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Live Feed: 'Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think'
A great new book lays bare many of the tricks the food industry plays on us to get us to eat more.

Live Feed: Seeing Stars in Silicon Valley
Alright, so Silicon Valley doesn't have an abundance of top-end, fine cuisine. But its real strength lies in its myriad of hole-in-the wall eateries, ethnic and down-home restaurants.

Live Feed: Spinach
E. coli's attack on spinach demonstrates how vulnerable and inherently flawed our centralized food supply chain is.

Live Feed: Steakhouses
Silicon Valley is in the throes of a beef bonanza.

Live Feed: Literary Food Writing
An underappreciated form of journalism finally gets its due.

Live Feed: Paso Robles Vineyards
Before the wine industry exploded in Paso, it was the Rodney Dangerfield of Central Coast towns.

Live Feed: Indonesian Cuisine
Bay Leaf isn't the only Indonesian restaurant in Silicon Valley.

Live Feed: Good Restaurant Websites
A good site has got to have more than contact information and directions.

Live Feed: Biodiesel
Kicking the petroleum habit and going biodiesel—which is made from refined vegetable oil—has never looked so appealing.

Live Feed: Tourist Towns
It's hard to find good food when you're traveling through the States.

Live Feed: In Praise of Fallen Silicon Valley Spots
Stett Holbrook's requiem for three top neighborhood spots.

Live Feed: Whole Foods
The market chain stops selling shellfish.

Live Feed: Organic Food Industry
As the industry continues to grow, it's becoming clear that not all organic food is created equal.

Live Feed: Cupertino Village
This shopping center offers a jackpot of pan-Asian dining and Asian specialty stores.

Live Feed: Soft Shell Crab
If you've got a hankering for soft shell crab, you'd better make your move before they're gone.

Live Feed: Village Harvest's 'Grow 2 Grow'
The San Jose nonprofit has started teaching the needy how to grow their own food.

Live Feed: American Farmland Trust
Nonprofit organization works to protect farmland and promote environmentally sound farming.

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Protecting Lunch Is Not Enough.

Live Feed: There's Nowhere To Hide From the Michelin Man
The Michelin Guide is headed for the Bay Area.

Live Feed: Wine World
Pinot Paradise festival in Saratoga; plus visiting Soquel Vineyards, Windy Oaks, Hallcrest Vineyards, Storrs and McHenry Vineyards.

Food News: Live Feed
Coffee Bug in San Jose serves java and matchmaking; plus Citrus Restaurant at Santana Row; and Campbell's Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery.

Live Feed: Restaurant Openings
New restaurants debut in Palo Alto, Los Gatos, Campbell and East Palo Alto.

Diet News: The Resistance Diet
Eating locally grown food can make a global difference and reduce our dependence on foreign oil supplies.

Restaurants Review: Baja Mexico Restaurants
Metro food writer Stett Holbrook eats like a local on his recent trip to Baja California, south of Mexico's Rosarito beach.

Food news: Infant Tastes
Metro restaurant critic's toddler is not just not interested in food right now—but he'll grow out of it.

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San Jose: Leaner, Meaner.

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The Owl Cove Cafe at Santa Clara's Mission College.

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The Great Restaurant Shuffle of '06.

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I'd Like to Buy the World a Coca.

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It's a Mall World After All.

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Starbucks Beware.

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News Flash: Junk Is Junk!

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Feeling Crabby About Crab.

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Persimmons?

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Organic Is Dead, Long Live Organic.

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My First Taste Of Taiwan.

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Pod Tasting.

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Savoring the Fall.

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Grapes Gone Greek.

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Know Before You Go.

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Food Critic Secrets.

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Going Local.

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Bomb Shelter Cuisine.

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If You Knew Sushi.

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Hot Lunch: Not So Hot.

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Street of Eats: Menlo Park's Little Michoacan.

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Stett's State of the Scene Address.

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Eat Great and Smash the State.

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Silicon Valley Gets Schooled.

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Mexico Without Mexican Food.

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Hungry and Hungrier.

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UFW Launches Gallo Boycott.

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Food for Man and Beast.

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You Are What He Eats.

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T.G.I. Wednesday: The Bruni Digest.

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Willow Street Chef Wins Big in Vegas.

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Pyramid Schemes.

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Rattling the Chains.

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The Return of Uncle Frank's.

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Chicken Soup For the Bowl.

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It Takes a Village.

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Water Fight.

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Foodstock in Saratoga.

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Not So Sweet.

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Street of Eats: The Seoul Delhi.

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Ethnic Food Decoded.

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Pyramid Remodel.

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Streets of Eats: East Santa Clara St.

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Supermarket Strike?

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Streets of Eats.

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Pho Town.

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Noodle Sleuth.

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Resistance Diet: Part II.

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O Rolls On.

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Think Before You Eat.

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Buying a Better Bird.

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Dine for a Higher Cause.

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Before Napa.

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So Long, Sloppy Joe.

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Al Qaeda Cooks.