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Oakland Magazine

The Finer Points of Four Foodie Kitchens

Oakland Magazine July-August 2009

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In this issue:

Cooks, Illustrated

We’ve seen them all before: picture-perfect kitchens that, for all their fancy finishes, shiny appliances and other bells and whistles, look as if they’re more commonly used to serve takeout than to cook a homemade meal.

From the Editor

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Letters

I am a longtime Oakland resident who was looking forward to your Best Of issue [May/June 2009] to see if maybe there was something I had missed or maybe something new to discover about my home town.

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Green Stick

In many ways Michael Brune, executive director of the Rainforest Action Network—an environmental group hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “some of the most savvy environmental agitators in the business”—epitomizes the hard-nosed activist.

EOYDC: A Beacon for Oakland Youth

A sudden-yet-familiar terror overtook Regina Jackson, executive director of the East Oakland Youth Development Center. The moment she heard the news—that Tyrrell Blackshire had been shot—she immediately began jumping and crying, her screams echoing throughout the center.

In the Mix

Farley’s and Company Migrate East and Buck the Recession