I had gathered fresh dill, fresh lamb and other aromatic ingredients to make Lam...

Global Partners for Development Gala at Safari West . Global Partners Gala started late yesterday afternoon at Safari West , and Linda, ...

Tommy's Wok . Tommy's Wok does a nice lunch special. It starts with a nice mixed green salad before your choice of entree with ri...

Cafe Trieste for breakfast. Paul had not been to Cafe Trieste in Sausalito for breakfast so I had the pleasant task of introducing it. It...

Dill Cream En Croute. My dill offering today is a recipe that my friends INHALE every time I have made it. It does have a nice taste, and ...

Lunching South of the Border. Today I enjoyed the newly opened Saylor's South of the Border . OK, no dill in site here either. But o...

Eric's Tsing Tao. A new Chinese restaurant has opened in San Rafael, Eric's Tsing Tao or Tsing Tao Eric's - it was hard to de...

Changing Look. Out with the old, in with the new! I'm making changes to the look and other elements of Anna's Cool Finds in hope ...

Week Long Celebration of Weekend Herb Blogging. I found doing the herb blogging yesterday as part of an event quite engaging and discovered...

Secrets of the Yamaimo. This is my first participation in a food blogging event -- Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kayln . I bought so...

Have your bagel and eat it too. Like bagels? Me too, but I don't often indulge as it's hard to justify eating nearly your entire d...

English Caramel Tea. Yesterday morning, Jo-Ann called me as I was signing the check for my breakfast and suggested getting together for te...

Breakfast at the New Morning Cafe. Having spent far too much time indoors and at the computer lately, I decided to go to one of my favorit...

Chirashizushi at Amberjack's. Sometimes it's the parking. You intend to go one place, but no parking there, and as luck has it, a...

Chicken Pasta Pomodoro. Tried out a new product -- Kashi's Chicken Pasta Pomodoro for lunch. It claims: Honest Ingredients - True S...

Venturing out for lunch. In Sausalito again today, I ventured over to Kitti's Place for lunch. My neighbor who is a food writer for a...

Breakfast with Dad. After Dad's eye treatment this morning, we decided to pop in to the Corte Madera Cafe for breakfast. It has been ...