
Anna Mindess
Journalist at KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA)
Journalist at Freelance
Food, culture & travel writer with a passion for multicultural exploration & understanding culture through food. Sign language interpreter
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4 weeks ago |
oaklandside.org | Anna Mindess
When I discovered I had a wheat intolerance 25 years ago, the East Bay gluten-free landscape was decidedly barren; happily, it’s more verdant now, while still a bit quirky. Nowadays, many people avoid gluten for a variety of reasons, but when those with celiac disease consume gluten (a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley), their bodies mount an immune response that attacks the small intestine.
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2 months ago |
oaklandside.org | Anna Mindess
“Homemade Cafe is rising from the ashes like a pancake-wielding phoenix,” announces its owner for more than a decade, Collin Doran. This surprising, crowd-pleasing turn of events is made possible by Doran’s longtime neighbor and friend, Rohit Singh, CEO of Breads of India, two doors down on Sacramento Avenue. When the beloved corner cafe closed suddenly on Jan. 1, 2024, Singh was in India and only learned about it on social media. “I had tears in my eyes.
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May 1, 2024 |
oaklandside.org | Anna Mindess
Executive Chef Abigail Serbins is responsible for serving three meals a day to 600 diners who hail from 80 countries and live at UC Berkeley’s International House. Her goal is to make every student’s favorite dish from their homeland, like a United Nations culinary ambassador. Serbins grew up in the Philippines and arrived in the United States at 19.
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May 1, 2024 |
newsbreak.com | Anna Mindess
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Feb 21, 2024 |
oaklandside.org | Anna Mindess
If you have been counting the months till Berkeley had its own fun and flashy Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Restaurant, you ran out of fingers and toes long ago. Back in June 2019, NOSH reported that, after the closure of Dara Thai Lao on the corner of Shattuck and Cedar, Farmhouse Kitchen was taking over the space and planned to open by the end of the year.
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Royal Egyptian food truck chef serves up love with lunch https://t.co/9j8Ald0jRX @EgyptianCuisine

Wow. It's not everyday that @beardfoundation shares my story on how food writers have the power to change the fortunes of struggling restaurants. Thanks and thanks to @diannej @stirfrygrace

.@AnnaMindess shares how food writers and other journalists can write and help struggling restaurants, and explores how our #SaveChineseRestaurants campaign with @stirfrygrace helped show her how. https://t.co/iK7YFN1GPr

Ricky Okamura is 70 and still makes handmade mochi at Benkyodo, a 115 year old shop. He and his brother plan to retire at the end of the year. Hope they find a new owner. Wrote about SF Japantown legacy businesses #KQED https://t.co/X4GodZBG0T https://t.co/869QyDjlF0