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‘It was the doorway to understanding myself’: How a self-taught home cook in Redwood City channeled her heritage through her debut Thai cookbook memoir
There’s a Chinese proverb that says, “It takes 10 years of practice for 10 minutes of performance.”. For VC Tang, a Thai woman who grew up in San Francisco and now lives in Redwood City, the proverb rings true as to how her debut book, a cookbook-memoir called “Come Eat, Grandma! Recipes and Stories of Thai Home Cooking” came together.
From brewery bashes to movie nights, here are 50 ways to have a spirited Halloween on the Peninsula
Trick-or-treating for kids, parties with live DJs for adults and more 2022 Halloween happenings. For the next few weeks, we’re just going to pretend not to see those sparkly snowmen and jolly Santas that popped up in big-box stores as early as September, because October is all about bats, skeletons and pumpkins. The proof? A lineup of pumpkin patches, Halloween carnivals, movie nights, concerts and shows taking place from now through Oct. 31 — although with Halloween itself falling on arguably the scariest day of the week, Monday, most events have crept onto the calendar a little earlier this year.
Changing the game: How a cross-country move and a battle with cancer inspired the opening of one of the Peninsula’s only game stores
The husband-and-wife duo behind Gamelandia hopes to foster inclusivity and community through their new business. Behind the doors of a shop on Palo Alto’s California Avenue is a brand-new game wonderland that aims to appeal to everyone – even people who say they don’t like games. Filled wall to wall with colorful game boxes of all sizes, Gamelandia has games for Dungeons & Dragons and “Twilight Imperium” fans to casual jigsaw puzzlers; for small kids still developing hand-eye coordination to adults looking for raunchy party games (which are stored in a special cupboard above the reach of youngsters). The store has everything from enamel pronoun pins and indie games to greeting cards and Pokémon cards. There’s even a whole display of cat-themed games and toys for fans of felines.
A new performance piece at Stanford mourns the loss of Black lives and makes a call to action
Eric Garner’s death at the hands of a New York City police officer led to the creation of ‘The Ritual of Breath is the Rite to Resist.’. “I can’t breathe.” Those were the final, repeated words of Eric Garner, as he died at the hands of a New York City police officer in 2014.
‘We’re all in this together’: How Peninsula restaurants are adapting to pandemic-related issues
Approaching a third year of COVID, business owners are navigating more obstacles than ever to put food on the table. There’s no denying the difficulty of running a restaurant, from the competition offered by large restaurant groups with deep-pocket investors to the sophisticated (and often fickle) palate of Peninsula diners. As we approach the third year of COVID-19, there are now obstacles of inflation and an ongoing war in Ukraine causing international economic instability in addition to continuous supply chain and staffing issues.
A restaurant tucked away in a downtown Palo Alto nonprofit is reopening for the first time since COVID
The Redwood at Avenidas has a new French chef at the helm. After a nearly three-year hiatus, The Redwood at Avenidas in downtown Palo Alto will open its doors starting Monday, Oct. 3. Led by chef Julien Cellier, the cafe will serve breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday. This is...
‘We’re not trying to disrupt the industry’: How a Y Combinator-backed food hall startup is bringing a ghost kitchen alternative to the Peninsula
San Mateo-based Byte Kitchen has expanded with its second Noshery location in San Carlos. When COVID-19 hit and restaurants began closing down left and right, Mountain View resident Divyang Arora and his startup co-founders saw it as a call to action. Two years and a trip through the famous Y-Combinator startup accelerator later, he’s now CEO of Byte Kitchen, a startup helping independent restaurants scale up and get their dishes offered in other communities.
How an ‘Almost Famous’ fried chicken sandwich is inspiring a Peninsula pizzeria’s expansion
The team behind State of Mind Public House and Pizzeria invested in more fryers at its forthcoming Redwood City location to showcase the cult-favorite sando. When Lars Smith and his family opened the first State of Mind Public House and Pizzeria in Los Altos in 2018, the restaurant quickly became busier than the Peninsula family that founded it had expected.
Off-campus bites: 16 budget-friendly restaurants near Peninsula colleges
From Skyline to Stanford, we’ve compiled a list of affordable eats near campus – just in time for the new school year. For Peninsula college students, back-to-school season can mean financial pressure to manage tuition, housing and other living expenses in a place with one of the highest costs of living in the country – not to mention the pressure of navigating time-consuming school assignments and projects.
Giant gourds and Oktoberfest pours: 15 events we’re excited about this autumn
Keep your calendar full through November with these Peninsula happenings. Fall always has big shoes to fill. Coming in on the heels of a season synonymous with sunshine, vacations and outdoor activities, autumn signals the start of the school year and days that are increasingly shorter and colder. But longtime...
Inspired by fire: Palo Alto Art Center exhibit features artists who felt compelled to create after a wildfire’s destruction
The first exhibit in the yearlong ‘Climate Connections’ series seeks to help people process feelings around climate change and act on its impacts. Despite the devastation caused by California’s wildfires, the annual fire season has arguably brought communities closer. When the CZU Fire forced evacuations in August 2020, Peninsulans banded together to evacuate animals, provide food for weary firefighters and help impacted residents, farmers and business owners.
Hold my stein: Here’s The Six Fifty’s guide to Oktoberfest 2022
Where to get your fill of German beers, brats and drinking games starting this weekend. For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oktoberfest, the fabled beer festival held in Munich, Germany, has returned. What began in 1810 as a royal wedding celebration has morphed and expanded over the years to an annual festival that now welcomes over 6 million guests from all over the world, according to the city of Munich’s official website.
Downtown Burlingame bites and beverages: The newest eateries and ones to watch for
The Peninsula’s second locations of Maison Alyzée and Wahlburgers join newcomers like K-pop inspired Cafe Siete. I’ve been a resident of Burlingame long enough to pair my adult-life milestones with the city’s restaurants: date nights at Ecco, worknight takeout from Gau Poang, baptismal receptions at Nathan’s and end-of-the-season youth soccer parties at Round Table. Though these places have been replaced with new eateries, they still exist fondly in my repertoire of memories.
‘We have a diet that is literally killing us.’ Why Frances Moore Lappé’s groundbreaking ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ is more relevant than ever
Lappé talks about the intersection of democracy and food systems and the impact of her first book 50 years later ahead of a San Mateo County Libraries event Sept. 7. Back in 1971, Frances Moore Lappé broke ground as an early advocate of plant-based eating in her first book, “Diet for a Small Planet.” Researched from the library at UC Berkeley, the 26-year-old Texas native’s book would go on to inspire generations of vegetarians, highlight the role of the meat industry in shaping food scarcity and invite people to try plant-based recipes.
Films return to Menlo Park’s Guild Theatre with the Doc5 Festival
Catch movies on young activists, an Arctic excursion and martial arts Sept. 7-9. Films are coming back to the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park. The former movie theater that was recently renovated into an intimate music venue will soon have a big screen and extra seats set up on the dance floor for guests attending the Doc5 Film Festival, a series of five documentaries showing Wednesday, Sept. 7, through Friday, Sept. 9.
10 ways to spend Labor Day weekend on the Peninsula
From Stanford football’s 2022 season opener to concerts and festivals, celebrate the last of summer in style. Summer might be coming to a close, but cities across the Peninsula are still finding ways to take advantage of the season’s last few weeks. This Labor Day weekend is welcoming the return of several in-person festivals for the first time since 2019. From fairs to football, here are 10 ways to celebrate the holiday weekend locally.
Meet the meteorologist photographing the Coastside’s wildlife and wild weather
Half Moon Bay resident Jan Null talks capturing the green flash and how forecasting helps his photography. When weather happens, lawyers, doctors, journalists — and some unwelcome conspiracy theorists — come Jan Null’s way. Null, a Bay Area native who moved from Saratoga to Half Moon Bay...
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