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Your Bay Area Guide to Holiday Volunteering and Donations
It’s that time of year when we give thanks by donating our time, money and goods to local charities. It’s also the time of year when most nonprofit organizations receive the majority of financial...
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The 1st Master’s Level Food Studies Program Launches on the West Coast
Students at the University of the Pacific’s new food studies program participated in this event with the Berkeley Food Institute about “Decolonizing Foodways.” (Jonathan Fong) Delia Sarich grew up in...
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Project Homeless Connect Provides Diverse Resources for Homeless San Franciscans
Not only do the almost 7,000 homeless residents of San Francisco have to grapple with the obvious challenges of homelessness, there’s another hidden set of challenges that come with their situation:...
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Your New Favorite Energy Drink: An Exclusive Club (Mate) Comes To SF
It’s more caffeinated than coffee, contains less sugar than Red Bull and is beloved by insomniacs all over the globe. It’s the drink of choice for groups that need to stay up late, including hackers...
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Delancey Street Restaurant: A Taste of Home For Everyone
Matzoh balls aren’t for everyone. Neither are Velveeta cheese sandwiches or baba ghanoush. But for some, the taste and smell of these dishes are like a dose of “home” straight to their veins. Offering...
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Mensho Tokyo Ramen Opens in San Francisco
“They’re just noodles,” yelled a heckler, as he walked by the few dozen of us standing in line outside the newly opened Mensho Tokyo Ramen on Geary Street. Sure, maybe it’s just noodles, but don’t say...
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RN74 Debuts Market-Driven “Les Experiments” Menu
RN74, named for the wine route that runs through the famed Burgundy region of France, has long been a go-to spot for thoroughly French cooking and a deep collection of Burgundy (and other regional...
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Bay Area Bites Guide to 6 Favorite Spots For Fresh Pasta in San Francisco and...
Sometimes, there’s nothing more satisfying then a plate of pasta. And the one thing that always makes it better? Freshly made pasta. Luckily, the Bay Area is packed with places to buy pasta in a...
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Tasting Ramen in San Francisco’s Sunset: Izakaya Sozai and Sawaii Ramen
There are lots of ramen places in the city — lots and lots. And when it comes to neighborhoods filled with authentic and delicious bowls of noodles, the Sunset is certainly near the top of anyone’s...
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First Bite: Long Anticipated, Mr. Jiu’s Opens in San Francisco’s Chinatown
Just as Charles Phan did for Vietnamese food when he opened The Slanted Door in the Mission in 1995, Brandon Jew is doing for the Cantonese food of his childhood — reinventing it by way of a...
View ArticleCheck, Please! Bay Area Season 11 Premiere Reviews The Hummingbird, Sumika...
Check, Please! Bay Area Season 11 premiere airs tonight at 7:30pm on KQED 9. See alternative airtimes to watch the show on TV. The program will also be available online at the Check, Please! Bay Area...
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Bay Area Bites Guide to 4 Favorite Spots for Springtime Salads in San Francisco
As the weather gets warmer, we tend to put away the comfort foods and put down the cookies. It feels like time for a healthy start to spring — plants are in bloom and fresh veggies abound. There’s a...
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Bay Area Bites Guide to 7 Favorite Fried Chicken Sandwiches In San Francisco,...
Fried chicken’s appeal is universal–just take a look at Bay Area menus, which offer a tour of fried chicken styles from around the world, from Southern soul food chicken to Korean chicken to Japanese...
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Bay Area Bites Guide to 5 Great Dumpling Spots in San Francisco
There are a lot of different kinds of dumplings — so many, in fact, that it’s easy to get confused between pork buns and pork potstickers, steamed or baked, Xiao Long Bao or Sheng Jian Bao. This might...
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Bay Area Bites Guide to 5 Favorite Waffles in San Francisco, Alameda, Oakland...
While the word waffle had its first recorded usage in 1725, Europeans have been making them since medieval times, when waffle irons depicted Jesus mid-crucifixion instead of the square pattern we...
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The Summer of Pork Belly Hits San Francisco in the Form of a Meat-Shaped Stone
We can thank the Asian Art Museum for making this the summer of pork belly in San Francisco. The museum, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, is honoring the occasion with a landmark...
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Bay Area Bites Guide to the Best Spots to Drink Beer This Summer
Summer is finally here and what better way to enjoy the sun and warm weather than with a cool beer sipped on a lovely garden patio? Fortunately, the Bay Area brewing scene is booming, with local craft...
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Scopo Divino, New Wine Bar, Opens in Pacific Heights
Cozy upholstered couches and velvety flocked chairs gather around close-packed tables. Walls the color of a glass of ripe Burgundy are adorned with gently glowing, hand-painted golden maps highlighting...
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Salvage Supperclub: A High-End Dinner In A Dumpster To Fight Food Waste
It’s a balmy Sunday night in late June in San Francisco, post-Pride parade, and I’m about to eat dinner in a pristine blue dumpster in a dead-end SOMA (South of Market) street. The event, Salvage...
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Bay Area Bites Guide to 5 Favorite Dosas in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley...
Here in the Bay Area, we appreciate our dosas. You can get them from a cart, from hole in the wall places crowded with families, and from an upscale restaurant beloved by locals as well as celebrities...
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