Summer Cooking Camps for East Bay Kids
Summer cooking camps for young East Bay wannabe chefs go way beyond PB&J and chocolate chip cookies.
Read MorePosted by Anna Mindess | Mar 1, 2019 | Feature |
Summer cooking camps for young East Bay wannabe chefs go way beyond PB&J and chocolate chip cookies.
Read MorePosted by Anna Mindess | Dec 1, 2018 | Culture |
A trio of quirky museums in Berkeley elevates perfume, textiles, and sake to new heights.
Read MorePosted by Anna Mindess | Apr 1, 2011 | Real Food |
East Bay farmers’ markets get plenty of (well-deserved) glory. But for generations, a handful of family businesses have been turning out fab fare right under our locavore noses.
Read MorePosted by Anna Mindess | Apr 1, 2010 | Shopping |
In the busy aisles of the East Bay’s ethnic markets, adventurous home cooks rub shoulders with transplants from other lands doing their regular marketing. Local specialty stores provide pickled vegetables, Indian spices, masa harina, Scandinavian lutefisk, lumpia wrappers—and a window on the world.
Read MorePosted by Anna Mindess | Feb 1, 2010 | Shopping |
This Valentine’s Day, a host of superb local chocolatiers offers scrumptious ways to say “I love you” without breaking the bank. Whether it’s creamy truffles, exotic bars, avant-garde bonbons spiked with tequila, or perhaps an edible Venus of Willendorf you’re after, an East Bay confectioner is standing by to fill the bill.
Read Moreby Anna Mindess | Feature |
Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
by Anna Mindess | Feature |
by Anna Mindess | Feature |
by Lisa Fernandez | Nov 1, 2017 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
by Susan E. Davis | Mar 1, 2014 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
by Meredith Maran | Nov 1, 2010 | Faces of the East Bay, First Person
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.