Archive For The “about town” Category

Michael Pollan & Slow Food Alameda

By | November 9, 2008

I’ve simply not had a moment to write about a benefit J. and I attended a few weeks ago. The fundraiser supporting the Alameda Free Library was generously hosted by several local restaurants and members of Slow Food Alameda (places like Kroll’s Pizza, Acquacotta and C’era Una Volta.) A delicious fest of organic veggies, roasted [...]

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Out and about: Sugar Cafe

By | August 28, 2008

The mercury was rising already, but luckily it still hadn’t hit the high heat of today. On a whim, about a week ago, I set up a girls’ night gathering, a champagne kvetch. Finally, yesterday after work, a few of us congregated at Sugar Cafe, a fairly new place on Sutter and Taylor. Half a [...]

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Dining out: Hard Knox Cafe

By | July 27, 2008

I wish I could share things I cooked myself, as it’s immensely more satisfying to go through the process yourself, from start to the delicious finish. However, I seem to have gotten out of sync with a routine of grocery shopping & home cooking. Working on it! For the time being, here’s a delicious catfish [...]

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