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couture au chocolat: A Food and Fashion Blog
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couture au chocolat is for people who are obsessed with fashion, food or both. Share our enthusiasm with recipes, cooking techniques, Bay Area food reviews, fashion trends, fashion designers and more.
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Sushi at Home

I love sushi, but I don’t always love to pay the premium price that we often see in Japanese restaurants. Luckily they sell sashimi-grade fish at grocery stores such as Berkeley Bowl, and for $...

18 may 12

Commis

James Syhabout His restaurant Commis in Oakland, has propelled Chef/Owner James Syhabout to culinary stardom. He won a Michelin star for it in 2010, just one year after opening. Ironically, Commis is...

13 apr 12

Help Doughnut Dolly!

Naughty Doughnut Queen Hannah Hoffman Everyone deserves to have access to a place that makes sweet treats called “Naughty Doughnuts”. This is why I urge everyone to pitch in and help Ha...

05 apr 12

Ajisen Ramen

Premium Pork Ramen Ajisen Ramen Westfield San Francisco Centre 865 Market St San Francisco, CA 94103 I’ve noticed an influx of great restaurants in our…mall. Yes, shopping mall. Our San F...

22 mar 12

Get Your Drink On-Hidden San Francisco Bars

Burritt Room in Union Square Everyone likes being in the know, especially when it comes to cool places to drink. And in a small, well-informed city that LOVES to get its drink on, knowing the bars th...

17 feb 12

Pho

Pho noodles and mint Being a Bay Area resident and having spent time in San Jose, I have eaten a lot of Pho. (For those who don’t know, Pho is a Vietnamese soup dish made with various parts of ...

03 feb 12

Tokyo Go Go

Yuzu oyster shots with uni Tokyo Go Go has been pouring sake and rolling hand rolls on 16th street in the Mission since 1998. As one would expect from a 14-year old restaurant, (restaurant years are ...

20 jan 12

A Food Lover’s Cleanse

With the New Year, everyone is on a diet or cleanse. Everyone. Not me. But this Bon Appétit’s 2012 Food Lover’s Cleanse looks totally doable. Just look at the pictures above! Drooling with hunger yet...

11 jan 12

Style Icon: James Dean

Oh James Dean. I think it’s safe to say that few if any men look better in a black sweater, with a camera, in glasses, leaning up against a wall, with a cigarette dangling carelessly between th...

16 dec 11

Holiday Wish List 2011

With the holidays fast approaching, it’s easy to get caught up with shopping and…SPENDING MONEY! Here is what I’ve been pining for. Oh Santa, I’ve been a good girl this year! ...

06 dec 11

Bacon and Peas Carbonara

Bacon and Peas Carbonara (My new favorite pasta carbonara recipe from http://www.food52.com/recipes/ 214_daddys_carbonara) 1 pound dried spaghetti 1 pound bacon 10 ounces frozen peas (1 package) 4 egg...

14 nov 11

Le Dîner à San Francisco

When you are a food and fashion blogger, it is rare that an event comes your way that spans both passions. This is why we got so excited when we heard about Le Dîner à San Francisco—a glamorous, flas...

31 oct 11

My New Obsession—Israeli Couscous

My latest obsession is Israeli couscous. These pearls of pasta provide a pop of chewy goodness that is as healthy as it is delicious. Israeli couscous is extremely easy to prepare (similar to how you...

17 oct 11

Bruno Mars and Far East Movement at Macy’s Glamorama

Last night I got to go behind the scenes at Macy’s annual Glamorama event benefiting AIDS among other very worthy causes. On the bill were Bruno Mars, Far East Movement and a handful of tasty m...

01 oct 11

Date Night at Dopo

A date night at Dopo in pictures… Pizza man hard at work   Local halibut with sungold tomatoes and treviso   Lasagnette alla bolognese   Agnolotti da plin   Lemon ricotta do...

16 sep 11

Roasting a Whole Pig

Photo courtesy of Yekaterina Bowyer Well we did it. We bought, stored, dressed and spit roasted a whole pig. Outcome? I wish I could remember parts of the evening better, but overall I’m pretty...

31 aug 11

B A C O N B A C O N

Since I’ve started working in the city, my lunch choices have increased dramatically and perhaps the most exciting part of my newfound food options are the food trucks in the vicinity. With all...

15 aug 11

Dining Along Highway 1—River’s End Restaurant

There is no doubt that we live in a beautiful state and Highway 1 is one of it’s most visually striking aspects. Nothing is more romantic then grabbing someone sexy, packing a weekend bag, and...

04 aug 11

An Amazing Day in Napa

View from Baldacci Vineyards Recently, some friends and I took a limo wine tour of Napa. It was a Home Run special where we had six hours of limo time for a discounted $375 (regularly $800). It was m...

25 jul 11

Paris Street Fashion 2011

Paris is still one of the most fashionable cities and boy does it know it. Here are some cream of the crop ensembles snapped while their owners strutted their stuff on the street during Paris fashion...

14 jul 11

America. Fuck yeah!

Ushering America’s 235 birthday requires a weekend of overindulgence. I sit here in front of my computer 5 pounds heavier, but those were 5 pounds of deliciousness I would gladly relive again! ...

06 jul 11

Hawker Fare, Oakland

Hawker Fare, another fabulous addition to the super lively restaurant scene in downtown Oakland, is a real treat. In fact I am drooling as I think back to my meal because I haven’t had breakfas...

24 jun 11

Roasted Sweet Potato and Caramelized Onion Quiche

I love meat. My boyfriend loves meat. We eat meat so often that sometimes I forget how a simple vegetarian dish can be so good. But vegetables can pack as much flavor punch when combined with the rig...

03 jun 11

Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton Fall 2011

A very stylish Marc Jacobs It’s barely even warm out and summer’s only theoretically here, yet it’s time to turn our attention to the runway collections of Fall 2011. One of the fir...

26 may 11

My Banana Bread

Growing up, we rarely ate out—maybe once or twice every six months. I grew up on home cooked Chinese meals, but surprisingly it wasn’t my mom that got me started with cooking. Sure, seeing her ...

22 may 11

Olive Oil Tasting at Round Pond Estate

Round Pond Estate 886 Rutherford Road Rutherford, CA 94573 We had been to many wine tastings, but never an olive oil one, so when an invitation from Round Pond Estate in Rutherford arrived in our inb...

13 may 11

SF Underground Market

In keeping with San Francisco’s tradition of tasty locally produced food, SF Underground Market is a great place to spend your Saturdays enjoying delicious fares produced in backyards and home ...

09 may 11

Style Icon-Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor     It’s sad to lose a legend, and Elizabeth Taylor’s death this year severed us from one of the remaining links to Hollywood’s golden age. While Audrey H...

22 apr 11

Spring Wish List

Acne draped dress, $660 Rag Bone silk skirt, $450 Motif 56 leather bangle, $32 Pamela Love two tone jewelry, $253 UNEARTHEN◆ Quartz ©2011 couture au chocolat: A Food and Fashion Blog. All Rights...

11 apr 11

Current Obsession-Large Rings

Apple Ring by Undercover True we have many obsessions-fashion, food, sometimes even tablecloths, but jewelry and rings in particular is something that we never stop loving. Constantly on the lookout ...

29 mar 11

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