Why should college students drink more tea? This is my interview with San Francisco entrepreneur and owner of Samovar Tea Lounge, Jesse Jacobs.

Alright, this is Caliber’s first restaurant review, and not a fully cooked one at that, so let me try my hand (and tastebuds) at this venture. It takes place in Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto off north Shattuck Avenue, where you’ll see culinary fanfare in the likes of Crepevine, Barney’s, Love at First Bite, Cha Am, Gregoire’s [...]

A year ago from today, I was almost forty pounds heavier. Almost three years ago from today, I was probably sixty pounds heavier. I’m thankful for many things, one of them being that I finally summoned the strength to lose the weight, a burden I’ve had my entire life despite being a competitive swimmer, cross [...]

Go out of your way. Step away from the Safeway cart and explore Berkeley. Grab your reusable shopping bags, hop on the 51B and head over to the parking lot of 1701 San Pablo. Don’t let the distance deter you from hitting up this adorable little farmers’ market. When my roommate told me about The [...]

When self-proclaimed sushi fans can’t stand ginger and wasabi with their bites of seafood and rice, I suffer infinite eye roll, as columnist Karl Smith puts it. After all, dolled up sushi with tempura, cheese, ketchup and a host of other fancy sauces was so middle school. (Remember, that time in our lives when we pretended to [...]

As a non-vegetarian, one has to wonder whether pale vegan imitations of “real” food taste just as good. Take the concept of vegan cheese. This week at Safeway, I saw a buy-one-get-one-free deal for – let’s keep it blame-free and call it Healthy Slices - a brand of vegan soy cheeses sliced and ready for sandwich-making. I’ve [...]