a n n e l i    r u f u s                                                                 writing on food, travel, trends & culture Editorial position I currently hold:       Travel Editor, Oakland Magazine Publications and sites which regularly feature my articles and columns (with links):       St. Helena: Charming Heart of the Wine Country       Cali-Ko Cuisine       Head for the Marin Headlands       The East Bay's Chocolatocracy       The Claw of the Land       This Comfort Food Satisfies       Eco-Gourmet MIXT Restaurant Opens in Oakland       Barbecuing Whole Hogs at 4505       Go Intrinsically Hawaiian (pdf)       Smitten With Everything About Carmel       Are We Ready for Test-Tube Foods? The East Bay's Biotech Banquet (pdf)       Historic, Haunted Amador County       Abstract Eating at the Gastropig       Until We Meat Again: Syrian Mandi at Old Damascus Fare       An Iberian Cuisine Midterm       All Wrapped Up       House-Made Marvels       Ici Expands       Find Serenity in Aptos       Flotsam as a Thing of Beauty       Living the Lager Life       Hawaii's Biggests, Bests, and Onlies       Lampshades and Lushness Come to Restaurant Decor       Unlocking Locke's Past       Find Paradise on Hawai'i's Big Island       Wandering the Micro-Nation of Seborga       Exploring Alviso       Basking is Mandatory in Palm Springs       Half Moon Bay Is Quaint in the Right Way       Monaco is More Than a Tiny Tax Haven       Alfajores at Cafe Valparaiso       Culinary Fusion Mash-ups       Old-school Sweets Are Enjoying a Renaissance       Octopus Is All Over East Bay Menus       Anzac Biscuits, an Edible Love Letter from Down Under       Spinning Straw Into Semiconductors in Woodside       Kings Canyon is Yosemite Without the Crowds       Sipping Around the Pacific Rim       Travel to Mendocino Village, Caspar, and Fort Bragg       Nebraska's Worth a Visit       Whiskey and Women       Local Eateries Add Flowers to Food and Drink       Finding Farofa at Galeto Brazilian Grill       Shrubs Are the Latest Cocktail Sensation       Saffron and Soul at Duende       Tart and Bright, Sour Beers Are Wildly Popular       Feast Bay, May 2019 column       Feast Bay, February 2018 column       Classics Reimagined at Berkeley's Gather       Big, Bold Flavors and Games Galore at Plank       Flavors, Fragrances Bloom at Potala Organic Cafe       Berkeley's MeloMelo Kava Bar       Couscous and Merguez: Hasnia brings Algerian cuisine to Berkeley       Naan Sequitur: Tigerlily's enchanting Indian-fueled fusion       Farm Burger: a happy marriage of Southern and cowboy cuisines       Xolo Taqueria: Mexican Street Food       Spicy Cajun Stews Are Easy to Like at Easy Creole       Burmese, If You Please       The Ascent of the Eggless Soufflé       Berkeley's Tamon Tea Has (Rice) Balls       A Crash Course in Casablanca       Oakland's New Pied-à-Pastis       Foam on the Range       Home Sweet Home Fries       The Revolt of the Millennials       A Scintillating Look at Sparkling Wine       The Most Painful Emotion       Hello, Everyone. We Mistrust You.       What Do Traumatized People Wish You Knew?       The Introvert Restaurant       What Steals Our Sense of Humor?       Is Friendship Just a Feeling?       When You're Triggered by Mother's Day       The Trauma of Emotionally Toxic Parenting       Depression Is a Thief       Why Changing My Name Was & Wasn't the Worst Thing I Ever Did       Do we read only "news" that's purportedly about us?       Coachella, King Kong & PTSD       Where Is Your True Home?       Mothers, Don't Let Your Children See You Hating Yourself       Stay Here Where Life Can't Kill You       What's Behind Beyoncé's #WhatIsPretty Project?       Cruisology 101       Selena Gomez's Ostensible Self Esteem Tattoo       Can Places Possess Healing Powers?       The Silence of the Lamb Chops       What Can Hotel Rooms Teach Us?       On the Road, Again       Who Hates Themselves? It's Not Always Who You'd Think       What If History Hurts?       Can Travel Help Us Stop Hating Ourselves?       Write Your Self-Hatred a Thank-You Letter       5 Games You Should Never Play Again       9 Things You Might Assume Are Your Fault, But Aren't       More Reasons Why Social Media Makes Us Hate Ourselves       Giving Sincere Compliments Is a Win-Win       The Food and Drink Industry Plays With Our Heads, Because It Can       Some of Us Really Need Halloween       The Other Higher Powers       Tiny Traumas Are Traumatic Too       What Would You Want to Be Famous For?       How Can I Love You When You Don't Love Yourself?       Has Low Self-Esteem Made You Forget How to Have Fun?       Is Lying to Ourselves Even Crueler Than Lying to Others?       Can We Give and Get Gifts Without Hating Ourselves (or Anyone Else)?       From Childhood Onward, Spirituality Shapes Our Self-Esteem       What Do We Really Mean When We Say We're Doing Nothing?       Keep Self-Loathing From Snuffing Out the Holiday Spirit       The Uncertainty Curse       Empathy: It's a Win-Win       Do You Make Yourself Difficult to Love?       When Yes Means No and No Means Yes       The Benefits of Being a Big Frog in a Small Pond       Are You a Good Listener for the Wrong Reasons?       Turn Everything Into a Self-Esteem Game-Changer       It's Really Not Your Fault       Are You Afraid to Accept Praise?       When Pines Are Divine       Sometimes "Sorry" Means Something Else       5 Things to See in Anaheim Besides Disneyland       20 Formerly Bizarre Foreign Foods That You Should Pretend You Already Knew About       6 Signs That You Are in (or Near) a Pretentious Restaurant       Soldiers, Superstars, Coachella and PTSD       How Can You Tell Whether or Not You're in an English Supermarket?       This Is the Year of Weird Ingredients       Step Aside, San Francisco: "SF" Now Stands for Sioux Falls       10 Things to Do in the Wine Country If You Love Animals More Than You Love Wine       You Know You're on the Big Island When...       Coachella Isn't Just a Music Festival       Behind the Scenes at Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel       Seborga: The Micronation Inside Italy Where Time Stands Still       Why Should We Wake Up Before Dawn in Nebraska?       Professionals' Tips on Pairing Alcoholic Drinks With Twinkies, Oreos & More       Vegetables: Now They're Invading Desserts       11 Amazing Fruits & Vegetables of Which You Might Never Have Heard       Why Do Gin Haters Hate Gin?       Soldiers, Superstars, Coachella and PTSD: How They All Intersect       The Exquisite, Embattled Albany Bulb       How to Visit a Vineyard       It's Always Halloween in Virginia City       Pixies: They're Cuter than Cuties       Let's Make Puglia the New Umbria       Down on the Wine Farm       Why Do We Love Cooking Contests?       U.S. History 101: The Drinkable Version       Insects and Pink Cocoa Are Among 2018's Food Trends       Lucia's Now Offers "Venetian Tapas"       Original Pattern Brewing Company Breaks Ground on Oakland Tasting Room/Brewery       Berkeley's Takara Sake Sponsors J-Pop Summit       Paradise Park Cafe Opening Soon       Emeryville's Imperfect Produce Spawns a New Ice-Cream Flavor       East Bay Stars Shone at Eat Drink SF       Emeryville's Honor Kitchen & Cocktails Has a New Chef       General Mills Works With Oakland Nonprofit to Protect Bees       East Bay Food Companies Win Coveted Awards       Berkeley Humane's Beerfest: a Sudsy Success       Calavera Pop-Up Dinner: Eight-Hour Suckling Pig and Grasshoppers       SpoonRocket Expands to El Cerrito, Offers Breakfast       Hendrick's Flying Cuke Cruises East Bay Airspace       Wagyu Meatloaf, Matcha Cake, $8,000 Bottles of Cognac at Berkeley's FIVE       Local Kimchi: A Fermentation Celebration       Trendy New Trends List Says Oakland Is Trendy       Berkeley's Rare Barrel and Alameda's Faction Win Big       Molecular Biology at Joshu-Ya Brasserie       Did Somebody Say "Brussels Sprouts"?       Spoons Up, People! It's Holiday Tea Season       Oakland's Numi Debuts Turmeric Teas       Vegetarian Awareness Month       Hopscotch Chef Kyle Itani       SF Beer Week Is Deeply East Bay       It's Truffle Time Again at Oliveto       Chick'n Rice Specializes in Khao Mun Gai       Little Star Heads to Park Street       Ex-East Bayite Celebrates Hawaii's Sustainable Farms       Venga Paella's Manchego Con Membrillo       Homestead Does Hip Donuts       Bibimbop at Bowl'd       Jamaican patties at Suya       The Un-Moussaka       Raising the Salad Bar       Bay Area Foodmakers Command a Huge Presence at SF's Fancy Food Show       Matcha: Silky and Smooth, It's Not Just for Tea Ceremonies Anymore       Theme Restaurants Bounce Back       Wild Game Is Invading Bay Area Menus       Is Dorm Food the Bay Area's Best Dining-Out Deal?       Just you wait: An unopened gift invites anticipation       New generation of indie perfumers on the rise       Low self-esteem is good for you       How comfort foods work like Prozac       Loaning money kills relationships       Yes, in My Backyard       An Able Green Design       Can Krill End World Hunger?       Can Coffee Save Your Life?       Can Taking Aspirin Once a Day Reduce Illness Risk?       15 Signs You'll Get Married       Aix Marks the Spot       Ditch the Drama       The Unexpected Gifts of Travel       Navigating Social Anxiety       I Believe in Ghosts Because They Don't Wear Yoga Pants       Excuses Are Lies We Tell Ourselves to Keep From Having Fun       How It Feels to Be Hated       Puppies Romp in the SPCA Macy's Holiday Windows Event       Do Dogs Have Self-Esteem?       Pet-Friendly Hotels       Where the Surf Dogs Rule the Waves       PR Maven Andrew Freeman on Traveling with Dogs       Berkeley Wins a Visit From Famous Feline Grumpy Cat       Oakland's Cat Town Cafe, the First Cat Cafe in the U.S.       Grumpy Cat Stars at the Macy's Holiday Windows Event       A Look at Cat Mummies on Display Around the World       When the Cat Met the Psychic House Cleaner       Rising Star Chefs Announced in San Francisco       Masottina's Massive Eco-Friendly Winery a Work in Progress       Oakland Coffee Roaster Celebrates 35 Years       E&O Asian Kitchen Travels the "Spice Route"       Is Hong Kong-style milk tea the next tannic tsunami?       Coffee cocktails give "java jive" a whole new meaning       A Guide to Vegan Cocktails       The Meaning of Sustainability       East Bay Chocolatiers Rule       Angling for Trouble       Tox' Around the Clock       4 Strategies for Raising Your Self-Esteem       You Don't Want to Know       It All Comes Down to a Walk in the Park: Sergio Chejfec's 'My Two Worlds'       In Search of Sweet Wines       Pantelleria: Land of Liquid Prayers       Fancy Food Show Dispatch: 2011 Food Trends Print magazines and newspapers which have previously published my work: Boston Globe Seattle Post-Intelligencer San Jose Mercury News Denver Post Westways San Francisco Examiner Los Angeles Herald Examiner Oakland Tribune Walnut Creek Magazine Diablo Magazine Fate Cartoons and illustrations by me, published online: What If History Hurts? Can Travel Help Us Stop Hating Ourselves? Hello, Everyone. We Mistrust You. What Do Traumatized People Wish You Knew? Those Times When We Should Have Let Our Best Friends Save Our Lives "You're a What?" An Empath Comes Out of the Closet Poets Then and Now The Queen of Low Self-Esteem: Comparisons How can highly receptive people navigate this crowded world? Self-Help Tips for Empaths What if Random Objects Could Write Semi-Autobiographical Novels? Emmy the Empath in the City of Sorrow The Queen of Low Self-Esteem: Why I Am Childless Suicidal Friends & Relatives: A True Cartoon Story Emmy the Empath Great Novels — With One Small Difference Why We All Stopped Reading Novels The Queen of Low Self-Esteem: Math Test The Queen of Low Self-Esteem: Clumsy To Which I Can Allude 5 Things About Trendy Restaurants That You Pretend to Like But Actually Hate I Learned My Cat Had Died, Then Almost Killed My Dad by Accident World's First "Pet-Nup" Protects the Dogs of Warring Ex-Partners I Went on a Charity Walk With My Pug - and He Drove Me Nuts! This Samoyed Has an Insatiable Appetite for Dirty Underwear Paris Hilton Spends $13K on a Pocket-Sized Pomeranian Overheard in Oakland Guidebooks I have written: California Babylon: A Guide to Sites of Scandal, Mayhem and Celluloid in the Golden State — Co-author (with Kristan Lawson) (St. Martin's Press, 2000) Weird Europe: A Guide to Bizarre, Macabre, and Just Plain Weird Sights — Co-author (with Kristan Lawson) (St. Martin's Press, 1999) Magnificent Corpses (Marlowe & Co., 1999) Goddess Sites: Europe — Co-author (with Kristan Lawson) (HarperCollins, 1991) America Off The Wall, The West Coast: a Guide to Unusual Sights — Co-author (with Kristan Lawson) (John Wiley & Sons, 1989) Europe Off The Wall: a Guide to Unusual Sights — Co-author (with Kristan Lawson) (John Wiley & Sons, 1988) Time Out Guide San Francisco — Author of "Sightseeing" section (Penguin Books, 2002) Virgin City Guide Los Angeles — Author of "Sightseeing" section (Virgin Publishing Ltd., 2001) Virgin City Guide San Francisco — Author of "Sightseeing" section (Virgin Publishing Ltd., 2000) Northern California Best Places — Contributing editor (Sasquatch Press, 1992) Books by other authors which feature my writing: Lemons and Lavender, by Billee Sharp (Viva Editions, 2010) The Party Girl Cookbook, by Nina Lesowitz and Lara Morris Starr (Conari Press, 1999) Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant, edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler (Riverhead Books, 2007) The Secret Lives of Lawfully Wedded Wives, edited by Autumn Stephens (Inner Ocean Publishing, 2006) Roar Softly and Carry a Great Lipstick, edited by Autumn Stephens (Inner Ocean Publishing, 2004) Not Like I'm Jealous or Anything, edited by Marissa Walsh (Delcorte Press, 2006) Books authored by me on other topics: See my main page for a complete list. © Copyright January 2015, Anneli Rufus