By Elena Kadvany
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I am a perpetually hungry twenty-something journalist, born and raised in Menlo Park and currently working at the Palo Alto Weekly as education and youth staff writer. I graduated from USC with a major in Spanish and a minor in journalism. Though my first love is journalism, food is a close second. I am constantly on the lookout for new restaurants to try, building an ever-expanding "to eat" list. As a journalist, I'm always trolling news sources and social media websites with an eye for local food news, from restaurant openings and closings to emerging food trends. When I was a teenager growing up in Menlo Park, I always drove up to the city on weekends with the singular purpose of finding a better meal than I could at home. But in the past year or so, the Peninsula's food culture has been totally transformed, with many new restaurants opening and a continuous stream of San Francisco restaurants coming south to open Peninsula outposts. Don't navigate this food boom hungry and alone! Feed me your tips on new chefs and eats and together we'll share them with the broader community.
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Sticky buns, bialys, chocolate chip brioche and other As Kneaded Bakery goods will be for sale this weekend at a pop-up in Palo Alto.
Palo Alto native Iliana Berkowitz
started As Kneaded as a bread subscription service three years ago and opened her own brick-and-mortar bakery in San Leandro in November.
As Kneaded Bakery owner Iliana Berkowitz moves bread from the oven in March 2017. Photo by Michelle Le/Palo Alto Weekly.
Her bread is still available at
local grocery stores but sweet and savory offerings are only available at the East Bay bakery (located at 585 Victoria Court, San Leandro).
This Sunday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., she'll be at Piazza's Fine Foods at at 3922 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto selling her specialty baked goods. Look for bostocks (a thick piece of As Kneaded challah, topped with simple syrup, jam, almond frangipane and sliced almonds), "everything knots" (a knot of challah dough topped with everything bagel seasoning) and birotes, a Mexican roll similar to ciabatta, among other items.
An As Kneaded Bakery bostock. Photo courtesy Iliana Berkowitz.
As Kneaded Bakery breads, including baguettes, challah and sourdough loaves, will also be available.
Read more about Berkowitz's story
here.
