Gifts from Our Foodshed: CUESA’s Farmers Market Holiday Guide
More Gift Guides This holiday season, give the gift of good food while supporting local farmers and food crafters. At CUESA’s farmers markets, you’ll find the makings for wholesome winter feasts, along...
View ArticleHoliday High Tea: Where to Sip Among Twinkling Lights and Historic Architecture
This time of year, some of the Bay Area’s most beautiful historic homes and hotels take on the tradition of afternoon tea. These extravagant architectural beauties are worth a visit in any season, but...
View ArticleWalking Tour: The Scenic Wineries of Treasure Island
Since 2007, Treasure Island has been reinventing itself as a mecca for wine lovers with tasting rooms packed into less than one square mile. Enjoy an afternoon of excellent Northern California vintages...
View ArticleFlavors Worth Finding: Iranian Delights, Onigiri Abundance and More
Dining in the Bay Area can mean lots of optimized salad bars and grain bowls inhaled between meetings. Here, KQED staffers share recent meals that demanded we slow down and enjoy them thoroughly. Get a...
View ArticleOakland Coffee Roaster Red Bay Expands to Los Angeles
Five years since its founding, Oakland roastery Red Bay Coffee is making big moves with an expansion to Los Angeles this spring. Located in the city’s Jefferson Park neighborhood, Red Bay’s new...
View ArticleFlavors Worth Finding: Toothsome Dumplings, Holiday Pandoro and More
Dining in the Bay Area can mean lots of optimized salad bars and grain bowls inhaled between meetings. Here, KQED staffers share recent meals that demanded we slow down and enjoy them thoroughly. More...
View ArticleLeaning into Umami with Anchovies
Anchovies are suddenly everywhere in the Bay Area. This spring, Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, the duo behind State Bird Provisions, are set to open Bar Anchovy, a cozy oyster bar with a focus on...
View ArticleBefore Impossible Burgers, the Bay Area Perfected Fake Meats for Decades
For a lot of us in the Bay Area, it’s like watching the rest of the country catch up. New waves of lab-engineered alternative proteins are sweeping the nation. They promise to be so much like their...
View ArticleDecolonizing Food, from California to Palestine
Saturday afternoon at the Museum of African Diaspora, Reem Assil served guests warm bowls of zibdiyit gambari, a rich Palestinian tomato and shrimp stew spiced with dill and cumin. In its Gazan...
View ArticleFlavors Worth Finding: Peak Tea Leaf, Earthy Beets and Octopus with a Zing
Grocery Cafe’s Tea Leaf Salad Previously on Flavors Worth Finding As we sat down at Grocery Cafe in Jack London—the only people in the place at 6pm on a Thursday night—my friend told me, “Whatever we...
View ArticleBryant Terry’s Big Beans, Buns and Broccoli Rabe
The following recipe is reprinted with permission from Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes by the Bryant Terry, copyright© 2020. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin...
View ArticleVeganism Isn’t Restrictive in Bryant Terry’s Abundant ‘Vegetable Kingdom’
Vegetables reign supreme in Bryant Terry’s world. In his new cookbook, Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes, the James Beard Award-winning chef and author presents a collection of 150...
View ArticleFlavors Worth Finding: Potato Chips in Sandwiches and Korean Stews
Dining in the Bay Area can mean lots of optimized salad bars and grain bowls inhaled between meetings. Here, KQED staffers share recent meals that demanded we slow down and enjoy them thoroughly. Some...
View ArticleFlavors Worth Finding: Yolk Spill, Vegetarian Value and Fried Rice to Bet On
Dining in the Bay Area can mean lots of optimized salad bars and grain bowls inhaled between meetings. Here, KQED staffers share recent meals that demanded we slow down and enjoy them thoroughly....
View ArticleSmall Farmers, Local Markets Nimbly Adapt to a New Consumer Landscape
Despite the coronavirus outbreak’s disturbances to daily life, fresh fruits and vegetables are still making their way to farmers markets and community supported agriculture (CSA) boxes. Some national...
View Article‘Check, Please! Bay Area Kids’ Presents: Lai Hong Lounge’s Pork Potstickers
More Check, Please! Recipes To Try Featured on this week’s Check, Please! Bay Area Kids, Lai Hong Lounge is a destination for family dim sum meals in San Francisco’s historic Chinatown. Guests tick off...
View Article‘Check, Please! Bay Area’ Presents: a Mano’s Handmade Tagliatelle al Pesto...
More Check, Please! Recipes To Try In Hayes Valley, a Mano is renowned for its pasta, made “by hand.” Featured on this week’s upcoming episode of Check, Please! Bay Area, this eatery prides itself on...
View Article‘Check, Please! Bay Area’ Presents: Mahila’s Mamak Fried Chicken
More Check, Please! Recipes To Try Featured on this week’s Check, Please! Bay Area, Mahila by Azalina’s is the deeply personal project of Chef Azalina Eusope, dedicated to the generations of women who...
View ArticleFerry Building Reopens After Partial Closure
Just two days after its announced partial closure, the Ferry Building is fully open for business once more. On Thursday, in accordance with a statewide public health officer order that restricted...
View ArticleSan Francisco Restaurants Grapple with Opening for Indoor Dining
San Francisco restaurants can prepare to offer indoor dining as soon as Sept. 30 as the city and county moved from the state’s coronavirus red tier designation to orange. Earlier this month, San...
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