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More than 30 Bay Area food and beverage products are named the best in the country by the Good Food Awards
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Cowgirl Creamery’s Mt. Tam is a rich triple cream cheese and a winner at the 2021 Good Food Awards.Sarah Rice / Special to The Chronicle 2012
The pandemic did not keep the Good Food Awards from soldiering on for its 11th annual celebration of independent food and beverage artisans and the Bay Area was well-represented once again, with 27 local winners for products such as beer, charcuterie and cheese.
A virtual ceremony took place Friday in honor of 219 winners, who were judged among nearly, 2,000 entries during a first-ever virtual blind tasting. Among the winners, 44 come from California, and 55% are walking away with awards for the first time.
Cocktails without alcohol are frequently mediocre. Here are some recipes that actually taste good
Cocktails without alcohol are frequently mediocre. Here are some recipes that actually taste good
As more Bay Area residents are trying dry January in 2021, critic Esther Mobley recommends five mocktails that don t suck
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A lot of the time, mocktails aren’t worth the hassle.
My philosophy when drinking something nonalcoholic has always been to stick to drinks that aren’t trying to taste like alcohol. There are plenty of good options here. Tea. Coffee. Seltzer. Juice. Water!
This year, however, I decided to give boozeless booze another chance. It was partly inspired by you, my readers: Many of you told me you were planning to participate in dry January this month, or actively working to cut back on your alcohol consumption. I analyzed some of the reasons why many of which have to do with the COVID-19 pandemic in a larger story that we published last week.