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And while the bulk of her breads are slow-risen with her own sourdough-style starter, she's also making baguettes with fresh yeast, which means faster proofing, rising, and baking, in order to keep up with the demand. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73705\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7091.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7091.jpg\" alt='\"Zero Waste\" sign. Everything in your cart is either compostable or recyclable. Photo: Naomi Fiss' width=\"500\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73705\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"Zero Waste\" sign. Everything in your cart is either compostable or recyclable. Photo: Naomi Fiss\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the kitchen, as in the shop itself, the emphasis is on zero waste. Squeezed lemon halves leftover from lemonade-making are dehydrated and added to citrus salt or herb-tea blends; tomato skins are dried and pulverized into tomato powder for tomato salt and seasoning mixtures. Bones from animal butchery go into stock, then get roasted for use as dog bones. Having two other food businesses also helps Milgrom and his team buy in greater bulk and have a place to use produce and other perishable items before they can go to waste. And while no one would confuse this place with Foods 4 Less, or any of the many lower-priced neighborhood markets along 24th and Mission Streets, Milgrom hopes to pass along good prices on abundant items whenever possible. The chanterelle crop is fantastic this year, for example, and so fresh chanterelles are $10/lb here, rather than the $20+ found at other similar shops. The heavy wildfire season of 2013 should have a small upside of encouraging great morel mushroom supplies next year; Milgrom hopes his customers will be able to \"eat morels like they're button mushrooms\" come spring. In the bulk bins, there are \u003ca href=\"https://www.tcho.com/\">TCHO\u003c/a> chocolate buttons for baking, at $5/lb, less expensive, by several dollars a pound than the raisins next to them, and worthwhile stocking up on for holiday baking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7092.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7092.jpg\" alt=\"Signage for Fish and Meat revealing local sources. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73685\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signage for Fish and Meat revealing local sources. Photo: Naomi Fiss\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shop's dedication to staying local is most obvious in the fish case. Late fall, before crab season opens, is a slow time for the Pacific coast fishery. What the shop can source sustainably right now:\u003cbr>\nblack cod, rock cod, whole or filleted, oysters, octopus, trout, and fat slabs of sturgeon, plus rosy-orange chunks of salmon, hot-smoked back when it was still available from local waters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7220.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7220.jpg\" alt=\"The fish case at the Local Mission Market. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73718\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fish case at the Local Mission Market. Photo: Naomi Fiss\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the meat case, chicken, beef, pork, lamb, and rabbit, with plans for turkey closer to Thanksgiving. A lone pig trotter hangs by a string in the cold room behind the case--somewhat of a Local signature, since a similar foot has pride of place in the glass-walled walk-in at Local Mission Eatery, too. It's a visceral reminder that the shop and restaurants pride themselves on doing their butchery and using the whole animal, treating the ears and feet with as much respect as the higher-dollar chops and roasts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73688\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7147.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7147.jpg\" alt=\"Meats curing at Local Mission Market. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"1000\" height=\"773\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73688\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meats curing at Local Mission Market. Photo: Naomi Fiss\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.localmissionmarket.com\">Local Mission Market\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address: \u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/FsqKa\">[map]\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n2670 Harrison St (between 22nd and 23rd Sts)\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94110\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ph:\u003c/strong> (415) 795-3355\u003cbr>\nHours:\u003cbr>\nMon-Sun, 9am-9pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook: \u003c/strong>\u003ca>LocalMissionMarket\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/localmarketsf\">@localmarketsf\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73680\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7049.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7049.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of Local Mission Market on Harrison Street. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a market for both chefs and eaters. Everything is either a single ingredient--glass bottles of Straus milk, boxes of Red Hill eggs, a small but inviting display of Northern and Central California cheeses, plus persimmons and chanterelles in the produce boxes and dozens of whole grains, beans, nuts, and dried fruits giving Rainbow a run of its money in sleek, wood-trimmed bulk bins--or a creation of something more sumptuous and ready-to-eat from the busy mezzanine kitchen above. Creme fraiche, mascarpone, yogurt, and goat's milk ricotta are all made in-house. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73681\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7050.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7050.jpg\" alt=\"Local Mission Market produce and dairy area. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"1000\" height=\"773\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73681\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local Mission Market produce and dairy area. Photo: Naomi Fiss\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's a good thing there's plenty of cheese, butter, and jam in the house, because word is already out about baker Sandy Guevera's delicious bread. For all San Francisco's frenzy for all things gluten-free, it seems that plenty of us still can't pass up a fantastic fresh loaf when it's coming out the oven right down the block. An alum of Acme Bread, Arizmendi, A16, Mayfield Bakery in Palo Alto, and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbi.com\">San Francisco Baking Institute\u003c/a>, Guevara is excited about the \"amazing, heirloom grains and flours\" that the kitchen is sourcing from \u003ca href=\"http://fpfarm.com/the-farm/orchard/\">Front Porch Farm\u003c/a> near the Russian River and \u003ca href=\"http://www.fullbellyfarm.com\">Full Belly Farm\u003c/a> in the Capay Valley, which she blends with a live starter culture to make country-style pan loaves as well as crusty boules and batards. What keeps it fun and interesting for Guevara is getting to shop for the kitchen and \"mix and match\" out of what's coming in daily to the store. She also feels seeing the same ingredients in the store that she's using in the kitchen will help demystify the process, and encourage shoppers to try baking their own similar breads at home. And while the bulk of her breads are slow-risen with her own sourdough-style starter, she's also making baguettes with fresh yeast, which means faster proofing, rising, and baking, in order to keep up with the demand. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73705\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7091.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7091.jpg\" alt='\"Zero Waste\" sign. Everything in your cart is either compostable or recyclable. Photo: Naomi Fiss' width=\"500\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73705\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"Zero Waste\" sign. Everything in your cart is either compostable or recyclable. Photo: Naomi Fiss\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the kitchen, as in the shop itself, the emphasis is on zero waste. Squeezed lemon halves leftover from lemonade-making are dehydrated and added to citrus salt or herb-tea blends; tomato skins are dried and pulverized into tomato powder for tomato salt and seasoning mixtures. Bones from animal butchery go into stock, then get roasted for use as dog bones. Having two other food businesses also helps Milgrom and his team buy in greater bulk and have a place to use produce and other perishable items before they can go to waste. And while no one would confuse this place with Foods 4 Less, or any of the many lower-priced neighborhood markets along 24th and Mission Streets, Milgrom hopes to pass along good prices on abundant items whenever possible. The chanterelle crop is fantastic this year, for example, and so fresh chanterelles are $10/lb here, rather than the $20+ found at other similar shops. The heavy wildfire season of 2013 should have a small upside of encouraging great morel mushroom supplies next year; Milgrom hopes his customers will be able to \"eat morels like they're button mushrooms\" come spring. In the bulk bins, there are \u003ca href=\"https://www.tcho.com/\">TCHO\u003c/a> chocolate buttons for baking, at $5/lb, less expensive, by several dollars a pound than the raisins next to them, and worthwhile stocking up on for holiday baking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7092.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7092.jpg\" alt=\"Signage for Fish and Meat revealing local sources. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73685\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signage for Fish and Meat revealing local sources. Photo: Naomi Fiss\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shop's dedication to staying local is most obvious in the fish case. Late fall, before crab season opens, is a slow time for the Pacific coast fishery. What the shop can source sustainably right now:\u003cbr>\nblack cod, rock cod, whole or filleted, oysters, octopus, trout, and fat slabs of sturgeon, plus rosy-orange chunks of salmon, hot-smoked back when it was still available from local waters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7220.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7220.jpg\" alt=\"The fish case at the Local Mission Market. Photo: Naomi Fiss\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73718\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fish case at the Local Mission Market. Photo: Naomi Fiss\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the meat case, chicken, beef, pork, lamb, and rabbit, with plans for turkey closer to Thanksgiving. A lone pig trotter hangs by a string in the cold room behind the case--somewhat of a Local signature, since a similar foot has pride of place in the glass-walled walk-in at Local Mission Eatery, too. It's a visceral reminder that the shop and restaurants pride themselves on doing their butchery and using the whole animal, treating the ears and feet with as much respect as the higher-dollar chops and roasts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73688\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7147.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/fiss-7147.jpg\" alt=\"Meats curing at Local Mission Market. 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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. 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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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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"disqusTitle": "Food & Spirituality: Using Plants as Medicine In San Francisco Botanicas",
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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. 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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. 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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? The restaurant has additional locations in Danville, Lafayette, and San Francisco's Inner Sunset. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.chowfoodbar.com\">\u003cstrong>Chow\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/eVYsp\">[map]\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n215 Church St (between Market and 15 Sts)\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94114\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Ph:\u003c/strong> (415) 552-2469\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSun-Thu 8am – 11pm\u003cbr>\nFri-Sat 8am – 12am\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cstrong>Who's got your favorite pumpkin ice cream? Let us know in the comments!\u003c/strong>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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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>. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72570\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/pepples2.jpg\" alt=\"Pepples glazed doughnuts\" width=\"1000\" height=\"786\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pepples Donut Farm glazed doughnuts in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Jenny Oh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Whether you want fancy or no-frills, the East Bay's got a doughnut for you. Here's five of my favorite places in Oakland and Berkeley where I get my fried dough fix, and feel free to share in the comments your own personal go-to spots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" link=\"file\" \"72914,72915,72916,72917,72918,72919\" exclude=\"72804,72805,72806,72807,72808,72809, 72569,72570,72571,72572,72573,72574,72923,72924,72925,72926,72927,72928,72997,72998,72999,73000,73001,73002,73007\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.doughnutdolly.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doughnut Dolly\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> [\u003cstrong>CLOSED\u003c/strong>]\u003cbr>\n482 B 49th St. [\u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/tlZf83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nOakland, CA 94609\u003cbr>\nPh: (510) 338-6738\u003cbr>\nHours: Wed-Thu 8am-3pm; Fri-Sun 8am-4pm\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/DoughnutDolly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DoughnutDolly\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/doughnutdolly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@doughnutdolly\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPrice range: $ (Entrees $10 and under)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enter the elegant confines of Hannah Hoffman's Doughnut Dolly shop in Temescal Alley, and you'll get to savor one of the best doughnuts in the Bay Area. Light, airy, dusted with sugar and plumped up with fresh fillings right on the spot, it's worth making the trek to North Oakland to indulge in one of Doughnut Dolly's exquisite treats (and get there quickly as they sell out fast!) They sell a small selection of drinks and products and now have a second location in \u003ca href=\"http://www.doughnutdolly.com/site/page/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" link=\"file\" \"72997,72998,72999,73000,73001,7300\" exclude=\"72804,72805,72806,72807,72808,72809, 72569,72570,72571,72572,72573,72574,72914,72915,72916,72917,72918,72919,72923,72924,72925,72926,72927,72928,73007\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're not in the mood for an entire doughnut (hard to believe, I know) and just want a few nibbles, or are in the mood to sample a variety of flavors -- then Donut Savant is the place for you. Laurel Davis' \"wholes,\" or doughnut holes served in mini-cupcake liners, are a delicious way to have just one bite or a sugary bingefest. Prices range from a mere 50 cents to a dollar, and they serve coffee, tea and assortment of other drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.donutsavant.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donut Savant\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1934 Broadway [\u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/SFRcb3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nOakland, CA 94612\u003cbr>\nPh: (510) 972-8268\u003cbr>\nHours: Tue-Fri 7am-3pm; Sat 8am-2pm\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/donutsavant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donut savant\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DonutSavant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DonutSavant\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPrice range: $ (Entrees $10 and under)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" link=\"file\" \"72569,72570,72571,72572,72573,72574\" exclude=\"72804,72805,72806,72807,72808,72809, 72914,72915,72916,72917,72918,72919,72923,72924,72925,72926,72927,72928,72997,72998,72999,73000,73001,73002,73007\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spot the giant hot pink doughnut parked on the sidewalk on San Pablo Avenue near 60th Street, and you’ll find the entrance to Pepples Donut Farm. This bakery is one of those local gems that will make you skeptical that there's no butter, cream or other dairy-based ingredients used in their rich, decadent confections. And you’ll find no stale doughnuts here; all of their baked goods are prepared fresh daily from organic ingredients. If you’re in the mood for something more substantial, they serve up excellent lunches and weekend brunch, too. Try their breakfast burrito or a bowl of their homemade granola with fresh fruit and your choice of soy or hemp milk. 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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. 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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. 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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": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/credit-noelle-chun-and-josh-urich-new.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/credit-noelle-chun-and-josh-urich-new.jpg\" alt=\"Danny Louie at Alembic. Photo: Noelle Chun & Josh Urich\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danny Louie at Alembic. Photo: Noelle Chun & Josh Urich\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Danny Louie is a creative and mellow force known for his work at \u003ca href=\"http://www.alembicbar.com/\">The Alembic\u003c/a> where he is the Bar Manager. Louie is a San Francisco native and lives in Dogpatch with his wife Lisa Louie, a makeup artist & wardrobe stylist. The couple have two cats: Mao & Django.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Danny says he was raised in an inspirational and innovative environment. His family immigrated from China -- his mother was a seamstress and his father was a bartender and chef. His initial career path focused on pursuing fashion and interior design but he became interested in the food and beverage industry once he started working at the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood Shores. As the head bartender he was able to delve into the craft and history of cocktail making. In 2008 Danny helped open two restaurant hot spots in San Francisco: Dosa & Prospect. He then found a home at The Alembic. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also teamed up with Ethan Terry, Brandon Josie & Tim Zohn to form Cocktail Lab, a collaboration between bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts focused on bringing together interactive and innovative cocktail techniques and ideas. Danny was also involved in designing the beverage program for the \u003ca href=\"http://stagdining.com/\">Stag Dining Group\u003c/a>, an underground pop-up. In 2011 he cofounded \u003ca href=\"http://www.tomkatsf.com/\">Tomkat Asian Street food truck\u003c/a>. Bay Area Bites caught up with Danny recently and his comments have been edited for length and clarity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: You have a background in design via fashion and home décor and your father was a bartender and chef here in the Bay Area. How does that creativity come into play at work and in your life?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Louie:\u003c/strong> I approach everything I do, be it at work or play, with a vision of how it will play out. I see it before it materializes and that is my creative process. My upbringing and surroundings heavily influenced my approach to life. That rich cultural tapestry is present in my work. In my building of a cocktail I envision an entire sensory experience: flavor combinations, texture, temperature, as well as experiences and memories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Do you have any tips handed down from your folks or your wife Lisa?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Louie:\u003c/strong> The greatest advice I have gotten from my parents and strangely it is the same from my wife, is to keep an open mind, to slow down and appreciate all of the \"little\" influences around you. You should observe and then make it your own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: This year marked a change at Alembic since Daniel Hyatt left. Working with Ethan Terry you were able to add your own personal touch and service style to the cocktail menu. What has that process been like for you as a bartender and manager?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Louie:\u003c/strong>I am doing what I've always dreamed I could do here. I was fortunate to work under Daniel Hyatt and it was an immense learning experience. And now I am able to create the cocktail menu and to work alongside an influential talent and friend, Ethan Terry--we are able to carry on the unique experience that is Alembic. I am truly blessed to be able to put my signature on such a legendary endeavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Where is the Bay Area when it comes to appreciating the craft and history of cocktails?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Louie:\u003c/strong> The Bay Area has been somewhat in the drivers seat of the movement. For years. We in the local industry strive to maintain the integrity of the craft through exposure in education and having such a tightly knit family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: You created the beverage program for Stag Dining Group, an underground pop-up. In 2011 you co-founded Tomkat Asian Street Food truck. 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It is also my current passion as an ingredient. I love that it is a flexible and complex starting point for either high or low alcohol-based drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Where do you go for inspiration?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Louie:\u003c/strong> My wife and I like to play tourist on our days off. We frequent the Beach, Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Chinatown and Sutro Heights. People watching, art museums and the opera offer great sources of inspiration as well. We also take a yearly trek to Mexico which is where I also find much of my inspiration. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What does it take to make a great bartender? Any advice for someone starting out?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Louie:\u003c/strong> Understand the true meaning of hospitality then everything else will come in time. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/turkey-belcampo600.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72493\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/turkey-belcampo600.jpg\" alt=\"Belcampo turkeys on the farm in Shasta Valley. Photo: courtesy of Belcampo\" width=\"350\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belcampo turkeys on the farm in Shasta Valley.\u003cbr>Photo: courtesy of Belcampo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated November 7, 2019. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now's the time to figure out what kind of turkey you want on your table. Options abound, as do prices. So, how can you get the best of your bird?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here a few questions to help you deconstruct your turkey-buying possibilities:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>What is your budget?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are you looking for a fresh or frozen turkey?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How many people will you be feeding (and how many leftover-turkey sandwiches do you want to make)?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What's important to you and your family: Organics? Avoiding GMOs? Humane practices? Helping preserve heritage breeds?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Do you, your family, or your guests have a strong preference for white over dark meat, or vice versa? How adventurous a cook (and eaters) are you working with?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>Turkey Prices\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Prices for turkeys really vary, depending on where you're shopping, and more importantly, how the turkey was raised. Supermarkets often price their mass-produced frozen turkeys very cheaply, even giving them away if you spend a certain amount on other items. By contrast, a locally and humanely raised bird that's been freely wandering the green pastures of Marin or Sonoma for five or six months and eating organic, certified non-GMO feed can cost between $75 and $150, possibly more, depending on size. However, there are a variety of options between free and top-of-the-line, so it's worth calling around to quality butcher shops in your area to see what they're offering.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Fresh vs Frozen\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Refrigerator real estate is one prime reason for buying a fresh, rather than frozen, bird. The safest, most reliable way to thaw out a frozen bird is in the refrigerator. Count on a thaw rate of four pounds a day, which getting a frozen bird oven-ready can take anywhere from two to four or even five days. In other words, you'll need several days' worth of turkey-sized thawing space available in your fridge if you buy a frozen bird. A fresh bird is just that, probably dispatched less than a week before being purchased.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Local Brands and Butchers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Both \u003ca href=\"http://www.diestelturkey.com\">Diestel Turkey\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.williebird.com\">Willie Bird\u003c/a> focus exclusively on turkey raising--Diestel in Sonora, in the Sierra Foothills near Yosemite, and Willie Bird in Santa Rosa, in Sonoma county. Both are longtime family-run operations, and their birds are available at many butcher shops and specialty markets around the Bay Area. Willie Bird sells both free-range and free-range organic birds, while Diestel offers several different types: classic \"original\" birds, organic birds, pasture-raised birds, and its heirloom collection of old-fashioned breeds, a mix of Bronze, Auburn, and Black. All of Diestel's birds except for the \"original\" birds are raised on certified non-GMO feed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.fattedcalf.com/\">Fatted Calf\u003c/a> (in San Francisco's Hayes Valley and the Oxbow Market in Napa) will be taking orders for heritage turkeys raised by \u003ca href=\"http://www.goodshepherdpoultryranch.com/\">Good Shepherd Ranch\u003c/a> in Lindeborg, Kansas. \u003ca href=\"http://www.thelocalbutchershop.com\">The Local Butcher Shop\u003c/a> in Berkeley will also serve Good Shepherd Ranch turkeys, and they're offering delivery in the East Bay. According to a Fatted Calf newsletter, farmer Fred Reese \"began raising birds in the 1950′s, maintained and improved his flock over the years and now has the oldest continuous strain of standard bred turkeys in North America. Some of Frank’s heritage turkeys come from bloodlines dating back to the mid 1800’s.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.slowfoodrr.org\">Slow Food Russian River\u003c/a> will be partnering with \u003ca href=\"http://cesonoma.ucanr.edu/Youth_Development/\">Sonoma County 4-H\u003c/a> for this year's \u003ca href=\"http://www.slowfoodrr.org/projects/heritage-turkeys/order-your-thanksgiving-heritage-breed-turkeys-now/\">Heritage Turkey Project\u003c/a>. The turkeys raised by young 4-H farmers in Sonoma are a mix of Bronze, Narragansett, Midget Whites and Holland Whites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinsunfarms.com/\">Marin Sun Farms\u003c/a>, based in Inverness, will be selling turkeys raised on its farms in West Marin. They'll be offering both White Breasted and heritage turkeys, which are a mix of several breeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All Marin Sun Farms turkeys are sold frozen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube //www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk-V7hD5XQ0]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What size should you ask for?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>6-8 people, 10-12 lbs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>8-10 people, 12-16 lbs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>10-12 people, 14-16 lbs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>12-14 people, 16-18 lbs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>14-16 people, 20-22 lbs\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The bigger the bird, the higher the meat-to-bone ratio. You'll want at least 12 ounces of meat per person, which will come out to about 2 pounds of raw, bone-in bird for a small turkey, and about 1 1/2 pounds raw bone-in bird for a larger one. It also helps to be flexible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Joshua and Jessica Applestone note in their book \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307716627/kqedorg-20\">The Butchers' Guide to Well-Raised Meat\u003c/a>,\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"You cannot tell by looking at a young bird how big it will be, and you cannot stop it from growing until you slaughter it...to sell fresh birds means slaughtering mere days before Thanksgiving, five at most, between a typical Saturday slaughter and a Wednesday pickup.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you order a 12-pound bird, you might not have the means (or oven size) to take a 30-pound bird instead, but expect a window of say, 2 to 4 pounds between what you order and what you get. Being a lover of cold turkey sandwiches, I never mind extras, and you can always send home care packages with your guests. But if the specter of weeks of turkey tetrazzini wakes you in a cold sweat, order smaller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/2013_MSFheritageTurkeys_Pasture1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72492\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/2013_MSFheritageTurkeys_Pasture1000.jpg\" alt=\"Marin Sun Farms Broad Breasted Bronze and heritage turkeys are pasture-raised. Photo: courtesy Marin Sun Farms\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marin Sun Farms Broad Breasted Bronze and heritage turkeys are pasture-raised. Photo: courtesy Marin Sun Farms\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Free Range vs Pasture-Raised\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As with chickens, and eggs, \"free range\" and \"pasture-raised\" mean two different things. 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Most independent butcher shops contract with local ranchers for a certain number of birds. Remember, it can take up to 28 weeks to raise a turkey to roasting size. if you've got your heart set on getting a bird of a particular breed or provenance, placing your order several weeks ahead will spare both you, and your butcher shop, from boiling over with last-minute turkey-sourcing stress. Also, remember that four-pounds-a-day thawing rule; you can't buy a rock-hard frozen turkey on November 27 and expect it to be ready to roast the next morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Pre-ordering at \u003ca href=\"http://www.thelocalbutchershop.com\">The Local Butcher Shop\u003c/a> is a must, as they only order a few extra. They'll be taking orders now through November 16, either in person, online, or by phone.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reserve your Heritage Turkey Project turkey (with a $40 deposit) from Slow Food Russian River by mail. Print out the order form from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.slowfoodrr.org/projects/heritage-turkeys/order-your-thanksgiving-heritage-breed-turkeys-now/\">Slow Food Russian River blog\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://belcampo.com/\">Belcampo\u003c/a> is selling organic turkey (Heritage Turkey) online through their \u003ca href=\"https://belcampo.com/shop/\">shop\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fattedcalf.com/locations/\">Fatted Calf\u003c/a> will take turkey orders by phone or over email at either store.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Marin Sun Farms is \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/marinsunfarms/photos/a.122782597744464/2014203388602366/?type=3&theater\">taking orders\u003c/a> by email with pickups in Oakland and Point Reyes.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/turkey-belcampo600.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72493\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/turkey-belcampo600.jpg\" alt=\"Belcampo turkeys on the farm in Shasta Valley. Photo: courtesy of Belcampo\" width=\"350\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belcampo turkeys on the farm in Shasta Valley.\u003cbr>Photo: courtesy of Belcampo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated November 7, 2019. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now's the time to figure out what kind of turkey you want on your table. Options abound, as do prices. So, how can you get the best of your bird?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here a few questions to help you deconstruct your turkey-buying possibilities:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>What is your budget?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are you looking for a fresh or frozen turkey?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How many people will you be feeding (and how many leftover-turkey sandwiches do you want to make)?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What's important to you and your family: Organics? Avoiding GMOs? Humane practices? Helping preserve heritage breeds?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Do you, your family, or your guests have a strong preference for white over dark meat, or vice versa? How adventurous a cook (and eaters) are you working with?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>Turkey Prices\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Prices for turkeys really vary, depending on where you're shopping, and more importantly, how the turkey was raised. Supermarkets often price their mass-produced frozen turkeys very cheaply, even giving them away if you spend a certain amount on other items. By contrast, a locally and humanely raised bird that's been freely wandering the green pastures of Marin or Sonoma for five or six months and eating organic, certified non-GMO feed can cost between $75 and $150, possibly more, depending on size. However, there are a variety of options between free and top-of-the-line, so it's worth calling around to quality butcher shops in your area to see what they're offering.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Fresh vs Frozen\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Refrigerator real estate is one prime reason for buying a fresh, rather than frozen, bird. The safest, most reliable way to thaw out a frozen bird is in the refrigerator. Count on a thaw rate of four pounds a day, which getting a frozen bird oven-ready can take anywhere from two to four or even five days. In other words, you'll need several days' worth of turkey-sized thawing space available in your fridge if you buy a frozen bird. A fresh bird is just that, probably dispatched less than a week before being purchased.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Local Brands and Butchers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Both \u003ca href=\"http://www.diestelturkey.com\">Diestel Turkey\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.williebird.com\">Willie Bird\u003c/a> focus exclusively on turkey raising--Diestel in Sonora, in the Sierra Foothills near Yosemite, and Willie Bird in Santa Rosa, in Sonoma county. Both are longtime family-run operations, and their birds are available at many butcher shops and specialty markets around the Bay Area. Willie Bird sells both free-range and free-range organic birds, while Diestel offers several different types: classic \"original\" birds, organic birds, pasture-raised birds, and its heirloom collection of old-fashioned breeds, a mix of Bronze, Auburn, and Black. All of Diestel's birds except for the \"original\" birds are raised on certified non-GMO feed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Some of Frank’s heritage turkeys come from bloodlines dating back to the mid 1800’s.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.slowfoodrr.org\">Slow Food Russian River\u003c/a> will be partnering with \u003ca href=\"http://cesonoma.ucanr.edu/Youth_Development/\">Sonoma County 4-H\u003c/a> for this year's \u003ca href=\"http://www.slowfoodrr.org/projects/heritage-turkeys/order-your-thanksgiving-heritage-breed-turkeys-now/\">Heritage Turkey Project\u003c/a>. The turkeys raised by young 4-H farmers in Sonoma are a mix of Bronze, Narragansett, Midget Whites and Holland Whites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinsunfarms.com/\">Marin Sun Farms\u003c/a>, based in Inverness, will be selling turkeys raised on its farms in West Marin. They'll be offering both White Breasted and heritage turkeys, which are a mix of several breeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All Marin Sun Farms turkeys are sold frozen.\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/yk-V7hD5XQ0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/yk-V7hD5XQ0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What size should you ask for?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>6-8 people, 10-12 lbs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>8-10 people, 12-16 lbs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>10-12 people, 14-16 lbs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>12-14 people, 16-18 lbs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>14-16 people, 20-22 lbs\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The bigger the bird, the higher the meat-to-bone ratio. You'll want at least 12 ounces of meat per person, which will come out to about 2 pounds of raw, bone-in bird for a small turkey, and about 1 1/2 pounds raw bone-in bird for a larger one. It also helps to be flexible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Joshua and Jessica Applestone note in their book \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307716627/kqedorg-20\">The Butchers' Guide to Well-Raised Meat\u003c/a>,\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"You cannot tell by looking at a young bird how big it will be, and you cannot stop it from growing until you slaughter it...to sell fresh birds means slaughtering mere days before Thanksgiving, five at most, between a typical Saturday slaughter and a Wednesday pickup.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you order a 12-pound bird, you might not have the means (or oven size) to take a 30-pound bird instead, but expect a window of say, 2 to 4 pounds between what you order and what you get. Being a lover of cold turkey sandwiches, I never mind extras, and you can always send home care packages with your guests. But if the specter of weeks of turkey tetrazzini wakes you in a cold sweat, order smaller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/2013_MSFheritageTurkeys_Pasture1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72492\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/2013_MSFheritageTurkeys_Pasture1000.jpg\" alt=\"Marin Sun Farms Broad Breasted Bronze and heritage turkeys are pasture-raised. Photo: courtesy Marin Sun Farms\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marin Sun Farms Broad Breasted Bronze and heritage turkeys are pasture-raised. 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Organic turkeys are raised free-range, are kept free of antibiotics, and are raised on organically grown feed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What about Breeds?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The typical supermarket bird, the Broad-Breasted White, is just that: a bird that's been bred as the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Doda\">Carol Doda\u003c/a> of turkeys. These birds offer what supermarkets think Americans like: lots and lots of very mild white breast meat. Since the 1960s, these have been the dominant — and in many places, the only — turkey breed in the U.S. Heritage breeds, by contrast, are breeds that were popular during the nineteenth century up through the 1930s. These breeds are now experiencing a renaissance, much like heirloom vegetables. They are closer in style to wild turkeys, offering more dark meat, a little more chew and typically, more flavor as well. Heritage breeds grow slowly, part of the reason for their high price. 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"content": "\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114386000\" params=\"color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4330-600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4330-600.jpg\" alt=\"All in a day's work: Father Mesrop Ash of St. John’s Armenian Apostolic Church in San Francisco stacks his plate with kufta. The Armenian version is a lamb meatball stuffed within a lamb meatball. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72220\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">All in a day's work: Father Mesrop Ash of St. John’s Armenian Apostolic Church in San Francisco stacks his plate with kufta. The Armenian version is a lamb meatball stuffed within a lamb meatball. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When you think of Armenians in California, it’s natural for Los Angeles to come to mind, with its \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_American\">huge population\u003c/a>, or Fresno, with its rich agricultural \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/08/14/3441150/fresnos-armenian-americans-celebrate.html\">history\u003c/a>. Both areas also sport Armenian restaurants, bakeries and import shops that offer the cultural adventurer an easy point of entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is an import shop in the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/08/30/international-cuisine-5-favorite-bay-area-specialty-food-shops/\">Bay Area\u003c/a>: Royal Market in the Inner Richmond district of San Francisco. But if you want to experience Armenian food in its full, buttery splendor, fall is the time to cast your cholesterol monitors to the side and head on down to a food festival at a local Armenian church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>September through November, \u003ca href=\"http://www.hayk.net/destinations/sf-bay-area-ca/churches/\">Bay Area Armenian churches\u003c/a> put out a terrific spread, the result of months of dedicated effort and capacious freezer space in homes across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To give us an introduction to the cuisine, Elise Kazanjian of Fisherman’s Wharf recently invited KQED News into her home for a big meal. She's a member of \u003ca href=\"http://www.stjohnarmenianchurch.com/\">St. John’s Armenian Apostolic Church\u003c/a> in San Francisco, which is holding it's 71st festival October 19 and 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4201-600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4201-600.jpg\" alt=\"Elise Kazanjian manages a multi-course meal in her San Francisco kitchen. There's a recipe for the dish she's holding, rice with beet greens, at the bottom of this post. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72223\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elise Kazanjian manages a multi-course meal in her San Francisco kitchen. There's a recipe for the dish she's holding, rice with beet greens, at the bottom of this post. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Numerous pots bubbled on the stove, and the atmosphere was redolent with clarified butter. With a glass of sparkling wine in one hand and an oven mitt in the other, Kazanjian hovered, poked, prodded and asked for advice from the undisputed authority in her home that day, 95-year-old Amelia Surabian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Amelia, darling, how many minutes more?” Kazanjian asked about the \u003cem>subareg\u003c/em>: crispy, fluffy cheese pastries made with \u003cem>phyllo dough\u003c/em>. Phyllo dough is, of course, a staple in of a number of Balkan and Middle Eastern cuisines. Just about everyone has tried it as part of the dessert known as \u003cem>baklava\u003c/em>: little, bite-sized pieces of stacked phyllo dough filled with chopped walnuts or pistachios and soaked in honey or syrup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[\u003cem>Note: Given that these dish names are transliterated from another language, and that many of these dishes are popular in several cuisines, my spellings may vary from the ones you use!\u003c/em>]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72230\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4358-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4358-1000.jpg\" alt=\"Subareg: crispy, fluffy cheese pastries made with phyllo dough. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72230\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Subareg: crispy, fluffy cheese pastries made with phyllo dough. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can buy phyllo dough at supermarkets, typically from the freezer section. It's not like in the old days, when women made it from scratch; in part, to impress their husbands; in part, to impress the other women at church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surabian learned how to cook by observing women preparing food for festivals at St. John’s -- in spite of attempts to protect their techniques by covered their phyllo with dish towels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4168-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4168-1000.jpg\" alt=\"Nothing gets past 96 year-old Amelia Surabian. She's been cooking for fall food festivals for more years than most, and while she's the undisputed expert now, she struggled to learn the cuisine as a young woman. Not every cook wants to share her recipes! Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72235\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nothing gets past 96 year-old Amelia Surabian. She's been cooking for fall food festivals for more years than most, and while she's the undisputed expert now, she struggled to learn the cuisine as a young woman. Not every cook wants to share her recipes! Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Some of them were kind of quiet and secretive about their recipes,” Surabian says, “but I was a little devil.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was also keen on learning how to feed her young family the traditional way after a childhood of desperate poverty. Surabian’s family fled their homeland at the turn of the last century. They moved to Massachusetts, and then to Fresno. Times were so hard then, she remembers some Armenian mothers made pants for their children out of flour sacks. Surabian herself started working at age 14 or 15, canning peaches for Del Monte in Oakland. She settled in San Francisco in 1938.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After peaking under numerous dish towels, Surabian eventually became an expert at making phyllo dough, as well as pie crusts, soups and meat fillings: all the labor-intensive staples so key to Armenian cuisine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are the \u003cem>manti\u003c/em>, tortellini or wonton-like dumplings, filled with minced lamb and served in chicken or tomato broth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is \u003cem>kufta\u003c/em> -- “A meatball inside of a meatball, which is great,” says Elise Kazajian in the kitchen. Some version of this basic concept is found \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/recipes/article/Meatballs-Mideast-origins-4853870.php#src=fb\">throughout the Mediterranean\u003c/a>, typically involving ground lamb or beef mixed together with onions, parsley, salt and spices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery link=\"file\" ids=\"72249,72251,72248\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of my personal favorites is \u003cem>lahmajoon\u003c/em>, perhaps best described as an Armenian thin crust pizza, topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb) and spices. I’ve eaten more than my fair share growing up in Los Angeles County, home to numerous bustling markets in Hollywood and downtown Glendale. The pickings are slimmer the further north you go. Many Bay Area Armenians hankering for the taste of tradition will travel all the way to Fresno to visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/ninas-bakery-fresno\">Nina’s Bakery\u003c/a>, famous for all sorts of things, but especially lahmajoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are vegetables on the table, mind you: beet salad, tomato and green bean salad, olives, and a rice pilaf with beet stalks. Kazanjian notes, “We use everything on the vegetable, sort of like the Chinese eat. You know, even the oink on the pig.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The food reflects a time when most Armenians were poor, and engaged in manual labor, like farming. It’s a diet rich in fat, carbs and sugar -- the biggest professional hazard faced by 32-year-old Father Mesrop Ash, who is regularly invited to meals like this one. I asked him how it is he’s not 300 pounds. He bursts into laughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I often think they feel a little bit ashamed when they see me next to priests who are a lot heavier,” Father Ash admits. “They say ‘We’re not feeding this guy enough!’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4318-600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4318-600.jpg\" alt='Father Mesrop Ash gives grace before a bountiful table filled by Elise Kazanjian. \"In peace let us eat this meal, which has been given to us as a gift by God. And blessed is the Lord, and all of his gifts. Amen.\" Photo: Gina Scialabba' width=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72237\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father Mesrop Ash gives grace before a bountiful table filled by Elise Kazanjian. \"In peace let us eat this meal, which has been given to us as a gift by God. And blessed is the Lord, and all of his gifts. Amen.\" Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kazanjian calls the crowd to the table, and Father Ash offers a blessing to start the meal. For the benefit of English speakers, he explains, “The prayer that we say before we eat roughly translates to 'In peace let us eat this meal, which has been given to us as a gift by God. And blessed is the Lord, and all of his gifts. Amen.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many Western Armenian-Americans, Father Ash is descended from those who fled the Turks in the early 1900s. Fresno is still predominantly Western Armenian, but the coastal populations in the Bay Area and Southern California are more of a mix. Father Ash’s wife Annie, for instance, hails from Beirut. Many Armenians fled instability in the Middle East in the 1970s. The next wave followed the fall of the Soviet Union; the one after that, the conflict in \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh#War_and_secession\">Nagorno-Karabakh\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Father Ash notes, “Over time, of course, as the world shaped itself in different ways, people made their way to California, which became the safe haven of Armenians from around the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Western and Eastern Armenians speak different dialects, use different names for the same dishes - and make those dishes differently. Pilafs, for instance, vary widely. Some use dried fruits, some nuts, some bulgur instead of rice. What they all share in common is the challenge of keeping their language alive in America. That’s where food is at least the start of the conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4232-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4232-1000.jpg\" alt=\"No Armenian table is complete without a selection of fruits and nuts candied in thick, sweet syrup. Walnuts: ungoiz. Apricots: dziran. Quince: sergevil. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72240\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No Armenian table is complete without a selection of fruits and nuts candied in thick, sweet syrup. Walnuts: ungoiz. Apricots: dziran. Quince: sergevil. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"\u003cem>Ungoiz\u003c/em> is the walnuts?\" Kazanjian asks Father Ash, pointing to a bowl of walnuts candied in thick, sweet syrup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mmmhmmm,\" he nods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And then, the quince is?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"\u003cem>Sergevil\u003c/em>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sergehil?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Serrrr-geh-vil.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kazanjian laughs. \"I’ve got to learn Armenian!\"\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>“You know, I didn’t speak Armenian growing up,” Father Ash says. “I knew this was \u003cem>lahmajoon\u003c/em>. I knew this was \u003cem>keshkeg\u003c/em>. (Chicken porridge with a lot of butter.) I knew this was \u003cem>harissa\u003c/em>. (Another name for keshkeg.) I knew that was \u003cem>kufta\u003c/em>. You’ve got that vocabulary if you’ve got nothing else!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72243\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4215-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4215-1000.jpg\" alt=\"Elise Kazanjian's Recipe for Beet Leaves with Rice (Jaguntegh Yev Purintz). Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72243\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elise Kazanjian's Recipe for Beet Leaves with Rice (Jaguntegh Yev Purintz). Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elise Kazanjian's Recipe for Beet Leaves with Rice (Jaguntegh Yev Purintz)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Serves 4 as a side dish\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Ingredients\u003c/strong>:\n\u003cli>1 bunch beets with leaves and stems (Select smaller size beets as the leaves will be younger and more tender. And beets will be more succulent.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 medium white onion, chopped coarse\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1/4 cup olive oil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 tsp salt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1/2 cup long grain rice\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 cup boiling water\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fresh ground black pepper\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003col>\n\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>Cut beets leaving 1 inch stem on each. Put aside for roasting. See below.\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Discard bruised leaves, wash good leaves well. Layer leaves on top of each other, cut into thin strips.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cut the stems into 1 inch pieces. Set stems aside.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Boil water.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Heat olive oil in a 2-quart saucepan. Add onions and sauté for about 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring. Don’t brown or burn the onions.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add beet stems and layer over the onions. Add chopped leaves. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes over low heat.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add salt and rice, tenderly mixing ingredients. Add boiling water making sure the rice is covered by water, cover, and\u003cbr>\nsimmer for about 20 minutes or until rice is tender.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Remove from stove, keep covered and let rest for a few minutes. Stir gently, sprinkle with pepper and serve.\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Optional:\u003c/em> Serve a dollop of madzoon (yoghurt) on dish with the beets.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Amelia, darling, how many minutes more?” Kazanjian asked about the \u003cem>subareg\u003c/em>: crispy, fluffy cheese pastries made with \u003cem>phyllo dough\u003c/em>. Phyllo dough is, of course, a staple in of a number of Balkan and Middle Eastern cuisines. Just about everyone has tried it as part of the dessert known as \u003cem>baklava\u003c/em>: little, bite-sized pieces of stacked phyllo dough filled with chopped walnuts or pistachios and soaked in honey or syrup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[\u003cem>Note: Given that these dish names are transliterated from another language, and that many of these dishes are popular in several cuisines, my spellings may vary from the ones you use!\u003c/em>]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72230\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4358-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4358-1000.jpg\" alt=\"Subareg: crispy, fluffy cheese pastries made with phyllo dough. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72230\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Subareg: crispy, fluffy cheese pastries made with phyllo dough. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can buy phyllo dough at supermarkets, typically from the freezer section. It's not like in the old days, when women made it from scratch; in part, to impress their husbands; in part, to impress the other women at church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surabian learned how to cook by observing women preparing food for festivals at St. John’s -- in spite of attempts to protect their techniques by covered their phyllo with dish towels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4168-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/10/DSCN4168-1000.jpg\" alt=\"Nothing gets past 96 year-old Amelia Surabian. She's been cooking for fall food festivals for more years than most, and while she's the undisputed expert now, she struggled to learn the cuisine as a young woman. Not every cook wants to share her recipes! Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72235\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nothing gets past 96 year-old Amelia Surabian. She's been cooking for fall food festivals for more years than most, and while she's the undisputed expert now, she struggled to learn the cuisine as a young woman. Not every cook wants to share her recipes! Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Some of them were kind of quiet and secretive about their recipes,” Surabian says, “but I was a little devil.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was also keen on learning how to feed her young family the traditional way after a childhood of desperate poverty. Surabian’s family fled their homeland at the turn of the last century. They moved to Massachusetts, and then to Fresno. Times were so hard then, she remembers some Armenian mothers made pants for their children out of flour sacks. Surabian herself started working at age 14 or 15, canning peaches for Del Monte in Oakland. She settled in San Francisco in 1938.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After peaking under numerous dish towels, Surabian eventually became an expert at making phyllo dough, as well as pie crusts, soups and meat fillings: all the labor-intensive staples so key to Armenian cuisine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are the \u003cem>manti\u003c/em>, tortellini or wonton-like dumplings, filled with minced lamb and served in chicken or tomato broth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is \u003cem>kufta\u003c/em> -- “A meatball inside of a meatball, which is great,” says Elise Kazajian in the kitchen. Some version of this basic concept is found \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/recipes/article/Meatballs-Mideast-origins-4853870.php#src=fb\">throughout the Mediterranean\u003c/a>, typically involving ground lamb or beef mixed together with onions, parsley, salt and spices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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