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Local Kitchens are opening in 3 areas of the San Francisco Bay region. (Photo provided) April 16, 2021 Local Kitchens, a digital food hall, has launched locations in Lafayette, San Jose and Cupertino, California, bringing a mix of award-winning Bay Area restaurant brands under one roof for takeout or delivery, according to a press release. Customers can create a customized meal from any of the restaurant partners, mixing and matching cuisines, from comfort food and meaty selections, to vegan and vegetarian. Local Kitchens is the brainchild of CEO Jon Goldsmith, COO Andrew Munday (former DoorD...

Ghost kitchen operator allows customers to combine items from multiple concepts Local Kitchens, a new ghost kitchen concept that allows customers to order from multiple local restaurant brands, has opened in the San Francisco area with locations in Lafayette, San Jose and Cupertino, Calif. Local Kitchens operates outposts of Curry Up Now, Glaze, Humphry Slocombe, The Little Chihuahua, MIXT, Proposition Chicken, Saucy Asian, Señor Sisig, and Wise Sons, offering both delivery and takeout from its 10,000-square-foot spaces. Unlike many ghost kitchen models, Local Kitchen operates all of i...

Recipe Roots: Vancouver > Ventura, California > San Francisco Growing up in 1980s California, Evan Bloom’s idea of Jewish food wasn’t limited to the Ashkenazi culinary canon of his family’s roots. There was brisket on the family table, of course, kugel, matzo brei, and trips to delis in Los Angeles that seeded his love of pastrami and rye. But the idea of Jewish flavors and dishes extended beyond the common canon. “Salmon is just as Jewish to me,” Evan, who co-owns Wise Sons explains. “My mom was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, where salmon is, er, king. We...

Staffers Ashley (left) and Ella at the new Cupcakin’ Bake Shop location in the former Virginia Bakery space in North Berkeley show off the wares. Photo: Joanna Della Penna When Nosh posted its list of February openings and closings this time last year, there was very little hint as to the looming pandemic lockdown and ongoing months of crisis soon to come. Looking back now, it is remarkable to note that despite the year’s unparalleled challenges, only three of the 18 East Bay food and drink businesses that opened last February have since closed. Hard-won resilience stories from that Febru...

Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Rachel B. Gross can pinpoint the exact moment the idea for her book was planted. It was when one of her undergrad professors introduced herself as “an anthropologist of Jews.” “I just thought that was the coolest thing possible, that you could study contemporary Jews for a living,” Gross told J. “I wanted to grow up to be that, to study living people and the ordinary things they did.” It was the genesis for what started as a master’s thesis, developed into her doctoral dissertation and then, a...