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"disqusTitle": "More Than a Wine Destination: A Guide to Oxbow Public Market and Weekend Eating in Downtown Napa",
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"content": "\u003cp>Most visitors to Napa have the county in mind, not the town. They’re headed to the valley’s famed vineyards, wineries and tasting rooms, knowing they’ll have some good food along the way. But the wines themselves, most notably big Cabernet Sauvignons, aren’t the only attraction. The city of Napa’s small downtown area is a culinary paradise, from the collection of purveyors at \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Oxbow Public Market\u003c/a>, a veritable foodie epicenter, to several destination restaurants within walking distance from there, including a Michelin-starred gem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re just driving up for the day, be sure to arrive in time for breakfast, and park near Oxbow. (Street parking is usually remarkably hassle-free, unless there’s a special event going on.) While there are multiple breakfast options, the three best are \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/c-casa/\" target=\"_blank\">C Casa\u003c/a> for Mexican breakfast tacos (and an entirely gluten-free menu), \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/the-model-bakery/\" target=\"_blank\">The Model Bakery\u003c/a> for decadent pastries and Blue Bottle coffee, and \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/five-dot-ranch-2/\" target=\"_blank\">Five Dot Ranch\u003c/a> for homemade biscuits and beef sausage made from the ranch’s own pastured cows. And don’t forget the \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/ritual-coffee-roasters/\" target=\"_blank\">Ritual\u003c/a> coffee. The stand at Oxbow offers Ritual’s full line of pour-over coffees and espresso drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The busy breakfast service at The Model Bakery.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108368\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The busy breakfast service at The Model Bakery. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108375\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Homemade biscuit with pastured beef sausage.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108375\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homemade biscuit with pastured beef sausage. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920.jpg\" alt=\"A latte and a Kenya pour-over at Ritual Coffee.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108376\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A latte and a Kenya pour-over at Ritual Coffee. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The great thing about Oxbow is that a family or group can choose multiple dining options simultaneously at any meal, as seating is all central to the market, rather than being associated with each restaurant (with the exception of \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/kitchen-door/\" target=\"_blank\">The Kitchen Door\u003c/a>, a separate sit-down restaurant featuring chef Todd Humphries’ locally inspired cooking, and \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/hog-island-oyster-co/\" target=\"_blank\">Hog Island Oyster Co.\u003c/a>, whose raw-bar seating extends on to the back patio.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The Kitchen Door, a separate sit-down restaurant featuring chef Todd Humphries’ locally inspired cooking.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108383\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kitchen Door, a separate sit-down restaurant featuring chef Todd Humphries’ locally inspired cooking. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108391\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The oyster bar at Hog Island Oyster Co.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108391\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The oyster bar at Hog Island Oyster Co. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lunch is another opportunity to experience’s the market’s bounty. The aforementioned \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/hog-island-oyster-co/\" target=\"_blank\">Hog Island Oyster Co.\u003c/a> is a seafood-lover’s dream come true, with platters of mostly West-Coast bi-valves and a few from the east, along with clams, fresh halibut, seafood stew and a well-priced wine list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Two dozen oysters at Hog Island.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108380\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two dozen oysters at Hog Island. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Clams with sausage and lemongrass at Hog Island.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108379\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clams with sausage and lemongrass at Hog Island. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alternatively, gather some picnic food and lounge on the banks of the Napa River and watch the little fishing boats float by. \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/the-fatted-calf/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fatted Calf\u003c/a> has all manner of charcuterie, as well as a selection of pastas, heirloom beans, vinegars and other kitchen staples to take home with you. Salumi from The Fatted Calf, a baguette from The Model Bakery and fruit from \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/hudson-greens-goods/\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson Greens and Goods\u003c/a> (or fresh-pressed juice or avocado toast) make for a complete outdoor meal. Except for dessert, of course, which can be readily fulfilled by cupcakes from \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/karas-cupcakes\" target=\"_blank\">Kara’s Cupcakes\u003c/a> or ice cream at \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/three-twins-ice-cream/\" target=\"_blank\">Three Twins\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Fishing on the Napa River.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108378\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fishing on the Napa River. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Charcuterie at The Fatted Calf.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108367\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charcuterie at The Fatted Calf. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108404\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The Fatted Calf’s extensive menu.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108404\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fatted Calf’s extensive menu. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Fruit at Hudson Greens and Goods.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108405\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fruit at Hudson Greens and Goods. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108372\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Enjoying fresh-pressed juice from Hudson.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108372\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying fresh-pressed juice from Hudson. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108371\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Avocado toast at Hudson.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108371\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Avocado toast at Hudson. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Cupcakes from Kara’s\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108370\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cupcakes from Kara’s \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108384\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Lining up at Three Twins Ice Cream.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108384\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lining up at Three Twins Ice Cream. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another option altogether is to leave the culinary wonderland of Oxbow and walk into downtown Napa for pizza or pasta at \u003ca href=\"http://camomiosteria.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ca’ Momi Osteria\u003c/a>, the restaurant version of the wood-burning pizza place at Oxbow (which has a smaller enoteca menu). At the osteria, you can make a reservation and enjoy the full experience of the brewery and the homemade pastas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108402\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The wood-burning oven at Ca’ Momi Osteria in downtown Napa.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108402\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wood-burning oven at Ca’ Momi Osteria in downtown Napa. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The bar and dining room at Ca’ Momi Osteria.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108403\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bar and dining room at Ca’ Momi Osteria. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’re able to stay overnight, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.westinnapa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Westin Verasa Napa\u003c/a> is perfectly situated within walking distance of everything in the downtown area and moderately priced. The big, comfortable rooms overlook the year-round heated pool and the Napa River beyond. And there are also bocce courts for use by guests. For families, one- and two-bedroom suites with full kitchens are ideal. Service is both informal and expert, and the hotel offers free wine tastings every night, along with free chair massages on the weekends. If you have time, get a treatment at the inviting and tranquil \u003ca href=\"http://www.gcdayspa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Gloria Curry Day Spa\u003c/a> housed on the property. A hot stone massage and a deep-cleansing facial will set you right as you continue your culinary extravaganza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1.jpg\" alt=\"The heated pool at the Westin Verasa Napa\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1288\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108401\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-400x268.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-800x537.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-1440x966.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-1180x792.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-960x644.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The heated pool at the Westin Verasa Napa \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Westin Verasa Napa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108413\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 286px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/LaToque_02.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Ken Frank in the kitchen of his Michelin-starred restaurant at the Westin Verasa Napa.\" width=\"286\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108413\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Ken Frank in the kitchen of his Michelin-starred restaurant at the Westin Verasa Napa. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Westin Verasa Napa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides its prime location, another reason to choose this particular hotel is that it is home to chef Ken Franks’ legendary restaurant, \u003ca href=\"http://latoque.com/\" target=\"_blank\">La Toque\u003c/a>. Originally founded on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles when Frank was just 23, La Toque became a culinary institution in Wine Country, first in Rutherford from 1998 to 2008, and then at the Westin Verasa Napa, where Frank continues to cook contemporary-classic French food, beautifully plated and graciously served. The restaurant’s Michelin-star is visibly earned in Frank’s careful tasting menus that allow you to create your own three-, four-, or five-course meals. The world-class wine list, which holds a Wine Spectator Grand Award, has one of the best collections of highly allocated local wines available anywhere, not to mention the French stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our two favorite dishes were the beef carpaccio — meltingly fatty, perfectly sliced and topped with sauteed trumpet mushrooms — and the crisp rosti potato with creme fraiche and caviar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108386\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Beef Carpaccio — meltingly fatty, perfectly sliced and topped with sauteed trumpet mushrooms.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108386\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beef Carpaccio — meltingly fatty, perfectly sliced and topped with sauteed trumpet mushrooms. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Westin Verasa Napa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920.jpg\" alt=\"Crisp Rosti Potato with creme fraiche and caviar.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1285\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108409\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-400x268.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-768x514.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-1440x964.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-1180x790.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-960x643.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crisp Rosti Potato with creme fraiche and caviar. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Westin Verasa Napa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After a good sleep, head back to Oxbow to buy some local products to take home. \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/whole-spice/\" target=\"_blank\">Whole Spice\u003c/a> is a one-stop shop for all things aromatic and flavorful for your own home-cooking. \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/napastak/\" target=\"_blank\">Napastäk\u003c/a> is a beautifully curated shop of prepared foods where you never know what you’ll find, but there are always local honeys, jams and shrubs, as well as imported condiments and sauces. End your spree at \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/napa-valley-distillery/\" target=\"_blank\">Napa Valley Distillery\u003c/a> with a sampler of locally made spirits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Rows and rows of spices at Whole Spice.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108373\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rows and rows of spices at Whole Spice. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Prepared foods galore at Napastäk.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108382\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prepared foods galore at Napastäk. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Local spirits at Napa Valley Distillery.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108381\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local spirits at Napa Valley Distillery. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If there’s time for one last meal—and there always is—head for \u003ca href=\"http://oenotri.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Oenotri\u003c/a>, a southern Italian restaurant where everything, including the salumi and pastas are homemade. The wood-burning oven turns out crisp pizzas that make you fee like you’re in Rome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Pizza at Oenotri.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108374\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pizza at Oenotri. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I can’t think of a place in northern California that offers as much in a half-mile radius as downtown Napa. And there’s lots of good wine to drink if you get thirsty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Oxbow Public Market\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n610 and 644 First St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/YhK4ON\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nNapa, CA 94559\u003cbr>\nPh: (707) 226-6529\u003cbr>\nHours: 7:30am-9:30pm (check individual vendors for specific hours)\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/OxbowPublicMarket\" target=\"_blank\">Oxbow Public Market\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OxbowPubMarket\" target=\"_blank\">@OxbowPubMarket\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oxbowpublicmarket/\" target=\"_blank\">@oxbowpublicmarket\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPrice Range: $-$$$$\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.westinnapa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Westin Napa Verasa Hotel\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n1314 McKinstry St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/BeVQzg\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nNapa, CA 94559\u003cbr>\nPh: (707) 257-1800\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/WestinNapa\" target=\"_blank\">The Westin Verasa - Napa\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/westinnapa\" target=\"_blank\">@westinnapa\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/westinnapa/\" target=\"_blank\">@westinnapa\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPrice Range: $$\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://camomiosteria.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Ca’ Momi Osteria\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n1141 First St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/mVIXiF\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nNapa, CA 94559\u003cbr>\nPh: (707) 224-6664\u003cbr>\nHours: Daily, 11:30am-10pm\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/camominapavalley\" target=\"_blank\">Ca' Momi\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/camominapa\" target=\"_blank\">@camominapa\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/camominapavalley/\" target=\"_blank\">@camominapavalley\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPrice range: $$-$$$ ($14-$32 entrees)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://oenotri.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Oenotri\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n1425 First St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/B6bRSx\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nNapa, CA 94559\u003cbr>\nPh: (707) 252-1022\u003cbr>\nHours: Mon-Fri, 5:30-10pm; Sat-Sun, 10am-3pm and 5:30-10pm\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oenotri/\" target=\"_blank\">@oenotri\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPrice Range: $$-$$$ ($17-$34 entrees)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Most visitors to Napa have the county in mind, not the town. They’re headed to the valley’s famed vineyards, wineries and tasting rooms, knowing they’ll have some good food along the way. But the wines themselves, most notably big Cabernet Sauvignons, aren’t the only attraction. The city of Napa’s small downtown area is a culinary paradise, from the collection of purveyors at \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Oxbow Public Market\u003c/a>, a veritable foodie epicenter, to several destination restaurants within walking distance from there, including a Michelin-starred gem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re just driving up for the day, be sure to arrive in time for breakfast, and park near Oxbow. (Street parking is usually remarkably hassle-free, unless there’s a special event going on.) While there are multiple breakfast options, the three best are \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/c-casa/\" target=\"_blank\">C Casa\u003c/a> for Mexican breakfast tacos (and an entirely gluten-free menu), \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/the-model-bakery/\" target=\"_blank\">The Model Bakery\u003c/a> for decadent pastries and Blue Bottle coffee, and \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/five-dot-ranch-2/\" target=\"_blank\">Five Dot Ranch\u003c/a> for homemade biscuits and beef sausage made from the ranch’s own pastured cows. And don’t forget the \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/ritual-coffee-roasters/\" target=\"_blank\">Ritual\u003c/a> coffee. The stand at Oxbow offers Ritual’s full line of pour-over coffees and espresso drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The busy breakfast service at The Model Bakery.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108368\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4912-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The busy breakfast service at The Model Bakery. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108375\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Homemade biscuit with pastured beef sausage.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108375\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4855-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homemade biscuit with pastured beef sausage. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920.jpg\" alt=\"A latte and a Kenya pour-over at Ritual Coffee.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108376\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4852-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A latte and a Kenya pour-over at Ritual Coffee. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The great thing about Oxbow is that a family or group can choose multiple dining options simultaneously at any meal, as seating is all central to the market, rather than being associated with each restaurant (with the exception of \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/kitchen-door/\" target=\"_blank\">The Kitchen Door\u003c/a>, a separate sit-down restaurant featuring chef Todd Humphries’ locally inspired cooking, and \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/hog-island-oyster-co/\" target=\"_blank\">Hog Island Oyster Co.\u003c/a>, whose raw-bar seating extends on to the back patio.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The Kitchen Door, a separate sit-down restaurant featuring chef Todd Humphries’ locally inspired cooking.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108383\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4798-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kitchen Door, a separate sit-down restaurant featuring chef Todd Humphries’ locally inspired cooking. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108391\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The oyster bar at Hog Island Oyster Co.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108391\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4793-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The oyster bar at Hog Island Oyster Co. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lunch is another opportunity to experience’s the market’s bounty. The aforementioned \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/hog-island-oyster-co/\" target=\"_blank\">Hog Island Oyster Co.\u003c/a> is a seafood-lover’s dream come true, with platters of mostly West-Coast bi-valves and a few from the east, along with clams, fresh halibut, seafood stew and a well-priced wine list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Two dozen oysters at Hog Island.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108380\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4822-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two dozen oysters at Hog Island. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Clams with sausage and lemongrass at Hog Island.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108379\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4834-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clams with sausage and lemongrass at Hog Island. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alternatively, gather some picnic food and lounge on the banks of the Napa River and watch the little fishing boats float by. \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/the-fatted-calf/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fatted Calf\u003c/a> has all manner of charcuterie, as well as a selection of pastas, heirloom beans, vinegars and other kitchen staples to take home with you. Salumi from The Fatted Calf, a baguette from The Model Bakery and fruit from \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/hudson-greens-goods/\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson Greens and Goods\u003c/a> (or fresh-pressed juice or avocado toast) make for a complete outdoor meal. Except for dessert, of course, which can be readily fulfilled by cupcakes from \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/karas-cupcakes\" target=\"_blank\">Kara’s Cupcakes\u003c/a> or ice cream at \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/three-twins-ice-cream/\" target=\"_blank\">Three Twins\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Fishing on the Napa River.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108378\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4838-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fishing on the Napa River. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Charcuterie at The Fatted Calf.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108367\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4920-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charcuterie at The Fatted Calf. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108404\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The Fatted Calf’s extensive menu.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108404\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4921-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fatted Calf’s extensive menu. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Fruit at Hudson Greens and Goods.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108405\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4895-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fruit at Hudson Greens and Goods. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108372\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Enjoying fresh-pressed juice from Hudson.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108372\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4888-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying fresh-pressed juice from Hudson. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108371\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Avocado toast at Hudson.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108371\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4892-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Avocado toast at Hudson. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Cupcakes from Kara’s\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108370\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4893-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cupcakes from Kara’s \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108384\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Lining up at Three Twins Ice Cream.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108384\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4794-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lining up at Three Twins Ice Cream. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another option altogether is to leave the culinary wonderland of Oxbow and walk into downtown Napa for pizza or pasta at \u003ca href=\"http://camomiosteria.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ca’ Momi Osteria\u003c/a>, the restaurant version of the wood-burning pizza place at Oxbow (which has a smaller enoteca menu). At the osteria, you can make a reservation and enjoy the full experience of the brewery and the homemade pastas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108402\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The wood-burning oven at Ca’ Momi Osteria in downtown Napa.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108402\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4929-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wood-burning oven at Ca’ Momi Osteria in downtown Napa. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The bar and dining room at Ca’ Momi Osteria.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108403\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4922-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bar and dining room at Ca’ Momi Osteria. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’re able to stay overnight, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.westinnapa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Westin Verasa Napa\u003c/a> is perfectly situated within walking distance of everything in the downtown area and moderately priced. The big, comfortable rooms overlook the year-round heated pool and the Napa River beyond. And there are also bocce courts for use by guests. For families, one- and two-bedroom suites with full kitchens are ideal. Service is both informal and expert, and the hotel offers free wine tastings every night, along with free chair massages on the weekends. If you have time, get a treatment at the inviting and tranquil \u003ca href=\"http://www.gcdayspa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Gloria Curry Day Spa\u003c/a> housed on the property. A hot stone massage and a deep-cleansing facial will set you right as you continue your culinary extravaganza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1.jpg\" alt=\"The heated pool at the Westin Verasa Napa\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1288\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108401\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-400x268.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-800x537.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-1440x966.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-1180x792.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Pool-1920-1-960x644.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The heated pool at the Westin Verasa Napa \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Westin Verasa Napa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108413\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 286px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/LaToque_02.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Ken Frank in the kitchen of his Michelin-starred restaurant at the Westin Verasa Napa.\" width=\"286\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108413\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Ken Frank in the kitchen of his Michelin-starred restaurant at the Westin Verasa Napa. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Westin Verasa Napa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides its prime location, another reason to choose this particular hotel is that it is home to chef Ken Franks’ legendary restaurant, \u003ca href=\"http://latoque.com/\" target=\"_blank\">La Toque\u003c/a>. Originally founded on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles when Frank was just 23, La Toque became a culinary institution in Wine Country, first in Rutherford from 1998 to 2008, and then at the Westin Verasa Napa, where Frank continues to cook contemporary-classic French food, beautifully plated and graciously served. The restaurant’s Michelin-star is visibly earned in Frank’s careful tasting menus that allow you to create your own three-, four-, or five-course meals. The world-class wine list, which holds a Wine Spectator Grand Award, has one of the best collections of highly allocated local wines available anywhere, not to mention the French stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our two favorite dishes were the beef carpaccio — meltingly fatty, perfectly sliced and topped with sauteed trumpet mushrooms — and the crisp rosti potato with creme fraiche and caviar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108386\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Beef Carpaccio — meltingly fatty, perfectly sliced and topped with sauteed trumpet mushrooms.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108386\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Angus-Beef-Tenderloin-Carpaccio-with-Smoky-Aioli-and-Grilled-King-Trumpet-mushrooms-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beef Carpaccio — meltingly fatty, perfectly sliced and topped with sauteed trumpet mushrooms. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Westin Verasa Napa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920.jpg\" alt=\"Crisp Rosti Potato with creme fraiche and caviar.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1285\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108409\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-400x268.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-768x514.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-1440x964.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-1180x790.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/Rosti-Potato-with-Chinese-Kaluga-Caviar1920-960x643.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crisp Rosti Potato with creme fraiche and caviar. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Westin Verasa Napa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After a good sleep, head back to Oxbow to buy some local products to take home. \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/whole-spice/\" target=\"_blank\">Whole Spice\u003c/a> is a one-stop shop for all things aromatic and flavorful for your own home-cooking. \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/napastak/\" target=\"_blank\">Napastäk\u003c/a> is a beautifully curated shop of prepared foods where you never know what you’ll find, but there are always local honeys, jams and shrubs, as well as imported condiments and sauces. End your spree at \u003ca href=\"http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/market-hours/napa-valley-distillery/\" target=\"_blank\">Napa Valley Distillery\u003c/a> with a sampler of locally made spirits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Rows and rows of spices at Whole Spice.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108373\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4877-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rows and rows of spices at Whole Spice. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Prepared foods galore at Napastäk.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108382\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4807-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prepared foods galore at Napastäk. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Local spirits at Napa Valley Distillery.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108381\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4817-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local spirits at Napa Valley Distillery. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If there’s time for one last meal—and there always is—head for \u003ca href=\"http://oenotri.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Oenotri\u003c/a>, a southern Italian restaurant where everything, including the salumi and pastas are homemade. The wood-burning oven turns out crisp pizzas that make you fee like you’re in Rome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Pizza at Oenotri.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108374\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/04/IMG_4866-1920-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pizza at Oenotri. \u003ccite>(Kim Westerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I can’t think of a place in northern California that offers as much in a half-mile radius as downtown Napa. 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"disqusTitle": "Ceres Community Project Brings Healing Food and Youth Empowerment to Alameda",
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"content": "\u003cp>It all started with a simple request. In 2006, Cathryn Couch was working as a chef, making home-delivery meals for clients. One day, a friend called and asked: did Couch have any cooking jobs for her teenage daughter? She didn’t, but the friend persisted. Couch eventually came up with a project for her and the daughter: making meals and delivering them to a local homeless center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After seeing how excited and proud the daughter was after making the meals, Couch decided to replicate their lesson on a grander scale, and in 2007, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceresproject.org/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ceres Community Project\u003c/a> was born. Named for the Roman goddess of agriculture and nurturing, the Sonoma County-based program recruited teen volunteers to cook healthy, all-organic meals and deliver them to local patients with cancer and other debilitating conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program took off. That first year, 21 volunteers made 4,500 meals. In 2015, they had over 400 volunteers who prepared over 90,000 meals. They came out with \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceresproject.org/cookbook/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">a cookbook.\u003c/a> They expanded the program, to Marin and Sonoma Valley, and helped launch \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceresproject.org/affiliateBecoming.html\" target=\"_blank\">similar programs\u003c/a> in cities like Eugene, Oregon and Madison, Wisconsin. They partnered with Whole Foods: all the Whole Foods stores in Sonoma and Marin counties sell salads made by Ceres, with a dollar from each pint of salad going back to the organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, the group has expanded into the East Bay. In February, the Ceres Project opened up \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceresproject.org/contactAlameda.html\" target=\"_blank\">in Alameda\u003c/a>, in conjunction with the \u003ca href=\"http://apcollaborative.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda Point Collaborative\u003c/a>. (Much of the funding came from a $100,000 bequest earmarked for an East Bay site left by a Walnut Creek woman who passed away from breast cancer. Generally, \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceresproject.org/AR2014/AR2014_Financials.html\" target=\"_blank\">their funding\u003c/a> comes from a mix of individual, foundation and in-kind donations.) Teens from the Collaborative--a supportive housing community that offers housing and job training to formerly homeless families that have at least one adult with a permanent disability--cook healthy meals (chickpea pumpkin burgers with date chutney, baked salmon with wild rice) with produce from the one-site garden in an after-school program. Adult volunteers then deliver the meals to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.charlottemaxwell.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Maxwell Clinic\u003c/a> in Oakland, a nonprofit serving women with cancer and their families whose incomes are at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-108139\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2.jpg\" alt=\"Meals being prepared for clients at the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic during the after-school cooking program.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-1440x961.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meals being prepared for clients at the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic during the after-school cooking program. \u003ccite>(Kim Stuffelbeam, Ceres Community Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Alameda program has already been a success, said Aileen Suzara, the location’s Program Coordinator and Chef. “A lot of the kids, I’m seeing their natural leadership come out in the kitchen. I see a spark from some of the kids,” Suzara said. “They have a sense of how this is really touching someone’s life. The kids are resonating especially with the part of connecting to someone--even if they haven’t met yet--through food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program’s focus on their teen volunteers comes from Couch’s belief in something she once heard from a Buddhist teacher: the most important person in a room is the youngest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“From an upstream prevention standpoint, if we could influence how young people see their relationship with food--if we can make them excited about the impact of their food choices on their own health, on the health of the people that they love and on the planet--then we’re going to help raise a generation of people who will help to shape a healthier food system and a healthier healthcare system,” she said.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Ceres is also able to make a bigger impact on how people eat through working with teens, she said. “If we change a young person’s eating habits, that’s going to impact them for 60 years. If we have a client who’s 60 and we impact their eating habits, that’s maybe going to impact them for 20 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the scope of that impact has been surprising, Couch said. When she first started the program, she assumed that the cooking skills the teens learn would be the most valuable part of the program. Instead, “they start to see that they can have power in impacting the world around them through the choices they make with food,” she said. “It’s really about that they matter in the world, that their choices make a difference, and finding that agency in themselves.” That’s especially true in the Alameda program. Many of teens at the Collaborative have spent their lives as the beneficiaries of such services. Seeing that they can have a tangible impact has helped give them a sense of confidence, Couch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the kids at Ceres learn how to cook and eat kale, but the really transformational moment is when they sit with one of our clients and that client says to them, ‘Thank you for helping save my life,’” Couch said. “Because what young people most need is to feel their belonging as part of a community, to feel their ability to actually influence the world around them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-108138\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2.jpg\" alt=\"Teen volunteers eating together after cooking for the Clinic.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-1440x961.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teen volunteers eating together after cooking for the Clinic. \u003ccite>(Kim Stuffelbeam, Ceres Community Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While there are other groups in the East Bay that focus on meal delivery for ill clients--\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2015/04/28/project-open-hand-turns-30-an-iconic-san-francisco-nonprofit-looks-forward/\" target=\"_blank\">Project Open Hand\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.feedingseniors.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Meals on Wheels\u003c/a>--Ceres occupies a specific place in that landscape. They’re only feeding the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, which isn’t served by any other food groups, and they’re the only group whose meals are all-organic, which they see as the best choice for both their clients and the environment. Ceres follows the \u003ca href=\"http://www.aicr.org/new-american-plate/cancer-preventive-diet-model-plate.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Institute of Cancer Research’s recommendation\u003c/a> that meals should be ⅔ plant-based whole foods, and they don’t include any white flour, white sugar or processed foods and source locally-grown produce as much as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going forward, Ceres (\u003ca href=\"http://www.openhand.org/about-us/food-medicine-pilot-study\" target=\"_blank\">like Project Open Hand\u003c/a>) is working on research projects to prove the health benefits and lower healthcare costs that come from programs like theirs. One day, they hope that health insurers will see what they see--that a plant-based diet can play a significant role in improving the health of ill patients--and incorporate food and nutrition reimbursements into healthcare costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as central as food is to the group’s work and the patient’s healing, there's another facet that’s equally, if not more, important, said Couch. It’s the connection--the connection between volunteer and client, the sense of security, comfort, and caring that comes from eating a homemade meal someone made you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I realized that the food was a vehicle for people to feel like they were cared for, that they were part of the community and they were connected. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It all started with a simple request. In 2006, Cathryn Couch was working as a chef, making home-delivery meals for clients. One day, a friend called and asked: did Couch have any cooking jobs for her teenage daughter? She didn’t, but the friend persisted. Couch eventually came up with a project for her and the daughter: making meals and delivering them to a local homeless center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After seeing how excited and proud the daughter was after making the meals, Couch decided to replicate their lesson on a grander scale, and in 2007, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceresproject.org/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ceres Community Project\u003c/a> was born. Named for the Roman goddess of agriculture and nurturing, the Sonoma County-based program recruited teen volunteers to cook healthy, all-organic meals and deliver them to local patients with cancer and other debilitating conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program took off. That first year, 21 volunteers made 4,500 meals. In 2015, they had over 400 volunteers who prepared over 90,000 meals. They came out with \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceresproject.org/cookbook/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">a cookbook.\u003c/a> They expanded the program, to Marin and Sonoma Valley, and helped launch \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceresproject.org/affiliateBecoming.html\" target=\"_blank\">similar programs\u003c/a> in cities like Eugene, Oregon and Madison, Wisconsin. They partnered with Whole Foods: all the Whole Foods stores in Sonoma and Marin counties sell salads made by Ceres, with a dollar from each pint of salad going back to the organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, the group has expanded into the East Bay. In February, the Ceres Project opened up \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceresproject.org/contactAlameda.html\" target=\"_blank\">in Alameda\u003c/a>, in conjunction with the \u003ca href=\"http://apcollaborative.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda Point Collaborative\u003c/a>. (Much of the funding came from a $100,000 bequest earmarked for an East Bay site left by a Walnut Creek woman who passed away from breast cancer. Generally, \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceresproject.org/AR2014/AR2014_Financials.html\" target=\"_blank\">their funding\u003c/a> comes from a mix of individual, foundation and in-kind donations.) Teens from the Collaborative--a supportive housing community that offers housing and job training to formerly homeless families that have at least one adult with a permanent disability--cook healthy meals (chickpea pumpkin burgers with date chutney, baked salmon with wild rice) with produce from the one-site garden in an after-school program. Adult volunteers then deliver the meals to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.charlottemaxwell.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Maxwell Clinic\u003c/a> in Oakland, a nonprofit serving women with cancer and their families whose incomes are at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-108139\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2.jpg\" alt=\"Meals being prepared for clients at the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic during the after-school cooking program.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-1440x961.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image003-2-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meals being prepared for clients at the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic during the after-school cooking program. \u003ccite>(Kim Stuffelbeam, Ceres Community Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Alameda program has already been a success, said Aileen Suzara, the location’s Program Coordinator and Chef. “A lot of the kids, I’m seeing their natural leadership come out in the kitchen. I see a spark from some of the kids,” Suzara said. “They have a sense of how this is really touching someone’s life. The kids are resonating especially with the part of connecting to someone--even if they haven’t met yet--through food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program’s focus on their teen volunteers comes from Couch’s belief in something she once heard from a Buddhist teacher: the most important person in a room is the youngest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“From an upstream prevention standpoint, if we could influence how young people see their relationship with food--if we can make them excited about the impact of their food choices on their own health, on the health of the people that they love and on the planet--then we’re going to help raise a generation of people who will help to shape a healthier food system and a healthier healthcare system,” she said.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Ceres is also able to make a bigger impact on how people eat through working with teens, she said. “If we change a young person’s eating habits, that’s going to impact them for 60 years. If we have a client who’s 60 and we impact their eating habits, that’s maybe going to impact them for 20 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the scope of that impact has been surprising, Couch said. When she first started the program, she assumed that the cooking skills the teens learn would be the most valuable part of the program. Instead, “they start to see that they can have power in impacting the world around them through the choices they make with food,” she said. “It’s really about that they matter in the world, that their choices make a difference, and finding that agency in themselves.” That’s especially true in the Alameda program. Many of teens at the Collaborative have spent their lives as the beneficiaries of such services. Seeing that they can have a tangible impact has helped give them a sense of confidence, Couch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the kids at Ceres learn how to cook and eat kale, but the really transformational moment is when they sit with one of our clients and that client says to them, ‘Thank you for helping save my life,’” Couch said. “Because what young people most need is to feel their belonging as part of a community, to feel their ability to actually influence the world around them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-108138\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2.jpg\" alt=\"Teen volunteers eating together after cooking for the Clinic.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-1440x961.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/image002-2-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teen volunteers eating together after cooking for the Clinic. \u003ccite>(Kim Stuffelbeam, Ceres Community Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While there are other groups in the East Bay that focus on meal delivery for ill clients--\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2015/04/28/project-open-hand-turns-30-an-iconic-san-francisco-nonprofit-looks-forward/\" target=\"_blank\">Project Open Hand\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.feedingseniors.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Meals on Wheels\u003c/a>--Ceres occupies a specific place in that landscape. They’re only feeding the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, which isn’t served by any other food groups, and they’re the only group whose meals are all-organic, which they see as the best choice for both their clients and the environment. Ceres follows the \u003ca href=\"http://www.aicr.org/new-american-plate/cancer-preventive-diet-model-plate.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Institute of Cancer Research’s recommendation\u003c/a> that meals should be ⅔ plant-based whole foods, and they don’t include any white flour, white sugar or processed foods and source locally-grown produce as much as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going forward, Ceres (\u003ca href=\"http://www.openhand.org/about-us/food-medicine-pilot-study\" target=\"_blank\">like Project Open Hand\u003c/a>) is working on research projects to prove the health benefits and lower healthcare costs that come from programs like theirs. One day, they hope that health insurers will see what they see--that a plant-based diet can play a significant role in improving the health of ill patients--and incorporate food and nutrition reimbursements into healthcare costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as central as food is to the group’s work and the patient’s healing, there's another facet that’s equally, if not more, important, said Couch. It’s the connection--the connection between volunteer and client, the sense of security, comfort, and caring that comes from eating a homemade meal someone made you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I realized that the food was a vehicle for people to feel like they were cared for, that they were part of the community and they were connected. And that is as important a nourishment as what’s in the food itself,” Couch said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "Sartaj India Cafe: The Home-Style Indian Spot Where Locals Eat",
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"content": "\u003cp>When Gurmail and Balbir Basi moved to Marin City in 1989, from the Punjab region of India, they didn't have any plans to open a restaurant. In fact, when Balbir started working at the location that is now Sartaj India Cafe, it was then an Italian coffee shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She worked at that coffee shop, while her husband, Gurmail, worked at nearby Albertson's. But there were too many coffee shops in Sausalito, and not so many Indian restaurants. With all the competition, it was hard to make money and the coffee shop owner planned to shut down. She asked the Basis if they wanted the lease and they opened Sartaj India Cafe in 1996.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107338\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior.jpg\" alt=\"Sartaj India Cafe in Sausalito.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sartaj India Cafe in Sausalito. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For 21 years, they've dished out classic Punjabi dishes in the unassuming storefront restaurant, and have lived in the apartment above. For the first decade, Balbir did all that work herself -- with some help from her daughter after school. She cooked seven days/week, 12 hours/day. She didn't take a vacation for nearly 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gurmail eventually left Albertson's so the two could run the restaurant together. He mans the front counter, greets the locals (most of whom just call him Basi), and makes the chai. He also does all the shopping, heading to farmers markets in San Francisco and Oakland every other day. It's too expensive to have ingredients delivered, said Balbir, so he has to wake up each morning at 4 a.m. to get what they need in order to have the doors open for breakfast around 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sausalito may be best known as a high-end tourist spot, and Caledonia Street is full of expensive and fancy foodie destinations. In between Sushi Ran and Fast Food Français, the Basis' small down-to-earth restaurant looks almost out of place. It might seem like an odd location for a storefront spot with no website, social media presence, or any system more complicated than Gurmail writing down your order on a piece of paper and handing it to Balbir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107333\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime.jpg\" alt=\"The Sausalito downtown isn't exactly known for down-to-earth home-style food.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sausalito downtown isn't exactly known for down-to-earth home-style food. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it has thrived as a local favorite. More than half of the customers are Sausalito locals who come in regularly and simply request their \"usual,\" said Gurmail -- a phenomenon I witnessed at least twice while we were eating dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is totally home-style,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a fire destroyed their apartment last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youcaring.com/basi-and-balbira-from-sartaj-india-357559\" target=\"_blank\">the local community raised over $11,000 for the family\u003c/a>. They must have saved up goodwill from the annual Thanksgiving dinner party they throw annually -- free food, drinks, and music for anyone who wants to come to the restaurant the day before the holiday. The family is still waiting for the landlord to finish repairs, and are living nearby in the meantime, but they never closed the restaurant during the ordeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have now made one concession to taking time off. Sartaj is closed on Mondays, but Balbir says that's just so she can prep for the week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107336\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala.jpg\" alt=\"The vegetarian Mattar Paneer plate.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The vegetarian Mattar Paneer plate. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For all that hard work you get tasty home-cooked northern Indian food. It's not fancy, but it is good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the morning, they serve a unique breakfast -- both American-style and variations on Indian breakfast burritos and Indian scrambles with classic spices. The popular chai is $2.50 or $3, if you want the small or the large. Get a ginger chai with almond milk, coconut milk, soy milk, or regular milk. There's also a decaf option (and honey and sugar available). The mango lassi ($2.95) is another tasty alternative. But the real filler is the dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a very extensive vegetarian menu, I actually preferred the veggie dishes to the chicken. The saag paneer plate ($10.95) was a creamy spinach, green cabbage, and broccoli mix. The mattar paneer plate ($10.50) offered up a veggie pea and cheese combo in the classic tikka masala sauce. All plates come with rice, raita (a kind of yogurt), dhal (lentil soup), and chapatti (homemade soft wheat bread -- no naan here).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107337\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107337\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala.jpg\" alt=\"Chicken Masala\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicken Masala \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can also order side dishes a la carte or on top of your main meal. I tried some chicken masala ($9.95), because there's nothing better when it comes to Indian food than mixing it all together. And, of course, topping it off with an Indian beer. The lamb is perhaps the cafe's most popular of the meats. You can get nearly all the dishes and sauces in either lamb, chicken, or a veggie version. Try the lamb curry burrito ($8.50) for a unique take.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 765px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107358\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cd85a889-dc98-481a-8c37-5c64707a764e.jpeg\" alt=\"The lamb plate.\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cd85a889-dc98-481a-8c37-5c64707a764e.jpeg 765w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cd85a889-dc98-481a-8c37-5c64707a764e-400x533.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lamb plate. \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you have any leftovers, just take them home. The small shop, which has just a handful of tables and a few long plastic bench seats, serves up much of its food as to-go business. The hungry locals looking for filling dishes that aren't going to break the bank can't get enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/sartaj-india-cafe-sausalito\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Sartaj India Cafe\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n43 Caledonia St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/MtnnuG\" target=\"_blank\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSausalito, CA 94965\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 332-7103\u003cbr>\nHours: Tue-Sun, 7am-9pm, closed Monday\u003cbr>\nPrice range: $\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Gurmail and Balbir Basi moved to Marin City in 1989, from the Punjab region of India, they didn't have any plans to open a restaurant. In fact, when Balbir started working at the location that is now Sartaj India Cafe, it was then an Italian coffee shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She worked at that coffee shop, while her husband, Gurmail, worked at nearby Albertson's. But there were too many coffee shops in Sausalito, and not so many Indian restaurants. With all the competition, it was hard to make money and the coffee shop owner planned to shut down. She asked the Basis if they wanted the lease and they opened Sartaj India Cafe in 1996.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107338\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior.jpg\" alt=\"Sartaj India Cafe in Sausalito.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-exterior-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sartaj India Cafe in Sausalito. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For 21 years, they've dished out classic Punjabi dishes in the unassuming storefront restaurant, and have lived in the apartment above. For the first decade, Balbir did all that work herself -- with some help from her daughter after school. She cooked seven days/week, 12 hours/day. She didn't take a vacation for nearly 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gurmail eventually left Albertson's so the two could run the restaurant together. He mans the front counter, greets the locals (most of whom just call him Basi), and makes the chai. He also does all the shopping, heading to farmers markets in San Francisco and Oakland every other day. It's too expensive to have ingredients delivered, said Balbir, so he has to wake up each morning at 4 a.m. to get what they need in order to have the doors open for breakfast around 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sausalito may be best known as a high-end tourist spot, and Caledonia Street is full of expensive and fancy foodie destinations. In between Sushi Ran and Fast Food Français, the Basis' small down-to-earth restaurant looks almost out of place. It might seem like an odd location for a storefront spot with no website, social media presence, or any system more complicated than Gurmail writing down your order on a piece of paper and handing it to Balbir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107333\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime.jpg\" alt=\"The Sausalito downtown isn't exactly known for down-to-earth home-style food.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sausalito-nighttime-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sausalito downtown isn't exactly known for down-to-earth home-style food. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it has thrived as a local favorite. More than half of the customers are Sausalito locals who come in regularly and simply request their \"usual,\" said Gurmail -- a phenomenon I witnessed at least twice while we were eating dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is totally home-style,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a fire destroyed their apartment last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youcaring.com/basi-and-balbira-from-sartaj-india-357559\" target=\"_blank\">the local community raised over $11,000 for the family\u003c/a>. They must have saved up goodwill from the annual Thanksgiving dinner party they throw annually -- free food, drinks, and music for anyone who wants to come to the restaurant the day before the holiday. The family is still waiting for the landlord to finish repairs, and are living nearby in the meantime, but they never closed the restaurant during the ordeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have now made one concession to taking time off. Sartaj is closed on Mondays, but Balbir says that's just so she can prep for the week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107336\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala.jpg\" alt=\"The vegetarian Mattar Paneer plate.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-mutter-paneer-tikka-massala-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The vegetarian Mattar Paneer plate. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For all that hard work you get tasty home-cooked northern Indian food. It's not fancy, but it is good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the morning, they serve a unique breakfast -- both American-style and variations on Indian breakfast burritos and Indian scrambles with classic spices. The popular chai is $2.50 or $3, if you want the small or the large. Get a ginger chai with almond milk, coconut milk, soy milk, or regular milk. There's also a decaf option (and honey and sugar available). The mango lassi ($2.95) is another tasty alternative. But the real filler is the dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a very extensive vegetarian menu, I actually preferred the veggie dishes to the chicken. The saag paneer plate ($10.95) was a creamy spinach, green cabbage, and broccoli mix. The mattar paneer plate ($10.50) offered up a veggie pea and cheese combo in the classic tikka masala sauce. All plates come with rice, raita (a kind of yogurt), dhal (lentil soup), and chapatti (homemade soft wheat bread -- no naan here).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107337\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107337\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala.jpg\" alt=\"Chicken Masala\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sartaj-chicken-tikka-massala-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicken Masala \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can also order side dishes a la carte or on top of your main meal. I tried some chicken masala ($9.95), because there's nothing better when it comes to Indian food than mixing it all together. And, of course, topping it off with an Indian beer. The lamb is perhaps the cafe's most popular of the meats. You can get nearly all the dishes and sauces in either lamb, chicken, or a veggie version. Try the lamb curry burrito ($8.50) for a unique take.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 765px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107358\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cd85a889-dc98-481a-8c37-5c64707a764e.jpeg\" alt=\"The lamb plate.\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cd85a889-dc98-481a-8c37-5c64707a764e.jpeg 765w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cd85a889-dc98-481a-8c37-5c64707a764e-400x533.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lamb plate. \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you have any leftovers, just take them home. The small shop, which has just a handful of tables and a few long plastic bench seats, serves up much of its food as to-go business. The hungry locals looking for filling dishes that aren't going to break the bank can't get enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/sartaj-india-cafe-sausalito\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Sartaj India Cafe\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n43 Caledonia St. [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/MtnnuG\" target=\"_blank\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSausalito, CA 94965\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 332-7103\u003cbr>\nHours: Tue-Sun, 7am-9pm, closed Monday\u003cbr>\nPrice range: $\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Unless you've been living under a lactose intolerant rock the last few years, you’ve experienced the rise of yogurt, \u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/08/how-did-greek-yogurt-get-so-popular/244025/\" target=\"_blank\">particularly Greek yogurt\u003c/a>. America’s had a love affair with yogurt \u003ca href=\"http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/10/great-moments-in-the-history-of-yogurt.html\" target=\"_blank\">for hundreds of years\u003c/a>, but until recently, the most popular kinds were as far from traditional as possible: either frozen, sugar-laden, or identified by \u003ca href=\"http://www.yoplait.com/products/yoplait-go-gurt\" target=\"_blank\">their portability\u003c/a>. Starting in the early aughts, \u003ca href=\"http://usa.fage.eu/?gclid=CMvQmor1vsoCFYaCfgod_jgCLg&gclsrc=aw.ds\" target=\"_blank\">Fage\u003c/a> introduced America to the pleasures of its rich, thick, drained yogurt and its seemingly endless list of benefits: more protein, so you’ll stay full longer! Gut-friendly probiotic strains! The ease at which you can swap it for sour cream, leaving your family none the wiser on enchilada night!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greek yogurt exploded, and so did the rest of the yogurt aisle. A recent trip to Whole Foods gave me the option of goat milk yogurt, coconut milk yogurt, or even savory yogurt. And then there’s the geographic diversity of yogurt: there’s Russian yogurt, European yogurt, Asian yogurt--and Icelandic yogurt. Icelandic yogurt is a relatively new player in the competitive yogurt market, but it’s quickly becoming popular. And one the companies responsible is Petaluma’s \u003ca href=\"http://smariorganics.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Smári Yogurt\u003c/a>, whose owner’s bet that American consumers would be a fan of the ultra-thick yogurt of his Icelandic childhood is paying off, with its brightly colored cups showing up in stores nationwide. (Want to know what we thought of Smári’s yogurt? See below for our taste test.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari.jpg\" alt=\"Smári Icelandic Yogurt: Pure, Vanilla and Coconut\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106260\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smári Icelandic Yogurt: Pure, Vanilla and Coconut \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Smári is a strained yogurt similar to Greek yogurt, but it’s made with much more milk, which its fans say give it a creamier taste and texture: while Greek yogurt is made from 2-3 cups of milk, Smári is made from 4 cups. Smári’s founder, Smári Ásmundsson, also says his yogurt has more protein per ounce than any other yogurt on the US market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smári isn’t the first Icelandic yogurt on the market--that would be nationwide brand \u003ca href=\"http://siggisdairy.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Siggi’s\u003c/a>, which debuted in 2007-- but Ásmundsson is confident that his yogurt in the brightly colored cups can make a play in the increasingly crowded dairy aisle. There’s the higher protein content, and there’s also his commitment to the yogurt’s organic status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi.jpg\" alt=\"Siggi’s Icelandic Style Skyr: Plain, Pomegranate & Passion Fruit and Vanilla\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106257\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siggi’s Icelandic Style Skyr: Plain, Pomegranate & Passion Fruit and Vanilla \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m a huge believer in organic food,” Ásmundsson said. “And I’m a huge believer in yogurt, Icelandic yogurt, which is called \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyr\" target=\"_blank\">skyr\u003c/a> back home in Iceland. That was my fast food growing up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also a big fan of fat. Skyr is traditionally made with skim milk, but last year, Smári introduced two full fat yogurts. Their move was part of a growing trend, partially fueled by the paleo trend and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/low-fat/\" target=\"_blank\">shift away \u003c/a>from low fat diets, emphasizing the importance of fat in a healthy diet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a huge fan of fat. I think fat is critical. Just don’t eat too much,” Ásmundsson said. “In order for our bodies to access the vitamins, the minerals and nutrients in our food, we have to have fat. Often fat is replaced with sugar, and sugar is so much worse for you than fat is. Plus, fat makes everything tasty. “\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ásmundsson’s joked that skyr’s protein and fat helped make him strong growing up in his native Iceland, where he ate the tangy yogurt almost every day at school, and would often have it for dessert at home--prepared the traditional way, with some cream and brown sugar on top. After moving to America in his twenties he missed it, and started making it at home. There was only one problem: his skyr was terrible. “I had been making skyr for over a decade before I decided to start a company, and a big part of that was actually really bad,” he said. “It’s a very simple food, but any simple food--like bread, for example--is really hard to make well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few years ago, Ásmundsson had a son. Now an in demand \u003ca href=\"http://www.smariproductions.com/\" target=\"_blank\">photographer\u003c/a> for working for clients like Volkswagen, Morgan Stanley, Rolex, he started looking into the world of children’s food and was disappointed in what he found. Everything seemed packed with sugar and artificial ingredients. Again, he missed the wholesome skyr of his childhood. So he made the decision: he would make it himself and sell it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t an easy process. While Ásmundsson had significant brand and advertising experience, he had no experience with the dairy industry or starting a business. Then the Petaluma-based Ásmundsson wanted to make his product locally, but the equipment required for skyr’s distinctive texture was expensive, and no Petaluma dairy would take a risk on his untested product and install the new system. He worried about differentiating himself from all the other yogurts on the market, and spent over 100 hours hanging around the dairy aisles at the supermarket, questioning customers about what went into their yogurt-buying decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the biggest problem remained: his skyr was bad. Eventually, he connected with an 82-year-old family friend in Iceland, who had been making skyr for years. Ásmundsson ran up his phone bill calling the friend, asking question after question until he was finally satisfied with his end product. “When I went back [to Iceland], I met with him,” Ásmundsson said. “He was responsible for all of sudden my skyr being better than yogurt I had ever had.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, with the help of a cofounder with food business experience, an organic dairy in Wisconsin, and \u003ca href=\"https://circleup.com/community/article/how-icelandic-yogurt-ended-up-in-almost-every-whole-foods-in-america/VYBscykAACgAZwpc/\" target=\"_blank\">crowdfunding site CircleUp\u003c/a>, Smári yogurt launched in 2013 with four flavors, Pure, Vanilla, Strawberry, and Blueberry. Since then, they've added four flavors, and expanded to hundreds of stores nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things are going well for Smári. They recently announced four new flavors, and Ásmundsson said they tripled their business from December 2015 to this month. He gets to eat his beloved skyr every day (“I eat yogurt every breakfast,” he said. “And if I’m feeling lazy, I’ll have yogurt for dinner”) and the son who inspired it all has become a big fan (he likes the recently released key lime flavor). But he’s still not satisfied. He wants to be in every grocery store in the country, to show America how delicious Iceland’s yogurt can be--and by the way, just what do Icelanders think about Smári?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been very, very positive,” Ásmundsson said of the reaction from Icelanders. “People that try it, the most common reaction is ‘Oh my God, this is much better than what we have at home.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So, how do Smári’s Icelandic style yogurts compare to similar products on the market? Bay Area Bites decided to host a taste taste and find out.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt.jpg\" alt=\"Yogurt taste test: Smári, Siggi's, Straus Greek and Wallaby Greek\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106255\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yogurt taste test: Smári, Siggi's, Straus Greek and Wallaby Greek \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pure Versus Plain\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We tried three unflavored strained yogurts: two Icelandic style, including Smári’s (which they call pure) and Siggi’s, and Straus’ Greek Yogurt, to compare against. Smári was incredibly thick, with a dry mouthfeel and a piquant acidity. It’s so thick, it’s almost cheese like--Check, Please! Bay Area producer Tina Salter compared it to \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strained_yogurt\" target=\"_blank\">labneh\u003c/a>--and when we held it upside down, nothing happened. Tina said it had a grassy flavor that wasn’t as appealing to her, and said it had a “chalky, drier texture that’s not as satisfying for me.” On the other hand, both Wendy Goodfriend, Senior Producer of Bay Area Bites, and I both preferred the rich flavor of Smári over the plain Siggi’s, which had an unpleasantly bitter aftertaste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon.jpg\" alt=\"Smári Icelandic Yogurt Pure\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106259\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smári Icelandic Yogurt Pure \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Texture wise, Siggi’s had a pleasingly creamy, almost silky texture. Tina noted that even though the Siggi’s we tried was nonfat, it still tasted like full fat to her. Both Icelandic yogurts were a lot thicker than the Straus yogurt, which more closely resembled their thinner, almost luxuriously smooth European-style yogurt. The Straus had a milder yet still rich taste that everyone found delicious, but if you’re craving the thickness and aggressive tang of a Greek yogurt, get a Fage--or one of the Icelandic styles we tried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon.jpg\" alt=\"Siggi’s Icelandic Style Skyr: Vanilla\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106256\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siggi’s Icelandic Style Skyr: Vanilla \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1.jpg\" alt=\"Straus Greek yogurt: Plain\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106262\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Straus Greek yogurt: Plain \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Vanilla Showdown\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Icelandic vanilla yogurts we tried were very similar tasting, with a strong vanilla scent and taste from their inclusion of real vanilla (no “artificial flavoring” here). Both were very sweet, but the Smári was a touch sweeter--Tina observed that with the Smári, “You start off with the sweetness, get a burst of vanilla in the middle and end with the acidity.” In both cases, we found that these yogurt’s aggressive sweetness against their natural acidity was jarring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Real Fruit Versus Candy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We compared a fruit flavored Smári yogurt (coconut) and Siggi’s (passion fruit and pomegranate) against a locally made Greek yogurt with fruit: a \u003ca href=\"http://www.wallabyyogurt.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wallaby’s\u003c/a> cherry-flavored Greek yogurt. Smári’s coconut flavor was the most interesting, with small chunks of dehydrated coconut mixed into the assertively coconut-y yogurt. I was a fan, but Wendy, although she thought the flavor tasted authentic, did not like the chunky texture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Siggi’s had an appealingly strong bite of passion fruit, but zero pomegranate flavor. Tina was a big fan, and wanted to try it frozen. When we tried the fruit-flavored Greek yogurt from Napa’s Wallaby yogurt, the reaction was swift and universal: complete disgust. The yogurt was incredibly thin, and that texture combined with the taste--\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=gummi+bears+candy&espv=2&biw=1814&bih=1177&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj66onZhb_KAhUDLmMKHbgBCx0QsAQIUQ&dpr=1\" target=\"_blank\">Gummi Bears\u003c/a>, instead of the promised cherry--recalled the worst Dannon or \u003ca href=\"http://gogurt.com/products?gclid=CPTn9oqGv8oCFdKDfgod8XEEsA&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CLicgouGv8oCFUp8fgodQ64PQg\" target=\"_blank\">Go Gurt\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon.jpg\" alt=\"Wallaby's Greek Blended Cherry yogurt.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1299\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106263\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-400x271.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-800x541.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-768x520.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-1440x974.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-1180x798.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-960x650.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wallaby's Greek Blended Cherry yogurt. \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Unless you've been living under a lactose intolerant rock the last few years, you’ve experienced the rise of yogurt, \u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/08/how-did-greek-yogurt-get-so-popular/244025/\" target=\"_blank\">particularly Greek yogurt\u003c/a>. America’s had a love affair with yogurt \u003ca href=\"http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/10/great-moments-in-the-history-of-yogurt.html\" target=\"_blank\">for hundreds of years\u003c/a>, but until recently, the most popular kinds were as far from traditional as possible: either frozen, sugar-laden, or identified by \u003ca href=\"http://www.yoplait.com/products/yoplait-go-gurt\" target=\"_blank\">their portability\u003c/a>. Starting in the early aughts, \u003ca href=\"http://usa.fage.eu/?gclid=CMvQmor1vsoCFYaCfgod_jgCLg&gclsrc=aw.ds\" target=\"_blank\">Fage\u003c/a> introduced America to the pleasures of its rich, thick, drained yogurt and its seemingly endless list of benefits: more protein, so you’ll stay full longer! Gut-friendly probiotic strains! The ease at which you can swap it for sour cream, leaving your family none the wiser on enchilada night!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greek yogurt exploded, and so did the rest of the yogurt aisle. A recent trip to Whole Foods gave me the option of goat milk yogurt, coconut milk yogurt, or even savory yogurt. And then there’s the geographic diversity of yogurt: there’s Russian yogurt, European yogurt, Asian yogurt--and Icelandic yogurt. Icelandic yogurt is a relatively new player in the competitive yogurt market, but it’s quickly becoming popular. And one the companies responsible is Petaluma’s \u003ca href=\"http://smariorganics.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Smári Yogurt\u003c/a>, whose owner’s bet that American consumers would be a fan of the ultra-thick yogurt of his Icelandic childhood is paying off, with its brightly colored cups showing up in stores nationwide. (Want to know what we thought of Smári’s yogurt? See below for our taste test.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari.jpg\" alt=\"Smári Icelandic Yogurt: Pure, Vanilla and Coconut\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106260\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smári Icelandic Yogurt: Pure, Vanilla and Coconut \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Smári is a strained yogurt similar to Greek yogurt, but it’s made with much more milk, which its fans say give it a creamier taste and texture: while Greek yogurt is made from 2-3 cups of milk, Smári is made from 4 cups. Smári’s founder, Smári Ásmundsson, also says his yogurt has more protein per ounce than any other yogurt on the US market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smári isn’t the first Icelandic yogurt on the market--that would be nationwide brand \u003ca href=\"http://siggisdairy.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Siggi’s\u003c/a>, which debuted in 2007-- but Ásmundsson is confident that his yogurt in the brightly colored cups can make a play in the increasingly crowded dairy aisle. There’s the higher protein content, and there’s also his commitment to the yogurt’s organic status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi.jpg\" alt=\"Siggi’s Icelandic Style Skyr: Plain, Pomegranate & Passion Fruit and Vanilla\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106257\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siggi’s Icelandic Style Skyr: Plain, Pomegranate & Passion Fruit and Vanilla \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m a huge believer in organic food,” Ásmundsson said. “And I’m a huge believer in yogurt, Icelandic yogurt, which is called \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyr\" target=\"_blank\">skyr\u003c/a> back home in Iceland. That was my fast food growing up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also a big fan of fat. Skyr is traditionally made with skim milk, but last year, Smári introduced two full fat yogurts. Their move was part of a growing trend, partially fueled by the paleo trend and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/low-fat/\" target=\"_blank\">shift away \u003c/a>from low fat diets, emphasizing the importance of fat in a healthy diet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a huge fan of fat. I think fat is critical. Just don’t eat too much,” Ásmundsson said. “In order for our bodies to access the vitamins, the minerals and nutrients in our food, we have to have fat. Often fat is replaced with sugar, and sugar is so much worse for you than fat is. Plus, fat makes everything tasty. “\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ásmundsson’s joked that skyr’s protein and fat helped make him strong growing up in his native Iceland, where he ate the tangy yogurt almost every day at school, and would often have it for dessert at home--prepared the traditional way, with some cream and brown sugar on top. After moving to America in his twenties he missed it, and started making it at home. There was only one problem: his skyr was terrible. “I had been making skyr for over a decade before I decided to start a company, and a big part of that was actually really bad,” he said. “It’s a very simple food, but any simple food--like bread, for example--is really hard to make well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few years ago, Ásmundsson had a son. Now an in demand \u003ca href=\"http://www.smariproductions.com/\" target=\"_blank\">photographer\u003c/a> for working for clients like Volkswagen, Morgan Stanley, Rolex, he started looking into the world of children’s food and was disappointed in what he found. Everything seemed packed with sugar and artificial ingredients. Again, he missed the wholesome skyr of his childhood. So he made the decision: he would make it himself and sell it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t an easy process. While Ásmundsson had significant brand and advertising experience, he had no experience with the dairy industry or starting a business. Then the Petaluma-based Ásmundsson wanted to make his product locally, but the equipment required for skyr’s distinctive texture was expensive, and no Petaluma dairy would take a risk on his untested product and install the new system. He worried about differentiating himself from all the other yogurts on the market, and spent over 100 hours hanging around the dairy aisles at the supermarket, questioning customers about what went into their yogurt-buying decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the biggest problem remained: his skyr was bad. Eventually, he connected with an 82-year-old family friend in Iceland, who had been making skyr for years. Ásmundsson ran up his phone bill calling the friend, asking question after question until he was finally satisfied with his end product. “When I went back [to Iceland], I met with him,” Ásmundsson said. “He was responsible for all of sudden my skyr being better than yogurt I had ever had.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, with the help of a cofounder with food business experience, an organic dairy in Wisconsin, and \u003ca href=\"https://circleup.com/community/article/how-icelandic-yogurt-ended-up-in-almost-every-whole-foods-in-america/VYBscykAACgAZwpc/\" target=\"_blank\">crowdfunding site CircleUp\u003c/a>, Smári yogurt launched in 2013 with four flavors, Pure, Vanilla, Strawberry, and Blueberry. Since then, they've added four flavors, and expanded to hundreds of stores nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things are going well for Smári. They recently announced four new flavors, and Ásmundsson said they tripled their business from December 2015 to this month. He gets to eat his beloved skyr every day (“I eat yogurt every breakfast,” he said. “And if I’m feeling lazy, I’ll have yogurt for dinner”) and the son who inspired it all has become a big fan (he likes the recently released key lime flavor). But he’s still not satisfied. He wants to be in every grocery store in the country, to show America how delicious Iceland’s yogurt can be--and by the way, just what do Icelanders think about Smári?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been very, very positive,” Ásmundsson said of the reaction from Icelanders. “People that try it, the most common reaction is ‘Oh my God, this is much better than what we have at home.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So, how do Smári’s Icelandic style yogurts compare to similar products on the market? Bay Area Bites decided to host a taste taste and find out.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt.jpg\" alt=\"Yogurt taste test: Smári, Siggi's, Straus Greek and Wallaby Greek\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106255\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/all-yogurt-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yogurt taste test: Smári, Siggi's, Straus Greek and Wallaby Greek \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pure Versus Plain\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We tried three unflavored strained yogurts: two Icelandic style, including Smári’s (which they call pure) and Siggi’s, and Straus’ Greek Yogurt, to compare against. Smári was incredibly thick, with a dry mouthfeel and a piquant acidity. It’s so thick, it’s almost cheese like--Check, Please! Bay Area producer Tina Salter compared it to \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strained_yogurt\" target=\"_blank\">labneh\u003c/a>--and when we held it upside down, nothing happened. Tina said it had a grassy flavor that wasn’t as appealing to her, and said it had a “chalky, drier texture that’s not as satisfying for me.” On the other hand, both Wendy Goodfriend, Senior Producer of Bay Area Bites, and I both preferred the rich flavor of Smári over the plain Siggi’s, which had an unpleasantly bitter aftertaste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon.jpg\" alt=\"Smári Icelandic Yogurt Pure\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106259\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/smari-spoon-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smári Icelandic Yogurt Pure \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Texture wise, Siggi’s had a pleasingly creamy, almost silky texture. Tina noted that even though the Siggi’s we tried was nonfat, it still tasted like full fat to her. Both Icelandic yogurts were a lot thicker than the Straus yogurt, which more closely resembled their thinner, almost luxuriously smooth European-style yogurt. The Straus had a milder yet still rich taste that everyone found delicious, but if you’re craving the thickness and aggressive tang of a Greek yogurt, get a Fage--or one of the Icelandic styles we tried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon.jpg\" alt=\"Siggi’s Icelandic Style Skyr: Vanilla\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106256\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/siggi-spoon-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siggi’s Icelandic Style Skyr: Vanilla \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1.jpg\" alt=\"Straus Greek yogurt: Plain\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106262\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/straus-spoon1-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Straus Greek yogurt: Plain \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Vanilla Showdown\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Icelandic vanilla yogurts we tried were very similar tasting, with a strong vanilla scent and taste from their inclusion of real vanilla (no “artificial flavoring” here). Both were very sweet, but the Smári was a touch sweeter--Tina observed that with the Smári, “You start off with the sweetness, get a burst of vanilla in the middle and end with the acidity.” In both cases, we found that these yogurt’s aggressive sweetness against their natural acidity was jarring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Real Fruit Versus Candy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We compared a fruit flavored Smári yogurt (coconut) and Siggi’s (passion fruit and pomegranate) against a locally made Greek yogurt with fruit: a \u003ca href=\"http://www.wallabyyogurt.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wallaby’s\u003c/a> cherry-flavored Greek yogurt. Smári’s coconut flavor was the most interesting, with small chunks of dehydrated coconut mixed into the assertively coconut-y yogurt. I was a fan, but Wendy, although she thought the flavor tasted authentic, did not like the chunky texture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Siggi’s had an appealingly strong bite of passion fruit, but zero pomegranate flavor. Tina was a big fan, and wanted to try it frozen. When we tried the fruit-flavored Greek yogurt from Napa’s Wallaby yogurt, the reaction was swift and universal: complete disgust. The yogurt was incredibly thin, and that texture combined with the taste--\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=gummi+bears+candy&espv=2&biw=1814&bih=1177&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj66onZhb_KAhUDLmMKHbgBCx0QsAQIUQ&dpr=1\" target=\"_blank\">Gummi Bears\u003c/a>, instead of the promised cherry--recalled the worst Dannon or \u003ca href=\"http://gogurt.com/products?gclid=CPTn9oqGv8oCFdKDfgod8XEEsA&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CLicgouGv8oCFUp8fgodQ64PQg\" target=\"_blank\">Go Gurt\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon.jpg\" alt=\"Wallaby's Greek Blended Cherry yogurt.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1299\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106263\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-400x271.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-800x541.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-768x520.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-1440x974.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-1180x798.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/wallaby-flavored-spoon-960x650.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wallaby's Greek Blended Cherry yogurt. \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When I first went to \u003ca href=\"http://www.uchiwaramen.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Uchiwa Ramen\u003c/a> in downtown San Rafael the week it opened in September 2014, they were out of almost everything. It was Marin’s first and only ramen restaurant, and so great was the unmet demand that the small restaurant couldn’t keep enough noodles in stock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We started with a very simple menu. We wanted to make sure we got it right,\" said co-owner Benson (Ben) Yang. \"We just couldn't anticipate demand. It was a good problem to have, thankfully, we started running out of everything.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things have changed since then. Uchiwa now has four different kinds of ramen, plus vegetarian and vegan options, and two kids' bowls, a full menu of appetizers, and rotating specials. The bowls are rich and salty, in the Tokyo-style, said Yang. And they hardly ever run out--even with the crowds that fill the space during the winter. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one thing hasn’t changed: it’s still the only ramen shop in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owners Yang, 49, and Kevin Fong, 51, have long been foodie friends. For over 20 years, they worked together in the healthcare industry. When they started brainstorming ways to take their love of food out of their personal kitchens and to the public, they knew that they wanted to do something locally in Marin, where they both live, and they knew that a diversity of cuisines was lacking on this side of the Golden Gate Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's shocking that there isn't more authentic quality Asian food in Marin,\" said Yang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade.jpg\" alt=\"You come to Uchiwa for the ramen.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106001\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You come to Uchiwa for the ramen. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not that there’s no good food in Marin. There's even plenty of good Asian food. And it’s not like you can’t get a bowl of ramen at a number of the Japanese restaurants in the county, like \u003ca href=\"http://matsuyamarestaurant.wix.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Matsuyama\u003c/a> in Novato. But even as ramen has exploded in popularity, it hasn’t made its way as thoroughly to Marin. When Yang and Fong talked to the owners of most popular ramen places in San Francisco, they were all hesitant, he said, to move to Marin, and were more likely to head into the East Bay or South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The palate in Marin is very strange,\" said Yang. With so much affluence, there typically comes a diversity of restaurants, but that's somewhat lacking here, he said, because of the demographics. A large Asian population would give authentic Asian restaurants a base of customers, but Marin is only about 6% Asian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106041\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/BenKev.jpg\" alt=\"Ben and Kevin at Uchiwa Ramen.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106041\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/BenKev.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/BenKev-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/BenKev-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben and Kevin at Uchiwa Ramen. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Ben Yang)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Kevin and I like to joke that we have 90% marketshare of that 6%,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the two quit their healthcare jobs in the summer of 2013, they traveled to Japan to hone their ramen techniques and then spent six months perfecting their recipes. During that time, their following grew from serving friends and family in their own kitchens to operating a mini-pop-up out of the Renaissance Center’s commercial kitchen and cafe in downtown San Rafael. (The Renaissance Center has since closed.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the official opening of the brick-and-mortar restaurant finally came, the only thing Yang and Fong weren’t sure about was exactly how ready Marin was for their bowls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi.jpg\" alt=\"The vegan shio ramen with kimchi.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106003\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The vegan shio ramen with kimchi. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 40-person restaurant is now full most nights, though you can often find walk-up seats at the bar or communal table. Most of the people there are probably ordering the traditional tonkotsu ramen ($12.45), by far the most popular dish, said Yang. Their version of the classic comes with chashu pork, spinach, bean sprouts, mushrooms, green onions, egg, and menma. It’s a hearty and heavy meal that you likely won’t be able to finish. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a lighter version, the shoyu and shio (both $11.45) are made from the same pork broth as the tonkotsu, but the shoyu uses a soy sauce, while the shio is very light. There is also a miso broth, which is the base of the vegetarian bowl ($11.45) or a pork version ($12.45). We tried the shio vegan bowl ($12.45), which is a tad light on the flavoring without the pork broth to give it extra texture. It comes with bok choy, tofu, and gluten-free noodles, along with the usual veggie toppings, but I'd recommend adding some kimchi to give it spice. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, mix and match toppings as you please; the staff is happy to make recommendations or odd combos they've never heard of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries.jpg\" alt=\"The Uchiwa fries are a popular appetizer.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Uchiwa fries are a popular appetizer. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The menu now also includes an extensive list of drinks and appetizers -- particularly important in the summer, said Yang, when people aren't in the mood for hot soup. The most popular appetizer items are the chili garlic pork wings ($3.95) and the Uchiwa fries ($5.45). We tried the fries, which are an airy, tasty, bizarro world version of American. Yes, they're made of potatoes, but the crispy shell and seasonings are all Japanese. Try them with the special mayo dip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the ingredients are sourced locally, as is in keeping with traditions both in the Bay Area and in Japan. The pork, raised and braised in the Japanese style, comes from Masami Ranch. And the noodles at Uchiwa are straight from a Japanese distributor in South San Francisco. \"You can't get it anywhere else,\" said Yang. When they traveled to Japan, he said, the two of them realized both how deeply ingrained ramen is in the culture -- there are close to 30,000 ramen shops in the country -- and how much it varies by region, based on the local ingredients and flavors. What Uchiwa serves is a Tokyo-style ramen, but with the ingredients coming from northern California and a distinctly American flavor that's less fatty and salty than what they learned in Japan. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Yang and Fong spent quite a bit of time working out their recipes, they still test out new things on the specials menu. If it's a hit, then they move it to the regular menu; if it isn't, then it disappears. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We wanted to offer folks in Marin maybe something they haven't seen before,\" said Yang, and to help build up the authentic Asian food in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the street, at \u003ca href=\"http://saigonvillagesanrafael.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Saigon Village\u003c/a>, you can get delicious pho, and around the corner, at \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/tenkyu-san-rafael\" target=\"_blank\">Tenkyu\u003c/a>, is udon. Now add to that Marin list: ramen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.uchiwaramen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Uchiwa Ramen\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n821 B Street [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/M6j9KD\" target=\"_blank\">map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSan Rafael, CA 94901\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 524-2727\u003cbr>\nHours: Mon-Sat 11:30am-2pm, 5:30-9pm\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/uchiwaramen/\" target=\"_blank\">Uchiwa Ramen\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/uchiwaramen\" target=\"_blank\">@uchiwaramen\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/uchiwaramen/\" target=\"_blank\">uchiwaramen\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPrice Range: $$ (ramen $11-$13)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When I first went to \u003ca href=\"http://www.uchiwaramen.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Uchiwa Ramen\u003c/a> in downtown San Rafael the week it opened in September 2014, they were out of almost everything. It was Marin’s first and only ramen restaurant, and so great was the unmet demand that the small restaurant couldn’t keep enough noodles in stock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We started with a very simple menu. We wanted to make sure we got it right,\" said co-owner Benson (Ben) Yang. \"We just couldn't anticipate demand. It was a good problem to have, thankfully, we started running out of everything.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things have changed since then. Uchiwa now has four different kinds of ramen, plus vegetarian and vegan options, and two kids' bowls, a full menu of appetizers, and rotating specials. The bowls are rich and salty, in the Tokyo-style, said Yang. And they hardly ever run out--even with the crowds that fill the space during the winter. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one thing hasn’t changed: it’s still the only ramen shop in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owners Yang, 49, and Kevin Fong, 51, have long been foodie friends. For over 20 years, they worked together in the healthcare industry. When they started brainstorming ways to take their love of food out of their personal kitchens and to the public, they knew that they wanted to do something locally in Marin, where they both live, and they knew that a diversity of cuisines was lacking on this side of the Golden Gate Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's shocking that there isn't more authentic quality Asian food in Marin,\" said Yang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade.jpg\" alt=\"You come to Uchiwa for the ramen.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106001\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/noodle-cascade-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You come to Uchiwa for the ramen. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not that there’s no good food in Marin. There's even plenty of good Asian food. And it’s not like you can’t get a bowl of ramen at a number of the Japanese restaurants in the county, like \u003ca href=\"http://matsuyamarestaurant.wix.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Matsuyama\u003c/a> in Novato. But even as ramen has exploded in popularity, it hasn’t made its way as thoroughly to Marin. When Yang and Fong talked to the owners of most popular ramen places in San Francisco, they were all hesitant, he said, to move to Marin, and were more likely to head into the East Bay or South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The palate in Marin is very strange,\" said Yang. With so much affluence, there typically comes a diversity of restaurants, but that's somewhat lacking here, he said, because of the demographics. A large Asian population would give authentic Asian restaurants a base of customers, but Marin is only about 6% Asian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106041\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/BenKev.jpg\" alt=\"Ben and Kevin at Uchiwa Ramen.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106041\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/BenKev.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/BenKev-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/BenKev-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben and Kevin at Uchiwa Ramen. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Ben Yang)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Kevin and I like to joke that we have 90% marketshare of that 6%,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the two quit their healthcare jobs in the summer of 2013, they traveled to Japan to hone their ramen techniques and then spent six months perfecting their recipes. During that time, their following grew from serving friends and family in their own kitchens to operating a mini-pop-up out of the Renaissance Center’s commercial kitchen and cafe in downtown San Rafael. (The Renaissance Center has since closed.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the official opening of the brick-and-mortar restaurant finally came, the only thing Yang and Fong weren’t sure about was exactly how ready Marin was for their bowls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi.jpg\" alt=\"The vegan shio ramen with kimchi.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106003\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/vegan-shio-ramen-w-kimchi-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The vegan shio ramen with kimchi. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 40-person restaurant is now full most nights, though you can often find walk-up seats at the bar or communal table. Most of the people there are probably ordering the traditional tonkotsu ramen ($12.45), by far the most popular dish, said Yang. Their version of the classic comes with chashu pork, spinach, bean sprouts, mushrooms, green onions, egg, and menma. It’s a hearty and heavy meal that you likely won’t be able to finish. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a lighter version, the shoyu and shio (both $11.45) are made from the same pork broth as the tonkotsu, but the shoyu uses a soy sauce, while the shio is very light. There is also a miso broth, which is the base of the vegetarian bowl ($11.45) or a pork version ($12.45). We tried the shio vegan bowl ($12.45), which is a tad light on the flavoring without the pork broth to give it extra texture. It comes with bok choy, tofu, and gluten-free noodles, along with the usual veggie toppings, but I'd recommend adding some kimchi to give it spice. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, mix and match toppings as you please; the staff is happy to make recommendations or odd combos they've never heard of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries.jpg\" alt=\"The Uchiwa fries are a popular appetizer.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/fries-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Uchiwa fries are a popular appetizer. \u003ccite>(Brian Fong)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The menu now also includes an extensive list of drinks and appetizers -- particularly important in the summer, said Yang, when people aren't in the mood for hot soup. The most popular appetizer items are the chili garlic pork wings ($3.95) and the Uchiwa fries ($5.45). We tried the fries, which are an airy, tasty, bizarro world version of American. Yes, they're made of potatoes, but the crispy shell and seasonings are all Japanese. Try them with the special mayo dip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the ingredients are sourced locally, as is in keeping with traditions both in the Bay Area and in Japan. The pork, raised and braised in the Japanese style, comes from Masami Ranch. And the noodles at Uchiwa are straight from a Japanese distributor in South San Francisco. \"You can't get it anywhere else,\" said Yang. When they traveled to Japan, he said, the two of them realized both how deeply ingrained ramen is in the culture -- there are close to 30,000 ramen shops in the country -- and how much it varies by region, based on the local ingredients and flavors. What Uchiwa serves is a Tokyo-style ramen, but with the ingredients coming from northern California and a distinctly American flavor that's less fatty and salty than what they learned in Japan. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Yang and Fong spent quite a bit of time working out their recipes, they still test out new things on the specials menu. If it's a hit, then they move it to the regular menu; if it isn't, then it disappears. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We wanted to offer folks in Marin maybe something they haven't seen before,\" said Yang, and to help build up the authentic Asian food in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the street, at \u003ca href=\"http://saigonvillagesanrafael.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Saigon Village\u003c/a>, you can get delicious pho, and around the corner, at \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/tenkyu-san-rafael\" target=\"_blank\">Tenkyu\u003c/a>, is udon. Now add to that Marin list: ramen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Got Goats?” While the goats aren’t for sale, the cheese and the frozen yogurt most certainly are, along with whey sodas and soap made from the milk of those very same goats in the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After her cheeses made it onto the lists of some of the Bay Area’s top restaurants, owner Lisa Gottreich has opened a \u003ca href=\"http://bohemiancreamery.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bohemian Creamery\u003c/a> storefront that’s open on weekends to sell more of her products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s possible to find her cheeses at some upscale groceries and cheese shops around the Bay Area, it takes some sleuthing; it was difficult for her to break into more of them because of the highly perishable nature of her product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole reason for opening the storefront was that I couldn’t get into more retail because there’s such a high mark-up for perishable goods,” she said. “They don’t have the economy of scale, so they mark it up to prohibitive prices, so that no one can afford to buy it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/IMG_1232-e1449616931444.jpg\" alt=\"Blink and you might miss it, but a visit to Bohemian Creamery is definitely worth a stop.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104450\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blink and you might miss it, but a visit to Bohemian Creamery is definitely worth a stop. \u003ccite>(Alix Wall)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gottreich’s cheeses, made with milk from goats, cows, sheep and water buffalo (only the goats are hers) are the very definition of artisanal. They are handcrafted with names like \"Boho Belle,\" \"BoDacious\" and \"the Bomb\" (though they don’t all start with B). \"Surf and Turf\" has a thin layer of dulse seaweed through its center and \"Cowabunga\" has a layer of goats’ milk \u003cem>cajeta\u003c/em> (caramel). And if you haven’t been lucky enough to taste them, they are indeed the bomb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While selling more cheese was of course a motivating factor, Gottreich said another reason was to introduce products she makes with the milk from her goats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/IMG_1238-e1449616974543.jpg\" alt=\"Bohemian Creamery offers 12 different kinds of cheese.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104451\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bohemian Creamery offers 12 different kinds of cheese. \u003ccite>(Alix Wall)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to show people what you can do with goats’ milk that I can’t always show my restaurant chefs,” she said. “I’m making soap. I’m making sodas with whey that I carbonate and sell on the spot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the summer months, the sodas were a huge seller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no fat in them, and the whey is full of vitamin B and probiotics,” she said. “They’ve been drinking them in Europe for a long time in places like Iceland and Scandinavia.” Gottreich makes a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrub_(drink)\" target=\"_blank\">shrub\u003c/a> from local elderberries or Meyer lemons which gives the soda a touch of sweetness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her frozen yogurt is definitely worth seeking out, not because it tastes specifically goat-y, but because of her unique flavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/IMG_1245-e1449617033297.jpg\" alt=\"Goats' milk fro-yo doesn't taste as goat-y as one might expect.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104452\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goats' milk fro-yo doesn't taste as goat-y as one might expect. \u003ccite>(Alix Wall)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t use any stabilizers or emulsifiers, and the fat level is so low,” she said. “I double-strain the yogurt so it’s smooth and nice on the palate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding just the right culture that would result in a thick yogurt was challenging, but “it’s pretty rich once I get it right,” she said. Her flavors include cocoa with orange blossom, elderberry, cardamom, ginger, \u003cem>cajeta\u003c/em>, and Meyer lemon. (Note: she only has one flavor at a time; it’s left to chance what flavor you’ll find when you visit.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there’s the soap. She decided to make it almost as an afterthought, but the amount of it she’s selling has surprised even her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Marin native, Gottreich spent her junior year abroad from UC Santa Cruz in Padua, Italy, where she believes her palate for cheese began developing (though her mother is Swedish, she feels some of it is innate).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Largely self-taught, Gottreich has a repertoire of 12 cheeses, which she says are distinguished by being mostly Italian in style, meaning they are not as salty as some other European varieties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104453\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 603px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Rifka-and-me-in-the-apple-blossom-parade.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-104453\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Rifka-and-me-in-the-apple-blossom-parade.jpg\" alt='Lisa Gottreich rides with \"Rifka\" the goat at the Apple Blossom Parade.' width=\"603\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Rifka-and-me-in-the-apple-blossom-parade.jpg 603w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Rifka-and-me-in-the-apple-blossom-parade-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Gottreich rides with \"Rifka\" the goat at the Apple Blossom Parade. \u003ccite>(courtesy Lisa Gottreich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s maybe the third or fourth flavor you get,” she explained. “I like tasting the animal and milk and cultures and then salt, not as the first or second flavor. That might be the most obvious uniting characteristic of all my cheeses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her cheeses were praised and served at some of the area’s top restaurants quite soon after she started. Gottreich began her business in 2008 when a divorce caused her to rethink her career, saying “I wanted to do something that brought myself and others joy.\" A milestone was reached when she got word that a local catering company had served her cheese at a fundraising brunch made of local, artisanal products served to President Obama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started to cry when I heard,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the store is only open on Fridays through Sundays, the weekend brings in the tourists. Gottreich said she’s getting to know her neighbors much better as they tend to stop in on Fridays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturdays at noon and Sundays at 1 o'clock, she offers an hour-long tour of the creamery for $20 a head. Visitors get a comprehensive introduction to cheese-making, a tasting of Bohemian’s entire selection of cheese, and the opportunity to buy cheese at wholesale prices. But the most popular feature is getting to frolic with the goats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she’s been offering tours for years now, the storefront has brought more people in, who then sign up to take the tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said Gottreich: “People love to have the chance to see where and how my cheeses are made, and to meet the little four-legged ladies that make it all possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/IMG_1237-e1449617067259.jpg\" alt=\"Not only does the creamery offer this view, but there are plenty of goats to play with.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104454\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not only does the creamery offer this view, but there are plenty of goats to play with. \u003ccite>(Alix Wall)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://bohemiancreamery.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Bohemian Creamery\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n7380 Occidental Road [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/UFHCHTTsFB22\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSebastopol, CA 95473\u003cbr>\nHours: Storefront Fri-Sun 9am-6pm Fri-Sun\u003cbr>\nTo book a tour, email info@bohemiancreamery.com.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When driving along Sebastopol’s Occidental Road, you may see a funny sign: “Got Cheese? Got Fro-Yo? Got Goats?” While the goats aren’t for sale, the cheese and the frozen yogurt most certainly are, along with whey sodas and soap made from the milk of those very same goats in the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After her cheeses made it onto the lists of some of the Bay Area’s top restaurants, owner Lisa Gottreich has opened a \u003ca href=\"http://bohemiancreamery.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bohemian Creamery\u003c/a> storefront that’s open on weekends to sell more of her products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s possible to find her cheeses at some upscale groceries and cheese shops around the Bay Area, it takes some sleuthing; it was difficult for her to break into more of them because of the highly perishable nature of her product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole reason for opening the storefront was that I couldn’t get into more retail because there’s such a high mark-up for perishable goods,” she said. “They don’t have the economy of scale, so they mark it up to prohibitive prices, so that no one can afford to buy it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/IMG_1232-e1449616931444.jpg\" alt=\"Blink and you might miss it, but a visit to Bohemian Creamery is definitely worth a stop.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104450\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blink and you might miss it, but a visit to Bohemian Creamery is definitely worth a stop. \u003ccite>(Alix Wall)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gottreich’s cheeses, made with milk from goats, cows, sheep and water buffalo (only the goats are hers) are the very definition of artisanal. They are handcrafted with names like \"Boho Belle,\" \"BoDacious\" and \"the Bomb\" (though they don’t all start with B). \"Surf and Turf\" has a thin layer of dulse seaweed through its center and \"Cowabunga\" has a layer of goats’ milk \u003cem>cajeta\u003c/em> (caramel). And if you haven’t been lucky enough to taste them, they are indeed the bomb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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I’m making sodas with whey that I carbonate and sell on the spot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the summer months, the sodas were a huge seller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no fat in them, and the whey is full of vitamin B and probiotics,” she said. “They’ve been drinking them in Europe for a long time in places like Iceland and Scandinavia.” Gottreich makes a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrub_(drink)\" target=\"_blank\">shrub\u003c/a> from local elderberries or Meyer lemons which gives the soda a touch of sweetness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her frozen yogurt is definitely worth seeking out, not because it tastes specifically goat-y, but because of her unique flavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/IMG_1245-e1449617033297.jpg\" alt=\"Goats' milk fro-yo doesn't taste as goat-y as one might expect.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104452\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goats' milk fro-yo doesn't taste as goat-y as one might expect. \u003ccite>(Alix Wall)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t use any stabilizers or emulsifiers, and the fat level is so low,” she said. “I double-strain the yogurt so it’s smooth and nice on the palate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding just the right culture that would result in a thick yogurt was challenging, but “it’s pretty rich once I get it right,” she said. Her flavors include cocoa with orange blossom, elderberry, cardamom, ginger, \u003cem>cajeta\u003c/em>, and Meyer lemon. (Note: she only has one flavor at a time; it’s left to chance what flavor you’ll find when you visit.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there’s the soap. She decided to make it almost as an afterthought, but the amount of it she’s selling has surprised even her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Marin native, Gottreich spent her junior year abroad from UC Santa Cruz in Padua, Italy, where she believes her palate for cheese began developing (though her mother is Swedish, she feels some of it is innate).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Largely self-taught, Gottreich has a repertoire of 12 cheeses, which she says are distinguished by being mostly Italian in style, meaning they are not as salty as some other European varieties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104453\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 603px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Rifka-and-me-in-the-apple-blossom-parade.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-104453\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Rifka-and-me-in-the-apple-blossom-parade.jpg\" alt='Lisa Gottreich rides with \"Rifka\" the goat at the Apple Blossom Parade.' width=\"603\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Rifka-and-me-in-the-apple-blossom-parade.jpg 603w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/Rifka-and-me-in-the-apple-blossom-parade-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Gottreich rides with \"Rifka\" the goat at the Apple Blossom Parade. \u003ccite>(courtesy Lisa Gottreich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s maybe the third or fourth flavor you get,” she explained. “I like tasting the animal and milk and cultures and then salt, not as the first or second flavor. That might be the most obvious uniting characteristic of all my cheeses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her cheeses were praised and served at some of the area’s top restaurants quite soon after she started. Gottreich began her business in 2008 when a divorce caused her to rethink her career, saying “I wanted to do something that brought myself and others joy.\" A milestone was reached when she got word that a local catering company had served her cheese at a fundraising brunch made of local, artisanal products served to President Obama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started to cry when I heard,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the store is only open on Fridays through Sundays, the weekend brings in the tourists. Gottreich said she’s getting to know her neighbors much better as they tend to stop in on Fridays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturdays at noon and Sundays at 1 o'clock, she offers an hour-long tour of the creamery for $20 a head. Visitors get a comprehensive introduction to cheese-making, a tasting of Bohemian’s entire selection of cheese, and the opportunity to buy cheese at wholesale prices. But the most popular feature is getting to frolic with the goats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she’s been offering tours for years now, the storefront has brought more people in, who then sign up to take the tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said Gottreich: “People love to have the chance to see where and how my cheeses are made, and to meet the little four-legged ladies that make it all possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/12/IMG_1237-e1449617067259.jpg\" alt=\"Not only does the creamery offer this view, but there are plenty of goats to play with.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104454\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not only does the creamery offer this view, but there are plenty of goats to play with. \u003ccite>(Alix Wall)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://bohemiancreamery.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Bohemian Creamery\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n7380 Occidental Road [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/maps/UFHCHTTsFB22\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nSebastopol, CA 95473\u003cbr>\nHours: Storefront Fri-Sun 9am-6pm Fri-Sun\u003cbr>\nTo book a tour, email info@bohemiancreamery.com.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story originally ran on July 26, 2015. It was updated April 28, 2017.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's that time of year: farmers market season. While many markets have become year-round affairs, offering local produce and baked goods all months, there's no question that in the summer the wealth of homegrown bounty overflows. With so many farms and ranches in the North Bay, the markets in Marin, Sonoma, and Napa are among the best in the Bay Area. They range from small, produce-focused set-ups to huge events attended by everyone in the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the markets also accept EBT (electronic benefit transfer), California's version of food stamps. In fact, most of the markets also offer a \"market match,\" meaning that those who spend their EBT dollars on fresh produce or meats will get extra money to spend while there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking to shop fresh and local? It doesn't get more local, fresh, or tasty than many of these markets. Start with these, some of our favorites in the North Bay: from the small jewel in Healdsburg to the third-biggest market in the state right in San Rafael. If we missed your favorite on the north side of the Golden Gate, just let us know in the comments. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>MARIN\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" size=\"full\" link=\"none\" ids=\"98488,98487,98486,98485,98489,98490\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Point Reyes Farmers Market \u003c/strong>holds the title of being the first 100% certified organic farmers market in the Bay Area. Although it's fairly small, with just 22 vendors and only a handful of produce stalls, the quality is top-notch. That shouldn't come as much surprise, since Point Reyes itself is situated in the heartland of Marin farms. Along with produce, the market is home to a number of local merchants, who sell bread, flowers, and even animal hides. While the market is primarily focused on food, and often merges with the foods on sale inside Toby's Feed Barn, there are also kids programs in the garden, book giveaways once per month, and music for the adults. At 11 a.m., local chefs do demonstrations using food from the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pointreyesfarmersmarket.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Point Reyes Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nToby's Feed Barn parking lot [\u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/KnSxha\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\n11250 CA-1\u003cbr>\nPoint Reyes Station, CA 94956\u003cbr>\nHours: Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in summer, starting in June\u003cbr>\nNumber of vendors: 22 vendors\u003cbr>\nEBT: Yes, market match - spend $10 and get $10 extra\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pointreyesfarmersmarket\" target=\"_blank\">Point Reyes Farmers Markets\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/prfm\" target=\"_blank\">@prfm\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://instagram.com/ptreyesfm/\" target=\"_blank\">ptreyesfm\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" link=\"none\" size=\"full\" ids=\"98343,98349,98344,98345,98346,98347,98348\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Started over 30 years ago, the \u003cstrong>Marin Farmers Market\u003c/strong> is now the third biggest farmers market in the state. Held in the parking lot behind the Civic Center in San Rafael, the market is so popular that Marin County voted to approve a permanent home for the farmers to sell their wares on a rotating basis. (Funds still have to be raised for the new home to be completed next year.) While the Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM) runs both a Thursday and Sunday morning market at the Civic Center, it's the weekend event that draws the massive crowds. Of the 240 vendors, over half are agricultural, but there are also craft tents as you enter by the kids area and prepared food tents/trucks -- a sandwich from \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/thefarmerswifesonoma\" target=\"_blank\">The Farmer's Wife\u003c/a> will fuel your shopping. About 50% of the agricultural vendors are certified organic, according to AIM, and most are from the Marin-Napa-Sonoma area. The Institute also began running an audit program, where it verifies that everything each farmer says they grow, they actually grow. While the specific make-up of the market varies with the seasons and weekends, you can always find top-quality produce, meat, cheese, and interesting prepared foods, like baked goods, olive oils, and honey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://agriculturalinstitute.org/directory/listing-details/sunday-san-rafael-market/\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Sunday Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nParking lot behind the San Rafael Civic Center [\u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/UQCyJ0\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nCivic Center Dr, San Rafael, CA 94903\u003cbr>\nHours: Sunday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. year-round\u003cbr>\nNumber of vendors: Around 240\u003cbr>\nEBT: Yes, market match - spend $20 and get $10 extra\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MarinFarmersMarkets\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Farmers Markets\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/eatlocal101\" target=\"_blank\">@EatLocal101\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://instagram.com/aim_farmers_markets/\" target=\"_blank\">AIM_farmers_markets\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" size=\"full\" link=\"none\" ids=\"98503,98493,98492,98494,98495,98496,98497,98498,98499,98500,98501,98502\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across from the Golden Gate Ferry terminal in Larkspur, the \u003cstrong>Marin Country Mart Farmers Market\u003c/strong> runs every Saturday in the shopping center's parking lot. Though it briefly went on hiatus when the shopping center changed ownership in the late-2000s, the market has grown to include a number of organic and sustainable produce vendors. It also has baked goods, like the breads from Rustic Bakery, which has a store location inside the shopping center, and prepared items like donuts and sandwiches. The popular \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanfranciscocrabshipping.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Rosa Seafood\u003c/a> may be the most-visited stall; it typically has a line around its tent. If it hasn't sold out by the time you get there, try their smoked salmon. Many families choose to make the market a weekend activity with music time for the kids and food to stock up on for the adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://marincountrymart.com/farmers-market\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Country Mart Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nParking lot at the Marin Country Mart [\u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/tjYtJL\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\n2257 Larkspur Landing Cir\u003cbr>\nLarkspur, CA 94939\u003cbr>\nHours: Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. year-round\u003cbr>\nNumber of vendors: About 25\u003cbr>\nEBT: No\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MarinCountryMartFarmersMarket\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Country Mart Farmers Markets\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mcmfarmermarket\" target=\"_blank\">@MCMFarmerMarket\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://instagram.com/farmersmarketmcm/\" target=\"_blank\">farmersmarketmcm\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" size=\"full\" link=\"none\" ids=\"98504,98506,98507,98509,98508,98505\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the giant redwood trees in Bolinas Park, the \u003cstrong>Fairfax Community Farmers Market\u003c/strong> is truly a community gathering spot in the summer. While the market is relatively small, much of the town comes out to enjoy the music and have dinner from one of the food tents. Lagunitas Brewing Company also offers a beer tasting, so you can make a night of it. Some chairs and small tables are provided, but you can also bring your own blanket. Oh, and while you're enjoying your evening, you might as well buy some food from local farmers too. A handful of local organic produce vendors sell their wares. There's also a range of bakery items, including gluten-free cookies and brownies. Or, you can check out the geologist's booth for some precious stones and gems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://communityfarmersmarkets.com/markets/#fairfax\" target=\"_blank\">Fairfax Community Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nBolinas Park [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/iR0wC4\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\n124 Bolinas Road Fairfax, CA 94930\u003cbr>\nHours: Wednesdays, 4 p.m.-8 p.m. May 2-Sept. 27\u003cbr>\nNumber of vendors: 40, with about 25 any given week\u003cbr>\nEBT: Yes, market match - spend $10 and get $10\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FairfaxCommunityFarmersMarket\" target=\"_blank\">Fairfax Community Farmers Markets\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>SONOMA\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" size=\"full\" link=\"none\" ids=\"98546,98544,98547,98545,98543,98542\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a number of local chefs that stop by and high-quality produce, the \u003cstrong>Healdsburg Farmers Market\u003c/strong> has gotten a reputation for being a hidden gem. It started with just a handful of local farmers selling their products 37 years ago, but has grown and has been in its current form for the last decade. The Wednesday evening market takes place at the parking lot on North Street, between Grove and Foss Streets, with the Saturday morning market across the street. Even after all these years, the focus is still on the farmers and the produce. The market doesn't have much in terms of the ancillary bells and whistles that some of the more festival-like markets boast. In fact, the organization's bylaws allow it to have only five non-food or non-agriculture booths out of its 60 vendors. Those five currently include ceramics and salvaged wood pieces. While only about four of the vendors are certified organic, nearly all of them come from within a 10-mile radius of the market. This is as local as it gets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.healdsburgfarmersmarket.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Healdsburg Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSaturday market takes place at the corner of North and Vine, the Wednesday markets are across the street [\u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/nG92br\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nVine St & W North St, Healdsburg, CA 95448\u003cbr>\nHours: Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-noon May-November; Wednesday, 4-7 p.m. June-October\u003cbr>\nNumber of vendors: 60 vendors\u003cbr>\nEBT: Yes, market match - up to $20\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HealdsburgFarmMarket?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Healdsburg Farmers Markets\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" size=\"full\" link=\"none\" ids=\"98552,98551,98549,98550\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until it moved to the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts a few years ago, the \u003cstrong>Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market\u003c/strong> took place weekly at the Veterans Building for over 40 years. Another market, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.wednesdaynightmarket.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Rosa Wednesday Night Market\u003c/a>, offers more of a summer community event as an alternative to the morning farmers markets at Wells Fargo. The year-round market at the Wells Fargo Center has about 70 vendors, depending on the seasons, and about half of those are agricultural vendors. Since the market has been around for so long, most of the vendors have been there for years. Even the newest sellers have been at the Santa Rosa market for about three years. Some of the stone fruits come from as far away as Modesto -- they simply don't grow up here -- but the majority of produce is from Sonoma County. And you can be sure as soon as crowd favorites, like strawberries or avocados, come in season, they disappear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://thesantarosafarmersmarket.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nParking lot at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/P7xruY\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\n50 Mark West Springs Rd\u003cbr>\nSanta Rosa, CA 95403\u003cbr>\nHours: Wednesday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. year-round\u003cbr>\nNumber of vendors: 68-75 vendors, rotating\u003cbr>\nEBT: Yes\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/santarosacommunityfarmersmarket\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Rosa Community Farmers Markets\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SantaRosaFrmMkt\" target=\"_blank\">@SantaRosaFrmMkt\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" size=\"full\" ids=\"98519,98529,98527,98528,98526,98523,98524,98520,98525,98521,98522\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Petaluma has three different farmers markets, the \u003cstrong>Petaluma East-Side Farmers Market\u003c/strong> is the newest and the only year-round market in town. The community farmers market group also runs the older summer markets in Walnut Park and on Wednesday evenings in the Petaluma Theater District. But a few years ago, the city wanted to expand the number of events and opportunities on the east side of town. The East-Side Market runs in the parking lot next to a shopping center, with a handful of local Sonoma-sourced produce vendors. About one-third of those vendors are certified organic. The draw of the market includes other services and vendors like food trucks, chiropractic services, and craft items. Snack while you peruse the produce from some of the oldest farms in Sonoma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://communityfarmersmarkets.com/markets/#petaluma\" target=\"_blank\">Petaluma East-Side Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nParking lot at Deer Creek Village [\u003ca href=\"https://goo.gl/YVeA9G\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\n320 N McDowell Blvd\u003cbr>\nPetaluma, CA 94954\u003cbr>\nHours: Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. year-round\u003cbr>\nNumber of vendors: About 40 vendors\u003cbr>\nEBT: Yes, market match - spend $10 and get $10 extra\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/petalumaeastsidefarmersmarket\" target=\"_blank\">Petaluma East-Side Farmers Markets\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" size=\"full\" link=\"none\" ids=\"98530,98535,98533,98534,98531,98532,98537,98536,98538,98540\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For 30 years, the \u003cstrong>Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers Market\u003c/strong> has been the spot for Sonoma farmers to connect directly with the community. Years ago the Sonoma markets split and the town now has two -- one that's more of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomaplazamarket.org/\" target=\"_blank\">an evening festival\u003c/a> and one that's smaller and without as many frills. This is the frill-free one that's more about the fresh food. Most of the produce is from Sonoma County or nearby, including the selection from Paul's Produce and Oak Hill Farm. Some of the farms have even been coming to the market through multiple generations, as the original farmer's kids have taken over. While nearly half the vendors are agricultural, only a handful are organic. Along with selling their food here, some of them also sell to restaurants. Spring Hill, for example, sells its organic cheeses and butters to Chipotle, but you can also find many of the vendors' produce at more classic establishments. While you're there, just follow your nose to get some warm fresh bread from \u003ca href=\"http://www.thebejkr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Bejkr\u003c/a> to go with your produce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.svcfm.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nParking lot at Arnold Field [\u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/Q5MHSe\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\n241 West First Street, Sonoma, CA, 94999\u003cbr>\nHours: Friday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. year-round\u003cbr>\nNumber of vendors: 33-36 vendors\u003cbr>\nEBT: Yes\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SVCFM/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers Markets\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" size=\"full\" link=\"none\" ids=\"98553,98556,98554,98555,98558,98560,98561,98562\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this community event has been around for about 25 years, when the two Sonoma markets split a number of years ago, the \u003cstrong>Valley of the Moon Certified Farmers Market\u003c/strong> took over as the fun evening festival market. Located right on the plaza lawn by City Hall, the Tuesday evening market is so popular you might have to get there early to claim a good spot in the grass by the band. But it's not just food trucks and goodies for the kids. The adults will enjoy the local produce stands. About one-third of the 60 vendors are farmers and around 20% of those are certified organic. Just remember to buy your produce before you start having too much fun dancing to the top-notch entertainment or cheering on the zucchini races.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sonomaplazamarket.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma Valley of the Moon Certified Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCity Hall Plaza [\u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/lrYLRw\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\nNo.1 The Plaza\u003cbr>\nSonoma, CA 95476\u003cbr>\nHours: Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.-dusk May-end of September\u003cbr>\nNumber of vendors: About 55-60\u003cbr>\nEBT: Yes\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Valley-of-the-Moon-Certified-Farmers-Market/486196241421991?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Valley of the Moon Certified Farmers Markets\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/vomcfm\" target=\"_blank\">@vomcfm\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>NAPA\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" size=\"full\" link=\"none\" ids=\"98512,98513,98511,98514,98517,98516,98515,98518\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For about two decades, the \u003cstrong>Napa Farmers Market\u003c/strong> has been a place for locals to sell what they grow and make. And, given the farmland in the area, you know it has to be good. The Tuesday farmers market is slightly smaller, but on Saturdays the parking lot across from the popular Oxbow Public Market is the place to be. Try the whiskey-smoked brown sugar or the Wine Country Chocolates. But don't worry: most of the food is more health-conscious than sugar and chocolate. About one-third of the vendors are farmers, selling what they themselves grow. There are only four or five certified organic produce farms, but many of the farms use a number of sustainable practices. While you walk the aisles to find exactly what you're looking for, the kids can enjoy story time at 10 a.m. and a kids' education program the first Saturday of the month. For the adults, there are also chef demonstrations on the second and fourth Saturdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://napafarmersmarket.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Napa Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nParking lot across from the Oxbow Public Market [\u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/RD84tE\" target=\"_blank\">Map\u003c/a>]\u003cbr>\n610 1st St\u003cbr>\nNapa, CA 94559\u003cbr>\nHours: Tuesdays and Saturdays, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. April 15-Nov. 21\u003cbr>\nNumber of vendors: Over 100, with about 60-70 on Saturdays\u003cbr>\nEBT: Yes, market match - spend $10 and get $10 extra\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/NapaFarmersMarket\" target=\"_blank\">Napa Farmers Markets\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://instagram.com/napafarmersmkt/\" target=\"_blank\">napafarmersmkt\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Point Reyes Farmers Market \u003c/strong>holds the title of being the first 100% certified organic farmers market in the Bay Area. Although it's fairly small, with just 22 vendors and only a handful of produce stalls, the quality is top-notch. That shouldn't come as much surprise, since Point Reyes itself is situated in the heartland of Marin farms. Along with produce, the market is home to a number of local merchants, who sell bread, flowers, and even animal hides. While the market is primarily focused on food, and often merges with the foods on sale inside Toby's Feed Barn, there are also kids programs in the garden, book giveaways once per month, and music for the adults. At 11 a.m., local chefs do demonstrations using food from the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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