Lois Porter and her signature sweet potato pies Lois Porter took a beloved family recipe and developed a sweet potato product that takes some of the time out of cooking with these nutritious tubers. With the seasonal shift to fall and Thanksgiving around the corner, her perishable product was recently picked up by both Berkeley […]
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Going underground: Dinners feature Berkeley wineries
Dinners in the new East Bay wine series will be prepared by Culinary Eye chef John Silva. Berkeleyans will have the chance to dip their toes into the underground dining movement tonight as the first of a new wine club dinner series kicks off in a loft on Seventh Street. Organized by the people behind […]
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Beehive Market, new to Berkeley, off to a good start
Last Saturday’s inaugural Beehive Market was deemed a success by its founders and many vendors, despite a few teething glitches and some weather issues. The self-described “hipster” green market also drew compliments from residents in west Berkeley who saw it as a positive addition to their community. Co-founder Julie Fry estimates about 1,000 people walked through the market […]
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New ‘hipster’ green market to open in Berkeley
A new green market will open on June 12 in the parking lot at the Berkeley Adult School on San Pablo and Virginia. The founders of Beehive Market describe it as a “hipster green lifestyle market… celebrating all things cool about being a green localist”. Isaac Cronin, who founded Beehive with Julia Fry, says the goal […]