
Jackie Burrell
Food and Wine Editor at Bay Area News Group
Editor of the Bay Area News Group's Eat Drink Play section at the Mercury News and East Bay Times.
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marinij.com | Jackie Burrell
5 California island-set novels take the locked room concept to splashy levels
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3 weeks ago |
sacbee.com | Kate Bradshaw |Linda Zavoral |Jackie Burrell
There are few things more irresistible than waterside dining – at Mersea on Treasure Island, for example, where the lunch fare comes with a side of waves, or Malibu Farm in Tiburon, where you can watch the Angel Island Ferry dock as you dine. Here are five great spots to explore. MALIBU FARM, TiburonYou cannot beat that view: the Bay unfurling at your feet, Tiburon’s Angel Island Ferry dock just below, sailboats gliding past and San Francisco glimmering in the distance.
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3 weeks ago |
mercurynews.com | Kate Bradshaw |Linda Zavoral |Jackie Burrell
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eastbaytimes.com | Jackie Burrell
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3 weeks ago |
sacbee.com | Jackie Burrell
Sure, tropical breezes and icy mai tais are lovely. But if you’re a writer of thrillers, mysteries or gothic romance, there are few settings more delightfully and deeply unsettling than an island. What could be more atmospheric than panicky characters marooned by storms, waves and geographic isolation? No wonder Agatha Christie loved the setting so much. So did Dashiell Hammett, whose fictional Couffignal Island sits in San Francisco Bay. Jen Wheeler‘s gothic romance unfolds in the Farallones. T. C.
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Leave it to an outsider -- @messidude! -- to do what a local should’ve done a long time ago: make a thorough accounting of Bay Area Indian restaurants graphed by price and popularity. What delicious fun! https://t.co/nB6rc8Z3TZ

Mandarin orange chicken? Mini stroopwafel ice cream sandwiches? Everything bagel seasoning? #traderjoes just announced the customer faves. https://t.co/cOGHnQrPxy

What a great round-up of cool, strange and wonderful spots to discover around the Bay Area. And yes, of course, @RosicrucianPark is on the list (personal fave!), but so are eight other finds. https://t.co/bv5McXocHv