Great Kitchens

September-October 2010, Volume 7, Number 5

September-October Features

Steal These Ideas

by Tiffany Carboni (Photography by Deborah Sherman)

Times are tough, but if you’re serious about remodeling your kitchen this is a time of great opportunity.

September-October Departments

Editor’s Note

by Judith M. Gallman

Where do you spend most of your time at home? For many of us, one of the most-used rooms in our house is the kitchen.

The Carnivore Club

by Wanda Hennig(Photography by Pat Mazzera)

It’s a Monday evening and about 60 well-dressed men and women are packed into the dining room at Café Rouge in the hip and happening part of Berkeley’s Fourth Street.

Pioneers

by Keith Gleason

Phyllis Diller entertained millions of people during a career that lasted more than half a century.

Omnivores

by Candace Murphy(Photography by Lori Eanes)

Everyone’s Hip to the East Bay’s Pop-Up General Store

Projects

by Renee Macalino Rutledge (Photography by Jan Sturman)

Microcosms of Culture in Downtown

An Organic Locale for Locavores to Love

by Derk Richardson (Photography by Lori Eanes)

Taste of the Town

In the Kitchen

by Roy Creekmore (Photography by Paul Skrentny)

Try this recipe and then experiment with your favorite cheeses and vegetable variations to create your own personal vegetable tort.

Wine

by Kent Rosenblum

There are wine competitions in nearly every wine-producing country that naturally focus on wines produced in that respective country.

Out on the Town

by Linda Leonard

More than 800 costumed entertainers and more than 100 shopkeepers and artisans will descend upon Ardenwood Historic Farm for the Ardenwood Shakespeare Festival and Renaissance Faire on Sept. 11-12.