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A takeout container with fried vegan shrimp, rice and salad.

The Bay Area’s Largest Vegan Food Festival Is Also Its Most Diverse

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A prawn salad with a wide variety of ingredients.

It’s the Summer of Cucumber Salad. Try These 4 Recipes at Home

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Illustration: red and purple front facade of a restaurant at nighttime. The sign reads, "Emmy's" in cursive.

San Francisco’s Favorite Spaghetti Shack Has a New Late-Night Menu

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Crowded nighttime street scene at a San Francisco night market.

Night Markets Are Bringing Back Bay Area Nightlife, One Neighborhood at a Time

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A server in a formal black suit serves a platter of pale green rice cakes.

This Indonesian Coffee Shop Puts a Glam Twist on High Tea

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Illustration: Two men look starry-eyed with happiness as they devour plates of crab, shimp and other seafood.

This All-You-Can-Eat Cajun Crab Buffet Is for Serious Eaters Only

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Illustration: Two men devour a spread of food while seated inside a neon-lit cocktail bar.

We Hung Out With the Cool Kids at This Vibe-y Asian American Cocktail Bar

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A tableau of ceramics with a keffiyeh-inspired checkerboard design, white roses and slices of watermelon, all on a rustic wooden table.

Meet the Palestinian Artist Making Keffiyeh-Inspired Ceramics for Bay Area Restaurants

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Illustration: Two men seen through the window of a doughnut shop. They're devouring doughnuts and plates of Hawaiian barbecue.

Hawaiian Barbecue Is This Late-Night Doughnut Shop’s Secret Weapon

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Beyond The MenuBeyond The Menu

A young light-skinned black woman stands in the foreground holding a bottle of chamoy. In the background, a large bottle of chamoy sauce is squeezed onto half an orange.

It’s Mexican, Asian, a Candy, a Sauce…It’s Chamoy

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A young light-skinned black woman with long hair holds chile peppers in two outstretched hands. There is a bowl of spicy chile paste behind her.

This Fiery Hot Sauce Uses a Pepper Lost To History

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A plate with a piece of fried chicken sitting on top of a waffle next to the show's host, Cecilia Phillips

Chicken and Waffles: from Amish Country to Harlem

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A close-up of a metal serving dish with rocky road ice cream scoops topped with marshmallow fluff next to a woman holding a jar of mini marshmallows and almonds in each hand.

The Chilling History of Ice Cream

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A close-up of a bag with store-bought corn tortillas next to a woman tearing up a tortilla with her hands.

Your Corn Tortilla Sucks…Science Can Fix It

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A smiling woman holding a samosa is positioned against a backdrop that is a closeup of a bowl filled with crispy triangular samosas

Samosas aren’t from India…Wait, what?

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A close-up of a birria taco with cheese next to the show's host, Cecilia Phillips.

Your Birria Taco Is Ancient History—Here’s Why

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A smiling woman is standing in the kitchen in front of four different sweet buns that each have a flag from their country of origin next to them.

Hong Kong’s Most Popular Treat Has A Surprising Backstory

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Check, Please! Bay AreaCheck, Please! Bay Area

Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: Orchard City Kitchen, HiroNori Craft Ramen, Las Cazuelas

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Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: Eggy's Neighborhood Kitchen, La Gare, Lao Table

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Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: Town Fare, La Traviata, Piglet & Co.

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Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: LITA, Simurgh Bakery and Cafe, Porterhouse

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Check, Please! Bay Area Returns for a Four-Course Serving of Back-to-Back Episodes in July!

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Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: Good to Eat, Foreign Cinema, Barcote

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Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: Abacá, Bombera, The Caprice

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Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: Shadowbrook, Villa Azteca, Wild Fish

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Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: The Butter House, Cafe Fina, Corkscrew Cafe

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RecipesRecipes

A smiling woman is standing in the kitchen in front of four different sweet buns that each have a flag from their country of origin next to them.

Hong Kong’s Most Popular Treat Has A Surprising Backstory

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A big bowl of green pea soup with chives in the background. Jacques pepin stands in the foreground in a blue plaid shirt

Get Cozy with Jacques Pépin's Pea Pod Soup Recipe

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A triptych image with a close up of rocky road ice cream on the left, a tray of oatmeal cookies on the right, and a young bald Filipino man with glasses standing over a chocolate ice cream sandwich in the middle

We Recreated an It's-It Ice Cream Sandwich at Home — With an Oakland Twist.

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One poached egg, one hard boiled egg, one oueff mollet with brilliant yellow yolks on a plate. Jacques Pepin in foreground looking at the camera.

Jacques Pépin's Tips for Perfectly Cooked Eggs

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A baked apple cake with spatula removing a slice

Spiced Apple Upside Down Cake is a Gorgeous and Delicious Holiday Recipe

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Slice of savory tart with sweet potato, chard, and a jar of hot honey

This Sweet Potato Galette with Hot Honey is a Cozy Fall Treat

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Slice of French toast casserole with whipped cream and pecans

This Baked Pecan Praline French Toast Will Impress Your Brunch Crew

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Spicy chicken sandwich on a croissant

Spicy Chicken Salad Sandwich Recipe

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Oversized gooey grilled cheese sandwich with spicy vegetable relish

Grilled Cheese with Tomatillo Chow Chow Brings Comfort with a Kick

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Golden State PlateGolden State Plate

Bay Area Foodie Culture Goes Way Further Back Than California Cuisine

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How Rice-A-Roni Became The San Francisco Treat

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Golden State Plate: Sriracha’s Journey From Southeast Asia to Southern California

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Golden State Plate: Rocky Road Ice Cream's Bumpy History

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Golden State Plate – The Backstory Behind California-Born Food and Drinks

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Yes, Your 'Tropical' Mai Tai Was Invented Here in Oakland

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An Island Drink With California Roots: The Mai Tai Turns 75

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Unwrapping the California Origins of the Fortune Cookie

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Golden State Plate: Santa Maria Barbecue, It's Not Just Tri-Tip

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