Laura Rumpf
By Laura Rumpf
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Food Hookah And Shakshuka: Bay Area Israeli
If you closed your eyes, you could easily imagine the scent of rich tomato and onion wafting from Jennah Craig’s East Bay apartment, and the joyful colliding of conversations ricocheting down the hallway coming from an airy apartment complex in downtown bustling Tel Aviv. That was exactly the feeling this gathering was going for. A…
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Food Meet a Rabbi Chef’s Apprentice!
A chance encounter last summer in the produce section of the vegetarian co-op Rainbow Grocery proved to be the catalyst for a rich culinary mentorship blossoming at 12 Tribes, a Bay Area kosher catering operation headed up by the legendary ‘Rabbi Chef’ Becky Joseph. Jordon Daugherty, a transplant from the great Midwest, and at 24,…
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Food A Community Garden For the Homeless Sprouts in San Francisco
“This is not your average garden,” chuckles Yvette Parnell as we survey the former Hayes Valley parking lot that has been transformed into the Growing Home Community Garden on a stunningly clear January afternoon. Indeed, a full tour and history of the vibrantly decorated urban garden reveals the magic contained not only in its lush…
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Food A Banquet To End Hunger
Imagine sitting down to an intimate community dinner with a smattering of neighbors and fellow city dwellers. The host directs you to a buffet table of simple spaghetti and offers you a can of soda. Perhaps you think nothing of the no-frills meal you’re about to enjoy, until you notice that your neighbor Jill, who…
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