A distillery makes hand sanitizer, a restaurant sells toilet paper: How food businesses are doing COVID-19 pivots
Three East Bay food and drink businesses have switched up their business models to keep going in the shelter-in-place era.
Alix Wall is an Oakland-based freelance writer. She is contributing editor of J., The Jewish News of Northern California, for which she has a food column and writes other features. In addition to Berkeleyside’s Nosh, her writing can be found in The San Francisco Chronicle, Edible East Bay and more. Alix is also the founder of The Illuminoshi: The Not-So-Secret Society of Bay Area Jewish Food Professionals and is producer/writer of a documentary in progress called “The Lonely Child.” Her web site is: https://alix-wall.com/
Three East Bay food and drink businesses have switched up their business models to keep going in the shelter-in-place era.
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BanhMi-Ni, a new lunchtime weekday pop-up at Copper Spoon Kitchen & Cocktails in Oakland offers the chef’s creative take on banh mi, including one that’s an ode to chef Phu’s days at Saul’s, filled with pastrami.
Indian immigrants Tarush and Jasleen Agarwal make a fresher version of the Indian cheese than most available store-bought brands, as well as flavored versions.
James Beard-award winning food writer Carolyn Jung’s new cookbook features profiles and recipes from 41 chefs and business owners based in Berkeley, Oakland, Emeryville and beyond.
Dan Gildor runs his bread business out of his Richmond home, selling both 100% whole wheat and gluten-free products at local farmers markets and online for home delivery throughout the East Bay.
Performance artist Praba Pilar’s Techno-Tamaladas events showcase tamale-making as an innovation developed by Latinx, African-American and other cultures across the Americas.
This new permanent pop-up is open for breakfast and lunch service inside Pucquio in Rockridge.
The owners behind Imm, who brought Thai street food to Berkeley, want to introduce local diners to dishes that aren’t on many menus outside of Thailand.
Raw Sauce was created by two recent college grads; SexĂ Spice, made with adaptogens and medicinal mushrooms, is produced by a local herbalist in the kitchen at Boot & Shoe Service.
“It’s definitely a huge learning curve,” says the owner of Bluma Flower Farm, who took over the plots on top of the Garden Village building on Dwight and Fulton that used to be home to Top Leaf Farms.
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