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Organic Epicure

Za’atar salmon, one of many Neshama Foods offerings.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Israeli street food is inspiration for new kosher catering outfit

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 7, 2021
Smoke meat from Augie's Montreal Deli (left) and Lex Gopnik-Lewinski at the new location of Augie's.
Posted inSmall Bites

Augie’s smoke meat on the move; Saul’s bagels get ‘best of’ nod; Chocolate Heaven goes online-only; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 5, 2021June 4, 2021
Bonbons from Delphinium. (Photo/Courtesy Delphinium)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Turkish-trained pastry chef Sasha Yilmaz-Ward’s pandemic plan: stay in the kitchen and make bonbons

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 23, 2020December 23, 2020
Lia Barrow of HaMotzi Gluten Free baking in a commercial kitchen.
Posted inSmall Bites

How many gluten-free challah operations is there room for in the East Bay? At least two.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 16, 2020December 16, 2020
Sadie's Babka in chocolate and cinnamon. (Photo/Courtesy Sara Eisen)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Sadie’s Babka arrives on the scene with a sweet family story

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
Bad Walter’s “rolling in gelt” (chocolate) and sufganiyot (doughnut) ice cream flavors. (Photo/Courtesy Bad Walter’s)
Posted inColumns

Get your gelt on with Bad Walter’s Hanukkah ice cream flavors

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 9, 2020December 10, 2020
Liam Lindenbaum's "Mandalorian: The Child in Vegetables" was a hit in the South Peninsula Hebrew Day School's charcuterie competition.
Posted inSmall Bites

Vegetable ‘Baby Yoda’ among kids’ food contest winners; fighting food insecurity with community fridges

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
Wildberry sufganiyot by Johnny Doughnuts. (Photo/Courtesy Johnny Doughtnuts)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

These local restaurants are churning out Hanukkah favorites so you don’t have to

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 25, 2020November 30, 2020
David and Mary Sperber with children Evan and Amelia, around 1994, in the Town’s End kitchen.
Posted inJewish Life

Fond farewell to Town’s End; Sexual harassment among sommeliers; Ottolenghi’s ‘Master Class’; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 17, 2020November 17, 2020
a very crusty loaf of bread sits on a wooden paddle
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Kosher sourdough rises in the East (Bay)

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 13, 2020November 16, 2020

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