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By Rachel Trachten   It’s quite a 10th anniversary gift for Preserved owner Elizabeth Vecchiarelli: a new location for her popular culinary shop focused on food preservation and fermentation. As this magazine was heading for press, Preserved was on the verge of opening its new site, a coveted storefront at 5540 College Avenue in Rockridge.…

    “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to re-eat it” is the slogan for the Bay Area Culinary Historians (BACH), a new(ish) dues-free club that gathers around shared interests in culinary history of the Bay Area and beyond. “We’ve put together some truly amazing, shouldn’t-be-missed events for the rest of this year,”…