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Setting the plate involves a lot of number crunching, at least at restaurants.
Newsletter

Setting the plate involves a lot of number crunching, at least at restaurants.

  • Dave Faries
  • Sep 15, 2024

Dave Faries here, acknowledging that most of my stories begin with the preface “decades ago…”

Early movers in the health-food trend, The Ginger People is still delivering spicy goodies 26 years on.
Eat + Drink

Early movers in the health-food trend, The Ginger People is still delivering spicy goodies 26 years on.

  • Rey Mashayekhi
  • Oct 19, 2023

When husband-and-wife duo Bruce and Abbie Leeson launched The Ginger People in 1997, Whole Foods was still a niche organic market, Amazon was …

A first-time restaurant owner finds success.
Eat + Drink

A first-time restaurant owner finds success.

  • Dave Faries
  • Mar 16, 2023

A year ago David Rodas didn’t fully understand what lay ahead.

Monterey Peninsula restaurants and caterers count the cost of a weekend-long power outage.
News

Monterey Peninsula restaurants and caterers count the cost of a weekend-long power outage.

  • Rey Mashayekhi
  • Mar 16, 2023

On Sunday, March 12, just a few hours after the staff at Rio Grill in Carmel saw their electricity return after three nights without power and…

A baker uses ancient grains to push back against the food industrial complex.
Eat + Drink

A baker uses ancient grains to push back against the food industrial complex.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jul 21, 2022

Anina Marcus acts upon big ideas in a small space. “I am a tiny home movement person,” she says in her Carmel Highlands tiny home.

Welcome to the world of the peanut butter and pickle sandwich, and a successful pickling business in Big Sur.
Face to Face

Welcome to the world of the peanut butter and pickle sandwich, and a successful pickling business in Big Sur.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Apr 28, 2022

Kara Stout does her pickling deep in Big Sur, where she lives, right off a ridge. The Random Pickler’s cottage has a stunning view, and verdan…

Otto Kramm bakes 110 loaves of sourdough bread per week from his tiny apartment -- and he’s living his dream.
Eat + Drink

Otto Kramm bakes 110 loaves of sourdough bread per week from his tiny apartment -- and he’s living his dream.

  • Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
  • Jul 23, 2021

Modern thought leadership is pretty divided on the question of whether or not you should follow your dreams. On the one hand, what could be be…

A salad dressing maker finds fans all over.
Eat + Drink

A salad dressing maker finds fans all over.

  • Mary Duan
  • Mar 26, 2021

Dani McFarland has had her fingers and brain firmly planted in the food world for more than a decade, as a writer for the industry magazine Fo…

CHOMP medical pros teach a nutrition class at the grocery store.
Eat + Drink

CHOMP medical pros teach a nutrition class at the grocery store.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 26, 2017

Grocery shopping has never struck me as a challenge, but going to Save Mart under the tutelage of a dietician changes things. Suddenly every a…

Revival Ice + Cream
Eat + Drink

Revival Ice + Cream

  • Taryn Yudaken
  • Nov 23, 2016

REVIVAL ICE + CREAM. 463 Alvarado St., Monterey.

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