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Category: SF Bay Area 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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How I Celebrated Ice Cream For Breakfast Day, 2017

May 26, 2017May 27, 2017Sheila Aceves
humphry slocombe secret breakfast pint

I have actively resisted the idea of waffles with ice cream for breakfast in the past. I used to see it on New York diner menus all the time, but it just felt too decadent. That taboo has now been broken, at least for one day a year. Ice Cream for Breakfast Day is a…

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