Dave Faries

Sometimes people are called to unexpected careers, and Evan Oakes is an example. He grew up in San Diego, practically raised on the beach. Sometimes, he says, parents would send

It may seem contradictory when retail sales of plant-based meats in the U.S. doubled in the short span from 2017 to 2020, but the good old days of the veggie

For something so fundamental, the hamburger can be quite complicated.

Dave Faries here, observing that there are three purposes to any fair.

Dave Faries here, with a blatantly promotional pitch for the Weekly’s Mic’d Up session tomorrow, Sept. 5.

Were we to reminisce about the days recently gone by, it would be with a bottle – specifically the 2021 Roll with the Punches sparkling hard apple cider from Pacific

While both share an expertise in all things wine, sisters Roxanne Langer and Tamara Carver took different routes to their current venture.

VIEWED FROM THE OUTSIDE, RUNNING A RESTAURANT CAN HAVE A ROMANTIC SHEEN. One imagines shopping for fresh local produce at farmers markets, the creativity of a kitchen and the air

Two for tea. JC Saldivar and his team at LindaRose in Monterey interpret that phrase differently than most – or should we say better than most.

Dave Faries here, acknowledging that most of my stories begin with the preface “decades ago…”