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Bee Local

May 8, 2012 – 10:04 pm | No Comment
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From bottle cap gardens to rooftop chicken coops, it’s clear that urban farming is on the rise. And now, we’re turning the spotlight on another city-based project: small-scale beekeeping from Bee Local. Out of Portland, …

Greenhouse by Joost Pops Up in Melbourne

March 7, 2012 – 3:39 pm | No Comment
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Greenhouse by Joost is clearly a project we love, having featured it in a few different ways in the past. But when this brilliant, sustainable, waste-free restaurant popped-up at the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, …

Eat Your Green!

December 6, 2011 – 12:55 pm | 2 Comments
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Thirteen years ago, Jim Denevan had an idea. The Santa Cruz-based artist and chef wanted to host a dinner that would bring together discriminating diners and the farmers who grow their food. He wanted to …

Bamboo Brilliance: Tang Palace, China

December 1, 2011 – 10:26 am | One Comment
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China is a place where tradition meets modernity and Tang Palace in Hangzhou is no exception. Sweeping, woven nets of bamboo are fashioned into a curved, wave-like ceiling, while backlit bamboo screens, bamboo sheets, and …

Meat Your Maker: Top Five Boutique Butchers

November 11, 2011 – 2:40 pm | 5 Comments

In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s a new rock star in the culinary world: the butcher. For years this trend has been on the rise as increasingly demanding foodies pass on the pre-boxed supermarket pork …

Para Mí y Para Ti: Contigo

November 10, 2011 – 4:40 pm | No Comment

“Connection, communication, collaboration, and conviviality.” These are words that sound more like they were spoken at your latest staff meeting, rather than describing a restaurant. But it is how the minds behind San Francisco’s Contigo …

Fresh Veg? It’s in the Bag!

October 24, 2011 – 2:57 pm | No Comment

Nobody likes mushy mushrooms, and everybody likes helping the planet (right?). Well Bruno Super Deluxe, an up-and-coming design company based in Boston, lets you save the world and keep your veggies fresh at the same …

Coffee Crawl: A San Francisco Café Tour

October 17, 2011 – 2:23 pm | 3 Comments

What do you do on a sunny and hot day in San Francisco with 5 hours to kill? You eat and you drink – coffee, that it is. A lot of coffee. And this is …

Turn Out the Lights! Fridgeezoo

October 13, 2011 – 6:54 pm | No Comment

We all need helpful little reminders sometimes, especially when it comes to being green. Can those reminders be annoying? Yeah, sometimes – we won’t deny it – but they don’t have to be. Sometimes, in …

What We’re Eating Now: Askinosie Chocolate

October 6, 2011 – 10:06 am | No Comment
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Askinosie Chocolate likes to be first. They’re the first small-batch, 100% traceable bean-to-bar boutique chocolatier in the US to import cocoa beans from the Philippines in 25 years. They’re the first small-batch chocolate factory to …