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The People of People's Park | High-rise apartments in the Southside | Where to find food banks | Berkeley mother demands safer streets

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Alix Wall

Alix Wall is an Oakland-based freelance writer. She is contributing editor of J., The Jewish News of Northern California, for which she has a food column and writes other features. In addition to Berkeleyside’s Nosh, her writing can be found in The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Edible East Bay and more. Alix is also the founder of The Illuminoshi: The Not-So-Secret Society of Bay Area Jewish Food Professionals and is producer/writer of a documentary in progress called “The Lonely Child.” Her web site is: https://alix-wall.com/

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The exterior of the Food Mill, with a green awning that has the Food Mill logo and "since 1933" printed on it.
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After 90 years, Food Mill remains Oakland’s ‘best kept secret’

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Nov. 20, 2023, 12:18 p.m.Nov. 21, 2023, 2:06 p.m.

With a succession plan in place, the Food Mill remains a consistent community presence offering a broad range of supplements, bulk foods and other hard-to-find items.

Market Hall workers parade a giant wheel of Crucolo cheese down Shafter Avenue in Rockridge.
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Only 2 shops in the U.S. get this colossal Italian cheese. One is in Oakland

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Oct. 18, 2023, 9:16 a.m.Oct. 18, 2023, 1:37 p.m.

The arrival of a 350-pound wheel of Crucolo is met with prayers, dancing and fanfare each year in Rockridge.

A man stands by a table that is covered in different platers of food.
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Remembering an Oakland chef and house-concert host

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Oct. 5, 2023, 10:36 a.m.Oct. 5, 2023, 1:46 p.m.

Jeff Rosen died of kidney cancer earlier this year. His family is launching a nonprofit to carry on his dream of pairing live music with good food.

A man and a woman stand in front of a bakery counter, with the man looking admiringly at the woman.
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What is Crixa Cakes’ recipe for success after 25 years? It starts with perseverance

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Sept. 8, 2023, 11:00 a.m.Sept. 8, 2023, 2:02 p.m.

The artisanal bakery has built a loyal customer base, weathered the pandemic and supply chain woes. What’s next for owners Elizabeth Kloian and Zoltan Der?

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In a new play at the Rep, a reckoning with growing up Arab and Jewish in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Alix Wall June 13, 2023, 12:43 p.m.June 13, 2023, 3:47 p.m.

Tony winner Ari’el Stachel comes home with a deeply personal one-man show, ‘Out of Character,’ opening June 28 at the Berkeley Rep.

Outdoor dining at Sailing Goat
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Hotly anticipated Sailing Goat opens with menu of pizza and potjie

Avatar photo by Alix Wall April 28, 2023, 9:00 a.m.May 15, 2023, 10:39 a.m.

Richmond catering veteran Arnon Oren’s new restaurant, Sailing Goat, opens today in Point San Pablo Harbor.

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Remembering Community Foods, West Oakland’s crowd-funded grocery store

Avatar photo by Alix Wall March 23, 2023, 12:00 p.m.March 23, 2023, 12:20 p.m.

Oakland’s Community Foods opened with great promise, but was defeated in 2022 by a lack of support, vendor issues and the pandemic.

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A year after life-changing award, Berkeley inventor for the blind is writing a memoir

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Nov. 13, 2022, 8:00 a.m.July 20, 2023, 5:26 p.m.

Joshua Miele won a MacArthur “genius” prize in 2021. Set up in a new workshop, he’s planning a listening party for the sounds of the aurora borealis and is learning to use his celebrity for good.

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At Delirama, traditional and vegan pastrami are served side-by-side

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Sept. 19, 2022, 9:00 a.m.Sept. 19, 2022, 6:53 a.m.

Delirama also makes its own rye bread, bagels and bialys.

Saul's Deli has operated in Berkeley for 30 years — now its owners want to hand over the reins, but they'll wait for the right buyer.
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Saul’s Deli will be sold to Grand Bakery owner and longtime chef

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Aug. 3, 2022, 9:00 a.m.Aug. 3, 2022, 1:19 p.m.

Jesus “Chuy” Mendoza and Sam Tobis have joined Saul’s as partners, as longtime owners Peter Levitt and Karen Adelman step away.

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Why the owner of Saul’s Deli dropped everything and went to Poland

Avatar photo by Alix Wall June 10, 2022, 9:00 a.m.Aug. 4, 2022, 10:22 a.m.

Peter Levitt said that cooking for Ukrainian refugees was his way to fight back against Putin.

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Remembering Rachel Brodie, teachers’ mentor, master Jewish educator

Avatar photo by Alix Wall April 15, 2022, 6:00 a.m.Aug. 4, 2022, 10:28 a.m.

Brodie was the co-founder of Jewish Milestones, an educational resource for Jewish lifecycle ceremonies that launched in 2004 as The Ritualist.

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