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Leaning 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...
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Before 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...
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Decolonizing 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...
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Martin Yan Was a YouTube Celebrity Chef Before There Was YouTube
Martin Yan is still convinced that if he can cook, so can you. At 71, the celebrated television show host and master chef is deeply optimistic about the power of food to bring people together. “Food...
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Veganism 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...
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Flavors 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...
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Chef Tanya Holland’s Town Fare Raises the Oakland Museum’s Culinary Profile
Starting this summer at the Oakland Museum of California, Tanya Holland will head a new cafe serving up California soul food. Town Fare at OMCA will be the second post of the chef and former Top Chef...
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Sobre Mesa Brings Afro-Caribbean Cocktails and Light Bites to Oakland
Sobre Mesa, a cocktail-forward lounge and restaurant from alaMar chef-owner German Nelson, is now open for business in downtown Oakland. The space is decidedly not a bar: Nelson dubs it an “Afro-Latin...
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‘A Lot of Pressure’: Bay Area Restaurants Search for Safety Net in Light of...
Restaurant owners and workers across the Bay Area are contending with a new reality brought on by local recommendations around COVID-19 containment. Last week, they braced for fewer customers, fewer...
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Need Help Cooking Through The Coronavirus Pandemic? Chef Amanda Freitag Has Tips
Coronavirus home cooking is now a part of American life. Many restaurants across the U.S. are empty. Grocery store shelves are often bare. And in recent days, amateur cooks have posted about their...
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Celebrity Chef Recipes: Ryan Farr’s Best Damn Cheeseburger
Celebrity Chefs is supported by Integrated Resources Group. Video: Vic Chin and Peter Ruocco Photos: Vic Chin Words & Recipe: Ryan Farr More Celebrity Chefs Recipes Our signature cheeseburger,...
View ArticleNew Series ‘Dishes of the Diaspora’ Spotlights African Food and Culture in...
Senegalese akara, South African bunny chow, Nigerian jollof rice — these are just a few of the flavorful dishes African immigrant chefs regularly share with their Bay Area neighbors. Each dish tells a...
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The Damel Brings Senegalese and Bahian Flavors to Oakland
Download video content description. Oumar Diouf, born in Meckhe, Senegal, never imagined himself becoming a chef. In fact, it wasn’t customary for boys and men in Senegal to learn how to cook. But...
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Amawele’s Cuisine Brings South African Flavors to San Francisco
Pam and Wendy Drew are South African identical twins who do everything together; from travel to entering the same career paths and now owning and operating Amawele’s Cuisine in San Francisco. The name...
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