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How to protect yourself from poor air quality | Berkeley’s 1923 fire, 100 years later | BUSD achievement gap among nation's worst

The Bread Workshop

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What’s new in East Bay food XXIX

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor July 03, 2013, 3:50 p.m.October 4, 2022

Bites: All the East Bay food news that’s fit to print, including new restaurant openings and foodie happenings.

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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses

Avatar photo by Berkeleyside staff July 02, 2013, 3:23 p.m.October 4, 2022

The Institute of Mosaic Art has moved to 805 Allston Way from its original Oakland location. Photo: Institute of Mosaic Art INSTITUTE OF MOSAIC ART After eight years at 3001 Chapman St. in southwest Oakland, the Institute of Mosaic Art has moved to Berkeley and will open July 6. Students Isle Cordoni and her daughter Sophia Cordoni […]

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Ravenous: Dayna Macy faces her food obsessions

Avatar photo by Sarah Henry Jan. 28, 2011, 9:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

For much of her life Dayna Macy has had a complicated relationship with food. An overeater who sought comfort in cheese, chocolate, and charcuterie, Macy watched as her weight began to balloon as she aged:  she went from being a size 10 as a young adult to a size 18 in her 40s. She felt […]

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Garden teacher Kim Allen offers youth space to grow

Avatar photo by Sarah Henry Jan. 21, 2011, 10:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

Kim Allen at the Bancroft Community Garden. Photo: Sarah Henry. For four years Kim Allen has served as garden program manager for Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA), which provides a minimum-wage, internship program for socio-economically challenged adolescents ages 14 to 18. Some come to the garden through word-of-mouth from family or friends, others as part of […]

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Dense, airy, crusty or soft: Berkeley’s best baguettes

by Guest contributor Aug. 16, 2010, 6:00 a.m.December 16, 2022

By Emily Gordis As a child growing up in Berkeley, I’ve only tasted pre-sliced bread twice. When I was younger, my family traveled to Europe and I got to eat real French baguettes. Today, we live a few blocks from a bakery and get fresh bread every morning, like many Berkeley residents. Our city is filled […]

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Berkeley Bites: The Bread Workshop’s Bill Briscoe

Avatar photo by Sarah Henry May 14, 2010, 10:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

William (Bill) Briscoe has been in the food business for more than 30 years. He started as a dishwasher, went on to work as a short-order cook in a steakhouse, then did stints in five-star restaurants around the Bay Area and attended culinary school. In 1989, he decided to open a wholesale bakery serving mostly […]

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