AltWeeklies Wire
Meat-Eaters Help Launch a New Front in the Slow-Food Movementnew
By the time Peter Licht pulled into Devil's Gulch Ranch to pick up his pig, four lambs had already been slaughtered. Mobile butcher John Taylor made quick work of them, gutting and cleaning each animal in about 15 minutes.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
03-07-2010 |
Food+Drink
A New Program by Slow Food USA Seeks to Improve School Lunchesnew
As school starts again for students over the next few weeks, the time is right to demand a school-lunch program that benefits kids rather than one that gives agribusiness a place to dump its surplus, publicly subsidized commodities.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
08-21-2009 |
Food+Drink
Five Things to Love About Summer Foodnew
The summer eating season is in full swing. Here's what I eat to make the most of it.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
07-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
How Gilroy Turned a Garlic into the Country's Biggest Food Festivalnew
Today, garlic is as common in food as salt and pepper, but it wasn't always that way. Includes a recipe for babaghanouj.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
07-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Uncommon Groundnew
Centered up in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Silicon Valley's wine country is anything but typical. Which is why it's no surprise that it has become well known for its distinctive pinot noir, winemaking's best-known maverick grape.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
01-31-2008 |
Food+Drink
5 Things to Love: Trader Joe's Foods I Always Buynew
I'm always amazed how far my money goes at Trader Joe's. Here are five of my favorite T.J. buys.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
01-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tech Giants Spur an Agricultural Rebirthnew
Companies like Google, Yahoo and eBay, committed to providing local produce to their employees, have helped Silicon Valley farmers make a comeback.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
10-25-2007 |
Food+Drink
Silicon Valley's Tales of Immigrant Successnew
For residents of the valley, the culinary diversity of the area is part of the appeal of living here. But for refugees, restaurants represent a lifeline, a toehold in their adopted countries and often a connection to the cultures they leave behind.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
09-21-2007 |
Food+Drink
'Fish Forever': The Culinary Waters are Safenew
Depleted fish stocks, bycatch, environmentally destructive fish farms, mercury contamination and other concerns have made what was once a feel-good choice fraught with complications -- Paul Johnson's book offers a practical guide to selecting seafood today.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
08-23-2007 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Fish Forever, Paul Johnson
Ethiopian Poetry Selam in San Josenew
In the locus of Silicon Valley's Ethiopian food scene, tiny Selam is a standout.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
08-01-2007 |
Food+Drink
'Ethnic' to Who?new
If everything short of American fast food is ethnic food, why bother to use the term at all? What we need is a new word: regional food ... cuisine of the world ... any ideas?
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
07-18-2007 |
Food+Drink
