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In early to mid-October, look for a new vendor to join the 331 Cortland Marketplace in Bernal Heights: SPICE HOUND will be offering a full selection of unique spices and gourmet salts in the space formerly occupied by Della Terra Organics. Spice Hound owner and spiceologist Tammy Tan, who started…

Ready for the ultimate brown bag lunch? 26 of San Francisco’s top restaurants are packing inspired, one-of-a-kind “brown bag” lunches to serve six, and auctioning them online to benefit the SFC Brown Bag Lunch Project. One hundred percent of proceeds from this BROWN BAG LUNCH AUCTION will go to…

Come on out and raise a drink to a great cause: Episcopal Community Services’s CHEFS (Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Services) program is having a HAPPY HOUR FUNDRAISER at Taverna Aventine on Thursday September 30th, 5:30pm-7:30pm. These are the same folks who brought you SummerTini—join…

In Japanese, tabemasho means “let’s eat,” and that’s exactly what attendees will be doing on Saturday September 25th at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California’s annual fundraiser, TABEMASHO. Starting at 4pm, there will be a mochi-pounding event, then appetizers and a seated meal presented…

Late August in Berkeley saw the opening of PIQ (pronounced like “peek,” stands for Pane Italiano Qualita)—an Italian bakery and café from a group of Italian food and wine professionals who believe in both high quality food and quick service. (Think: Italy’s slow answer to fast food.) PIQ…

This Sunday September 26th, the annual Picnic in the Street hosted by the Rockridge Market Hall merchants promises to be a culinary hootenanny for the entire family. Between 12pm and 6pm, Picnic goers can expect delish foods, comparative tastings, demos, wine tastings, and the ever-popular Cookbook Exchange (benefiting the Rockridge…