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East Bay restaurant wins prestigious honor for third year

Award winning Danville restaurant, “The Peasant & The Pear,” has been named to the prestigious Michelin Guide for the third consecutive year. Executive Chef and Co-owner Rodney Worth said, “We’re…

Danville’s Business and Culinary Showcase coming in April

Want to know more about Danville businesses, restaurants, wineries and brew pubs? Everyone’s invited to the 2013 Danville Business & Culinary Showcase, April 4 from 5-8PM at Crow Canyon Country…

Health Officials Offer Tips to Prevent Food Poisoning

Contra Costa health officials are reminding people to practice safe food handling in hopes that everyone will have a happy and healthy holiday. Every year, millions of Americans get sick…

Wines for the holiday table and beyond

by John Rittmaster: Being from Back East, I’ve always had fair notice of the onslaught of the holiday season.  The ‘frost on the pumpkin’ in October became the sleet and…

Holiday seafood favorites from our local top chefs

by Nicholas Boer: The best packages come from the sea. Sweet lobster and crab packed in bright-red shells. Plump mussels dressed up in shiny black. Garlicky, whole prawns just waiting…

Q & A with Rick Delamain of Cypress of Walnut Creek

by Nicholas Boer:   You might expect the owner of Cypress, a contemporary French restaurant famous for resurrecting classic tableside dishes such as steak au poivre, beef tartare, and flaming…

Livermore—a century of evolution

by Nicholas Boer:     IT TOOK 100 years, but Livermore has reached a tipping point. The town once known as home to the longest-burning light bulb, June rodeo (we’ve…