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Overhead view of two Mexican dishes served in aluminum takeout trays, on a picnic table. On the left, potatoes are topped with meat, onions and guacamole. On the right is a cheesy mixed grill of onions, peppers and assorted meats, topped with a stack of tortillas.

This New Richmond Taco Truck Is a Cheesy, Meaty Social Media Sensation

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Illustration: A cafe whose green and white striped facade reads, "Caffe Mediterraneum." This is the lead panel for a comic titled "Please, Don't Forget Me: Cafes We Have Lost," by Briana Loewinsohn

Please, Don’t Forget Me: Cafes We Have Lost

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Composite image with the cover of the graphic novel 'Family Style,' which has an illustration of a bowl of pho, on the left. On the right, a photograph of author Thien Pham, in glasses and a plaid shirt, holds chopsticks as he prepares to eat a bowl of pho.

Thien Pham's Graphic Novel Is an Immigration Story Told Through Food

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At a wooden dining table in an outdoor courtyard, an older Korean woman in an old-fashioned decorative hat and purple puffy jacket rests her hand on the arm of an Ohlone man who has squatted down to talk to her.

Acorns Aren’t the Only Thing Korean and Ohlone Elders Have in Common

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a Chilean foodmaker holds up a baking tray of empanadas inside Chile Lindo

Chilean Empanadas Have Been a Mission District Staple for 50 Years

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Headshots of three Black women chefs lined up side by side.

The Bay Area’s Black Women Chefs Are All About Intergenerational Uplift

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A barbecue pitmaster in a Hawaiian shirt holds up two bottles of his signature sauce.

This Self-Taught Bay Area Pitmaster Is Slanging Saucy, Hawaiian-Inspired Barbecue

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The Old-School San Francisco Sandwich That Stole My Heart

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Two halves of a cut-open burrito held so that the cross section is visible. It's stuff full of rice, beans, steak, lettuce, tomato and a creamy golden sauce.

Behold the Afghan Burrito: A Bay Area Classic, Remixed

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