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.
Read MoreBehind 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.
Read MoreThough the bestselling author and former Peninsula high school administrator Joanna Ho is known for writing children's picture books, she was compelled to write her latest release, a young adult novel called “The Silence that Binds Us,” after a couple of encounters she had years ago.
Read MoreBack in 1971, Frances Moore Lappé broke ground as an early advocate of plant-based eating in her first book, “Diet for a Small Planet.” More than 50 years later and with an updated introduction, Lappé’s book is more relevant than ever, highlighting the environmental and human costs of meat-heavy and highly processed diets.
Read MoreWhen Emily Winston opened her first storefront in Berkeley back in 2019, she cobbled together personal loans from members of her email list along with friends and family. Today, Winston is eyeing a bagel plant and wholesale business, and community members are shelling out thousands of dollars in order to support the construction of her bagel empire.
Read MoreBraveMaker founder wants the Bay Area to become a hub of film and art, starting with Redwood City.
Read MoreKelly Schmutte created PerfectFit Pointe as a solution to the painful experience many dancers face when en pointe.
Read MoreThe old showbiz turn of phrase that a performer "needs no introduction" certainly applies to Steve Martin and Martin Short, who play Stanford's Frost Amphitheater on June 30.
Read MoreHow French haute cuisine influenced The Refuge and the pastrami they're willing to put up against titans like Katz's and Langer's.
Read More“The Atlas of Disappearing Places,” co-authored by Christina Conklin, a Half Moon Bay resident, zeroes in on 20 coastal locales to deliver the big picture perils of sea level rise.
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