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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."

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
A group of Jewish young men pose while on an excursion in the Macedonian woods in 1941. The man seated in the front row, far left, has been identified as Nissim Kassorla by Numbers To Names according to Daniel Patt. (Photo/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Gabriel Albocher)
Posted inBay Area

Once just faces, these Holocaust victims now have names

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 13, 2023April 27, 2023
Alison Negrin
Posted inOrganic Epicure

This East Bay chef may be retired, but she’s still in the kitchen

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 13, 2023April 18, 2023
Abraham Sutzkever
Posted inFilm

‘Who Will Remain?’ Filmmaker’s ode to legendary Yiddish poet to screen in Palo Alto

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 11, 2023April 12, 2023

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