Dining and eating

Uprisings: The Whole Grain Bakers’ Book

June 24, 2009

In 1983, the Cooperative Whole Grain Educational Association published Uprisings; The Whole Grain Bakers’ Book. The Foreword of the book is at the bottom of this page. As a former collective member of Uprisings Baking Collective in Berkeley (one of the contributors to the book), I didn’t want this book and organization to just fade [...]

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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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