Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT

Published: December, 2003 Sur La Table has a store at the Ferry Market Plaza. It is smaller than their store in Berkeley but is so convenient and like all Sur La Table stores has a fabulous array of gifts for your favorite chef. There are also many events year round to attend at one and […]

Published: December, 2003 The Water Transit Authority has selected Steven Castleberry to be it’s new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Castleberry has over twenty years experience in the planning and design of transportation facilities. For the past three years Steve has been the Deputy Director of the Alameda County Transportation Authority (ACTA). ACTA recently built a […]

Published: December, 2003 Now restored to its original grandeur, the beautiful arcade of San Francisco’s beloved Ferry Building now serves as a food lovers’ mecca. The building’s interior marketplace, which houses a rare collection of fine artisan food shops, attracts hungry hoards each day— financial district employees, tourists and buyers for fine San Francisco restaurants. […]

Published: December, 2003 Inside the Golden Gate, dotted around San Francisco Bay, are several islands. Alcatraz, Angel and Treasure Islands are well known, but there is another island jewel set on the Bay, a community that was once a separate island and still has feel of a remote and peaceful place. It’s a town called […]

By Mary Swift-Swan  Published: December, 2003 Looking for that perfect cookbook for your favorite chef? Looking for one that has easy directions to follow, wine pairing notes for every meal and makes it possible to produce elegant meals with ease? Look no more. The Casual Vineyard Table is just the book. Released with the Fall […]

Published: December, 2003 Whether enjoying Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah, "Festivus" (for the rest of us!) or trying to ignore the holidays why not avail yourself of all that San Francisco inevitably has to offer during the month of December? Avoid the fuss and muss of holiday traffic and expensive garages by arriving in the City via […]

Published: December, 2003 When bright red bows appear on lamp posts it is like a checkered flag to many to shop for those on their Holiday list. Its Pomegranates that are a cooks signal to get excited that the "Holidays are here". Fresh Pomegranates can be used on so many meats that the possibilities seem […]

Published: December, 2003 Quiet had sunk in through the night. Sawdust stilled, power saws turned off, old fashioned wooden sliding doors closed to the public, we arrived one by one for the 9:00a.m. class held at the Mariner Museum Boatshop. A class on rigging and sailing old fashioned downeast wooden sailboats. Welcome, my name is […]

Published: December, 2003 Dungeness crab season officially opened Saturday, November 15. This year, San Franciscans and Dungeness crab fans nation-wide await what is promised to be one of the best crabbing seasons. San Francisco crab boat fleets are scheduled to return with their precious cargo as early as Monday, November 17. The tasty crustaceans will […]