Bay Area Heat wave, early holidays deprive Bay Area Jews of local etrogs For the first time in 20 years, Berkeley Bowl had to go without its small supply of kosher etrogs this Sukkot, due to an earlier than usual Jewish holiday… By Eliyahu Kamisher Sep 24, 2021
Recipe Pumpkin spice time: bring a little Americana to halvah and lamb chops Does autumn have a flavor? I’d have to say it’s the comforting, sweet spiciness of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves — integral to spice mixes such as Moroccan… By Faith Kramer Sep 24, 2021
Recipe Celebrate Sukkot abundance with this stuffed dessert challah Abundance and plenty are themes for Sukkot foods, and this Stuffed Dessert Challah has plenty of abundance. The golden bread is packed with nuts, raisins… By Faith Kramer Sep 17, 2021
Small Bites Boichik Bagels secures warehouse for major expansion This week Emily Winston, founder and owner of Boichik Bagels, picked up the keys to an 18,000-square-foot industrial building in North Berkeley. When the… By Alix Wall Sep 17, 2021
Small Bites More kosher 'pork'; Hummus comes to Ferry Building Obour Foods, a local hummus company that was featured in this column in November 2019, is opening its first store next month, inside the San Francisco… By Alix Wall Sep 14, 2021
Organic Epicure Her plant-based cookies are grounded in health and simplicity As soon as she was old enough to know what was on her plate, Lauren Chew didn’t want to eat animals. But it’s hard to be in control of those choices when… By Alix Wall Sep 9, 2021
Organic Epicure Jewish chef’s plant-based bacon ‘sizzles and bubbles’ like the real thing Not all chefs have slogans that they live by, but if chef Sam Lippman could choose one, it would be this: “You can make anything out of anything.” He… By Alix Wall Sep 3, 2021
Recipe Take your Rosh Hashanah menu to Marrakech and beyond When I was running Square One restaurant in San Francisco, I knew most of our regular diners pretty well, so they didn’t hesitate to come to me with menu… By Joyce Goldstein Sep 1, 2021
Organic Epicure South Bay blogger's new cookbook is full of Rosh Hashanah recipes Some day in the (hopefully) not too distant future, when talk turns to how productive or unproductive we were during Covid, Beth Lee will be able to best… By Alix Wall Aug 30, 2021