Setting a Place for Us: a book review and recipe

Setting a Place for Us: a book review and recipe

Kristina Sepetys reviews Setting a Place for Us: Recipes and Stories of Displacement, Resilience, and Community from Eight Countries Impacted ...
Group Living and Other Recipes: a Memoir by Lola Milholland

Group Living and Other Recipes: a Memoir by Lola Milholland

Review by Kristina Sepetys Communal living, co-housing, and inter-generational households aren’t exactly new concepts, especially not in the Bay Area ...
Seasons of Greens

Seasons of Greens

Reviewed by Kristina Sepetys It’s almost impossible to think about vegetarian food in San Francisco without envisioning Greens, a destination ...
Kristina Sepetys reviews Snacking Dinners by Georgia Freedman

Kristina Sepetys reviews Snacking Dinners by Georgia Freedman

“Girl” meals blew up a few years ago on social media. If you missed the trend, picture a casually elegant arranged ...
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall...

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall…

...and lands in Ying Chang Compestine’s new graphic cookbook Book review by Anna Mindess Ignored by Doggy Buns, Heartbreak Jelly ...
Books for Gardeners and Dreamers

Books for Gardeners and Dreamers

Winter is when gardeners—and would-be gardeners—go into dream mode. Yes, there are tasks to be done to prepare for planting, ...
Golden Gate Gardening: a Book Review

Golden Gate Gardening: a Book Review

Golden Gate Gardening: 30th Anniversary Edition by Pamela Peirce Book review by Cheryl Angelina Koehler “When I garden, I connect ...
Mary Tilson on Two Books for the Budding Bartender

Mary Tilson on Two Books for the Budding Bartender

Turmeric in a cocktail? Yep. According to Oakland-based writer Jennifer Newens, author of a slim and sexy blue hardback called ...
Books for the Cook

Books for the Cook

Adventurous is the word we would apply to our Edible East Bay readers when it comes to food interests, and ...
Fiction, Memoir, and a Kids’ Book on our 2024 Bookshelf

Fiction, Memoir, and a Kids’ Book on our 2024 Bookshelf

Those who identify as food-obsessed readers have long lists of favorite food scenes in their lifetime reading lists. One of ...