Hello and welcome to our blog! We (Whitney and Russell) hope that this blog will help you discover new and exciting food spots across the Bay Area!

 

We started this blog because, A) we love food, and B) we wanted to highlight budget-friendly ways to experience the amazing food here. After living in the east bay for ten-plus years, there are a lot of spots that are special to us and we realized we’d be excited to write little tributes to them. And, we know that we’ve probably only scratched the surface of all that’s out there, so we’re hoping that working on this blog will help us find even more spots to celebrate!

 

Our blog features restaurants that are independent, oftentimes family-owned and operated, and highlight the diverse offerings that the Bay has to offer. We are lucky to live in an area with so many people from so many different backgrounds which creates such a rich array of cuisines to explore.

 

Along the way, we will also highlight yummy recipes of ours! We both love cooking and baking, and so are excited share recipes that are mainstays for us and the stories behind them.

 

While we aim to highlight budget-friendly places (in the $5-$20 range), we’d like to be explicit that every food culture is deserving of gourmet prices. In this country there is an unfortunate trend of accepting higher prices for some cuisines but not others. As we see it, every food culture has both its innovative and dazzling high-end fare as well as lower-cost street food-style experiences. While our blog is more likely to feature dining options that are closer to street food than gourmet, every food culture is deserving of gourmet prices.

 

Thank you for visiting us! Please feel free to leave comments. We love hearing other peoples’ ideas about great food spots and recipes, too. Cheers!