Voted Restaurant of the Year by EATERSF in 2017, China Live is billed as an interactive culinary and cultural destination in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown. With veteran restaurateur George Chen (Betelnut) and his partner Cindy Wong-Chen at the helm, this $20 million, 30,000-square-foot Chinese food emporium has been compared to Mario Batali’s Eataly complex in NYC. This will most […]
The Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida, which killed 17 students and faculty and injured 17 others, was yet another devastating moment in the chronology of mass shootings here in the United States. The shooting hits close to home for Liz Fiorentino, a Menlo Park art director and mother […]
Audiences from all over the Bay Area and country flock to the annual Mill Valley Film Festival in Marin County to see incredible stories come alive on the big screen — but did you know that the theaters that house the films have equally compelling tales to tell? Here are some fun facts about the […]
Alfred Hitchcock’s daughter Patricia once told me an amazing behind-the-scenes story about one of the films the Master of Suspense shot in the North Bay. The movie was Shadow of a Doubt, the 1943 suspense thriller starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright. Shot almost entirely in Santa Rosa, Shadow was Hitchcock’s first film to use […]
While desserts may always be tempting, they need not be overly indulgent, especially with Flour Craft Bakery in San Anselmo, which is considered central Marin County. Flour Craft Bakery was originally conceptualized in 2010 as a farmers market mainstay, where gluten-intolerant chef Heather Hardcastle, who trained at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, […]
Taking advantage of the proximity of the coastal Marin and Sonoma milk shed, local ice cream makers are keeping things cool. Fairfax Scoop In downtown Fairfax (pictured), the Martin family opened this modest business (the shop is only seven feet wide) 14 years ago. Known for its handmade organic ice cream with unique flavors like […]
John Carpenter’s 1980 supernatural thriller “The Fog” begins with a scene shot on a Los Angeles soundstage. The late, great actor John Houseman is telling a campfire story to a group of children on what appears to be a beach in the fictional town of Antonio Bay. The story involves an old ship, damned to […]
The Bay Area is made for the movies. Twisted streets, Rembrandt shadows and light, trees and eccentric characters lurking behind them — this area is always ready for its closeup. The car chases filmed here can make us gasp or laugh: “Bullitt” or “What’s Up, Doc?” Hitchcock chose Santa Rosa for his own favorite, “Shadow […]
True, cheese has not gotten its poetic due, especially compared to its frequent gustatory companion, wine. The popularity of the distilled grape as subject of sonnet and stanza is due no doubt to its power to inspire — and, yes, loosen — both tongue and pen. After all, there are no odes to “cheese, women, […]
Childhood experiences inform our adult lives in unknown ways. Yet Neka Pasquale knows it was her two grandmothers’ love of all things food-related that sparked her interest in cooking and well-being. Pasquale, a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and certified Chinese nutritionist, created Urban Remedy from the concept that a healthy diet translates to a vibrant, healthy […]
