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Three slices of a pastry rolled of thin crispy dough
Posted inRecipe

Don’t be afraid of the phyllo in these cinnamon strudel slices

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer December 18, 2023December 20, 2023
Left: Tamir Ben-Shalom is the bar manager and, since March of this year, the owner of Bull Valley Roadhouse in Port Costa. Right: The dining room of Bull Valley Roadhouse. (Photos/Risa Scott)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Owner of funky roadhouse in Port Costa worked his way up from busboy

by Alix Wall December 11, 2023December 20, 2023
Adeena Sussman's fricassee buns with tuna salad and trimmings (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Fried artichokes and fried buns fulfill your Hanukkah oil obligation

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer December 8, 2023December 20, 2023
A Hanukkah feast from One Market Restaurant in San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy One Market)
Posted inJewish Life

Hanukkah without the hassle: where to find latkes, sufganiyot and more around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 4, 2023December 20, 2023
Fruit and Nut Couscous Cake, one of Faith Kramer's recipes for the seventh night of Hanukkah AKA Chag haBanot. (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Baklava cheesecake and more for Hanukkah’s ‘Festival of the Daughters’

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer November 30, 2023December 20, 2023
a man handles a pizza with steam visibly rising from it
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Award-winning pizza maker at Oakland’s Acre Kitchen hasn’t strayed far from his roots

by Alix Wall November 27, 2023April 21, 2025
Smitten Ice Cream reopened on Nov. 21, a month after vandals broke the windows and left pro-Palestinian graffiti. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Vandalized Jewish-owned Smitten Ice Cream reopens with gratitude

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 24, 2023November 24, 2023
Oz Ben David (right) wears a shirt that translates to "I am a hummussexual." He and Jalil Dabrit opened Kanaan in 2015. (Photo/JTA-Elisabeth Patrikiou)
Posted inJewish Life

Oct. 7 nearly derailed Berlin’s famous Israeli-Palestinian restaurant. But it’s back in business.

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov November 22, 2023
Borsch Mobile owners Igor Teplitsky and Anna Flider at Iggy's Place, their new venture in San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Borsch Mobile owners go brick-and-mortar with Iggy’s Place

by Alix Wall November 15, 2023December 20, 2023
(Photo/Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 via Alpha Stock Images)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

I’ll use Diamond Crystal in a pinch — but Morton is the kosher salt for me

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz November 13, 2023

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