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The Power Plant in Moss Landing proves to be a rare Covid success story.
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The Power Plant in Moss Landing proves to be a rare Covid success story.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 23, 2023

In November 2020, after many restaurants nationwide closed permanently due to the ongoing pandemic, The Power Plant in Moss Landing did someth…

Fifty years later, 'Diet for a Small Planet' remains as urgent as ever.
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Fifty years later, 'Diet for a Small Planet' remains as urgent as ever.

  • Jonathan Kauffman
  • Jan 6, 2022

WHEN BALLANTINE BOOKS PUBLISHED FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ’S DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET IN 1971, the book attracted very little mainstream press. And wh…

Silicon Valley’s investor-driven vision to remake the agriculture industry does not look like farming as we know it.
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Silicon Valley’s investor-driven vision to remake the agriculture industry does not look like farming as we know it.

  • Larissa Zimberoff
  • Oct 15, 2021

Sam Mogannam owns Bi-Rite, a small chain of gourmet stores in San Francisco. Everything Bi-Rite sells is precious – almost too good to eat. Th…

A salad dressing maker finds fans all over.
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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…

Quick Bites: Chefs on wheels, robot pizza, bar reopens and torta love.
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Quick Bites: Chefs on wheels, robot pizza, bar reopens and torta love.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jun 28, 2016

They say you can't trust a skinny chef.

EDIBLE: Loving three endless $11 lunches in Monterey and Pacific Grove.
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EDIBLE: Loving three endless $11 lunches in Monterey and Pacific Grove.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jun 16, 2016

All too often $11 can’t get you a beer at a baseball game, a ticket to the matinee or even a decent appetizer.

EDIBLE: In-N-Out update and amazing 2015 recaps.
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EDIBLE: In-N-Out update and amazing 2015 recaps.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jan 7, 2016

EDIBLE: In-N-Out updates and other amazing 2015 stories that merit another look.

How the Aquarium helps make Monterey more sustainable than…anywhere.
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How the Aquarium helps make Monterey more sustainable than…anywhere.

  • Ivan Garcia
  • Dec 14, 2015

Seafood Watch hosts educational discussions with chefs all over the world—from New Zealand to Thailand—according to its website, which is teem…

A behind-the-scenes look at a Sustainable Chefs Dinner at MEarth.
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A behind-the-scenes look at a Sustainable Chefs Dinner at MEarth.

  • Alexandra Videmsky
  • Jun 17, 2015

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Groundbreaking Mexican chef Javier Plascencia shows us the future at Cooking for Solutions.
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Groundbreaking Mexican chef Javier Plascencia shows us the future at Cooking for Solutions.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 8, 2015

When Italian restaurateur Caesar Cardini created the Caesar salad at his Tijuana restaurant in the early 1920s, it became the first great culi…

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