weekend rituals
If you’re a fan of Blue Bottle and don’t want to mail order your beans, you are in luck. A fresh shipment usually arrives at Fraiche on Fridays – just in time for your weekend lattes. We’ve also heard Blue Bottle is opening a Palo Alto branch in the coming weeks; driving to a Page Mill Road location will be preferable to navigating to Emerson Street in Palo Alto but we’ll still make the trek from time to time to purchase Fraiche’s unbelievable homemade yogurt.
The best option is the full fat version, in my opinion. It is terrifically creamy and the flavor is unbeatable (just have less if you’re worried about the fat content). We like it best with sliced bananas, Fraiche’s homemade granola and local honey. Add in a freshly made cappuccino and it’s virtual heaven for me.
The best part about something like this is where it takes me mentally: back to Italy or Greece. We love traveling so much and try to relive our experiences through small weekend rituals (usually related to food!). It’s a relatively cheap price to pay compared to plane tickets, don’t you think?
I had a great conversation with my friend, Nina, on Saturday night. She mentioned how much she and her husband, Dan, love their daily cappuccino ritual because it reminds her of our fabulous trip to Italy this summer (he makes her one every morning – isn’t that romantic?). They didn’t start drinking them until after they got back either. One sip and they are transported to Bar Dante Alighieri in Radda. That thought just makes my day!!