Dining and eating

Berkeley Student Food Collective now open

November 22, 2010

A new food cooperative opened on November 15 in Berkeley. The Berkeley Student Food Collective is open to anyone, student or not. Both members and non-members can shop, members receive a discount in exchange for work hours. I've shopped there a couple times, and the store is quite well stocked. It's just a small storefront, [...]

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Uprisings: The Whole Grain Bakers' Book

June 24, 2009

Update: December 2010: I have created a web site, uprisingsbakersbook.org, where I'm adding recipes and other pages from the book. I'm working on permissions from the publisher and bakeries, so I'm starting with bakeries that are closed. Look for weekly updates. In 1983, the Cooperative Whole Grain Educational Association published Uprisings; The Whole Grain Bakers' [...]

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ShopInBerkeley is closing

March 20, 2009

I've been running the web directory ShopInBerkeley.com for about eight years. My goal has always been to provide high quality, free and low cost web pages to Berkeley businesses. For the past year or two I've been evaluating the need for ShopInBerkeley.com, and have come to the conclusion that the value of the web site [...]

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ShopInBerkeley undergoing major remodel

December 16, 2008

I've been running ShopInBerkeley.com since 2001, and it's time for a face lift. I'm converting it to a WordPress run site, although getting all my pages over to WP will take several months. The new format should be easier to navigate, and be easier for me to update. It will also have the ability for [...]

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Peets or Starbucks? An organic coffee review

July 25, 2008

Yesterday I stopped by my local Peets (Walnut and Vine, the original) to see if they had organic decaf beans (about 7:00 pm, very slow inside). The bean counter worker looked at the selection and said "No, not certified, but they're all basically organic except for the certification." I said thanks and left the store, [...]

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