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San Francisco Culinary Travel Examiner: Blog and Vlog post links 1 – 8
8. Rotorua menu blends Maori hangi, haka, Swoop and Zorb. Eat, play, love, New Zealand
(With video and slideshow)
7. Xtremely hot Maori lunch cooked in lizard cauldron (2). Video. Eat, play, love, New Zealand
(With video)
6. Xtremely hot Maori lunch cooked in lizard cauldron (1). Slideshow. Eat, play, love, New Zealand
(With slideshow)
5. Tiger Moth flights to freedom and romance woo lovers. Eat, play, love, New Zealand
(With slideshow)
4. Matchmaking Flight: Who went? Why? Having a ball. Eat, play, love, New Zealand
(With …

You know you’re a culinary traveler when:
Whether it’s a day trip, a weekend escape or a round-the-world vacation, what you eat and drink will be interesting, memorable and a highlight.
Returning from a vacation, it’s not tschotkes that weigh down your suitcase. It’s the edible delights. Maple syrup from Quebec, a bottle of Clément V.S.O.P. (rum) from Martinique, Tabasco if you’ve been to Louisiana, your plunder from Harrods Food Hall if London was your destination.

Returning from a vacation, food memories make you want to pack you bags, kick up your heels …

San Francisco offers many different ways to spice up a Sunday brunch and pair entertainment with good food. From live to broadcast music, to a cruise on the bay, food lovers will end the weekend on a high note. The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) features many brunch options on the Taste SF section of its Web site.

Here are a five brunch spots that offer “eater”tainment:

“Gospel Brunch”
1300 on Fillmore
1300 Fillmore St., Japantown/Fillmore
A classic “Gospel Brunch” the first and third Sunday of each month, where a powerful performance accompanies your …

Choose from our eclectic-with-flavor Top 12

In San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, Independence Day doesn’t stop with the fireworks. But it always includes good food, whether the party is north (Sonoma), south (Half Moon Bay), east (Danville and — is Lake County east?) or right in the city itself.
We dug around and came up with 12 tasty morning, noon and nighttime mini-vacations or for some, staycations, seeing this is a holiday weekend. A few are traditional and others — a little outside the box.
Read on for edible expeditions, …

Top 12 Castro dine-out hotspots

The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration runs Saturday June 27 noon to 6 p.m. and Sunday June 28 noon to 7 p.m. (after the Pride Parade — see Web site for route and details) at the San Francisco Civic Center.
Expect more than 300 vendors (including abundant food stalls); nonstop music and comedy acts on the Main Stage and at other stages such as the Trans, Homo Hip Hop, Asian and Pacific Islander, Women’s, Soul of Pride African American and Latin stages. 2009 entertainment includes BoA, Solange …

A delicious adventure —

“Why am I living in a city?”
The question came the first time when I glanced upward from beneath the visor of my sun-screening cap and caught sight of two white pelicans flapping slowly and in unison. Suddenly they parted company.
One hovered for a moment — and then plunged from the sky, wings pulled back, torpedoing into the water just yards in front of the kayak. Seconds later it was back up and bobbing on the surface savoring its fishy victim.

Tomales Bay and Point Reyes Peninsula

The question …