Chocolate cranberry cake
Chocolate cranberry cake. Photo: Tim Pierce

After a fire, Great China is back (SF Weekly)
No need to hoard avocados due to rising prices (Inside Scoop SF)
Ms Barstool: Taking a trip at East Bay Spice Company (Nosh)
Doughnut Dolly among ‘best of’ for Bay Area doughnuts (Tasting Table)
ShareTea: Is there a new ‘Boba King’ in town? (Daily Cal)
FARMcurious ‘fermenting set’ Kickstarter well underway (FARMcurious)
Phyllis’s raw asparagus salad + fennel salad (yummy supper)
Best restaurant patios in the East Bay (Yelp)
Michael Pollan at City Arts & Lectures on May 1 (Blackboard Eats)
Weekday lunch for 23? (Berkeley or Oakland) (Chow)

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