Here comes the airplane: Kids (and parents) are going (goo goo) ga ga for this baby food
Baby food so good that parents will eat it for lunch? This week, assistant lifestyle editor Karla Kane talked with Nichola Buckley, founder of Bebe Bitez, a San Mateo-based baby food company. And yes, apparently this has happened.
Fueled by motherhood and concerned about the lack of baby food options that were both nutritious and also introduced common allergens, she decided to start her own baby food line.
About 1 in 13 children have a food allergy in the United States, according to the CDC. Some research supports that introducing allergens to children early in life may help prevent food allergies (however, this wasn’t the case for my brother, who sported vibrant rashes as an infant until common allergens were removed from his diet).
In other news, Rasa is reborn. The former Michelin-starred Indian restaurant closed in 2022 and became a second outpost of the owner’s more casual North Indian restaurant Saffron. As of yesterday, Rasa is back up and running. It joins a growing list of upscale Indian restaurants along the Peninsula, including Rooh, Khazana and Ettan.
Stay tasty,
Adrienne
How motherhood inspired a San Mateo company that helps take meal prep off parents’ plates
Many parents would likely agree that having a child is a life-altering experience. In Peninsula resident Nichola Buckley’s case, motherhood inspired her to shift her priorities, start a business and become an advocate for access to high-quality food.
A French-Italian restaurant debuts in Portola Valley, an upcoming chocolate festival and Boichik Bagels’ newest shop opens Friday
- Rasa, a former Michelin-starred restaurant, reopened on Tuesday after two years operating as casual Indian restaurant Saffron Burlingame.
- Portola Bistro had its grand opening on Thursday. The French-Italian restaurant is the fourth Peninsula concept by Dino Tekdemir, who also created Naschmarkt, Anatolian Kitchen and Barbayani Taverna.
- Boichik Bagels is opening its Los Gatos shop on Friday and will be serving bubbly at 7 a.m. to celebrate.
- Palo Alto Weekly reporter Lisa Moreno attended East Palo Alto’s South Pacific Food Fest and talked with some of the business owners who participated.
- Chocoholics listen up: The Chocolate Fest of Belmont is Saturday from 1-9 p.m. The event boasts “abundant chocolate tasting, wine and champagne, prize drawings, and more.”
- Do you know who, or rather what, the Three Sisters are? Pie Ranch in Pescadero is hosting a cooking event on the farm on Saturday highlighting the origins, farming practices and culinary preparation of corn, beans and squash.
- After seven years serving barbecue and pouring bourbon along Mountain View’s Castro Street, QBB has permanently closed.
- Farmer John’s Pumpkin Farm in Half Moon Bay is hosting a Foodie Fest this weekend, featuring local food trucks as well as a Chick-fil-A truck.
- The 52nd annual Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival will be on Saturday and Sunday. Expect pumpkin treats like pumpkin pie, pumpkin milkshakes, pumpkin ravioli and pumpkin ale.
Chicken kothey at The Everest Momo
Recently when I’ve been wanting to eat something deeply satisfying, filling, quick and easy, I’ve found myself stopping by The Everest Momo, a food truck located on the corner of Bernardo Avenue and El Camino Real in Sunnyvale. With five Bay Area food trucks, The Everest Momo offers Himalayan and Indo-Chinese cuisine and specializes in its namesake momo, a steamed or fried dumpling that has a thicker, chewier dough than that of Chinese dumplings.
Every time I go to The Everest Momo, I order the same thing: the chicken kothey ($13.99), 10 pan-fried momos that I generously dunk in their homemade tomato chutney and chili garlic chutney. Made with minced chicken, onions, ginger, cilantro and MSG, the filling is intensely meaty without feeling too heavy, the dough is crispy and chewy, and the chutneys add brightness and spice. Just be prepared for some post-momo garlic breath.
The Everest Momo, 1205 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale; 408-840-6369. Open Tuesday to Sunday from noon to 10 p.m.
A piece of cake: How a Sunnyvale woman launched a nationwide army of bakers delivering birthday cakes to underserved kids
Cake4Kids volunteers have baked 40,000 birthday cakes for youth across the country, but they need help to meet demand on the Peninsula
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