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Category Archives: Food
Chef Cecilia Chiang Recalls Her Early Days in San Francisco's Restaurant Scene
By Stephanie Martin Stars of the U.S. culinary scene gathered this evening in New York City for the prestigious James Beard Foundation awards. San Francisco resident Cecilia Chiang, 93 years old and a good friend of the late James Beard, … Continue reading
Monster Suing San Francisco Over Energy Drinks
NEW YORK (AP) — Monster Beverage is suing San Francisco's city attorney over demands that the energy drink maker reduce the amount of caffeine in its drinks and change its marketing practices. The company, based in Corona (Riverside County), says … Continue reading
Video: Do The Terms 'Cage-Free' and 'Free Range' Mean Anything?
Have you ever stood bewildered in the grocery aisle doing your socially conscious best to figure out which eggs come from chickens not in cages, which come from those with access to the outdoors and which were provided with HBO? … Continue reading
(Video) What an Oakland Kid Eats
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by Jan Stürmann, Center for Investigative Reporting Once children walk out the door in the morning, what they eat is out of their parents’ control. Day care workers, school cooks, fast food vendors and friends can all throw roadblocks into … Continue reading
Confusion in San Francisco's Chinatown Over Shark-Fin Ban
By Caitlin Esch and Rachael Marcus San Francisco Chinatown merchants and community leaders met with officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife this week after several local businesses were cited for selling off their supply of now-banned shark … Continue reading
Chez Panisse, Berkeley Shrine to Innovative Cuisine, Closed by Fire
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A fire in a quaint eatery in your hometown? Well, it might feel kind of personal for you, but it would probably be a strictly local affair. But a fire that broke out at Berkeley's Chez Panisse this morning? A restaurant … Continue reading
California Warns Against Shell Fish Gathered from Marin
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You can eat shellfish in any month with an "r" in it, right? Well, just consider this the month of "Mach." According to the California Department of Public Health, mussels, clams and whole scallops on Marin County beaches contain toxins … Continue reading
News Pix: Bay Area Faces Sequester Cuts, Bay Lights Magic and Birds of Berkeley's Marina
Artist Leo Villareal controls the Bay Lights with his laptop. (Cy Musiker/KQED) On Wednesday, author and photographer Elaine Miller Bond captured this shot of "hundreds, probably thousands, of seabirds (mostly cormorants) sitting on the old pilings at the far end … Continue reading
News Pix: Police Escort Oakland Students to Library, Burrowing Owls in Berkeley, Protests Brew Around the Bay
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Second and third graders from Oakland's New Highland Academy marched to the library with a police escort on Thursday, February 21 to protest the gun violence that halted their weekly trips. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) Jeremy Beasley is a 43-year-old inmate who … Continue reading
News Pix: SF Valentine's Day Protest; Riverside Police Vigil; Berkeley Library's Flying Books
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Several gay and lesbian couples disrupted business at San Francisco's city hall Friday morning. The couples entered the city clerk's office asking for something they knew they couldn't get … a marriage license. Thirteen protesters were detained for just a … Continue reading
