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Category: European Breakfasts

Swiss Twinkies: Breakfast in Oakland’s Dimond District

June 9, 2017Sheila Aceves
swiss twinkie la farine

This is my local breakfast treat! La Farine (multiple Oakland locations) shapes puff pastry like a croissant, fills it with a nut puree and warm spices, and then tops the dough with cinnamon sugar. Crunchy, sweet, spicy, buttery goodness.

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Hard Roll Life: Breakfast at a European Budget Hotel in 1977

June 7, 2017Sheila Aceves

Erma Bombeck might seem like an unlikely hero for a thirteen year old girl, but she was one of mine at that age. I picked up a copy of If Life Is A Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing In The Pits? in 1984, and I was a devoted fan from then on. I…

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