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Cooking
This seasonal recipe came about when I was searching for a way to serve two of my favorite foods, pumpkin and chocolate, together. My wife loves cheesecake, and she suggested combining both our loves:

Wine
Growing grapes is a lot like playing blackjack with a stacked deck that favors the house. The house in this case is also known as Mother Nature.

Taste Of The Town
Rare is the restaurant in today’s epicurean climate that doesn’t play the game and mobilize a phalanx of restaurant publicists, menu consultants and interior design gurus before a calculated grand opening;

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2008.04.23 Interactive Kinetic Art and the Pinball Machine
Before the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3, there was the pinball machine. Instructed by multimedia artist Michael Schiess, this class introduces...

2008.11.22 Alameda Naval Air Museum
Explore the unique collection of U.S. Navy artifacts and exhibits on display. The museum presents an overview of the development of flight and...

2008.11.22 Dashe Cellars
Dashe Cellars turns its attention to crafting small allotments of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petite Syrah.

Real Estate
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Retail
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November FEATURES

		An Appetite for Slow by Wanda Henning (Photography by Philip Kaake) It’s 9:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning at Alameda’s Ploughshares Nursery, and Vera Ciammetti and Steve Rich are setting up an outdoor table. They fill a basket with long crispy loaves, fresh from...

		Slow Jammin’ by Wanda Hennig (Photography by Philip Kaake) Rachel Saunders is in the commercial kitchen space she rents on Santa Clara Avenue slicing melon. Not any melon, mind you. These are heirloom Charentais and Crenshaw melons that she came upon...

		A Restaurant Renaissance? by Mary McInerney (Photography by Lori Eanes ) Five years ago, if you wanted to go out to a nice dinner near Park Street in Alameda, your choices were pretty much limited to the Gold Coast Grill, Asena Restaurant, Kamakura or La Piñata....

		Tasty Salted Pig Parts by Derk Richardson (Photography by Mitch Tobias) It’s been a good year for salumi. In January 2008, Slow Food Berkeley hosted a Laboratorio of Salumi at Café Rouge in Berkeley.

November DEPARTMENTS

COMING SOON

Lunchroom Coup: Revolution Foods Upends the Way Kids Eat
Pig Tales: Alameda’s Sausage People Create Links to Italian Heritage
Home Office Makeover: The Biz Moves Into a Travel Trailer

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Can Alameda restaurants compete with Oakland restaurants in terms of quality and appeal? Click here to vote!	Earl J. Rivard You can't keep the good ones down. Alameda native Earl J. Rivard was hit by a car when he was four months old and then, later in life, was hit two more times. The blind and partially-paralyzed Rivard doesn't let any of this get him down, releasing Troubadour Blue. Track: "Saving Face." » Local Sounds Archive	The Associated at Lost Weekend July 31, 2008 Those crazy cats are back. That's right, check Lost Weekend regulars The Associated at—you guessed it—the Lost Weekend this Saturday. It is the release party for their great new record,... more »	View pics from: • Save our Music • Rosenblum's March Madness • Boys and Girls Club Annual Auction • Midway Shelter 17th Have a Heart Gala • Mardi Gras Masquerade Party • Alameda Civic Ballet Auction • Kiwanis Club Chili Cook-Off • Saint Philip Neri Crab Feed • SJND 27th Crab Feed • Slow Food Alameda • A Grand Gala • Theatre Grand Opening	Best of Alameda • Best Of Alameda Party 2007 • Best of 2007 • Best of 2006 • Best of 2005

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November 2008