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A Shout Out for the Eat Real Food Festival
A roasty toasty day by the bay and foodie folk swarmed Jack London Square in Oakland to sample cheap-yet-chic street eats dished out of food trucks and pedal carts at the Eat Real Festival, an outdoor...
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The Lemon Lady: Feeding the Hungry, One Bag of Produce at a Time
The Lemon Lady needs a new nickname, methinks. Anna Chan, 37, has outgrown the title, which doesn’t begin to describe the difference this anti-hunger activist has made in less than a year in her...
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Marvelous Mushrooms
Regular readers may recall that every so often I get a bee in my bonnet about a particular kind of produce. Persimmons come to mind. Brussels sprouts too. No surprise that a blog named Lettuce Eat...
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Wild Man Iso Rabins: A New Food Entrepreneur
Have been mulling over just what to say about forageSF founder Iso Rabins ever since I attended one of his underground dinners back in February. The meal was a big hit and, as billed, featured plenty...
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Epicurean Concierge Leads Food Lovers Through Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto
A former ad sales rep for Gourmet magazine (R.I.P.), Lisa Rogovin had what she calls her Eat, Pray, Love moment in 2005, meaning she left an unhappy marriage, sold the house, and embarked on a...
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Canning for a Cause: Let’s Preserve
Let's Preserve volunteers/Photo: Agustin Gutierrez Foraging with friends and gleaning for good is very much back in vogue. Locally folks like Asiya Wadud of Forage Oakland and Iso Rabins of forageSF,...
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Ten Top Food News Stories of 2010: Part One
Food, glorious, food. It’s that time of year people: Bay Area Bites brings you the best in food news for 2010. In this two-part package, we look at the national trends and topics that sizzled over the...
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Berkeley’s Natasha Boissier Forages Fruit, Feeds Hungry
North Berkeley Harvest volunteers Dan Alpert and Sarah Pyle with founder Natasha Boissier (far right). Driving around North Berkeley with Natasha Boissier is an educational experience; where others...
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Jam Maker Dafna Kory Turns Hobby Into Thriving Business
Dafna Kory discovered the delights of jalapeno jam during pre-dinner nibbles at a Thanksgiving gathering. She went out to buy a jar, couldn’t find the mighty spicy condiment anywhere, so she began...
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Growing Demand: Crop Swaps Gaining Ground
Heads up, green thumbs struggling to offload excess edibles: Aid is out there. A growing movement, designed to help people eat well, save money, and get to know their neighbors, is planting seeds in...
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