Fall Harvest 2025
Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pão de Queijo)
From A Taste of History at the Richmond Farmers’ Market
Read MoreGuide to Good Eats, Drinks & Sleeps Fall 2025
Alameda Dragon Rouge Waterfront Vietnamese eatery offers exciting, inventive, delicious, locally sourced cuisine and a lively bar scene with a wide selection of spirits. Newly renovated, and available for private parties up to 120 people! 2337 Blanding Ave, Alameda 510. 521.1800 | dragonrougebythebay.com Mosley’s Café Join us in the Grand Marina for…
Read MoreBeyond Steakhouses
A New Era for Brazilian Food in the East Bay Story, photos, and recipe by Camille Morgenstern A chicken pastel at Casa do Petisco For many, Brazilian dining is synonymous with the beloved Brazilian steakhouse, the churrascaria. Here in the Bay Area, I can always count on a churrascaria like Fogo de Chão when…
Read MoreOld School Meets New School at Chef Michele McQueen’s Town Fare
By Cheryl Angelina Koehler | Photos by Clara Rice Chef Michele McQueen still pictures herself as a kid snapping the ends off a pile of green beans on her grandmother’s Jersey City front porch on a summer visit. Go through that front door to the family dining room and the table is elegantly set—no…
Read MoreShrimp & Tomarashi Tacos
In Season: Pears and Grapes
By Barbara Kobsar | Illustrations by Charmaine Koehler-Lodge Pears are a diverse bunch, and it’s worth becoming familiar with all the different varieties as you choose which to use for your scrumptious cheese board, salad, pizza, or dessert. I’ll spot many of them over the next few months at the farmers’ markets and try…
Read MoreVines & Vittles in Livermore
The Moveable Feast Story & photos by Meredith Pakier Twenty years ago, the inaugural issue of Edible East Bay gave readers a look at the agricultural legacy on the eastern edge of Alameda County, where ranches, vineyards, and olive groves date back to the Missionary period. Two decades later, population in the Livermore Valley has…
Read MoreBrazilian Vegan Feijoada
From Beyond Steakhouses
Read MoreHere’s to Grandmothers
The Spirits Behind Three East Bay Restaurants By Anna Mindess Grandmothers hold outsized places in many people’s food memories. Here are stories of three award-winning East Bay restaurant entrepreneurs who named their spots in honor of their grandmothers, not necessarily for their recipes, but rather for their spirits: feisty, indomitable, and unceasingly supportive of their…
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20th Anniversary Issue “The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.” —Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth How about a road trip? You won’t have to pack much for this one. Just find a comfortable…
Read MoreBehold the Butternut
By Supriya Pandit | Illustration by Siddharth Kiyawat The cackle of the Cucurbits can be heard from a mile, squash pumpkin cucumbers, melons & gourds, so fiercely competitive a ruckus all the time. I am tall! I am round! I am cylindrical, I am flat, I am packed with vitamin C, How can…
Read MoreA Taste of History at the Richmond Farmers’ Market
By Rachel Trachten | Photos by Zach Pine Tom Cloman vividly recalls a time when farmers’ markets were few and far between. “There were only nine certified farmers’ markets in Northern California when we started,” says Cloman, who founded the Richmond market in 1984 and is still president of its market association. Cloman…
Read MoreRoasted Eggplant & Grape Curry with Red Beans and Haloumi
By Francine Spiering | Photos by Raymond Franssen This recipe came about when I needed to use up some roasted eggplant, and the caramelized depth of flavor inspired me to roast some grapes as well. Sunlight started dappling through the leaves hanging overhead as Raymond was finishing the photography. He went in for the…
Read MoreTimeline of Highlights from 20 Years in Publishing
The Prequel: Edible Ojai Edible East Bay, reached its 20-year milestone with the publication of its Fall 2025 issue. To celebrate, we have created this 20-year timeline of highlights to look at what we have done and were we are going. The story has a prequel, so we’re taking you back to 2002 and the…
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