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On Miette how I love thee…

by Danielle
Food & Drink / June 24, 2011

Miette: Recipes from San Francisco's Most Charming Pastry Shop by Meg Ray is the prettiest (or should say one of the prettiest) cookbooks that has come across my desk. It's graced with scalloped edges, lush photographs of delicious baked goods, and easy to follow recipes.

Miette was born of Meg Ray's lifelong love for baking, pretty patterns, and Parisian pastry shops. She taught herself how to bake from reading The Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook as a young girl. Which I admire tremendously.

Please take a few moments out of your day to watch this video. Promise it will make you smile...and hungry for an afternoon treat!!

Lonely Planet Comes To The Aid Of Stranded Traveler’s With Free City Guide iPhone Apps

by Crystal
Environment + News + Travel + Vancouver / February 02, 2011

Lonely Planet is once again coming to the aid of travelers stranded across Canada and the US do to snowstorms! For 72 hours Lonely Planet is offering 14 of it's iPhone City Guide apps for free.

“We recognize that travelers are stuck all over the country due to these recent storms and will need access to our content”, said John Boris, Lonely Planet’s Managing Director. “Thus, we made all our USand CanadianiPhoneCityGuide apps free so that regardless of whether they are stuck in a blizzard or on the beach, they can easily download the practical information and recommendations we provide straight onto their phone”. 

The 14 guides will be free in the iTunes App Store from 5pmPST on Tuesday, February 1^st to 5pmPST Friday, February 4^th 2011.

The cities available are:

·         San Francisco

·         New York City

·         Boston

·         Washington DC

·         Chicago

·         Seattle

·         New Orleans

·         Vancouver

·         Las Vegas

·         Miami

·         Toronto

·         Los Angeles

·         Montreal

·         Fort Myers & Sanibel

Lonely Planet has a history of helping stranded travelers, having offered their EuropeaniPhoneCityGuide apps free during the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull and again during the Christmas snowstorms. This is the first time they’ve offered their US or Canadian city guides for free.