Recent Projects
Enotria: Joyful fine dining in Sacramento
There’s a certain joy that comes with being open-minded. You can go through your experiences imagining outcomes, but I find there to be a specific release that comes with expecting… Read more» Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates: A Slice of France in Sacramento
Ever since my recent galavant in Sacramento, there’s been that rather annoying but apt Jody Watley song in my head, I’m Looking for a New Love. My new love… Read more» Whispers from Belmont, and a new food truck corral
I often tell people that the various sides of the Bay Area all benefit one another, and the more I explore this diverse place, the more truth the statement… Read more» Find More Projects
Culture Vulture
- A Pandora Mini-Guide
- A splendid adventure in Berkeley’s historic Lorin District
- An intimate look at Oakland with marksearch, and a podcast
- California’s new Danish beer
- City Lights Bookstore and some poetry pointers
- Drinks and decoupage at Oakland’s Plum Bar
- Food in Jars Cookbook and Family
- Fremont Abbey Arts Center Birthday Bash in Seattle
- Oaklandish store delivery
- Quilts made from travels
- The difference between graffiti and murals
Garden Maven
- A week (or two) in tomatoes
- Baby zucchini and Seattle inspiration
- Bardessono in Yountville
- Bay Area’s best pumpkin patches
- Beef in an ideal world, a follow up
- Calamondin, Filipino citrus
- Chef Kim Alter and Haven in Jack London Square
- Deciding Oakland’s food policy future
- Good Luck Black-Eyed Peas
- Institute of Urban Homesteading in Oakland
- Leaves of green: seasonal salad ingredients
- Love Apple Farms and Tomato Eggs
- Radiance Herbs and Homemade Shampoo
- Urban Farm Tours in Oakland
- What to do with cherries
Kitchen Adventures
- Afikomen Judaica in Berkeley
- Beef and the future of our food
- Citrus-Spiced Loquats
- Cure for the blue days: the best cinnamon rolls
- Earth Day Project: How to Make Soap
- Easy Peas-y
- Ice Cream Time in San Francisco: Get the Scoop on Every Neighborhood
- Lush gelato with rhubarb bread pudding
- LYFE Kitchen in Palo Alto
- Meet the Chef Podcast: Chef Tal Ronnen
- Oliveto, Flour, Family, and a Lunar New Year recipe
- Simple Sockeye Salmon
- Sous Vide with Chef Preston Dishman and a podcast
- Spring Hill Dairy and Quark Coffee Cake
- The Local Butcher Shop in Berkeley, and Roast Chicken
- What to do with cherries