Editor’s Mixing Bowl
I love making things … always have. As a child, it was games, jewelry, cookies, doll clothes … by high school, it was purses, sandals, bread, jam, pizza, and all my own clothing. Early career, it was...
View ArticleThe Moveable Feast: A Low-to-No-ABV Night on the Town
Story & Photo by Meredith Pakier On beyond seltzer and lime! Bars and restaurants all over are pouring creativity into their low-to-no-alcohol beverage programs to satisfy a growing crowd of...
View ArticleHoliday Fair at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville, December 2
Come join the humans of Soul Food Farm and Morningsun Herb Farm—along with the donkey elves—at this festive holiday fair. Local artisans offer handmade soaps, pastries, local meat, honey, bread,...
View ArticleA Book Filled with History and Possibility
Kristina Sepetys reviews Chími Nu’am: Native California Foodways for the Contemporary Kitchen by Sara Calvosa Olson. Sara Calvosa Olson grew up on the Trinity River, about 250 miles northwest of...
View ArticleFlavorful, Relatable Everyday Dishes from West Africa
Kristina Sepetys reviews Simply West African: Easy, Joyful Recipes for Every Kitchen by Pierre Thiam with Lisa Katayama (Potter, 2023). Teranga, a word from the Wolof language of Senegal, refers to...
View ArticleBondolio Holiday Open House, December 10 in Winters
One of our holiday-season habits is to go out to this lively party at Malcolm and Karen Bond’s olive orchard and mill in Winters. Having attended more than once on a rainy day, we know that whatever...
View ArticleWinter Holidays 2023-24 Issue
Features Editor’s Mixing Bowl 1,000 Tamales at Cactus Taqueria What’s in Season? Root Vegetables! A review of Chími Nu’am: Native California Foodways for the Contemporary Kitchen by Sara Calvosa...
View ArticleFour Rad Radish Recipes from the Edible Communities
Farmers’ Market Spring Rolls From Edible East Bay Gently Pickled Watermelon Radish Salad Courtesy of Edible Nutmeg Jimmy Red Cornbread Dumplings, Watermelon Radish Purée, Shaved Radish Salad...
View ArticleDeviled Crab Recipe from ACRE Kitchen and Bar
The post Deviled Crab Recipe from ACRE Kitchen and Bar first appeared on Edible East Bay.
View ArticleThree Tips for Choosing Live Crab . . . or What to Make While You Wait
Tya Nguyen, manager of Hapuku Fish Shop at Rockridge Market Hall (5655 College Ave, Oakland), says they are eagerly awaiting the local Dungeness crab season, which should open on or around January 5,...
View ArticleHot Soups from Cold Lands
Californians are known to be wimps about cold weather, and folks in truly cold climes don’t buy the excuse that our houses lack insulation. Better than making fun of us would be to soothe us with hot...
View ArticleWinter Exhibit and Classes at Berkeley’s UC Botanical Garden
An apple (and more) caught our eye as we read about upcoming programming at the UC Botanical Garden, 200 Centennial Dr, Berkeley. Plants Illustrated Exhibition: Edible Native Plants of California...
View ArticleCongratulations to our East Bay local Good Food Awards 2024 finalists!
Finalists. Congratulations for making the Finalist cut at the 2024 Good Food Awards with your tasty, authentic, and responsibly made products! We’ll be watching and hoping to see you among the...
View ArticleCatch Blooms End in Albany Before This Traveling Bakery Moves On!
By Kristina Sepetys CHANGE OF VENUE ALERT: Blooms End has announced that the Saturday, January 13, 2024 pop-up from 10am to 1pm will be held at Hammerling Wines, 1350 5th Street, Berkeley. (The...
View ArticleEternal Shelf Life
Antimicrobial by nature, raw honey lasts forever and can also preserve food treasures caught within it By Francine Spiering | Photo by Elizabeth Vecchiarelli You may have heard of how the daring...
View ArticleGrowth Mindset
At its Oakland rooftop farm, Deep Medicine Circle digs into revolutionary food access and landback By Mark C. Anderson There’s a lot to see from the rooftop farm on the Logan Building at Telegraph...
View ArticleCheap Dates
The Moveable Feast Story and photos by Meredith Pakier You’re looking forward to that date, but your budget tells you to keep it under 16 bucks. Does that have to mean dining on a cold bench next to...
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“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” —Margaret Atwood, Bluebeard’s Egg With spring on the way, I find myself craving those moments when the full regenerative power...
View ArticleEast Bay Urban Foodscape Tour: March 27
Now in its 35th year, Bioneers hosts social and scientific innovators who explore solutions to global environmental and social challenges. As the annual conference returns to Berkeley on March 28–30,...
View ArticleThe Decolonized Kitchen, March 1 in Oakland
Looking to learn in community about Indigenous foodways, ethnobotany, and cooking? Join environmental educator Maribel Garcia at the Decolonized Kitchen, an hour of connection and reclamation while...
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