Thanksgivukkah
Why is this year different from all other years? Because a caloric convergence of historic proportions is upon us. For the first time since 1888, Thanksgiving also marks the first day of Hanukkah.
Dinner with Grace
One of the joys of Thanksgiving is eating a great meal with friends and family around a big table. But low income residents living in single room occupancy hotel rooms -- SROs -- don't always have kitchens or communal dining areas. But one San Francisco church is working to create that experience anyway.
A Rough Ride to the Top of L.A.'s Food Chain
The gourmet food truck craze was hot-wired back in 2008 by a then out-of-work chef from Los Angeles. Roy Choi transformed the L.A. food world with his fleet of Kogi taco trucks. He writes about his tumultuous road trip to food celebrity in his new book, "L.A. Son: My Life, My City, My Food."
Taking Pause: Bringing Mindful Eating to the Table
It's the time of year when many of us eat, and eat, and eat -- and then sit around. But in Marin County, the Spirit Rock Meditation Center teaches what is known as "mindful eating." As the perfect storm of calories approaches, we share a story urging us to slow down, and put down our knife and fork.
Farm-to-Fork in Fresno
If you eat at a gourmet restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area or L.A., there's a good chance your meal with include some high-end produce from the Central Valley. Ironically, even though small farms near Fresno nourish the state's farm-to-fork movement, few restaurants there serve locally grown food. Central Valley bureau chief Sasha Khokha takes us to a new spot that's trying to put Fresno on the foodie map.