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Asian Box and Palo Alto’s new trendy food
Asian Box opened a month ago on a corner inside Palo Alto’s Town and Country Shopping Center, dangerously close to a Kara’s Cupcakes. It’s the second build-a-meal effort from Chef… Read more»
A Pandora Mini-Guide
Dear Pandora, Thanks for being a cool company. Your love for music and ability to pay artists for their work is inspiring. Because of you I’ve learned about new bands… Read more»
Sous Vide with Chef Preston Dishman and a podcast
Posted in DIY / Good Ideas / Kitchen Adventures / Places / San Francisco Bay Area / Videos and Podcasts
I’m not huge on New Year’s resolutions. I prefer the softer sort of intentional change. Call it “examined life, light.” I wake up each morning and take a little time… Read more»
Afikomen Judaica in Berkeley
Posted in DIY / Good Ideas / Kitchen Adventures / Places / San Francisco Bay Area
Perched near the top of Claremont Avenue is a strip of locally-owned shops that echo of some idyllic time gone by. I hate to use the word quaint, but if… Read more»
La Borinquena in Old Oakland, and a Tina Tamale podcast
Posted in Good Ideas / Places / San Francisco Bay Area / Videos and Podcasts
Tina Ramos is a vivacious, energetic woman. Her cheeks are almost always pinched into circles from her warm smile, and her lustrous black hair shines like an inherited heirloom from… Read more»