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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Should we change how we think about change?Happy New Year everyone! Or at least A Less Calamitous New Year. Good grief. I’ll let Colorado’s State Senate Majority Leader have the last word on 2021...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 2, 2022Last comment by Native to the BAY, on Jan 5, 2022 at 11:54 am | 14 comments | 5974 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
7 predictions about the future of dining on the Peninsula in 2022By Sara Hayden It's Friday evening in Menlo Park. Bells are ringing, marking 5 o'clock at a church just down the road. At Flea...
Original post made by The Peninsula Foodist on Dec. 29, 2021Last comment by Mindy Callen, on Jan 3, 2022 at 2:59 pm | 8 comments | 9172 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Dry January Meets The Food Party!Happy New Year Food Partiers! I hope you’re awash in good food and drink, celebrating the art of the dinner party with friends, and enjoying a personal feeling...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Dec. 27, 2021Last comment by Robert Tyree, on Jan 3, 2022 at 10:58 am | 26 comments | 5474 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Grief and the HolidaysEditor's Note: I originally posted this in 2013. Due to the 73,000 people who have read it, I think it's worth sharing again, especially after over 5.34 million...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 17, 2021Last comment by NanaDi, on Dec 27, 2021 at 11:40 am | 6 comments | 8374 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Problems within the Palo Alto Police DepartmentThe lack of transparency in the Palo Alto Police Department is increasing month by month, now in a worrisome way. For the past two-plus years, the city council...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Dec. 19, 2021Last comment by Diana Diamond, on Dec 26, 2021 at 1:03 pm | 33 comments | 8265 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The most effective donations to combat global warmingI am not able to post for the next few weeks, but I want to call your attention to Robinson Meyer's newsletter "The Weekly Planet" for The Atlantic, and in particular...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 15, 2021Last comment by Annette, on Dec 20, 2021 at 2:11 pm | 5 comments | 4747 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
From the heart of the house: Flea Street team shares favorite winter garden recipesBy Sara Hayden and Karla Kane
Dig into mashed potatoes with garden-fresh chives and chard ricotta cannelloni.
==I Garden-grown arugula....
Original post made by The Peninsula Foodist on Dec. 15, 2021Last comment by Jan Buck, on Dec 16, 2021 at 5:54 pm | 2 comments | 7023 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Daly City honors Keith's Chicken-N-Waffles and The Bread Basket Bakery as businesses of the yearBy Sara Hayden Two Daly City eateries received the 2021 Mayor's Business of the Year awards on Monday. Former mayor and current council member Juslyn...
Original post made by The Peninsula Foodist on Dec. 15, 2021There are no comments yet. 4291 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Man-up about stressing-outThanksgiving week was so stressful, wasn't it?" my white-haired elderly neighbor said as she waked by my driveway. "I just came back from Safeway and I could feel...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Dec. 8, 2021Last comment by Judy Lange, on Dec 15, 2021 at 12:39 pm | 28 comments | 4707 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Who can you not live without?Shall you marry someone you can’t live without? Yes, and yet it’s a hairy topic. What I mean by that is if you are in a healthy secure relationship,...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 10, 2021Last comment by AMRW, on Dec 10, 2021 at 8:40 pm | 3 comments | 7044 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Early bird: Keith's Chicken-N-Waffles to open restaurants with country-style breakfastBy Sara Hayden Keith's Chicken-N-Waffles is taking flight. In January 2022, founder and owner Keith Richardson plans to expand beyond Daly City and open...
Original post made by The Peninsula Foodist on Dec. 10, 2021There are no comments yet. 7716 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Robots and conveyor belts: Jacky Li talks kitchen tech at Roger Bar and RestaurantBy Sara Hayden "Right now, Servi is more of a Bus-i, I guess you could say." Food and beverages director Jacky Li is talking about the smooth-moving...
Original post made by The Peninsula Foodist on Dec. 8, 2021Last comment by jhskrh, on Dec 10, 2021 at 7:09 am | 5 comments | 6039 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Please prioritize saving Palo Alto's emptying downtownOnce again, Palo Alto residents are being asked to submit a list of their priorities for the city council to tackle in the upcoming 2022 year. The council has...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Dec. 3, 2021Last comment by Jamie Long, on Dec 9, 2021 at 12:21 pm | 50 comments | 7676 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
New Austrian cuisine: Naschmarkt to replace Anatolian Kitchen in Palo AltoBy Sara Hayden Anatolian Kitchen is closed, making way for a new concept: By no later than February, restaurateur Dino Tekdemir and team are aiming to reopen...
Original post made by The Peninsula Foodist on Dec. 2, 2021Last comment by Vickie, on Dec 6, 2021 at 4:54 pm | 4 comments | 11679 Views
COUPLE'S NET
“Attached.” by Amir Levine, MD, and Rachel S.F. Heller, MAIf you’ve been reading CouplesNet for long, you’ve read about Attachment Theory. Levine and Heller have focused Attachment Theory specifically to help...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 2, 2021Last comment by KG, on Dec 3, 2021 at 8:02 pm | 1 comment | 6036 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Holiday Hoopla in the CityPlanning a playdate in San Francisco has long been a favorite holiday tradition around my home. Sluping a Hot Toddy between Union Square shops and stops, Christmas...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Dec. 3, 2021There are no comments yet. 5291 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Winter holiday feasts: 21 Peninsula eateries where you can celebrate the seasonBy Sara Hayden There's no shortage of excellent Peninsula eateries that are providing feasts throughout the winter holiday season. Whether you want to...
Original post made by The Peninsula Foodist on Dec. 1, 2021Last comment by Ben Harris, on Dec 1, 2021 at 11:45 am | 1 comment | 6207 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Americans are angrier this year. Are hate groups contributing to the anger?We Americans are angry, locally and nationally. We have become meaner, more demanding, more defensive and more intolerant. But we also do feel more entitled. This...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Nov. 20, 2021Last comment by Bystander, on Nov 28, 2021 at 1:40 pm | 49 comments | 7992 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Dog Greets and TreatsWhile out walking around the neighborhood this morning, I took the opportunity to ruminate on that ol’ seasonal question, What am I truly grateful for?...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Nov. 22, 2021Last comment by Marian Beck, on Nov 24, 2021 at 2:24 pm | 7 comments | 5134 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
"How the Other Half Eats": Sociologist Priya Fielding-Singh on food and inequality in AmericaBy Sara Hayden "How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America" is one of the books I've been waiting for. Sociologist...
Original post made by The Peninsula Foodist on Nov. 18, 2021Last comment by John Zussman, on Nov 22, 2021 at 7:20 pm | 1 comment | 4161 Views
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