Berkeley Bites: Kara Hammond, Elmwood Café
Kara Hammond at the Elmwood Café A decade ago, and fresh out of North Carolina, Kara Hammond landed a gig at Café Fanny, a tiny slip of a place in North Berkeley opened 25 years ago by, oh, a certain...
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Dilsa Lugo who runs Berkeley catering company Los Cilantros The story of how Dilsa Lugo launched Berkeley catering company Los Cilantros starts in Cuernavaca in the Mexican state of Morelos where she...
View ArticleThe Bread Project: Cooking up a future for people in need
Bread Project employee Pat Van Valkenburgh (left) with coworker Yevgenya Chityan sell treats at a local event. Photo: Courtesy The Bread Project Pat Van Valkenburgh is the kind of person that The Bread...
View ArticleThe Bread Project returns to Berkeley this fall
The Bread Project’s new kitchen is currently under construction. Photo: Kate Williams The Crayola-blue storefront at 1615 University Ave. has stood empty for three years, slowly collecting window...
View ArticleBerkeley Bites: Kara Hammond, Elmwood Café
A decade ago, and fresh out of North Carolina, Kara Hammond landed a gig at Café Fanny, a tiny slip of a place in North Berkeley opened 25 years ago by, oh, a certain famous local chef. Hammond, who...
View ArticleLa Cocina helps launch Mexican food business
The story of how Dilsa Lugo launched Berkeley catering company Los Cilantros starts in Cuernavaca in the Mexican state of Morelos where she grew up. Her family had a vegetable garden outside of town,...
View ArticleThe Bread Project: Cooking up a future for people in need
Pat Van Valkenburgh is the kind of person that The Bread Project hopes to help. A stay-at-home mom who home-schooled her two children until they attended Berkeley High School, Van Valkenburgh...
View ArticleThe Bread Project returns to Berkeley this fall
The baking-based job-skills program is currently building out its new kitchen and classroom space on Berkeley's University Avenue.
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