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Alix Wall

Alix Wall

Alix Wall is a contributing editor to J. She is also the founder of the Illuminoshi: The Not-So-Secret Society of Bay Area Jewish Food Professionals and is writer/producer of a documentary-in-progress called "The Lonely Child."

Kosher Oasis customers enjoying their meal al fresco at the Oshman Family JCC. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Joey Felsen)
Posted inJewish Life

Kosher community loses ‘oasis’ of falafel, sushi and Yemenite specialties at Palo Alto JCC

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 19, 2023June 27, 2023
Ari'el Stachel rehearses his one-man show. (Photo/Muriel Steinke)
Posted inTheater

Tony winner Ari’el Stachel comes home to Berkeley to premiere deeply personal one-man show

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 9, 2023July 10, 2025
Thistle founders Ash Cheriyan (left) and Shiri Avnery. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Veggie-forward meal service Thistle is grounded in family roots

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 8, 2023June 8, 2023
The entrance to Solomon's Deli in Sacramento (Photo/Kelly Sousa)
Posted inSmall Bites

Jewish delis come and go; saying goodbye to an old friend

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 6, 2023June 8, 2023
Collin Doran stands outside his Homemade Cafe in Berkeley. The Stars of David in the mural are made of bacon strips. (Photo/Charlotte Doran)
Posted inJewish Life

With a $5 ask, Homemade Cafe fights hunger on Berkeley’s streets

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 1, 2023June 8, 2023
Kaz Bagels (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inSmall Bites

‘Drewish’ deli coming to Healdsburg; more bagels on the Bay Area scene

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 24, 2023June 8, 2023
Aleeza Ben Shalom relates easily to her clients, no matter their observance level. (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inTV

Aleeza Ben Shalom made me fall in love with ‘Jewish Matchmaking’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 17, 2023May 22, 2023
Chef Spencer Horovitz (Photo/StarChefs) is the man behind Hadeem, which serves such dishes as cold smoked yellowtail with labneh and za'atar (Photo/Angelina Hong)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Cheddar scallion babka? Tomatillo zhug? One chef’s California twist on Jewish food

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 15, 2023June 8, 2023
Pit master Andy Knudson at a Meat Carneval event in Austin, Texas, earlier this year. (Photo/Instagram)
Posted inSmall Bites

Meat Carneval’s promise to East Bay: ‘From a butcher block straight into your mouth’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 8, 2023June 8, 2023
a bald man in a white coat holds up a large wheel cheese, smiling slightly
Posted inOrganic Epicure

He went from herding goats in Israel to making ‘sublime’ cheese in Sonoma

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 1, 2023May 1, 2023

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