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We are most excited to take this show on the road and build a global community of entrepreneurs who love food as much as we do here in the SF Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73524\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/Tim-West-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/Tim-West-1000.jpg\" alt=\"Tim West next to FoodHackathon signage. Photo courtesy of Molly DeCoudreaux\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73524\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim West next to FoodHackathon signage. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72978\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_106_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72978\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_106_web.jpg\" alt=\"Students prepare for lunch service at The Educated Palate, a full service restaurant run by the City College of San Francisco Culinary department. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students prepare for lunch service at The Educated Palate, a full service restaurant run by the City College of San Francisco Culinary department. 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A number of local successful chefs and business owners went through City College's culinary program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culinary entrepreneurs such as Sam Mogannam, owner of \u003ca href=\"http://www.biritemarket.com\">Bi-Rite Market\u003c/a>, Jeff Hanak, owner of \u003ca href=\"http://www.nopasf.com\">Nopa\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.nopalitosf.com\">Nopalito\u003c/a> and Martino DiGrande of \u003ca href=\"http://www.paliodasti.com\">Palio D’Asti\u003c/a> all had their start at City College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle recently named City’s College’s program as “\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Square-38-Alice-Statler-Library-and-CCSF-3637520.php\">one of the best culinary finds within the 49 square miles of SF\u003c/a>” and the Los Angeles Times praised the student-run restaurant, Educated Palate, as \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/31/travel/la-tr-20for20-20101031\">one of the best culinary bargains in San Francisco\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_073_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-73054\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_073_web.jpg\" alt=\"Culinary students at City College of San Francisco prepare fruit tarts at the Downtown campus. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Culinary students at City College of San Francisco prepare fruit tarts at the Downtown campus. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Students also get \u003ca href=\"http://theguardsman.com/category/featured/high-class-meets-affordability/\">practical experience\u003c/a> at the main campus on Ocean Avenue where they run a café, the cafeteria, a bakeshop and the Pierre Coste Room, a sustainably-focused fine-dining restaurant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_390_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-73053\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_390_web.jpg\" alt=\"City College of San Francisco student Yan N. waits on guests at The Educated Palate, the school's full service restaurant at its Downtown center. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City College of San Francisco student Yan N. waits on guests at The Educated Palate, the school's full service restaurant at its Downtown center. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But this unusual combination of high quality instruction for an affordable price is in jeopardy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This July, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.accjc.org\">Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges\u003c/a> voted to \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201307050900\">strip the school’s accreditation\u003c/a> next summer unless certain criteria are met. The decision has prompted push-back from students, teachers and even several members of its now-powerless board of trustees, which was replaced with a sole “special trustee,”\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201309160930\">Robert Agrella\u003c/a>, who has total decision-making power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also three pending lawsuits—including one from the San Francisco city attorney's office—that seek an injunction against the school's closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really not sure what is going to happen to Career, Technology, and Education programs like \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/school-and-departments/school-of-business/culinary-arts-hospitality-studies.html\">Culinary\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/school-and-departments/school-of-health-and-physical-education/radiological-science.html\">Radiology\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/school-and-departments/school-of-health-and-physical-education/registered_nursing.html\">Nursing\u003c/a>,” Tannis Reinhertz, Culinary Arts and Hospitality Department Chair said. “No one knows what their future holds and there’s varying opinions about where the college is headed. There’s not a lot of room for constructive dialogue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mixed messages about the college’s uncertain future has had a direct impact on enrollment. Registration in both credit and noncredit courses is down about 10 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are normally an impacted program with a very long, long waitlist. This is this the first time I’ve seen this since I began teaching here in 1993,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Target enrollment in credit courses each semester is 85 students, but this semester only 73 students enrolled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We actually had to call people over the summer and ask them if they were returning to classes,” Reinhertz said. “Normally, we don’t have to do that. There was a greater effort to capture the students we have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faculty morale is down, also. “We feel pretty beat up,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=46531\">report\u003c/a> by the San Francisco Budget and Legislative Analyst’s office, the economic loss to San Francisco would be a staggering \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/19/ccsf-accreditation/\">$311 million\u003c/a> if City College were to close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The analyst's office also determined that students would incur higher costs if forced to transfer to private, for-profit two-year programs elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many graduates earn an Associate degree in just two years, walking away with very little debt and numerous job opportunities. They’ve been able to find positions at high-end hotels and restaurants throughout the Bay Area and beyond including \u003ca href=\"http://www.acquerello.com\">Acquerello\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cliffhouse.com\">Cliff House\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.garydanko.com\">Gary Danko\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the best kept secret in San Francisco,” Reinhertz said.“It’s a cost that students can actually pay back. Even for someone making $12 an hour. It’s not beyond anybody's reach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reinhertz warned the impact on the culinary world would be imminent, especially in relation to internships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Students would most likely just drop out. No one does what we do. We have the internships that lead to jobs,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked a few notable alumni in the food world what they think would happen if San Francisco loses City College and the Culinary Arts program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.biritemarket.com/who-we-are/our-history/\">Sam Mogannam\u003c/a>, Owner Bi-Rite Market\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/SamMogannam_16oct2013_0004_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72987\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/SamMogannam_16oct2013_0004_web.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Mogannam owns BiRite Market on 18th Street in San Francisco and recently opened a second location on Divisadero Street. He's an alumnus of City College of San Francisco's culinary department. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Mogannam owns BiRite Market on 18th Street in San Francisco and recently opened a second location on Divisadero Street. He's an alumnus of City College of San Francisco's culinary department. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco native Sam Mogannam doesn’t know where he would be without City College. He attended the culinary program in 1986 upon graduating high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Initially I thought I was gonna be a hotel guy,” he said. “My intent was to go to City for two years and then transfer to Cornell to do the hotel administration program there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mogannam didn’t end up at Cornell, but instead stayed local after he found a job at a diner and discovered he loved to cook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I would have gone crazy if I was a suit, you know?” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then he and his brother took over the family grocery business on 18th Street in 1998 with only six employees. Now he has 285 employees across three stores, including the new market on Divisadero Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mogannam is afraid that if the college closes, students would suffer most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I know there are just so many kids that get out of the (California) Culinary Academy that have loans that they will probably never be able to pay back if they stay in the food business,” he said. “Or they come out with these expectations that they're going to become a high-power chef and really don't have any experience to back it. It's a challenge for them because they've got this pressure of the debt and still don't have the experience to be able take on a job that will actually help them pay it down.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/01/02/interview-with-nopas-jeff-hanak/\">Jeff Hanak\u003c/a>, Owner Nopa and Nopalito\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/JeffHannak_9oct2013_0017_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72985\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/JeffHannak_9oct2013_0017_web.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Hanak, owner of Nopa and Nopalito, is a City College of San Francisco alumnus. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Hanak, owner of Nopa and Nopalito, is a City College of San Francisco alumnus. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jeff Hanak, owner of the popular restaurants Nopa and Nopalito, always wanted to go to City College. The price and location were hard to beat. He’d been working in restaurants throughout high school and hoped to see if the culinary department was a “good fit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always loved working in restaurants,” Hanak said. “I wanted to see if this could be a career for me. City College was reasonably priced and had an excellent reputation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He enrolled right out of high school and never looked back. While attending classes, he earned a coveted internship at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fourseasons.com/sanfrancisco/dining/\">Four Seasons Hotel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The school has a relationship within the industry. Internships are quite good with hotels and restaurants,” he said. “There’s opportunities for excellent job placements if that’s what you really want to do.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Hanak still uses his City College training every day. He helped open Nopa in 2006, and Nopalito a year later. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/05/06/travel/20120506-SURFACING.html?_r=2&\">New York Times\u003c/a> said it put San Francisco’s north of the Panhandle neighborhood on the map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My instructors helped me gain a broad range of skills. Not just culinary, but I learned the art of hospitality. It would be sad to lose City College,” Hanak said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He fears that if the school shuts down, the reverberations for the restaurant world will be hard to overcome. Bay Area restaurants are large employers of people coming right out of school. Over the years he has employed multiple City College graduates as managers, cooks and servers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it would be hard to find a pool of quality graduates to choose from,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also worries about the students. He believes without City College, there aren’t many other opportunities for aspiring chefs or servers to learn valuable skills at a low price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s nowhere else in San Francisco for people to go other than for-profit institutions. There’s some pretty expensive private schools out there,” Hanak said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.paliodasti.com/about.php\">Martino DiGrande\u003c/a>, Owner Palio D’Asti\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSC_1346_0101_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72989\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSC_1346_0101_web.jpg\" alt=\"Martino DiGrande, owner of the Italian Restaurant Palio d'Asti, is an alumnus of City College of San Francisco. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martino DiGrande, owner of the Italian Restaurant Palio d'Asti, is an alumnus of City College of San Francisco. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martino DiGrande wanted to carry on his fathers’ tradition in the restaurant business. A proud Sicilian, he knew that food was his calling. Like Mogannam and Hanak, he enrolled in City College’s program directly out of high school in 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The school’s reputation is second to none,” he said. “I talked to people in the industry and they said, ‘Don’t be crazy. Go to City College!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so he did. He learned how to cook and meet strict criteria from some of the harshest food critics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“At City you are cooking for the students. Your food has to be hot. It has to be good” DiGrande said. “We had some of the toughest food critics around. They would let you know if the food wasn’t up to par.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>One of the highlights of the program for DiGrande was the diversity of students in culinary arts. If City College were to close, DiGrande is worried that many students would be completely be shut out from higher education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a couple guys recently out of prison. We had veterans. You name it. They were all trying to better themselves. I’m afraid those students might be lost in the shuffle,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Going Forward\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Whatever happens over the next ten months, the culinary department is still open, thriving and preparing for the future. Reinhertz is even trying to expand the program for non-chefs, including more daylong courses and maybe even a “couples cooking class.” One thing she wants to make clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City College isn’t closed, yet. “We are still here. We are still accredited. Come take a class,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the college added several dozen “late start” classes to its fall schedule, including \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/Schedule/Fall/ST/cul_arts_hospitality_studies.shtml\">two Culinary Arts classes\u003c/a> -- \"Pantry and Cold Kitchen\" and \"Chocolate and Confections.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get more information about \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/school-and-departments/school-of-business/culinary-arts-hospitality-studies.html\">City College's Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Disclosure:\u003c/strong> Both Gina Scialabba and Sara Bloomberg take classes at City College of San Francisco. Ms. Scialabba has periodically taken courses for both professional and personal growth since Spring 2011. Ms. Bloomberg has taken courses since Fall 2011 and is working towards a journalism certificate. Neither have taken a culinary arts class.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72978\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_106_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72978\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_106_web.jpg\" alt=\"Students prepare for lunch service at The Educated Palate, a full service restaurant run by the City College of San Francisco Culinary department. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students prepare for lunch service at The Educated Palate, a full service restaurant run by the City College of San Francisco Culinary department. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>All Photos by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/sarabloomberg/\">Sara Bloomberg\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City College of San Francisco runs the oldest and one of the most respected \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/school-and-departments/school-of-business/culinary-arts-hospitality-studies/about-us/history.html\">Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management\u003c/a> programs in the United States. Founded in 1936, the program was one of the country’s first culinary schools. The program offers Associate of Science degrees in three areas: Culinary Arts Management, Food Service Management, and Hotel Management. And at $46 per unit, the classes are a bargain—going through the full two-year program will set you back about $2,000, which is one-tenth the cost of a culinary arts certificate from \u003ca href=\"http://www.cordonbleu.edu\">Le Cordon Bleu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each year the school sends a steady stream of line cooks, pastry chefs and food service employees into the Bay Area's workforce. A number of local successful chefs and business owners went through City College's culinary program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culinary entrepreneurs such as Sam Mogannam, owner of \u003ca href=\"http://www.biritemarket.com\">Bi-Rite Market\u003c/a>, Jeff Hanak, owner of \u003ca href=\"http://www.nopasf.com\">Nopa\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.nopalitosf.com\">Nopalito\u003c/a> and Martino DiGrande of \u003ca href=\"http://www.paliodasti.com\">Palio D’Asti\u003c/a> all had their start at City College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle recently named City’s College’s program as “\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Square-38-Alice-Statler-Library-and-CCSF-3637520.php\">one of the best culinary finds within the 49 square miles of SF\u003c/a>” and the Los Angeles Times praised the student-run restaurant, Educated Palate, as \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/31/travel/la-tr-20for20-20101031\">one of the best culinary bargains in San Francisco\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_073_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-73054\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_073_web.jpg\" alt=\"Culinary students at City College of San Francisco prepare fruit tarts at the Downtown campus. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Culinary students at City College of San Francisco prepare fruit tarts at the Downtown campus. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Students also get \u003ca href=\"http://theguardsman.com/category/featured/high-class-meets-affordability/\">practical experience\u003c/a> at the main campus on Ocean Avenue where they run a café, the cafeteria, a bakeshop and the Pierre Coste Room, a sustainably-focused fine-dining restaurant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_390_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-73053\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/CCSF_Culinary_14oct2013_390_web.jpg\" alt=\"City College of San Francisco student Yan N. waits on guests at The Educated Palate, the school's full service restaurant at its Downtown center. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This July, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.accjc.org\">Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges\u003c/a> voted to \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201307050900\">strip the school’s accreditation\u003c/a> next summer unless certain criteria are met. The decision has prompted push-back from students, teachers and even several members of its now-powerless board of trustees, which was replaced with a sole “special trustee,”\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201309160930\">Robert Agrella\u003c/a>, who has total decision-making power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also three pending lawsuits—including one from the San Francisco city attorney's office—that seek an injunction against the school's closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really not sure what is going to happen to Career, Technology, and Education programs like \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/school-and-departments/school-of-business/culinary-arts-hospitality-studies.html\">Culinary\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/school-and-departments/school-of-health-and-physical-education/radiological-science.html\">Radiology\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/school-and-departments/school-of-health-and-physical-education/registered_nursing.html\">Nursing\u003c/a>,” Tannis Reinhertz, Culinary Arts and Hospitality Department Chair said. “No one knows what their future holds and there’s varying opinions about where the college is headed. There’s not a lot of room for constructive dialogue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mixed messages about the college’s uncertain future has had a direct impact on enrollment. Registration in both credit and noncredit courses is down about 10 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are normally an impacted program with a very long, long waitlist. This is this the first time I’ve seen this since I began teaching here in 1993,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Target enrollment in credit courses each semester is 85 students, but this semester only 73 students enrolled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We actually had to call people over the summer and ask them if they were returning to classes,” Reinhertz said. “Normally, we don’t have to do that. There was a greater effort to capture the students we have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faculty morale is down, also. “We feel pretty beat up,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=46531\">report\u003c/a> by the San Francisco Budget and Legislative Analyst’s office, the economic loss to San Francisco would be a staggering \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/19/ccsf-accreditation/\">$311 million\u003c/a> if City College were to close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The analyst's office also determined that students would incur higher costs if forced to transfer to private, for-profit two-year programs elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many graduates earn an Associate degree in just two years, walking away with very little debt and numerous job opportunities. They’ve been able to find positions at high-end hotels and restaurants throughout the Bay Area and beyond including \u003ca href=\"http://www.acquerello.com\">Acquerello\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cliffhouse.com\">Cliff House\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.garydanko.com\">Gary Danko\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the best kept secret in San Francisco,” Reinhertz said.“It’s a cost that students can actually pay back. Even for someone making $12 an hour. It’s not beyond anybody's reach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reinhertz warned the impact on the culinary world would be imminent, especially in relation to internships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Students would most likely just drop out. No one does what we do. We have the internships that lead to jobs,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked a few notable alumni in the food world what they think would happen if San Francisco loses City College and the Culinary Arts program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.biritemarket.com/who-we-are/our-history/\">Sam Mogannam\u003c/a>, Owner Bi-Rite Market\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/SamMogannam_16oct2013_0004_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72987\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/SamMogannam_16oct2013_0004_web.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Mogannam owns BiRite Market on 18th Street in San Francisco and recently opened a second location on Divisadero Street. He's an alumnus of City College of San Francisco's culinary department. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Mogannam owns BiRite Market on 18th Street in San Francisco and recently opened a second location on Divisadero Street. He's an alumnus of City College of San Francisco's culinary department. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco native Sam Mogannam doesn’t know where he would be without City College. He attended the culinary program in 1986 upon graduating high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Initially I thought I was gonna be a hotel guy,” he said. “My intent was to go to City for two years and then transfer to Cornell to do the hotel administration program there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mogannam didn’t end up at Cornell, but instead stayed local after he found a job at a diner and discovered he loved to cook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I would have gone crazy if I was a suit, you know?” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then he and his brother took over the family grocery business on 18th Street in 1998 with only six employees. Now he has 285 employees across three stores, including the new market on Divisadero Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mogannam is afraid that if the college closes, students would suffer most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I know there are just so many kids that get out of the (California) Culinary Academy that have loans that they will probably never be able to pay back if they stay in the food business,” he said. “Or they come out with these expectations that they're going to become a high-power chef and really don't have any experience to back it. It's a challenge for them because they've got this pressure of the debt and still don't have the experience to be able take on a job that will actually help them pay it down.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/01/02/interview-with-nopas-jeff-hanak/\">Jeff Hanak\u003c/a>, Owner Nopa and Nopalito\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/JeffHannak_9oct2013_0017_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72985\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/JeffHannak_9oct2013_0017_web.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Hanak, owner of Nopa and Nopalito, is a City College of San Francisco alumnus. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Hanak, owner of Nopa and Nopalito, is a City College of San Francisco alumnus. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jeff Hanak, owner of the popular restaurants Nopa and Nopalito, always wanted to go to City College. The price and location were hard to beat. He’d been working in restaurants throughout high school and hoped to see if the culinary department was a “good fit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always loved working in restaurants,” Hanak said. “I wanted to see if this could be a career for me. City College was reasonably priced and had an excellent reputation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He enrolled right out of high school and never looked back. While attending classes, he earned a coveted internship at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fourseasons.com/sanfrancisco/dining/\">Four Seasons Hotel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The school has a relationship within the industry. Internships are quite good with hotels and restaurants,” he said. “There’s opportunities for excellent job placements if that’s what you really want to do.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Hanak still uses his City College training every day. He helped open Nopa in 2006, and Nopalito a year later. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/05/06/travel/20120506-SURFACING.html?_r=2&\">New York Times\u003c/a> said it put San Francisco’s north of the Panhandle neighborhood on the map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My instructors helped me gain a broad range of skills. Not just culinary, but I learned the art of hospitality. It would be sad to lose City College,” Hanak said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He fears that if the school shuts down, the reverberations for the restaurant world will be hard to overcome. Bay Area restaurants are large employers of people coming right out of school. Over the years he has employed multiple City College graduates as managers, cooks and servers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it would be hard to find a pool of quality graduates to choose from,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also worries about the students. He believes without City College, there aren’t many other opportunities for aspiring chefs or servers to learn valuable skills at a low price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s nowhere else in San Francisco for people to go other than for-profit institutions. There’s some pretty expensive private schools out there,” Hanak said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.paliodasti.com/about.php\">Martino DiGrande\u003c/a>, Owner Palio D’Asti\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSC_1346_0101_web.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72989\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSC_1346_0101_web.jpg\" alt=\"Martino DiGrande, owner of the Italian Restaurant Palio d'Asti, is an alumnus of City College of San Francisco. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martino DiGrande, owner of the Italian Restaurant Palio d'Asti, is an alumnus of City College of San Francisco. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martino DiGrande wanted to carry on his fathers’ tradition in the restaurant business. A proud Sicilian, he knew that food was his calling. Like Mogannam and Hanak, he enrolled in City College’s program directly out of high school in 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The school’s reputation is second to none,” he said. “I talked to people in the industry and they said, ‘Don’t be crazy. Go to City College!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so he did. He learned how to cook and meet strict criteria from some of the harshest food critics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“At City you are cooking for the students. Your food has to be hot. It has to be good” DiGrande said. “We had some of the toughest food critics around. They would let you know if the food wasn’t up to par.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>One of the highlights of the program for DiGrande was the diversity of students in culinary arts. If City College were to close, DiGrande is worried that many students would be completely be shut out from higher education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a couple guys recently out of prison. We had veterans. You name it. They were all trying to better themselves. I’m afraid those students might be lost in the shuffle,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Going Forward\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Whatever happens over the next ten months, the culinary department is still open, thriving and preparing for the future. Reinhertz is even trying to expand the program for non-chefs, including more daylong courses and maybe even a “couples cooking class.” One thing she wants to make clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City College isn’t closed, yet. “We are still here. We are still accredited. Come take a class,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the college added several dozen “late start” classes to its fall schedule, including \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/Schedule/Fall/ST/cul_arts_hospitality_studies.shtml\">two Culinary Arts classes\u003c/a> -- \"Pantry and Cold Kitchen\" and \"Chocolate and Confections.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get more information about \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/school-and-departments/school-of-business/culinary-arts-hospitality-studies.html\">City College's Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_altar2-6923.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_altar2-6923.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial altar. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73308\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memorial altar. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/naomifliss/\">Naomi Fiss\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the most revered local celebrations, \u003ca href=\"http://www.dayofthedeadsf.org/\">San Francisco's Día de los Muertos\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead\">Day of the Dead\u003c/a>), took place on Saturday, November 2 in the Mission District. This traditional Mexican / Mexican-American holiday honors ancestors and loved ones who are no longer with us and provides the time to acknowledge and reflect on the importance of those who have died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A candlelight procession began at 22nd and Bryant, snaked its way through the streets of the Mission, and returned to the starting point. Local voices were heard loud and clear throughout the event -- some expressed frustration at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Ellis-Act-Evictions-Rising-in-San-Francisco-229183291.html\">current Ellis Act evictions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_street11-6905.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_street11-6905.jpg\" alt=\"Eviction mural and offerings at 24th and Bryant in the Mission. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73381\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eviction mural and offerings at 24th and Bryant in the Mission. Photo: Naomi Fiss\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Concurrently, festivities took place at Garfield Park with The Festival of Altars, where artists created beautiful and heartfelt memorials. This year's celebration included performance art, altars in honor of those who have died due to hunger or migrant farming, and awe-inspiring works of art. Please enjoy these images which show the beauty of the San Francisco community, the commemoration of lives, and the rich cultural tradition that the Mission District has held for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>ALTARS\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_altar6-6971.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_altar6-6971.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial to the homeless. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"700\" height=\"980\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73312\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memorial to the homeless.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_altar7-6970.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_altar7-6970.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial to the homeless. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"700\" height=\"980\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73313\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memorial to the homeless.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[gallery link=\"file\" ids=\"73307,73309,73311,73314,73315,73316,73317,73318,73319,73320,73310,73321\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>FACES OF DIA DE LOS MUERTOS\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_facesHERO-7030.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_facesHERO-7030.jpg\" alt=\"Two girls with light toys. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"980\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73365\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[gallery link=\"file\" ids=\"73362,73363,73355,73358,73353,73357,73361,73359,73364,73360,73356,73352\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>MISSION STREET SCENES SUGAR SKULLS AND PAN DE MUERTO\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_street15-6903.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_street15-6903.jpg\" alt=\"Sugar skull makers. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"906\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73385\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[gallery link=\"file\" ids=\"73371,73372,73373,73374,73375,73376,73380,73379,73382,73383,73384,73386\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>CANDLELIGHT VIGIL\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_vigil-7010.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_vigil-7010.jpg\" alt=\"Candlelight memorial for Eddie, Lou Reed and others. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"980\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73393\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[gallery link=\"file\" ids=\"73395,73394,73391\"]\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_vigil-6879.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss_vigil-6879-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Woman lights candle during candlelight vigil. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73252\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/87711682@N00/3893851377/in/photolist-6W61mz-6Wa3VE-6XjUPu-75ts6c-76TiRo-7hN36t-7oMp72-7oRfkb-7xpjYR-7S9QQp-8ee22y-8ee1gY-8eaH5K-8eaJ3k-ayaNio-9LkdS7-9JGRF2-fwpjbS-d3F1wS-fwa3tV-7ZS2fB-9bwt8h-8ojrLB-9LhquD-9LhqLk-7AYABJ-b2Y41D-cYjRKy-8xR8ZF-8xJd6H-bmffr2-7RZgmo-8tPnfQ-d9JzAZ-csfcPw-csfxBL-9NSxCk-bTUbED-bQFJPK-csfyiL-9N2Wcj-9MZcda-9MZegK-7Qk16Q-d4WQD9-8gRTup-8gVaju-8QcoVG-8Q9jsg-8Q9hLM-7ZVbVf\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-73252\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/3893851377_efd2cb8b1a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cascade hops before they're harvested. Photo: Matt & Nicole Cummings/Flickr\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cascade hops before they're harvested. 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The foundation provided one of the places the hops were grown at \u003ca href=\"http://www.peoplesvictorygarden.org/\" target=\"_blank\">the People's Victory Garden\u003c/a>, at 52nd and Telegraph Ave. It's also a nonprofit organization that educates people about gardening and grows food in community gardens to give to pantries and individuals in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing local hops seems to be an inevitable next step in the evolving local food and urban homesteading movement but brewery-grade hops-growing is not widespread yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not very common, but I think we're going to see more of it,\" said Mark Cabrera of locally-grown hops. Cabrera is Bison's Sales Manager and an Oakland resident. Most notably, both \u003ca href=\"http://www.sierranevada.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sierra Nevada\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://avbc.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Anderson Valley Brewing Company\u003c/a> grow some of their own hops on site, which they make specialty beers from, while purchasing the rest of their hops from growers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, as far as Cabrera knows there aren't any other large breweries that have grown hops right in the middle of cities like Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hops take up a lot of real estate,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73250\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/photo-1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"The seedlings started off small when Cabrera planted them, smaller than a beer bottle. 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At Cabrera's house, they wrapped up the lattice-work and onto his 25-foot roof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it came time to harvest the flowers, though, Cabrera didn't expect much. \"Maybe one keg,\" he said. Growing your own hops can be a notoriously time-consuming process. It typically takes two to three years for the hops to really take root. After harvesting, you trim the vine down to a few feet, let it hibernate over the winter, and it blooms again in the spring bigger and better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73251\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/photo-e1383351015947.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/photo-e1383351015947-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cabrera poses next to the vines that grew nearly 40-feet-high this summer. 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The garden waived the fee for the brewery. Bison's head brewer did research on the best hops plant for Oakland. They settled on the Cascade Hops, a variety that does well in less warm weather, and Cabrera got to work planting earlier this spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, him and his son planted in the Lake Merritt community garden, but they had rhizomes left over. Rhizomes, seedlings that look like sticks, come in one-size large boxes and \"we had about ten times as much as would fit,\" said Cabrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, right next to his spot in the community garden was another empty spot. He asked about it and found out the spot had just been promised to The Victory Garden Foundation. He reached out to Victory Lee, the founder of the organization, and she offered up space not at Lake Merritt but at the People's Victory Garden, where the festival will take place. That used up some more of the seedlings, but not all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We ended up planting all over,\" said Cabrera -- his own house, two home-brewing friends' houses, \u003ca href=\"http://beer-revolution.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Beer Revolution\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.oldedepot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Olde Depot\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The little seedlings grew, turning into vines over the summer. At Cabrera's house, they wrapped up the lattice-work and onto his 25-foot roof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it came time to harvest the flowers, though, Cabrera didn't expect much. \"Maybe one keg,\" he said. Growing your own hops can be a notoriously time-consuming process. It typically takes two to three years for the hops to really take root. After harvesting, you trim the vine down to a few feet, let it hibernate over the winter, and it blooms again in the spring bigger and better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73251\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/photo-e1383351015947.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/photo-e1383351015947-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cabrera poses next to the vines that grew nearly 40-feet-high this summer. Photo: Mark Cabrera\" width=\"250\" class=\"size-large wp-image-73251\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cabrera poses next to the vines that grew nearly 40-feet-high this summer. Photo: Mark Cabrera\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cabrera was pleasantly surprised, though, when they ended up with 30 pounds of hops, which turned into 40 kegs of Oakland Hops Harvest -- a West Coast-style pale ale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That special beer is or will be in the coming weeks available at Olde Depot, \u003ca href=\"http://berkeley.saturncafe.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Saturn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jupiterbeer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jupiter\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.thenewparkway.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The New Parkway Theater\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://benandnicks.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben & Nick's\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://cmonoakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Commonwealth \u003c/a>and other bars in Oakland and Berkeley. Or, you can drink it for a good cause at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.victorygardenfoundation.org/hopsnharvesttheshow.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Hops n' Harvest Festival\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.victorygardenfoundation.org/hopsnharvest.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The festival\u003c/a>, from 1 to 5 p.m. this Saturday at the People's Victory Garden at Telegraph Center, will have classes, workshops, dancing, music, food and, of course, beer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next year, Bison intends to harvest the hops again -- and, hopefully, get a bigger bounty. It'll also be looking to do similar urban hops growing in other regions like Santa Rosa and Sacramento. And, the brewery plans to reach out to homebrewers, many of whom wanted to participate or grown their own. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/117879596\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lupe is consulting a customer at her shop, \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/CHgvVo\">Botanica Los Sueños\u003c/a>, in San Francisco’s Mission District. (Like other healers I interviewed, Lupe didn’t want her last name used in this story, saying it is bad luck.) She directs a young Latina woman to a wall lined with rows of colorful candles, each decorated with images of saints. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica1000.jpg\" alt=\"Lupe is a curandera, a traditional healer who treats the spiritual as well as physical ailment by using herbs, candles and rituals. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73178\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lupe is a curandera, a traditional healer who treats the spiritual as well as physical ailment by using herbs, candles and rituals. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The customer picks out two candles with the words ‘success’ and ‘money’ written on them and takes them to the front counter. Then Lupe begins poking holes deep into the wax with a sharp pencil. She grabs a bottle of a nondescript essential oil, pours some into the candle, and begins turning the candle in circles while chanting prayers under her breath. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lupe is a \u003cem>curandera\u003c/em>, a traditional healer who treats the spiritual as well as physical ailment by using herbs, candles and rituals. Her shop is one of many botanicas in the neighborhood (there are also many botanicas in Oakland’s Fruitvale District, off of International Blvd., as well as others scattered around the Bay Area). Customers come to meet healers who use local and imported herbs to helping them make a mind-body connection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica600.jpg\" alt=\"Corner altar at Botanica Los Sueños. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73182\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corner altar at Botanica Los Sueños. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Each corner of Botanica Los Sueños has an altar. Statues of saints are surrounded by lit candles, roses, but also offerings of sustenance: fresh fruit, bags of Mexican candy--sometimes a bottle of rum or tequila. Lupe says the food is an offering to the saints so they’ll grant the wishes of those who pray to them. She says customers bring fresh food each day to replenish the saints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“People give offerings of fruits, flowers, and honey to sweeten the paths of those who believe in the saints,” said Lupe. “The flowers are for having a good life path, protection, health, money, love; it represents peace and tranquility among the family.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica1000d.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica1000d.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of candles including La Santisima Muerte at Botanica Los Sueños. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73186\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rows of candles including La Santisima Muerte at Botanica Los Sueños. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the altars is for \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Muerte\">Santa Muerte\u003c/a> (Spanish for ‘The Saint of Death’), a saint depicted by a skeleton dressed in colorful robes. The statue has a cigarette in it’s mouth and a wad of one dollar bills tucked into it’s arm. Lupe says many people follow Santa Muerte in the neighborhood, so her altar is always filled with offerings of all kinds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica1000h.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica1000h.jpg\" alt=\" Santa Muerte (Spanish for ‘The Saint of Death’), a saint depicted by a skeleton dressed in colorful robes. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73187\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Muerte (Spanish for ‘The Saint of Death’), a saint depicted by a skeleton dressed in colorful robes. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lupe says she learned how to be a curandera in Guanajuato, Mexico from her aunt, who was also healer. Her aunt taught her about medicinal use herbs, like pasote (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.), a wild herb that grows in the U.S. and Mexico. Lupe says pasote tea helps people with gassy stomachs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I’d watch my aunt. Someone would come to her with a broken foot, or a broken hand, and she would grind some herbs and mix them with an egg, and she’d rub it on their legs and they’d be cured,” Lupe said. “She was a healer, so I would watch her do her work and she’d always tell me, ‘Pay attention, because when you grow up you are going to be a great healer.’ So with this in my mind, I developed my skills. And I would help my own children when they were ill: with peppermint, with garlic, with chamomile, with lemon balm -- with medicinal plants.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" link=\"none\" ids=\"73197,73198,73199,73192,73191,73193,73203,73206,73202\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lupe came to California 20 years ago with her five young children after her husband left the family. They were homeless and living in a park in San Francisco -- until Lupe found a job working as a nanny. In her spare time she studied up on longtime passion of traditional healing within her religion: Santería. \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa\">Santería\u003c/a> is syncretism of the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_religion\">Yorùbá\u003c/a> religion, brought to the Caribbean by West African slaves during Spanish invasions, and Catholicism. Santería spread throughout many Latin American countries in the early 19th century, and eventually made it’s way to Latino communities here in the U.S. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The tradition of Santeria is to help people who are sick,” Lupe said. “If a doctor can’t help them, then people have to look for help elsewhere -- with plants, with what one knows.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The walls of Lupe’s shop are lined with rows and rows of prepackaged herbal blends. The packages have different labels, for different purposes: one is to bring in money, another is to keep away bad neighbors, another to bring love. Lupe says she buys the herbs wholesale from botanica companies based in Los Angeles, San Diego and New York. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica1000b.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica1000b.jpg\" alt=\" Botanica Los Sueños in San Francisco’s Mission District. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73195\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Botanica Los Sueños in San Francisco’s Mission District. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mercy is another local curandera who owns \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/fiPyuc\">Botanica Santa Muerte\u003c/a>, a few blocks away also in the Mission District. Mercy said she didn't want photos taken of her botanica because she didn't feel comfortable with it. She says she buys or gathers herbs each morning for her clients. Some she harvests in her backyard, others she finds growing wild. But she says it’s tough to find a lot of the medicinal plants she used back in El Salvador because its illegal to bring any plants or seeds into the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For example if there’s infection in your stomach, or in your ovaries, there’s an herb I use called ‘chichipince (\u003ca href=\"http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=hapa3\">Hamelia patens\u003c/a>).’ They don’t have it here, but it’s really good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some herbs she can find here: like chamomile flowers, holy basil and a plant called ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-885-RUE.aspx?activeIngredientId=885&activeIngredientName=RUE\">rue\u003c/a>.’ Mercy says when a person has bad energy, they can use rue in a tea. She says rue has a lot of uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercy practices \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_(religion)\">Palo\u003c/a> -- a religion that came to the Caribbean from the Congo in Central Africa. Like Santeria, the religion is highly influenced by Roman Catholicism. Mercy says in Palo, the belief is that all plants can retain positive or negative energy from humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Herbs are living things,” said Mercy. “If you talk to herbs and show them affection, it’s a little plant, it will grow into something beautiful. But if we forget about them, they dry up and die. An herb needs us to give it energy, because it is energy.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Mercy says she does purification ceremonies to clear plants of negative energy before giving them to clients. She sprays the plants with ‘agua florida’ -- a liquid made with lavender, rose, orange flower, and other herbs -- or she cleanses them with a little bit of rum. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercy says most of her customers are Latinos of all ages. A lot of them don’t have health insurance, she says, so many avoid going to the doctor’s office. In California most undocumented immigrants are Latinos who don’t qualify for Medicaid or the Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare). A large percentage of these Latinos are low-income, with have an employment rate \u003ca href=\"http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t03.htm\">two percent lower\u003c/a> than the national average -- Mercy says many simply can’t afford pricey out-of-pocket doctor bills, so they come to her instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mercy clarifies that she’s a healer, not a doctor. So if someone has a disease like cancer, she sends them to the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it’s a normal illness, I can’t cure it. What I cure, for example, is when someone needs protection from a bad neighbor, or bad vibrations. At times people come and I ask them, ‘Have you been to the doctor?’ And they say, ‘Yes, I went. But they said there’s nothing wrong with me.’ But if they still feel bad, they come to me looking for a different kind of help.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Lupe says the food is an offering to the saints so they’ll grant the wishes of those who pray to them. She says customers bring fresh food each day to replenish the saints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“People give offerings of fruits, flowers, and honey to sweeten the paths of those who believe in the saints,” said Lupe. “The flowers are for having a good life path, protection, health, money, love; it represents peace and tranquility among the family.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica1000d.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/botanica1000d.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of candles including La Santisima Muerte at Botanica Los Sueños. 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"content": "\u003cp>Just in time for Halloween, who's got the pumpkin-iest scoops in town? Unlike, say, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-open-letter-to-pumpkin-flavored-seasonal-treats\">pumpkin-spice lattes\u003c/a>--where the operative word is \u003cem>spice,\u003c/em> not pumpkin, as in \"the spices, like cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, that one would typically use to flavor a pumpkin dessert, rather than the pumpkin itself\"--pumpkin ice cream is the real deal, getting its golden, autumnal glow and earthy-sweet seasonal charm from actual pumpkin. Because if you think about it, pureed squash in your coffee, ick, but in your ice cream, oh yes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-icecream1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-icecream1000.jpg\" alt=\"Maple Brown Sugar Squash, Smitten Ice Cream. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73117\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maple Brown Sugar Squash, Smitten Ice Cream. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://smittenicecream.com/\">Smitten Ice Cream\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Before we tasted it, the frozen-to-order used by Smitten Ice Cream sounded like a high-tech gimmick. Would a sci-fi blast of liquid nitrogen really make better ice cream? But then we strolled down to the shipping-container-turned-sweet-shop in Hayes Valley and ordered up a scoop of \u003cstrong>Maple Brown Sugar Squash\u003c/strong>. A hefty spoonful of squash puree, a slug of creamy housemade ice cream base, a sudden burst of chilly, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KarlTheFog\">Karl-like fog\u003c/a>, and here was our winner, hands down: lusciously smooth, richly flavored but perfectly balanced, like the best pumpkin pie you've ever eaten, only better, and glazed with a maple-lemon syrup. But get it now--come November, it will be replaced by \u003cstrong>Cinnamon Apple Crisp\u003c/strong>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-chalkboard1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-chalkboard1000.jpg\" alt=\"Smitten chalkboard. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73115\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smitten chalkboard. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-counter1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-counter1000.jpg\" alt=\"Smitten counter. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73118\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smitten counter. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://smittenicecream.com/\">\u003cstrong>Smitten Ice Cream\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/ym3ee\">[map]\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n432 Octavia St, #1A (at Linden St)\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ph:\u003c/strong> (415) 863-1518\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMon-Thu 12pm – 10 pm\u003cbr>\nFri 12pm – 10:30 pm\u003cbr>\nSat 11:30am – 10:30pm\u003cbr>\nSun 11:30am – 10pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SmittenIceCream\">Smitten Ice Cream\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/smittenicecream\">@SmittenIceCream\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkincone-mitchells1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkincone-mitchells1000.jpg\" alt=\"Mitchell's Pumpkin cone. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73148\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitchell's Pumpkin cone. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mitchellsicecream.com/\">Mitchell's\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Once Smitten's squash has disappeared for the season, restore your necessary pumpkin joy at Mitchell's, which offers one of the longest-running \u003cstrong>Pumpkin\u003c/strong> ice cream experiences in the city. It's still the gold standard: creamy and full-flavored, with just the right hint of natural earthy sweetness (and nutmeg). It's a fall/winter mainstay at this 60-year-old neighborhood hangout, since it's always warmer (and sunnier) in the Mission, and perfect in a double scoop with their cinnamon-y \u003cstrong>Mexican Chocolate.\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/mitchells-window1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/mitchells-window1000.jpg\" alt=\"Mitchell's storefront. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73147\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitchell's storefront. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mitchellsicecream.com/\">\u003cstrong>Mitchell's\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/FdYzi\">[map]\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n688 San Jose Ave. (at 29th St)\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94110\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ph:\u003c/strong> (415) 648-2300\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMon-Sun 11am – 11 pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mitchells-Ice-Cream/115681848447769\">Mitchell's Ice Cream\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mitchellsicecre\">@MitchellsIceCre\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73244\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Pumpkin-birite600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Pumpkin-birite600.jpg\" alt=\"Bi-Rite Creamery's Pumpkin Soft-Serve. Photo: Jessie Rogers\" width=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73244\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bi-Rite Creamery's Pumpkin Soft-Serve. Photo: Jessie Rogers\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.biritecreamery.com\">Bi-Rite Creamery\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For something a little different, the mid-October arrival of Bi-Rite Creamery's \u003cstrong>Pumpkin Soft-Serve\u003c/strong> (Fridays only, paired with tangy \u003cstrong>Creme Fraiche\u003c/strong>) is always cause for seasonal celebration. The soft-serve window (which also sells popsicles, ice-cream sandwiches, cookies, and often, a very delicious hot chocolate) is the best-kept secret of the Bi-Rite universe. There's almost never a line, even while the queue at the Creamery nearby stretches to new-iPhone-release-day proportions. (The main Creamery is also offering a stellar regular pumpkin ice cream right now.) The texture is just right for Dairy Queen/Foster's Freeze nostalgia, but the two daily flavors on offer--like peanut butter and roasted banana, salted caramel and coffee, even plain old vanilla and chocolate--are much, much better. According to the staff, customers go nuts for this flavor, calling every day in early October to find out when it will be back on the menu. But familiarity breeds ennui, and sometime in January, it will have slipped away, quietly, until autumn returns some ten months later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73245\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Pumpkin-birite800.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Pumpkin-birite800.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Bi-Rite team member holding Bi-Rite Creamery's Pumpkin Soft-Serve. Photo: Jessie Rogers\" width=\"800\" height=\"719\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73245\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Bi-Rite team member holding Bi-Rite Creamery's Pumpkin Soft-Serve. Photo: Jessie Rogers\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.biritecreamery.com\">\u003cstrong>Bi-Rite Creamery\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/2uTgA\">[map]\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n3692 18th St (between Dolores and Guerrero Sts)\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94110\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ph:\u003c/strong> (415) 648-2300\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMon-Fri 3pm – 9 pm\u003cbr>\nSat-Sun 1pm – 9 pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/biritecreamery\">Bi-Rite Creamery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/biritesf\">@BiRiteSF\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkin-ici1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkin-ici1000.jpg\" alt=\"Ici's Wrapped Pumpkin-Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwich. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73114\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ici's Wrapped Pumpkin-Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwich. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ici-icecream.com\">Ici\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The short list of flavors at Elmwood's pretty little Ici shifts every day, but this month, \u003cstrong>Pumpkin\u003c/strong> is the popular kid. Lightly, mildly pumpkin-y, with bright spicing, you can try it in a hand-held gingersnap ice cream sandwich, or pair a scoop with another autumn-toasty flavor, like the brunch-worthy, pancake-ready \u003cstrong>Maple-Candied Bacon\u003c/strong> or the potent, nightcap-y \u003cstrong>Chicory Whiskey\u003c/strong>. (Note: Ici will be closed on Oct 31.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkin-icecreamsand-ici1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkin-icecreamsand-ici1000.jpg\" alt=\"Ici's Pumpkin-Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwich. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73113\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ici's Pumpkin-Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwich. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/ici-outside1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/ici-outside1000.jpg\" alt=\"Ici exterior. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73112\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ici exterior. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ici-icecream.com\">\u003cstrong>Ici\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/jbC0k\">[map]\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n2948 College Ave (between Ashby Ave and Russell St)\u003cbr>\nBerkeley, CA 94705\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ph:\u003c/strong> (510) 665-6054\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMon-Thu 12pm – 9:30 pm\u003cbr>\nFri 12pm – 10 pm\u003cbr>\nSat-Sun 11am – 10 pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/icicream\">Ici Ice Cream\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/IciIceCream\">@IciIceCream\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.chowfoodbar.com\">Chow\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But what if it's chilly and windy outside, and you'd like to sit down and wrap your hands around a steaming mug of coffee while you anticipate your ice cream's arrival? Whether it's February or August, April or November, \u003cstrong>Ginger Cake with Pumpkin Ice Cream\u003c/strong> is always on the dessert menu at the cozy, tavern-like \u003ca href=\"http://www.chowfoodbar.com\">Chow\u003c/a>. But this moist, molasses-y, noir-dark cake and its creamy pumpkin sidekick tastes best when the Halloween pumpkins are glowing. Not close to the Castro? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Just in time for Halloween, who's got the pumpkin-iest scoops in town? Unlike, say, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-open-letter-to-pumpkin-flavored-seasonal-treats\">pumpkin-spice lattes\u003c/a>--where the operative word is \u003cem>spice,\u003c/em> not pumpkin, as in \"the spices, like cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, that one would typically use to flavor a pumpkin dessert, rather than the pumpkin itself\"--pumpkin ice cream is the real deal, getting its golden, autumnal glow and earthy-sweet seasonal charm from actual pumpkin. Because if you think about it, pureed squash in your coffee, ick, but in your ice cream, oh yes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-icecream1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-icecream1000.jpg\" alt=\"Maple Brown Sugar Squash, Smitten Ice Cream. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73117\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maple Brown Sugar Squash, Smitten Ice Cream. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://smittenicecream.com/\">Smitten Ice Cream\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Before we tasted it, the frozen-to-order used by Smitten Ice Cream sounded like a high-tech gimmick. Would a sci-fi blast of liquid nitrogen really make better ice cream? But then we strolled down to the shipping-container-turned-sweet-shop in Hayes Valley and ordered up a scoop of \u003cstrong>Maple Brown Sugar Squash\u003c/strong>. A hefty spoonful of squash puree, a slug of creamy housemade ice cream base, a sudden burst of chilly, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KarlTheFog\">Karl-like fog\u003c/a>, and here was our winner, hands down: lusciously smooth, richly flavored but perfectly balanced, like the best pumpkin pie you've ever eaten, only better, and glazed with a maple-lemon syrup. But get it now--come November, it will be replaced by \u003cstrong>Cinnamon Apple Crisp\u003c/strong>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-chalkboard1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-chalkboard1000.jpg\" alt=\"Smitten chalkboard. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73115\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smitten chalkboard. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-counter1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/smitten-counter1000.jpg\" alt=\"Smitten counter. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73118\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smitten counter. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://smittenicecream.com/\">\u003cstrong>Smitten Ice Cream\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/ym3ee\">[map]\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n432 Octavia St, #1A (at Linden St)\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ph:\u003c/strong> (415) 863-1518\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMon-Thu 12pm – 10 pm\u003cbr>\nFri 12pm – 10:30 pm\u003cbr>\nSat 11:30am – 10:30pm\u003cbr>\nSun 11:30am – 10pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SmittenIceCream\">Smitten Ice Cream\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/smittenicecream\">@SmittenIceCream\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkincone-mitchells1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkincone-mitchells1000.jpg\" alt=\"Mitchell's Pumpkin cone. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73148\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitchell's Pumpkin cone. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mitchellsicecream.com/\">Mitchell's\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Once Smitten's squash has disappeared for the season, restore your necessary pumpkin joy at Mitchell's, which offers one of the longest-running \u003cstrong>Pumpkin\u003c/strong> ice cream experiences in the city. It's still the gold standard: creamy and full-flavored, with just the right hint of natural earthy sweetness (and nutmeg). It's a fall/winter mainstay at this 60-year-old neighborhood hangout, since it's always warmer (and sunnier) in the Mission, and perfect in a double scoop with their cinnamon-y \u003cstrong>Mexican Chocolate.\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/mitchells-window1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/mitchells-window1000.jpg\" alt=\"Mitchell's storefront. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73147\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitchell's storefront. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mitchellsicecream.com/\">\u003cstrong>Mitchell's\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/FdYzi\">[map]\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n688 San Jose Ave. (at 29th St)\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94110\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ph:\u003c/strong> (415) 648-2300\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMon-Sun 11am – 11 pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mitchells-Ice-Cream/115681848447769\">Mitchell's Ice Cream\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mitchellsicecre\">@MitchellsIceCre\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73244\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Pumpkin-birite600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Pumpkin-birite600.jpg\" alt=\"Bi-Rite Creamery's Pumpkin Soft-Serve. Photo: Jessie Rogers\" width=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73244\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bi-Rite Creamery's Pumpkin Soft-Serve. Photo: Jessie Rogers\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.biritecreamery.com\">Bi-Rite Creamery\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For something a little different, the mid-October arrival of Bi-Rite Creamery's \u003cstrong>Pumpkin Soft-Serve\u003c/strong> (Fridays only, paired with tangy \u003cstrong>Creme Fraiche\u003c/strong>) is always cause for seasonal celebration. The soft-serve window (which also sells popsicles, ice-cream sandwiches, cookies, and often, a very delicious hot chocolate) is the best-kept secret of the Bi-Rite universe. There's almost never a line, even while the queue at the Creamery nearby stretches to new-iPhone-release-day proportions. (The main Creamery is also offering a stellar regular pumpkin ice cream right now.) The texture is just right for Dairy Queen/Foster's Freeze nostalgia, but the two daily flavors on offer--like peanut butter and roasted banana, salted caramel and coffee, even plain old vanilla and chocolate--are much, much better. According to the staff, customers go nuts for this flavor, calling every day in early October to find out when it will be back on the menu. But familiarity breeds ennui, and sometime in January, it will have slipped away, quietly, until autumn returns some ten months later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73245\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Pumpkin-birite800.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Pumpkin-birite800.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Bi-Rite team member holding Bi-Rite Creamery's Pumpkin Soft-Serve. Photo: Jessie Rogers\" width=\"800\" height=\"719\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73245\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Bi-Rite team member holding Bi-Rite Creamery's Pumpkin Soft-Serve. Photo: Jessie Rogers\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.biritecreamery.com\">\u003cstrong>Bi-Rite Creamery\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/2uTgA\">[map]\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n3692 18th St (between Dolores and Guerrero Sts)\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94110\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ph:\u003c/strong> (415) 648-2300\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMon-Fri 3pm – 9 pm\u003cbr>\nSat-Sun 1pm – 9 pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/biritecreamery\">Bi-Rite Creamery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/biritesf\">@BiRiteSF\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkin-ici1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkin-ici1000.jpg\" alt=\"Ici's Wrapped Pumpkin-Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwich. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73114\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ici's Wrapped Pumpkin-Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwich. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ici-icecream.com\">Ici\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The short list of flavors at Elmwood's pretty little Ici shifts every day, but this month, \u003cstrong>Pumpkin\u003c/strong> is the popular kid. Lightly, mildly pumpkin-y, with bright spicing, you can try it in a hand-held gingersnap ice cream sandwich, or pair a scoop with another autumn-toasty flavor, like the brunch-worthy, pancake-ready \u003cstrong>Maple-Candied Bacon\u003c/strong> or the potent, nightcap-y \u003cstrong>Chicory Whiskey\u003c/strong>. (Note: Ici will be closed on Oct 31.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkin-icecreamsand-ici1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pumpkin-icecreamsand-ici1000.jpg\" alt=\"Ici's Pumpkin-Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwich. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73113\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ici's Pumpkin-Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwich. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/ici-outside1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/ici-outside1000.jpg\" alt=\"Ici exterior. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73112\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ici exterior. 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Whether it's February or August, April or November, \u003cstrong>Ginger Cake with Pumpkin Ice Cream\u003c/strong> is always on the dessert menu at the cozy, tavern-like \u003ca href=\"http://www.chowfoodbar.com\">Chow\u003c/a>. But this moist, molasses-y, noir-dark cake and its creamy pumpkin sidekick tastes best when the Halloween pumpkins are glowing. Not close to the Castro? The restaurant has additional locations in Danville, Lafayette, and San Francisco's Inner Sunset. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/20-spot-outside1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/20-spot-outside1000.jpg\" alt=\"20 Spot is a new mod wine bar in the Mission district. Photo: Kate Williams\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72736\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">20 Spot is a new mod wine bar in the Mission district. Photo: Kate Williams\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Walking into \u003ca href=\"http://20spot.com/\">20 Spot\u003c/a>, a new wine bar in the Mission district, feels more like a visit to a mid-century antique store than to a restaurant. Low-slung, post-war style couches line the entryway, glass bulb pendant lamps cast a soft glow onto the space, and upcycled record box wine shelves hang behind the bar. The boxes are particularly appropriate—in its last incarnation, the small storefront that now houses 20 Spot was home to Force of Habit, a record store, and there’s still a neon “records” sign outside to prove it. The décor, envisioned by \u003ca href=\"http://www.trickdogbar.com/\">Trick Dog\u003c/a> architect \u003ca href=\"http://www.wylieprice.com/\">Wylie Price\u003c/a>, feels heavily twee, but it’s a nice break from the rustic-chic design of far too many Mission joints. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While 20 Spot bills itself as both a wine bar and a restaurant, just going for drinks makes a visit far more enjoyable than attempting to craft a full meal from their menu, unless you’ve got a flush pocketbook. At first glance, it’s easy to assume that the profusion of blue jean-clad diners indicates an affordable restaurant. But much like the Mission district as a whole, the cost is much higher than it may appear at first glance. Indeed, an initial attempt at eating a decent meal off of 20 Spot’s short, but well-crafted menu was an exercise in costly frustration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/littlegems-avocado-salad1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/littlegems-avocado-salad1000.jpg\" alt=\"A starter salad of little gems, cucumber, and avocado is crisp and refreshing, but not worth the price tag. Photo: Kate Williams\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72738\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A starter salad of little gems, cucumber, and avocado is crisp and refreshing, but not worth the price tag. Photo: Kate Williams\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A lightly dressed salad of crisp little gems, creamy avocado, cool cucumber, and aromatic dill is a fine starter. But $11 for a small bowl of lettuce and a quarter of an avocado that could be easily made at home is hardly a good value. Neither is the $5 price tag on the bread, even if it does come with house-made butter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72740\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/scallop-crudo1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/scallop-crudo1000.jpg\" alt=\"Scallop crudo makes for a pretty picture, but could have been fresher. Photo: Kate Williams\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72740\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scallop crudo makes for a pretty picture, but could have been fresher. Photo: Kate Williams\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The more complex dishes aren’t necessarily an improvement. A $15 scallop crudo on top of thinly sliced fennel and orange exhibited a pleasing balance of texture, but the seafood was less than fresh. Oysters sounded good, but pricey at $3 a pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Far better are the larger dishes. Chef Caleb Jones’ potted rabbit has, deservedly, received many accolades. The tender, shredded meat is bound with just enough fat to smear it on top of a slice of bread without overwhelming the gentle gaminess of the rabbit itself. Each accoutrement—assorted pickles, house Old Bay mustard, and apricot ketchup—is sharp on its own, yet sings when paired with the meat. The rabbit is a fine snack, but hardly a dish upon which to build a meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72739\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/potted-rabit1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/potted-rabit1000.jpg\" alt=\"The potted rabbit dish was the best of the night. Photo: Kate Williams\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72739\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The potted rabbit dish was the best of the night. Photo: Kate Williams\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Likewise, cheeses are elegantly plated, but it’s hard not to feel ripped off when presented with a paper-thin sliver of local fromage overwhelmed by mustards, pickles, nuts, and crackers. Throw in a few glasses of wine and the bill will easily creep up towards the three-digit mark. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We paid our bill and set off for dinner number two (at a nearby pupusaria), but I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d approached 20 Spot in the wrong manner. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a bar, I had few complaints. The short, well-curated bottle list offers a fun mix of familiar and less-common grapes, with an abundance of German and Austrian options. Surprisingly, bottles are a better bargain here than drinking by the glass (many hard-to-find bottles cost $50 and under). The single-serving options ($9-15) are pricey and less interesting, but they do pair well with the food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/bar1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/bar1000.jpg\" alt=\"20 Spot’s bar is adorned with upcycled record boxes. Photo: Kate Williams\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72737\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">20 Spot’s bar is adorned with upcycled record boxes. Photo: Kate Williams\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Service is warm and knowledgeable; we received good suggestions on both wine and cheese choices. Our server helped us steer clear of the pedestrian cheese options and towards Bellwether Farm’s raw sheep San Andreas, which had funky character. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In truth, 20 Spot offers a thoughtful list of bar snacks, not the blueprint for a full dinner. Stepping in for a glass of Gamay and a few cheeses doesn’t exactly make for an affordable bite, but you probably weren’t expecting to save money on a wine and cheese date, anyways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Information:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://20spot.com/\">20 Spot\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAddress: \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/YQcQoJ\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n3565 20th Street\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94110\u003cbr>\nPhone: (415) 624-3140\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/20spot\">20 Spot\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/20spotsf\">@20spotSF\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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Low-slung, post-war style couches line the entryway, glass bulb pendant lamps cast a soft glow onto the space, and upcycled record box wine shelves hang behind the bar. The boxes are particularly appropriate—in its last incarnation, the small storefront that now houses 20 Spot was home to Force of Habit, a record store, and there’s still a neon “records” sign outside to prove it. The décor, envisioned by \u003ca href=\"http://www.trickdogbar.com/\">Trick Dog\u003c/a> architect \u003ca href=\"http://www.wylieprice.com/\">Wylie Price\u003c/a>, feels heavily twee, but it’s a nice break from the rustic-chic design of far too many Mission joints. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While 20 Spot bills itself as both a wine bar and a restaurant, just going for drinks makes a visit far more enjoyable than attempting to craft a full meal from their menu, unless you’ve got a flush pocketbook. At first glance, it’s easy to assume that the profusion of blue jean-clad diners indicates an affordable restaurant. But much like the Mission district as a whole, the cost is much higher than it may appear at first glance. Indeed, an initial attempt at eating a decent meal off of 20 Spot’s short, but well-crafted menu was an exercise in costly frustration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/littlegems-avocado-salad1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/littlegems-avocado-salad1000.jpg\" alt=\"A starter salad of little gems, cucumber, and avocado is crisp and refreshing, but not worth the price tag. Photo: Kate Williams\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72738\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A starter salad of little gems, cucumber, and avocado is crisp and refreshing, but not worth the price tag. 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Photo: Kate Williams\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The more complex dishes aren’t necessarily an improvement. A $15 scallop crudo on top of thinly sliced fennel and orange exhibited a pleasing balance of texture, but the seafood was less than fresh. Oysters sounded good, but pricey at $3 a pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Far better are the larger dishes. Chef Caleb Jones’ potted rabbit has, deservedly, received many accolades. The tender, shredded meat is bound with just enough fat to smear it on top of a slice of bread without overwhelming the gentle gaminess of the rabbit itself. Each accoutrement—assorted pickles, house Old Bay mustard, and apricot ketchup—is sharp on its own, yet sings when paired with the meat. 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"disqusTitle": "Cheese Class: Making Chevre with the San Francisco Milkmaid",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/platter1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/platter1.jpg\" alt=\"Goat cheese platter, Berkeley Cheeseboard Collective. Photo: Anna Mindess\" width=\"1000\" height=\"822\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72871\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goat cheese platter, Berkeley Cheeseboard Collective. Photo: Anna Mindess\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I’m gaga for goat cheese. When I saw a little sign at \u003ca href=\"http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/\">Berkeley’s Cheese Board Collective\u003c/a> announcing a goat cheese class, I was all over it. One evening last week, two dozen eager, cheese-maker-wannabes were welcomed by platters laden with dates, pears, persimmons and several varieties of goat cheese to get us in the mood. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.vermontcreamery.com/bonne-bouche-1\">Bonne Bouche\u003c/a>, with its squiggly gray, ash-ripened crust and pungent creamy interior disappeared quickly among this herd of goat cheese lovers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72867\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/louella1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/louella1.jpg\" alt=\"Louella Hill, SF Milkmaid. Photo: Anna Mindess\" width=\"1000\" height=\"951\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72867\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louella Hill, SF Milkmaid. Photo: Anna Mindess\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then we met our instructor, the lovely Louella Hill, better known as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmilkmaid.com/\">SF Milkmaid\u003c/a>, who, in her old fashioned milk maid cap looked like she just stepped out of an illustration from a 19th century book of nursery rhymes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill told us that her love affair with cheese started on a sheep farm in Tuscany, twelve years ago and then waxed poetical on her obsession:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Cheesemaking is an art form that asks for patience. It’s a puzzle that challenges your brain and asks you to trust time. It encourages us to embrace the invisible microbial world, and that can’t be rushed.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Then, on to the basics of her simple, but versatile recipe that is suited to making soft, fresh chevre or a complex, molded cheese. The fresh chevre we would go home with could be eaten in a day or so, or left to age with a pinch of added mold spores (\u003cem>geotrichium candidum\u003c/em>) to turn it into a distant cousin of the Bonne Bouche.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/scooping1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/scooping1.jpg\" alt=\"Scooping the curds from the whey.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"741\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72872\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scooping the curds from the whey.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With an animal lover’s tender gaze, Hill confided that cheese is better from a sheep, cow or goat that you have a personal connection to. But if you don’t happen to have your own goats and hillside, she recommends buying \u003ca href=\"http://www.summerhilldairy.com/index.html\">Summerhill Dairy Goat milk\u003c/a>. And the only other ingredients needed are cultured buttermilk, and a drop each of calcium chloride and rennet (both available at the Cheese Board).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That led us into a bit of a science lesson, (including: coagulation, effects of homogenization, temperature, fat globules…etc.) but Hill’s explanations made these technical aspects easy to digest. She showed us an easy method to mix everything in the goat milk bottle, but instructed us to combine by gently tilting the bottle back and forth several times, instead of shaking. In order to help solids clump together and get rid of excess water, the milk mixture needs to rest quietly for about 12 hours (and not near a radio with a booming base, Hill cautioned).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She brought out a pot she had made the day before. And we got to ladle the curds from the whey into cheese molds to let finish draining in our own kitchens. Hill offered us the probiotic-rich, leftover liquid whey to take home and drink, put in our gardens or use to start another batch of cheese. (And I finally understood what Miss Muffet was eating when that spider sat down beside her.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72873\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/techniques1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/techniques1.jpg\" alt=\"Plastic cheese mold vs. cheesecloth draining. Photo: Anna Mindess\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72873\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plastic cheese mold vs. cheesecloth draining. Photo: Anna Mindess\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As an alternative to using a plastic cheese mold, with holes for the whey to continue to drain out, Hill demonstrated the tradition of tying up the cheese in--what else--cheesecloth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also showed us how to sprinkle already formed cheese rounds with ash or, for an added treat, wrap them in booze-soaked fig leaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/wrap-fig-leaf1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/wrap-fig-leaf1.jpg\" alt=\" Wrapping goat cheese in booze-soaked fig leaf. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1120px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/lacocina.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/lacocina.jpg\" alt=\"Two employees of Alicia's Tamales los Mayas prepare tamales in the La Cocina industrial kitchen. Alicia Villanueva, the owner, and her team produce 3,000 to 5,000 tamales every week to sell in the Bay Area. Photo: Courtesy of La Cocina\" width=\"1120\" height=\"840\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72901\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two employees of Alicia's Tamales los Mayas prepare tamales in the La Cocina industrial kitchen. Alicia Villanueva, the owner, and her team produce 3,000 to 5,000 tamales every week to sell in the Bay Area. Photo: Courtesy of La Cocina\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Post by Amy Guttman, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/10/24/240487028/san-francisco-kitchen-lends-low-income-food-entrepreneurs-a-hand\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (10/25/13)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco's Mission District is a cultural crossroads for food, where Mexican bodegas and burrito shops meet gourmet bakeries and cutting-edge California cuisine. It's also home to a kitchen where some of the most promising food startups in the region are getting a boost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When 52-year-old \u003ca href=\"http://www.aliciatamaleslosmayas.com/\">Alicia Villanueva\u003c/a> migrated to San Francisco from Mexico in 2001, she began preparing tamales at home to make a living. She found clientele for her authentic, quality food easily, but says that she struggled to grow the business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'd buy a little and then cook, save a little, buy more ingredients, and on and on,\" she says. \"But that money went to support my family and pay the utility bills.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What she needed to expand was access to an industrial kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72902\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 290px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/lacocina1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/lacocina1-290x193.jpg\" alt='Villanueva makes cheese, veggie, pork and chicken tamales, and prides herself on their authentic Mexican flavor. Her cart slogan reads, \"My tamales are stuffed with love, and the best people are stuffed with my tamales.\" Photo: Courtesy of La Cocina' width=\"290\" height=\"193\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72902\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Villanueva makes cheese, veggie, pork and chicken tamales, and prides herself on their authentic Mexican flavor. Her cart slogan reads, \"My tamales are stuffed with love, and the best people are stuffed with my tamales.\" Photo: Courtesy of La Cocina\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2010, Villanueva found \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacocinasf.org/\">La Cocina\u003c/a>, the Spanish word for \"kitchen.\" Founded in 2005 by an anonymous donor, the nonprofit organization provides equipment, mentoring, industrial kitchens and — most importantly — access to capital to low-income food entrepreneurs in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Fernandez runs La Cocina's development and communications department. She says there's huge demand for the program, which takes on only 30 up-and-coming entrepreneurs at a time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's pretty competitive,\" she notes, adding that all applicants are required to submit a business plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Cocina weighs a few factors in deciding who makes the cut: Cooks and bakers have to show they're ready to put in the time and sweat equity. They also need thick skin to handle constructive criticism and feedback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fernandez says most people underestimate the challenges. \"A lot of people don't understand how insanely hard this is,\" she says, especially what it takes to scale up recipes and production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scaling up is a critical skill regardless of whether the cooks want to create a product for retail distribution, or their own catering business, or the brass ring: a restaurant with their name above the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those interested in catering can join La Cocina's own operation, which serves weddings, local microfinance institutions and tech giants like Google and Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others develop their own products to sell at weekly street food fairs, like \u003ca href=\"http://www.offthegridsf.com\">Off the Grid\u003c/a>. Every Friday night near San Francisco's marina, four La Cocina vendors, including 39-year-old single mother Bini Pradhan, are among the stalls of ethnic food. Pradhan learned to cook in her mother's Kathmandu kitchen as a child, and hopes to see her Nepalese turkey dumplings sold throughout the Bay Area and the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I came to La Cocina to pursue my dream,\" Pradhan says. \"It would have been impossible without them. They've given me access to marketing, business planning and catering.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entrepreneurs spend roughly three to five years in the program, learning about operations, finance, marketing and other business basics. They also can meet angel investors, microfinanciers and venture capitalists through La Cocina's connections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72903\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 290px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/lacocina2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/lacocina2-290x217.jpg\" alt=\"Villanueva sells tamales from her cart at a Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco. Villanueva bought her cart for $1 thanks to the generosity of , a maker of high-end mobile carts and trailers. Photo: Courtesy of La Cocina\" width=\"290\" height=\"217\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72903\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Villanueva sells tamales from her cart at a Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco. Villanueva bought her cart for $1 thanks to the generosity of \u003ca href=\"http://www.metalgourmet.com/index.php/metal-gourmet-news/74-metal-gourmet%E2%84%A2-assists-aspiring-entrepreneur\"> Metal Gourmet\u003c/a>, a maker of high-end mobile carts and trailers. Photo: Courtesy of La Cocina\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many products developed at La Cocina are now sold at Whole Foods and Williams-Sonoma's online shop. There's hummus Donna Sky makes with her Palestinian mother's recipe, and chocolate-covered graham crackers by \u003ca href=\"http://kikastreats.com/\">Cristina Arantes\u003c/a>. They were chosen to be part of a special Ben and Jerry's \u003ca href=\"http://www.citychurned.benjerry.com/city/sf/\">ice cream flavor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As small-business owners mature in the program, they eventually work on a six-month exit strategy and graduate. The lead time provides a cushion while the entrepreneurs locate outside space and demonstrate they can market and manage operations for their business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alicia Villanueva has come a long way since she started the program in 2010. She's still selling tamales, but now she's got a website, \u003ca href=\"http://www.aliciatamaleslosmayas.com/\">Tamales Los Mayas\u003c/a>, and a cart vending them at Justin Herman Plaza and \u003ca href=\"http://offthegridsf.com/\">Off the Grid\u003c/a>. She also employs nine women, five of them full-time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My last step is to open my restaurant and see my three kids go to college,\" says Vilanueva. \"I'm almost there.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2013 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Fernandez runs La Cocina's development and communications department. She says there's huge demand for the program, which takes on only 30 up-and-coming entrepreneurs at a time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's pretty competitive,\" she notes, adding that all applicants are required to submit a business plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Cocina weighs a few factors in deciding who makes the cut: Cooks and bakers have to show they're ready to put in the time and sweat equity. They also need thick skin to handle constructive criticism and feedback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fernandez says most people underestimate the challenges. \"A lot of people don't understand how insanely hard this is,\" she says, especially what it takes to scale up recipes and production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scaling up is a critical skill regardless of whether the cooks want to create a product for retail distribution, or their own catering business, or the brass ring: a restaurant with their name above the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those interested in catering can join La Cocina's own operation, which serves weddings, local microfinance institutions and tech giants like Google and Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others develop their own products to sell at weekly street food fairs, like \u003ca href=\"http://www.offthegridsf.com\">Off the Grid\u003c/a>. Every Friday night near San Francisco's marina, four La Cocina vendors, including 39-year-old single mother Bini Pradhan, are among the stalls of ethnic food. Pradhan learned to cook in her mother's Kathmandu kitchen as a child, and hopes to see her Nepalese turkey dumplings sold throughout the Bay Area and the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I came to La Cocina to pursue my dream,\" Pradhan says. \"It would have been impossible without them. They've given me access to marketing, business planning and catering.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entrepreneurs spend roughly three to five years in the program, learning about operations, finance, marketing and other business basics. They also can meet angel investors, microfinanciers and venture capitalists through La Cocina's connections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72903\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 290px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/lacocina2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/lacocina2-290x217.jpg\" alt=\"Villanueva sells tamales from her cart at a Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco. Villanueva bought her cart for $1 thanks to the generosity of , a maker of high-end mobile carts and trailers. Photo: Courtesy of La Cocina\" width=\"290\" height=\"217\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72903\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Villanueva sells tamales from her cart at a Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco. Villanueva bought her cart for $1 thanks to the generosity of \u003ca href=\"http://www.metalgourmet.com/index.php/metal-gourmet-news/74-metal-gourmet%E2%84%A2-assists-aspiring-entrepreneur\"> Metal Gourmet\u003c/a>, a maker of high-end mobile carts and trailers. Photo: Courtesy of La Cocina\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many products developed at La Cocina are now sold at Whole Foods and Williams-Sonoma's online shop. There's hummus Donna Sky makes with her Palestinian mother's recipe, and chocolate-covered graham crackers by \u003ca href=\"http://kikastreats.com/\">Cristina Arantes\u003c/a>. They were chosen to be part of a special Ben and Jerry's \u003ca href=\"http://www.citychurned.benjerry.com/city/sf/\">ice cream flavor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As small-business owners mature in the program, they eventually work on a six-month exit strategy and graduate. The lead time provides a cushion while the entrepreneurs locate outside space and demonstrate they can market and manage operations for their business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alicia Villanueva has come a long way since she started the program in 2010. She's still selling tamales, but now she's got a website, \u003ca href=\"http://www.aliciatamaleslosmayas.com/\">Tamales Los Mayas\u003c/a>, and a cart vending them at Justin Herman Plaza and \u003ca href=\"http://offthegridsf.com/\">Off the Grid\u003c/a>. She also employs nine women, five of them full-time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My last step is to open my restaurant and see my three kids go to college,\" says Vilanueva. \"I'm almost there.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2013 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[vimeo 73431292] \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just in time for cooler fall climes, there’s a new book called \u003ca href=\"http://www.meltmacaroni.com/melt-the-cookbook/\">\u003cem>Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Local northern California food writers and BAB bloggers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/stephaniestiavetti/\">Stephanie Stiavetti\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/garrettmccord/\">Garrett McCord\u003c/a> have developed new takes on the classic comfort food and their innovative creations tempt and excite. The duo has also achieved expert status on how to shop for and cook with cheese. Bay Area Bites caught up with the authors to discuss their newly published book. Their comments have been edited for clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Melt-cover600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Melt-cover600.jpg\" alt=\"Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese by Stephanie Stiavetti & Garrett McCord\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72638\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: \u003cem>Melt\u003c/em> asks folks to take something we think we know – pasta and cheese — and consider making it with different ingredients to go beyond the comfy mac and cheese casserole. What are some of your key recipes?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McCord:\u003c/strong> I think one of the recipes I personally dig that shows a unique spin on the subject is our beet and Roquefort mac with poppy seeds. It's got a 90s grunge, Pretty In Pink, guy-liner thing going for it appearance-wise with the beet-mornay sauce. Plus, Roquefort sauces are somewhat unique. It gives the mornay some serious blue bite in all that magenta-hued deliciousness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/garrett-mccord600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/garrett-mccord600.jpg\" alt=\"Garrett McCord. Photo credit: Stephanie Stiavetti\" width=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72636\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garrett McCord. Photo credit: Stephanie Stiavetti\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stiavetti:\u003c/strong> Even though we’re madly in love with uber-thick, creamy macaroni dishes, we really tried to expand our thinking outside of the standard cheesy-mac. The salad chapter is filled with non-standard macaroni and cheese recipes, my favorite being the Humboldt Fog, Grilled Peaches, and Orzo. We even hopped over into dessert territory, where another one my favorite dishes lives: a decadent cannelloni stuffed with fromage blanc and chevre, drizzled with a creamy peach topping that is given a touch of heat by the merest pinch of ghost pepper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/stephanie-stiavetti600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/stephanie-stiavetti600.jpg\" alt=\" Stephanie Stiavetti. Photo credit: Stephanie Stiavetti\" width=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72637\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Stiavetti. Photo credit: Stephanie Stiavetti\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Fall is upon us, and almost the perfect season to launch a book that incorporates melted cheese at its ooey gooey best. What are some recipes that take advantage of our farmers’ market scene for fall?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McCord:\u003c/strong> The stuffed pumpkin is definitely a perfect recipe for Autumn – take a sugar pumpkin, hollow it out, pre-bake it, and then you fill it with sausage, cheese, pasta, and cream. It’s got show for sure, but the taste when the cream becomes infused with the flavor of roasted pumpkin? It’s more wonderful than a stampede of corgis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a salad recipe using persimmons and Fiscalini cheddar that’s easy to make and hits every note on the tongue; sweet, fruity, sour, it’s all there and really quite satisfying. Plus, it let me put one of my favorite fruits in the book!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stiavetti:\u003c/strong> Hands down, the Kasëspätzle reigns supreme as my favorite fall dish. It’s so simple to create but yields a seriously impressive tangle of tender, homemade dumplings smothered with melted Edam cheese. To top off this recipe, we caramelize a few super-sweet onions that you’ll see popping up at the farmers' market. Making this dish is like a big, old culinary bear hug: creamy, hearty, and bursting with flavor. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are some tips for making and eating macaroni and cheese?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McCord:\u003c/strong> Pre-heat your milk on the stovetop first if you plan to make a mornay. Seriously, using cold milk will slow down the process to a crawl. Warming speeds things up significantly by about 10 minutes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stiavetti:\u003c/strong> Turn off the heat on your béchamel before adding the grated cheese! Heating cheese too fast can cause the liquids and solids to separate, which makes for a very sad sauce indeed. We make a note in every recipe to remove the pot from the heat before adding the cheese, but I always make sure to mention it so people know that it’s an important step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: You are both cheese experts at this point. Where do you buy and eat cheese?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McCord:\u003c/strong> Stephanie introduced me to \u003ca href=\"http://rockridgemarkethall.com/pasta-shop/fourth-street-pasta-shop\">The Pasta Shop in Berkeley\u003c/a>, and now when I go to visit her from Sac I always end up making a quick stop there. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stiavetti:\u003c/strong> I love \u003ca href=\"http://rockridgemarkethall.com/pasta-shop\">The Pasta Shop in Oakland\u003c/a> and Berkeley, and I’m a frequent visitor to \u003ca href=\"http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/\">The Cheese Board\u003c/a> (of course) and an awesome new shop that just popped up in Oakland a few years ago called \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacredwheelcheeseshop.com/\">Sacred Wheel\u003c/a>. It was opened by a local cheese lover named Jena; she’s incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about cheese. And her kitchen serves up some gorgeous hot dishes made from the cheeses she sells at the counter!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melt Book Tour Information:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.meltmacaroni.com/events/\">\u003cstrong>View local book events\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Melt-pumpkin-final.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Melt-pumpkin-final.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Stuffed with Fontina, Italian sausage and macaroni. 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There are many varieties of Fontina, from Swiss to Italian, with some fine specimens even coming out of Wisconsin. Each has its own unique profile, so be sure to taste them all and pick the one that you like best. Regardless of which you choose, you will get a nice, semi-hard texture and subtle mushroomy flavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It just so happens that Fontina pairs beautifully with the sugary flavors of a good baking pumpkin. This recipe, baked inside the pumpkin—a trick inspired by Dorie Greenspan and Ruth Reichl, both famous for their stuffed-pumpkin recipes (among other things)—simply knocked our socks off with flavor and a stylish yet homey presentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although best with Fontina (and a touch of Gruyere, another Alpine favorite), this recipe is flexible and can use whatever cheeses, meats, onions, or extra pasta you have on hand. Feel free to experiment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cut a circle from the top of the pumpkin at a 45-degree angle, the way you would cut open a pumpkin to make a jack-o’-lantern, and set aside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scoop out the seeds and strings as best you can. Generously salt and pepper the inside of the pumpkin, pop the top back on it, place it on a rimmed baking dish (since the pumpkin may leak or weep a bit), and bake for 45 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. If the sausages are in their casings, remove the meat and discard the casings. Crumble the sausage meat into small chunks and cook until lightly browned. Remove the sausage from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside to cool. Discard the drippings, or save for gravy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. Also while the pumpkin bakes, cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water until al dente. Drain through a colander and rinse with cool water to stop the cooking process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. In a bowl, toss together the Fontina, Gruyère, sausage, pasta, scallions, and herbs. Once the pumpkin is done baking, take it out of the oven and fill it with the macaroni and cheese. Pour the cream over the filling. Place the top back on the pumpkin and bake for 1 hour, taking the top off for the last 15 minutes so the cheese on top of the filling can properly brown. If the top cream still seems a bit too wobbly and liquid, give it another 10 minutes in the oven. The cream may bubble over a bit, which is fine. If the pumpkin splits while baking, as occasionally happens, be thankful you set it in a rimmed baking dish and continue to bake as normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5. Allow the pumpkin to rest for 10 minutes before serving. Be careful moving the dish, as the pumpkin may be fragile. You can serve this dish two ways: Cut it into sections and serve them, or just scoop out the insides with scrapings of the pumpkin flesh for each serving. Either way is just dandy. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just in time for cooler fall climes, there’s a new book called \u003ca href=\"http://www.meltmacaroni.com/melt-the-cookbook/\">\u003cem>Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Local northern California food writers and BAB bloggers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/stephaniestiavetti/\">Stephanie Stiavetti\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/garrettmccord/\">Garrett McCord\u003c/a> have developed new takes on the classic comfort food and their innovative creations tempt and excite. The duo has also achieved expert status on how to shop for and cook with cheese. Bay Area Bites caught up with the authors to discuss their newly published book. Their comments have been edited for clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Melt-cover600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Melt-cover600.jpg\" alt=\"Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese by Stephanie Stiavetti & Garrett McCord\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72638\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: \u003cem>Melt\u003c/em> asks folks to take something we think we know – pasta and cheese — and consider making it with different ingredients to go beyond the comfy mac and cheese casserole. What are some of your key recipes?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McCord:\u003c/strong> I think one of the recipes I personally dig that shows a unique spin on the subject is our beet and Roquefort mac with poppy seeds. It's got a 90s grunge, Pretty In Pink, guy-liner thing going for it appearance-wise with the beet-mornay sauce. Plus, Roquefort sauces are somewhat unique. It gives the mornay some serious blue bite in all that magenta-hued deliciousness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/garrett-mccord600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/garrett-mccord600.jpg\" alt=\"Garrett McCord. Photo credit: Stephanie Stiavetti\" width=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72636\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garrett McCord. Photo credit: Stephanie Stiavetti\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stiavetti:\u003c/strong> Even though we’re madly in love with uber-thick, creamy macaroni dishes, we really tried to expand our thinking outside of the standard cheesy-mac. The salad chapter is filled with non-standard macaroni and cheese recipes, my favorite being the Humboldt Fog, Grilled Peaches, and Orzo. We even hopped over into dessert territory, where another one my favorite dishes lives: a decadent cannelloni stuffed with fromage blanc and chevre, drizzled with a creamy peach topping that is given a touch of heat by the merest pinch of ghost pepper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/stephanie-stiavetti600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/stephanie-stiavetti600.jpg\" alt=\" Stephanie Stiavetti. Photo credit: Stephanie Stiavetti\" width=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72637\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Stiavetti. Photo credit: Stephanie Stiavetti\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Fall is upon us, and almost the perfect season to launch a book that incorporates melted cheese at its ooey gooey best. What are some recipes that take advantage of our farmers’ market scene for fall?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McCord:\u003c/strong> The stuffed pumpkin is definitely a perfect recipe for Autumn – take a sugar pumpkin, hollow it out, pre-bake it, and then you fill it with sausage, cheese, pasta, and cream. It’s got show for sure, but the taste when the cream becomes infused with the flavor of roasted pumpkin? It’s more wonderful than a stampede of corgis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a salad recipe using persimmons and Fiscalini cheddar that’s easy to make and hits every note on the tongue; sweet, fruity, sour, it’s all there and really quite satisfying. Plus, it let me put one of my favorite fruits in the book!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stiavetti:\u003c/strong> Hands down, the Kasëspätzle reigns supreme as my favorite fall dish. It’s so simple to create but yields a seriously impressive tangle of tender, homemade dumplings smothered with melted Edam cheese. To top off this recipe, we caramelize a few super-sweet onions that you’ll see popping up at the farmers' market. Making this dish is like a big, old culinary bear hug: creamy, hearty, and bursting with flavor. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are some tips for making and eating macaroni and cheese?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McCord:\u003c/strong> Pre-heat your milk on the stovetop first if you plan to make a mornay. Seriously, using cold milk will slow down the process to a crawl. Warming speeds things up significantly by about 10 minutes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stiavetti:\u003c/strong> Turn off the heat on your béchamel before adding the grated cheese! Heating cheese too fast can cause the liquids and solids to separate, which makes for a very sad sauce indeed. We make a note in every recipe to remove the pot from the heat before adding the cheese, but I always make sure to mention it so people know that it’s an important step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: You are both cheese experts at this point. Where do you buy and eat cheese?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McCord:\u003c/strong> Stephanie introduced me to \u003ca href=\"http://rockridgemarkethall.com/pasta-shop/fourth-street-pasta-shop\">The Pasta Shop in Berkeley\u003c/a>, and now when I go to visit her from Sac I always end up making a quick stop there. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stiavetti:\u003c/strong> I love \u003ca href=\"http://rockridgemarkethall.com/pasta-shop\">The Pasta Shop in Oakland\u003c/a> and Berkeley, and I’m a frequent visitor to \u003ca href=\"http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/\">The Cheese Board\u003c/a> (of course) and an awesome new shop that just popped up in Oakland a few years ago called \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacredwheelcheeseshop.com/\">Sacred Wheel\u003c/a>. It was opened by a local cheese lover named Jena; she’s incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about cheese. And her kitchen serves up some gorgeous hot dishes made from the cheeses she sells at the counter!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melt Book Tour Information:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.meltmacaroni.com/events/\">\u003cstrong>View local book events\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Melt-pumpkin-final.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/Melt-pumpkin-final.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Stuffed with Fontina, Italian sausage and macaroni. Photo: Matt Armendariz, Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72634\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pumpkin Stuffed with Fontina, Italian sausage and macaroni.\u003cbr>Photo: Matt Armendariz, Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>RECIPE: Pumpkin Stuffed with Fontina, Italian Sausage, and Macaroni\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Recipe by Stephanie Stiavetti and Garrett McCord, Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Serves 4\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>1 sugar pumpkin, or other sweet variety (not a carving pumpkin), about 5 pounds\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sea salt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Freshly ground black pepper\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 tablespoon olive oil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1/4 pound mild Italian pork sausage\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>4 ounces elbow macaroni\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>5 ounces Fontina, cut into 1/4-inch cubes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 ounces Gruyère, cut into 1/4-inch cubes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3 scallions, diced\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 cup heavy cream\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Fontina is a creamy, woodsy, Alpine-style cheese. There are many varieties of Fontina, from Swiss to Italian, with some fine specimens even coming out of Wisconsin. Each has its own unique profile, so be sure to taste them all and pick the one that you like best. Regardless of which you choose, you will get a nice, semi-hard texture and subtle mushroomy flavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It just so happens that Fontina pairs beautifully with the sugary flavors of a good baking pumpkin. This recipe, baked inside the pumpkin—a trick inspired by Dorie Greenspan and Ruth Reichl, both famous for their stuffed-pumpkin recipes (among other things)—simply knocked our socks off with flavor and a stylish yet homey presentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although best with Fontina (and a touch of Gruyere, another Alpine favorite), this recipe is flexible and can use whatever cheeses, meats, onions, or extra pasta you have on hand. Feel free to experiment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cut a circle from the top of the pumpkin at a 45-degree angle, the way you would cut open a pumpkin to make a jack-o’-lantern, and set aside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scoop out the seeds and strings as best you can. Generously salt and pepper the inside of the pumpkin, pop the top back on it, place it on a rimmed baking dish (since the pumpkin may leak or weep a bit), and bake for 45 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. If the sausages are in their casings, remove the meat and discard the casings. Crumble the sausage meat into small chunks and cook until lightly browned. Remove the sausage from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside to cool. Discard the drippings, or save for gravy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. Also while the pumpkin bakes, cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water until al dente. Drain through a colander and rinse with cool water to stop the cooking process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. In a bowl, toss together the Fontina, Gruyère, sausage, pasta, scallions, and herbs. Once the pumpkin is done baking, take it out of the oven and fill it with the macaroni and cheese. Pour the cream over the filling. Place the top back on the pumpkin and bake for 1 hour, taking the top off for the last 15 minutes so the cheese on top of the filling can properly brown. If the top cream still seems a bit too wobbly and liquid, give it another 10 minutes in the oven. The cream may bubble over a bit, which is fine. If the pumpkin splits while baking, as occasionally happens, be thankful you set it in a rimmed baking dish and continue to bake as normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5. Allow the pumpkin to rest for 10 minutes before serving. Be careful moving the dish, as the pumpkin may be fragile. You can serve this dish two ways: Cut it into sections and serve them, or just scoop out the insides with scrapings of the pumpkin flesh for each serving. Either way is just dandy. Salt and pepper to taste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alternative cheeses:\u003c/strong> Fontina and Gruyère are widely available and are best used for this recipe, but feel free to try your favorite cheese. We particularly like Valley Ford’s Estero Gold or its Highway 1 Fontina, as well as Roth Käse’s MezzaLuna Fontina. If you want to try something radical, a creamy blue cheese like Buttermilk Blue or Cambozola will do nicely too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wine pairings:\u003c/strong> white Rhône Valley blends, Viognier, oaky Chardonnay, champagne\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/116578078&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ethiopian Christians are righteously proud of their relationship to the religion, stretching back to the first century AD. Of all the Oriental Orthodox branches, theirs is the largest...and arguably, the spiciest. Every year, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.msmedhanealem.org/\">Mekane Selam Medanialm Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral\u003c/a> in East Oakland celebrates the story of how the \"True Cross\" came to Ethiopia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/church-outside600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/church-outside600.jpg\" alt=\"Mekane Selam Medanialm Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral in Oakland. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72640\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mekane Selam Medanialm Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral in Oakland. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" link=\"none\" size=\"full\" ids=\"72644,72645,72647\"]\u003cbr>\nInside the church, big screens project the verses the priests are singing, for the congregants to follow along, in the ancient language of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge%27ez_language\">Ge’ez\u003c/a>, as well as English. Paintings of Jesus and Mary adorn the walls. Some look decidedly European, others East African. Women, dressed in white linen wrap dresses called \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=habesha+libs&client=firefox-a&hs=sS0&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=NTJkUvTZH8aTiQKAuYHIBQ&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1342&bih=669#q=habesha+libs&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&imgdii=_\">\u003cem>habesha libs\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, bow their heads, kneel and prostrate themselves on the carpets laid on the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72599\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/worshipping-church1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/worshipping-church1000.jpg\" alt=\"Women worshipping inside the church. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72599\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women worshipping inside the church. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This day, the church is hosting a capacity crowd of 500 people, because this is \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meskel\">Meskel\u003c/a>, one of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ibtimes.com/ethiopia-celebrates-meskel-christian-holiday-all-its-own-yellow-flowers-blazing-bonfires-photos\">biggest holidays\u003c/a> on the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar. As with many religious congregations, the numbers of “casual” visitors swell on days like these, and the church is ready to throw a big welcoming party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the service goes on upstairs, downstairs in the kitchen, a dozen women prepare lunch. To raise money for the church they sell prepared meals once a month and on special holidays. Wearing crinkly plastic gloves, they chop beef into bite-sized pieces, building a mountain of meat on the counter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72643\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/cookingmeat-ethiopiankitchen1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/cookingmeat-ethiopiankitchen1000.jpg\" alt=\"Women in the church kitchen prepare the meat for the festival's meal. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72643\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women in the church kitchen prepare the meat for the festival's meal. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" link=\"none\" size=\"full\" ids=\"72675,72677,72676\"]\u003cbr>\nMulu Reda of San Pablo explains that once this is all chopped, it’ll be marinated in a spice mix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We call it \u003cem>awaze\u003c/em>,” she says.” The base includes olive oil, salt and Ethiopian honey wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recipes for \u003ca href=\"http://thespiceisland.blogspot.com/2010/05/awaze.html\">\u003cem>awaze\u003c/em>\u003c/a> vary widely, something that’s true for recipes in general in Ethiopia, where cooking traditions are handed down in the home from mother to daughter. Many cooks mix in \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbere\">\u003cem>berbere\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, itself a spice mixture including garlic, ginger, pepper -- and at least one spice Reda brought herself from the markets of Ethiopia’s capital city, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ababa\">Addis Ababa\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She holds up a massive plastic bag filled with fabulously fragrant coriander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is so concentrated!” she says, pulling a handful from the bag. “Taste it. Tastes good.” Then she proceeds to grind it, fresh, for the \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/14/food/la-fo-raw-meat-rec1-20110714\">\u003cem>kitfo\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, ground beef served raw, mixed with clarified butter -- and a spice mix that includes birds eye chili peppers so hot they numb your lips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/mulu-spicegrinding600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/mulu-spicegrinding600.jpg\" alt=\"Mulu Reda grinding coriander. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72593\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mulu Reda grinding coriander. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There will also be \u003ca href=\"http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/03/beef-tibs-berbere-ethiopian-african-recipe.html\">\u003cem>tibis\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, cubes of beef marinated in rosemary, garlic, onion and jalepeño pepper the women will fry up outside in the parking lot to order when lunch is served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72652\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/tomatochopping-ethiopiankitchen1000f.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/tomatochopping-ethiopiankitchen1000f.jpg\" alt=\"Women prep tomatoes for a salad in the church kitchen. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72652\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women prep tomatoes for a salad in the church kitchen. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At another counter, women chop up tomatoes for a salad, and on the stove, different pots hold red lentils and collard greens, each simmering with garlic, olive oil, onions and jalepeño peppers, too. The smells are exciting, and the atmosphere is bubbly. Pretty soon, somebody starts singing hymns and the rest of the women join in as they chop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube //www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0sRNHQ01pA]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zee Mekonnen takes a little coffee break to talk with me. She fled Ethiopia for Oakland 17 years ago, after her husband was killed in a political conflict. Mekonnen had to raise three children all by herself in a new country. Here, she finds community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/cookingmeat-ethiopiankitchen1000m.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/cookingmeat-ethiopiankitchen1000m.jpg\" alt=\"Rachael Myrow interviews Zee Mekonnen in the church kitchen during the meat preparation.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72654\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachael Myrow interviews Zee Mekonnen in the church kitchen during the meat preparation. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m so happy when, every Sunday, ooooh, I can’t wait!” she exclaims and laughs. “We meet friends here, get together, and you know?” She sings in the church choir, in addition to volunteering in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ethiopia is a predominantly Christian country, stretching back to pre-colonial days, and the varieties of Christianity they practice are distinctively East African. Even Meskel is unique to Ethiopia. Back in the fourth century, Saint Helena is said to have set out to the Holy Land, looking for the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, the “True Cross.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the recipes, the stories explaining Meskel vary, but a fair summation might be Saint Helena had a dream in which she was told to burn incense and watch where the smoke curled to hit the ground. She did so, and found the True Cross, or Meskel, and she brought it back to Ethiopia. Later today, after the feast, the priests will say prayers around a bundle of pine branches topped with sunflowers and set it on fire in a ceremonial reenactment of the story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/foodline-kid-pizza1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/foodline-kid-pizza1000.jpg\" alt=\"The line for lunch. Traditional Ethiopian food was served along with pizza for the kids. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72664\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The line for lunch. Traditional Ethiopian food was served along with pizza for the kids. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" link=\"none\" size=\"full\" ids=\"72659,72660,72673\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But first, lunch. After four hours in church, people are hungry. They line up in the parking lot to enjoy the kitfo, tibs, \u003ca href=\"http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Ethiopian-Lentil-Stew\">red lentils\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://brundo.com/Recipes.html#collard\">collard greens\u003c/a>, tomato salad, and a homemade fresh cheese called \u003cem>ayeb\u003c/em>. Made from buttermilk, it tastes a lot like a dry cottage cheese. Everything is scooped up with \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injera\">\u003cem>injera\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a spongy bread made with brown teff, barley, and wheat. Its tang beautifully complements the stewed meats and vegetables of Ethiopian cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/injera-rolled1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/injera-rolled1000.jpg\" alt=\"Injera - Ethiopian bread that is used to eat the food with the hands. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72665\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Injera - Ethiopian bread that is used to eat the food with the hands. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But if the grown-ups are thrilling to the traditional food on offer, the menu reveals concessions to the influence of American cuisine on the children. The kids down cheese pizza, hot dogs and soda before heading for the bouncy house. Their elders seem to accept it with bemused resignation, while they sip fresh brewed coffee and eat popcorn (as it’s done in Ethiopia these days).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/coffee-ceremony1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/coffee-ceremony1000.jpg\" alt=\"Zafu Belete performs Ethiopian coffee ceremony with popcorn. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72663\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zafu Belete performs Ethiopian coffee ceremony with popcorn. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Solomon Obolu, a science professor at Cal State East Bay and Laney College, brings his children here on weekends. His ex-wife moved to Davis, where there’s no Ethiopian Orthodox church. He could drive to the church in Sacramento, but this is the church that feels like home to his son and daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, they have their cousins here,” he says. “They play here. It’s a nice community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2010 US Census figures shows nearly 4,000 Ethiopians have established themselves in \u003ca href=\"http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_SF4/B01003/0400000US06%7C0500000US06001%7C0500000US06013%7C0500000US06041%7C0500000US06055%7C0500000US06075%7C0500000US06081%7C0500000US06085%7C0500000US06095%7C0500000US06097%7C1600000US0668000/popgroup~565\">Alameda County\u003c/a> over the last four decades, but some suspect the true numbers are much larger. Rebecca Lakew of the \u003ca href=\"http://ethiopianccc.org/\">Ethiopian Cultural Community Center\u003c/a> in Oakland believes many Ethiopians may be marking off “black” or “African American” on census forms. Whatever the exact numbers, the Ethiopian community is also growing in Santa Clara County, especially in and around San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mekane Selam Medanialm Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral draws people from all over the region, from as far away as Davis. Church officials say they’ve bought land to build a bigger church, big enough to accommodate 1,000 people, and an expanded Sunday school for the children, where they can learn the religion and language of their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/cross-burn1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/cross-burn1000.jpg\" alt=\"Preparing the cross to be burned. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72656\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparing the cross to be burned. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/bishop-fire1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/bishop-fire1000.jpg\" alt=\"The bishop Abune Melketsedek and priests begin the ceremony of the burning of the cross. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72657\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bishop Abune Melketsedek and priests begin the ceremony of the burning of the cross. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the sun sets, the priests go round the fabric-wrapped branches, stretching ten feet high. The men wave crosses and chant prayers. iPhones light up across the parking lot. The bishop set the branches on fire, thick smoke billows up and people begin to dance and sing in joyous celebration. It looks like \u003ca href=\"http://www.burningman.com/\">Burning Man\u003c/a>: the Ethiopian version.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube //www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYHtPPJvzw4]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is a small selection of Ethiopian Restaurants in the Bay Area, reflecting how widely the community has established itself beyond Oakland -- and how expansive Ethiopian-American cuisine has become. Naturally, you'll have recommendations to add. Please feel free to provide them in the comments section.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.my-abyssinia.com/\">Abyssinia\u003c/a> (Santa Rosa)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.addisethiopian.com/\">Addis Ethiopian Restaurant\u003c/a> (Oakland)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cafecolucci.com/\">Cafe Colucci\u003c/a> (Oakland)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.radioafricakitchen.com/\">Radio Africa Kitchen\u003c/a> (San Francisco)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://shebapianolounge.com/\">Sheba Piano Lounge\u003c/a> (San Francisco)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.yayurestaurant.com/\">YaYu\u003c/a> (Oakland)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.zenirestaurant.com/\">Zeni\u003c/a> (San Jose)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We call it \u003cem>awaze\u003c/em>,” she says.” The base includes olive oil, salt and Ethiopian honey wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recipes for \u003ca href=\"http://thespiceisland.blogspot.com/2010/05/awaze.html\">\u003cem>awaze\u003c/em>\u003c/a> vary widely, something that’s true for recipes in general in Ethiopia, where cooking traditions are handed down in the home from mother to daughter. Many cooks mix in \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbere\">\u003cem>berbere\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, itself a spice mixture including garlic, ginger, pepper -- and at least one spice Reda brought herself from the markets of Ethiopia’s capital city, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ababa\">Addis Ababa\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She holds up a massive plastic bag filled with fabulously fragrant coriander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is so concentrated!” she says, pulling a handful from the bag. “Taste it. Tastes good.” Then she proceeds to grind it, fresh, for the \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/14/food/la-fo-raw-meat-rec1-20110714\">\u003cem>kitfo\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, ground beef served raw, mixed with clarified butter -- and a spice mix that includes birds eye chili peppers so hot they numb your lips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/mulu-spicegrinding600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/mulu-spicegrinding600.jpg\" alt=\"Mulu Reda grinding coriander. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72593\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mulu Reda grinding coriander. 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Pretty soon, somebody starts singing hymns and the rest of the women join in as they chop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/I0sRNHQ01pA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/I0sRNHQ01pA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zee Mekonnen takes a little coffee break to talk with me. She fled Ethiopia for Oakland 17 years ago, after her husband was killed in a political conflict. Mekonnen had to raise three children all by herself in a new country. Here, she finds community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/cookingmeat-ethiopiankitchen1000m.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/cookingmeat-ethiopiankitchen1000m.jpg\" alt=\"Rachael Myrow interviews Zee Mekonnen in the church kitchen during the meat preparation.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72654\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachael Myrow interviews Zee Mekonnen in the church kitchen during the meat preparation. 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