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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 Fort Wayne native Jodi Leamon’s lifelong passion for nature sent her to a variety of locales while she gained the experience and professional skills that landed her in the role of Sustainability Coordinator for the Allen County Department of Environmental Management. From time spent on both coasts then to a remote island in the Bahamas, she’s been attacked by barracuda, learned how to operate a chainsaw, became a SCUBA diver as well as a certified wildland firefighter. She graduated from UNC Wilmington with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences and earn...

Shaken or stirred? Raj Shukla knows exactly how you will enjoy your cocktail. And that’s why the Indian American bartender from Fort Wayne, Indiana, is now officially among the best

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 Fort Wayne native Jodi Leamon’s lifelong passion for nature sent her to a variety of locales while she gained the experience and professional skills that landed her in the role of Sustainability Coordinator for the Allen County Department of Environmental Management. From time spent on both coasts then to a remote island in the Bahamas, she’s been attacked by barracuda, learned how to operate a chainsaw, became a SCUBA diver as well as a certified wildland firefighter. She graduated from UNC Wilmington with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences and earn...

2353 E. 12th St. (at Miller Avenue), Oakland For their new Oakland pan-African soul food restaurant The Bussdown, chef-owners Solomon Johnson and Mike Woods shop local markets for the freshest ingredients, make every sauce from scratch and break down whole chickens using every single part of the bird — from the rendered-down fat to the bones to make chicken stock. The level of detail that Johnson and Woods devote to the food they craft isn’t surprising given their culinary pedigree — they met while working at high-end catering company Paula Le Duc and rubbed elbows in the kitchen at Tri...

Iyasare’s Osechi Sushi will be available on New Year’s Eve. Photo: Iyasare We’re more than ready to say goodbye to 2020, and although the new year might not bring immediate relief from the intense, insane and frustrating effects of the pandemic (the recent stimulus package will help small businesses with loans, but it does not offer grants for restaurants), we’re still hoping for better times in the future. Below, we’ve compiled a list of East Bay restaurants, catering groups and pop-ups that are offering special New Year’s Eve (and in some cases, New Year’s Day) menus to ring i...