I am saddened by the reckless behaviors directed toward these food establishments. Bay Area anarchy.
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Fisherman’s Life snares Dungeness off a jetty. Adds the crab to rice fried with fatty duck skin and eggs and eats it from a crab shell filled with crab butter.
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from CBS News -
Salmon fall run in Mokelumne River sets 80-year record
excerpt -
“Some of the strategies for protecting the health of the salmon run include habitat improvements, increased river water flows from the upstream Camanche Reservoir, hatchery management and the cancelation of the state’s commercial and recreational salmon fishing seasons, according to EBMUD officials.”
Chinook salmon in the Mokelumne River in Clements, Calif., Nov. 13, 2023. ELI ZATURANSKI/EBMUD VIA BAY CITY NEWS
Video from 5 years ago
“The Mokelumne River contributes only about 3 percent of the freshwater flow into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, yet its salmon population makes up as much as 50 percent of the commercial catch off the coast of California.”
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Sad to see it go, Turtle Tower was my favorite pho ga in the City.
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SFGate: Emeryville’s Bay Street is the newest Bay Area mall to be reborn as a foodie destination
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/bay-street-mall-emeryville-restaurants-18499095.php
Dislike the term foodie but this seems like an upgrade.
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Is it safe to stroll there?
It’s basically a mall, with paid parking, not a real city block.
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I think it’s safe but that’s me. It’s also usually busy, packed on weekends and even on weekdays, but I rarely go since it’s busy and paid parking. How busy? Faster to go to the Apple store on 4th St., instead of Emery Bay. Always a zoo.
It has been 23 years since I was at the shops on 4th near Spenger’s, Ikea and Trader Joe’s, Old Navy right off the Emeryville exit. So long ago, I can’t remember most of the streets, maybe 40th took us back to Oakland? We had to watch ourselves back then.
Special holiday menus in Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland
Donato & Co. is offereing a three-course, prix fixe menu for Christmas Eve, and a four-course, prix fixe menu on New Year’s Eve. Credit: Donato & Co.
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1000 tamales made at Cactus Taqueria in Oakland
From Edible East Bay -
A delicious spicy aroma wafted through the room as the cooks spooned mole negro (black mole) over masa on green banana leaves. Verdin listed the ingredients: ancho, negro, and chipotle chiles; sesame seeds; coriander; almonds; raisins; onions; garlic; tomatoes; chocolate; ground black pepper; clove; chicken stock; sugar; and crumbled corn chips combined with turkey meat. Akin to the first tamales made at the Cactus kitchen 22 years ago, these tamales trace their origin to a traditional recipe from Guerrero
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Nice read. 84 y.o. owner insists on staying open 24/7. Use to have office near there. Never got the donuts. Funny, this was published by the LA Times.
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Fisherman’s Life snares 4 crabs while snorkeling in a wet suit in 15 feet of water somewhere off the Northern California coast. While sitting on the rocks, he boils the crab, adds butter and pepper and eats it along with the crab butter in the carapace. Excellent narration while he is underwater.
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Fisherman’s Life dives for scallops at about the 9:41 mark and eats them raw.
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KQED Forum 88.5 FM radio on Wed Dec 27 at 9 am repeated at 8 pm. Audio is 55 minutes and linked in the article below. This is a reprise of an earlier airing.
Luke Tsai, food editor, KQED Arts & Culture
Thien Pham, comic artist and author, graphic novel “Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam”
From KQED -
Thien Pham’s new graphic memoir, “Family Style”, tells the story of his family’s journey, when he was a young kid, from Vietnam, to a refugee camp in Thailand, to making a home in San Jose. It’s a story told through his memories of the meals he ate along the way.
Loved this book!
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These worthy detours between SF and LA will turn your drive into an adventure
Our favorite food stops worth pulling off the freeway for between SF and Los Angeles
By Kendra SmithDec 26, 2023
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/sf-to-la-favorite-food-stops-detours-18571087.php
The Rotunda’s $54 set menu in San Francisco’s Union Square is very worth it
SFGATE’s Madeline Wells embarks on a mission to review all the SF treats tourists rave about, in a column we’re calling ‘Eat Like a Tourist’
A view inside the Rotunda at Neiman Marcus on Union Square, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.
A view inside the Rotunda at Neiman Marcus on Union Square, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.
Charles Russo/SFGATE
By Madeline Wells
Dec 19, 2023
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/san-francisco-rotunda-tea-service-holiday-18540774.php
https://images.app.goo.gl/rrNxMUVbjwcmv1BY7
A Chinatown meal so good it changed the way I think about San Francisco
Hong Kong-style wonton soup is only part of the show at legendary Hon’s Wun-Tun House
By Farley ElliottDec 17, 2023
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/hons-wun-tun-house-sf-18532709.php
The wonton soup at Hon’s Wun-Tun House is the perfect cold weather food.
The wonton soup at Hon’s Wun-Tun House is the perfect cold weather food.
Farley Elliott/SFGATE
SPANISH-MEXICAN FUSION Tapas And Tacos Unite At Berkeley Pop-Up Ibéxico. (Photo By Adahlia Cole)
Hit Singaporean cafe’s first Bay Area location has closed. But it will return
By Elena KadvanyUpdated Dec 28, 2023 9:48 a.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/killiney-kopitiam-closed-18578216.php
15 Bay Area restaurants Chronicle food writers kept going back to in 2023
By Cesar Hernandez, Mario Cortez, Elena Kadvany, Caleb Pershan, Janelle BitkerDec 28, 2023
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/favorite-sf-bay-area-18518022.php
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Neon signs in the Bay Area including Mel’s Diner, John’s Grill, Li Po Lounge. 2023 is the 100-year anniversary of the introduction of neon signs.
The neon signage at Mel’s Diner in San Francisco’s Richmond District. December 1, 2023. (Photo: Andre Torrez)
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There was always something special about driving up to a place with a grand neon sign, and not just the ones that just say, ‘open’.
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Always my favorite
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