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The Search for America's Best Hot Dog: The West
So far, we've told you about the East Coast contenders, the Midwest ones, and those down South. Let's head west, shall we?Video: Making Tofu at Hodo Soy Beanery in Oakland, CA
"If you get your conventional tofu here and you serve it in Asia, nobody would eat it, simply because its not delicious," says Minh Tsai, the founder of artisanal, organic tofu company Hodo Soy Beanery in Oakland, California. Tsai couldn't find the same quality of tofu he grew up with in Vietnam, so he decided to make it himself with the idea of making "the best tofu you've ever eaten." See how tofu is made at Tsai's soy beanery in the latest episode of Food Curated from documentarian Liza de Guia.Street Food Profiles: Get Jerked! in Northern California
In this week's edition of Street Food Profiles we head to the Bay Area in California to meet Get Jerked, a truck selling jerk chicken tacos and burritos and other inventive Caribbean food.Street Food Profiles: LIBA Falafel in the Bay Area
"The Bay Area is a little late to the street food game." [Photographs: LIBA Falafel]Name: LIBA Falafel Truck Twitter: @libasf Vendor: Gail Lillian, who does all of the shopping at a variety of local produce markets, including Berkeley Bowl and Jack London Square's early morning commercial market. What's on the menu? Falafel with over 15 unconventional toppings. All of the recipes are Gail's and tie in with Mediterranean food but draw from regions all over the world. Location and hours? 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday in three different locations in both San Francisco and the East Bay....Video: VendrTV Talks to Founder of Oakland's Blue Bottle Coffee
VendrTV's Daniel Delaney and Facebook's Dave Morin talk to James Freeman, founder of the Bay Area's wildly popular Blue Bottle Coffee Company. [via Bay Area Bites]...Photo of the Day: Apricots In Still Life
Something about apricots begs to be photographed—perhaps it's their vibrant colors, or delicate fuzz, or the smattering of freckles across their blushing cheeks. These Northern Californian beauties are brought to you by the superb photographic eye of Jeeyon Shim. A few more apricot money shots, after the jump....Bay Area Eats: Fish Tacos Extraordinaire from Mariscos Sinaloa
Tacos de pescado. When I want a fish taco, this is where I go. It's an hour's drive from where I live, and I have to rustle up a couple of burly guy friends (no going solo because the area's pretty sketchy and I'm chicken), but this is where I go. Mariscos Sinaloa. In four years of seeking out fish tacos, I've not found a better one than that served up by the folks at Mariscos Sinaloa. Plump, lightly battered, and deliciously moist morsels of fish are served up on a griddled tortilla, adorned with tomatoes, red onions, and jalapeño. Ceviche de pescado. On top of that, they do a mean fish ceviche. Firm to the bite with plenty...More Bay Area Restaurants Robbed
Armed robbers have been on the loose in Oakland this summer, targeting restaurants primarily around the Lake Merritt, Oakland Hills, and San Antonio neighborhoods. But Monday night, a robbery occurred in the upscale Rockridge district, marking the first instance in this area. At least two men wearing masks and hooded sweatshirts robbed Pasta Pomodoro at 5500 College Avenue, about ten minutes before closing. Nobody was hurt. Completely unrelated, the crime wave also struck the four-star restaurant La Folie in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood. Thieves went straight for the safe, stealing the entire box and its contents. Unlike the Oakland robberies, this one happened after hours when no staffers or diners were inside the restaurant. Previously Oakland Restaurants Hit by...Oakland Restaurants Hit by More Takeover Robberies
Unfortunate Oakland restaurants are experiencing this year's second rash of takeover-style robberies. The area was hit with a string of heists in April, and a hold-up on Wednesday night at Eastlake's King of King Restaurant marked the area's tenth armed robbery in the last two weeks. According to local radio station KTVU, police remain unsure whether the various incidents are linked....Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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