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Inna Jam: Eating Local in the Bay Area

by Kate // May 18, 2012 // 2 Comments
It’s no secret that the local food movement is huge in Berkeley. Alice Waters’ flagship restaurant, Chez Panisse, is located in our Gourmet Ghetto, and is flanked by stellar restaurants touting local, sustainably farmed ingredients.  Our grocery stores – like... Continue reading →

Transitory Tales: Honing My Definition of Self

by Kate // April 20, 2012 // 7 Comments
My parents were never afraid to travel with a young child, and for that I admire them. By the time I was five I’d been through most of the countries in Western Europe with them, my mother braving airports armed... Continue reading →

Being a Tourist in Your Own City

by Kate // March 23, 2012 // 10 Comments
When I consider moving to a new place, I research all the cool things to do around town that aren’t options wherever I live. I find the perfect house, my boxes arrive, and I busy myself unpacking. I yelp, I... Continue reading →

Ready, Set, Host! How to always be ready for guests

by Kate // March 16, 2012 // 4 Comments
Look around your house when you get home. What if I were to say that in ten minutes time, your friends would be dropping by? One Friday last month, I surveyed the state of my house and realized that I... Continue reading →

Making Tofu at Oakland’s Soy Beanery – Hodo Soy

by Kate // March 9, 2012 // 6 Comments
It was love at first taste. I first found Hodo Soy at a Saturday morning farmer’s market in Berkeley, where I discovered their truly velvety fresh yuba (tofu skins). I had never been a fan of tofu products – not... Continue reading →

Don’t Panic! Water Bath Canning of Strawberry Lavender Jam

by Kate // March 2, 2012 // 9 Comments
As a culture, we take a lot of things for granted. We know that at any moment, we can pop over to the grocery store and find a tomato, a banana, and a bunch of asparagus all on the shelves... Continue reading →

Creating Your Own Optimism

by Kate // February 24, 2012 // 7 Comments
Although objectively I know I have a pretty incredible life, sometimes I find myself in a cycle of downtrodden grumpiness. Everything feels like it’s going wrong; I feel like I’m stagnating at work, I’m not growing emotionally and I get... Continue reading →

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