The journey to Vanessa’s Bistro was a long one, but Vanessa Dang and daughter Vi Nguyen have created a winning neighborhood restaurant.
Anna Mindess
Anna Mindess is a freelance writer and sign language interpreter who lives in Berkeley.
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Café Colucci: Flying flag for authentic Ethiopian food
With her restaurant, shop and blended spice sourcing initiative, Café Colucci owner Fetlework Tefferi is burning the flame for Ethiopian cuisine.
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Cherished Zaki restaurant is at a crossroads
The Ayyad family, owners of the much-loved Zaki Kabob House, are looking to the community in the hope they can hang on to their Albany building.
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Zatar nurtures diners with homegrown produce
At Zatar in Berkeley, Waiel and Kelly Majid serve eclectic Mediterranean dishes that incorporate fruit and vegetables from their own gardens.
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Sushi California: Beloved Berkeley spot for 27 years
Ryoji Arakaki worked the fish counter at Berkeley Bowl and at Yoshi’s before opening his own highly regarded neighborhood restaurant.
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Jump the cleansing bonfires in Berkeley on Tuesday
Kids jumping the fires at the Persian Center in 2012. Photo: courtesy Persian Center For more than 3,000 years, people have been leaping over fires to bid farewell to winter, burn away negativity and welcome with an open heart the New Year that begins on the first day of Spring. The ancient festival of fire, […]
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Sunhui Chang’s Korean cooking makes sparks fly
Sunhui Chang “fell in love” when he first tasted green mango pickles. At FuseBOX, his pickles and new take on Korean cooking are drawing rave notices.
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Raj Raja creates community, great food at Café Raj
Raj Raj, owner of Café Raj, lived in France, and he has incorporated elements of French cooking into the menu at his popular Albany restaurant.
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Persian community celebrates longest night of year
Pomegranates and watermelon, as well as a hearty bean and noodle soup, are part of the Persian community’s Yalda celebrations this week.
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UC Berkeley’s Edible Education: Stories, revelations
Last week saw the end of the 15-week Edible Education class at UC Berkeley orchestrated by Michael Pollan. Anna Mindess found the storytelling focus to be the most powerful ingredient in the mix.
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In Berkeley, slide the door for homey Japanese food
Noriko Taniguchi’s under-the-radar Berkeley restaurant serves the food Japanese mothers put a lot of effort into cooking to nourish their children.
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‘America is Food Heaven’: A Danish immigrant’s story
Kim Aronson in his Berkeley kitchen Kim Aronson’s life changed twice. First, when he met and fell in love with Rosy, a vivacious American woman on sojourn in Denmark, second, when he visited her large, Jewish family who introduced him to the delights of American dining in Chicago. Kim and I are sitting in his […]
