The back story behind the artisan food business Phoenix Pastificio, a Berkeley Farmers’ Market regular.
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Café Yesterday: Cocoa Puffs and Verve coffee for all
Cafe Yesterday: Berkeley’s only breakfast cereal bar serves up TK coffee and seasonal sandwiches on Acme Bread along with Frosted Flakes.
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Food Day: Growing a movement around what we eat
Food Day, on October 24th, will highlight the good, bad, and ugly of the way we consume food in this country.
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Out in Berkeley: Kickin’ the Mule at the Cheese Board
Kickin’ The Mule brings West Coast shuffles, Stax soul scorchers and raucous Chicago blues to the Cheese Board.
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Cheese Board Chez Panisse celebration closed down early
Acting on a call from the public, the Berkeley police shut down a celebration at the Cheese Board on Saturday. Photo: D.H. Parks The Cheese Board Collective marked Gourmet Ghetto neighbor Chez Panisse’s 40th birthday by serving free slices of its legendary pizza to customers on Saturday night. The celebrations were curtailed at around 10:30pm, however, […]
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Cheese Board Collective: 40 years in the Gourmet Ghetto
A recent afternoon of bread, cheese, and baking at The Cheese Board Collective. All photos: Christina Diaz Exploring alternative ways to work in the food industry is a hot topic. Last week in San Francisco a sold out Kitchen Table Talks, a monthly panel showcasing local food folk, featured a discussion about successful edible enterprises […]
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The best pizza in Berkeley? Our readers decided
Pizza from the readers’ choice of Berkeley’s best pizza joint. Read on to find out where it is. All photos: Christina Diaz Pizza from the readers’ choice of Berkeley’s best pizza joint. Read on to find out where it is. All photos: Christina Diaz Wow. Who knew Berkeley residents were so passionate about pizza? It’s […]
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Where do you get the best pizza in Berkeley? You tell us
Cheese Board Pizza straight from the oven. All photos: Christina Diaz Today this space is all about cheese. And crust. And toppings. Got opinions about who turns out the best pizza in town? We know you do. So here’s your chance to share your pie picks with fellow readers. That’s right folks, today, the Friday […]
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Out in Berkeley: Delectable blues with Cheese Board pizza
By Andrew Gilbert Would you like a little grease with your pizza? When the swaggering tenor saxophonist Nancy Wright is slinging the funk, of course you do. A Cheese Board regular, Wright performs at the Gourmet Ghetto institution on Friday 11:45 am to 2:45 pm with her organ trio, blowing delectable blues, ballads and soul […]
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Alice Medrich’s sweet life
Alice Medrich, the author, is best known for her high-end sweets cookbooks devoted to serious bakers and dessert makers, including the bestsellers Pure Dessert and Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate. Alice Medrich, the dessert chef and chocolatier, is best known for her influential and ahead-of-its time shop Cocolat. Medrich ran the […]
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John Scharffenberger: From chocolate and wine to tofu
John Scharffenberger. Photo: Anne Hamersky. Long known for the success of his premium wine and chocolate companies, John Scharffenberger is making a name for himself these days as a tofu hawker. In June, Scharffenberger, 59, who divides his time between a home in North Berkeley and a place in the country, signed on as the […]
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Berkeley Bites: Alice Waters
Alice Waters at the King Middle School Edible Schoolyard Do Berkeleyside readers even need an introduction to the mother of the American fresh, local, sustainable, organic food movement? Alice Waters is a living legend. For four decades, the California cuisine innovator, Chez Panisse chef, Edible Schoolyard founder, school food reformer, and Slow Food advocate, has […]
