Articles By: Faith Kramer

Eating global even when local is Faith Kramer's approach to food. The San Francisco Bay Area resident likes to explore the world of ethnic food close to home. Her fearless eating and recipes are currently featured at her blog, www.clickblogappetit.com, as well as in her twice-a-month cooking columns at the Bay Area's "J.," the Bay Area's Jewish newsweekly. She has also written for the Wellfed Network, BBC's Olive Magazine, and other websites and publications. Keep up with what she's eating now on Twitter @blogappetit.

Berkeley’s Telegraph Avenue On the Cheap
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Berkeley’s Telegraph Avenue On the Cheap

You don’t have to be a student to enjoy the budget restaurants clustered around Telegraph Avenue near UC-Berkeley.  A recent walk on the avenue found a number of interesting spots that offer value, good food, and a taste of life in Berkeley.  All are open for lunch and dinner, and many of the restaurants also offer food to go. I [...]

Functional Ingredients, Finger Limes, and Gourmet Sauces at the Fancy Food Show
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Functional Ingredients, Finger Limes, and Gourmet Sauces at the Fancy Food Show

Last week was like Christmas in January for food lovers. It was the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco’s Moscone Center. The annual feast of new and imported delicacies from 1,300 exhibitors was designed to open the wallets of retail buyers, restaurant owners and catering chefs but to me, a food blogger, it was more like a smorgasbord of [...]

The Original Street Food: Oakland’s Taco Trucks
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The Original Street Food: Oakland’s Taco Trucks

The best place to eat Mexican street food is, well, on the street. And some of the best streets in the Bay Area to eat tacos on are in the Fruitvale section of Oakland, where licensing laws and Latino culture merge to create the ideal local feeding grounds. The number of brightly decorated taco trucks in the area changes, but [...]