Bay Area Bites | Sep 05, 2010
Posted by Stephanie Rosenbaum
Left Coast Libations offers a bottoms-up snapshot of a particular moment in West Coast Culture, one in which gin
rules, elderflower liqueur flows, and bitters come in as many flavors as Jolly Ranchers.
chefs | Sep 03, 2010
Secrets from a Chef: Café des Amis's Gordon Drysdale
Posted by Mary Ladd
Chef Gordon Drysdale is back in the kitchen, at the newly opened Café Des Amis, a Union Street restaurant project that he
has been working on via his role as Chef & Partner for the locally owned Bacchus Management Group. Drysdale is also in
charge of the kitchens at Pizza Antica locations, which recently opened a Santa Monica outpost.
farmers markets | Sep 02, 2010
A Mom's Guide to Eating in Kauai
Posted by Denise Santoro Lincoln
So last week, when my family and I were in Kauai, I tried to seek out some food love on the Garden Island, Yelping, Chowhounding
and asking around to find some alternate food opportunities that would allow me to feed my kids (and myself) a variety of
local and fresh food that didn't break the bank. View a list of my top finds.
events | Sep 01, 2010
Recipe Writing with Dianne Jacob, Amy Sherman & Kristine Kidd
Posted by Megan Gordon
Megan Gordon gives a short recap on Dianne Jacob, Amy Sherman and Kristine Kidd's Recipe Writing Panel at International Food
Blogger Conference this past weekend in Seattle.
KQED | Aug 31, 2010
KQED's Forum: New Alcohol Fee for San Francisco?
Posted by Wendy Goodfriend
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is considering imposing a fee on alcoholic beverages, which would go to pay for programs
associated with alcohol abuse. But critics say the fee would burden businesses in already tough economic times.
KQED | Aug 30, 2010
KQED's Forum: Restaurant Roundup
Posted by Wendy Goodfriend
Get the latest scoop on the Bay Area dining scene from a panel of restaurant critics. Guests:Jan Newberry, food editor for
San Francisco Magazine; Jonathan Kauffman, food critic for SF Weekly; Marcia Gagliardi, food critic for tablehopper.com; Stett
Holbrook, food editor for Metro Silicon Valley
Restaurants Reviewed:
Incontro Ristorante, Auntie April's Chicken, Waffles & Soul Food, Butterfly Restaurant
Check out the website for episodes videos, restaurant information and reviews.
NPR Topics: Food
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Safer For Your Soul, But Is Kosher Healthier, Too?
After mad cow disease, peanut butter recalls and e-coli in spinach, shoppers want to know what’s in their food and where it comes from. That's turned a very old way of eating into a very new way of shopping -- one that crosses religious lines.
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Eat Your Way Down I-95, And Other Stops To Make
In their seven-year love affair with Interstate 95, Stan Posner and Sandra Phillips-Posner have found the best Polish sausage, Berger cookies and a battleship you can spend the night on.
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Is Organically Produced Food More Nutritious?
Reporting in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers write that organically grown strawberries contain more antioxidants and vitamin C than conventional berries. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the findings, and whether the differences would have any meaningful impact on Americans' health.
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Where's The Beef? One Man's Search For 'Steak'
Mark Schatzker, a lifelong steak lover, was disappointed in the steaks he was eating. So Schatzker set off on a quest to find the very best piece of beef in the world -- a quest that took him from feedlots in Texas, to French cave paintings of prehistoric cattle, to the Argentine pampas.
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Burger King Sold For $3.26 Billion To Private Investors
Burger King has agreed to be bought by a private-equity group for $3.26 billion.
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Boy Howdy! You Can Deep Fry Beer
Amateur chef Mark Zable from Texas has a new culinary invention: fried beer. Zable tells Steve Inskeep this is the first time anyone has successfully deep fried a liquid. He'll debut his fried beer at the Texas State Fair later this month.
Also on KQED.org this week ...
MindShift
KQED's new MindShift blog will explore the future of learning in all its dimensions -- covering cultural and technology trends, groundbreaking research, education policy and more.
Our State of Health
The California Report's Health Dialogues has launched Our State of Health, a blog chronicling health in neighborhoods and communities across California.








