Stanford, CA

San Jose, CA

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Macaron de Jayne started as a college study abroad fundraiser. Nearly a decade later, Jayne Baltazar is bringing her innovative desserts to customers across Silicon Valley. Jayne Baltazar’s first forays into baking macarons began as an effort to get to France. As a college student at San Jose State University nearly a decade ago, Baltazar was eager to study abroad in Paris.

From ube macarons to tira•mac•su: Meet the Santa Clara-based baker infusing new flavors into the traditional French macaron

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Palo Alto, CA

The historic Greenmeadow neighborhood provides a rare opportunity to explore 22 blocks of pristine midcentury modern homes. Joseph Eichler’s work in Palo Alto’s Greenmeadow neighborhood was unlike most other subdivisions in the city at the time: He developed the south Palo Alto neighborhood with 270 similarly styled midcentury modern homes (now known as Eichlers) built around a centrally located community center that would serve as the core of neighborly activity.

Eichler’s experimental utopia in Palo Alto remains virtually unchanged since 1954

Millbrae, CA

From cherry blossom soda and seaweed crackers to kiwi candies, our staff sampled a variety of snacks for inspiration before your next shopping trip. When I first walked through the doors of Ponyo, a new market in Millbrae dedicated entirely to Asian snacks, I was drawn to all of the bright colors and cute characters emblazoned on the packaging.

We tried 10 snacks from Ponyo, Millbrae’s new Asian snack market. Here’s what we loved — and didn’t.

Los Gatos, CA

Woodside, CA

The historic Mountain House has reopened with new owners and a ‘country coastal cuisine’ concept. The Mountain House has stood atop Skyline Boulevard for the past century, serving as a gathering place for adventurers, loggers and locals in the redwood forests of Kings Mountain near Woodside. Since the early 1900s it has served a range of community functions, first as the Red Pump, a water pump station for homesteaders, then as Kings Mountain Rendezvous, a frontier saloon and likely a brothel, according to chef Will Roberts. It later became Alex’s Mountain House before Alex’s was dropped and the site became a restaurant in the 1980s. (It also served as the setting of Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon” music video in the 1990s).

How three chefs are looking to turn a restaurant nestled in the redwoods atop Skyline into the Peninsula’s next dining destination

Submit your pics by March 19 for a shot at prize money and the chance to be part of a Palo Alto Art Center exhibit. Calling all shutterbugs: The annual Peninsula Photo Contest is now accepting submissions. Peninsula photographers of all ages and skill levels who live, work or attend school within the 650 area code are invited to submit entries for six different visual categories:

Take a walk on the wild side: The 2023 Peninsula Photo Contest is now accepting entries

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Beyond plastic straw bans: ‘Generation Dread’ author and Stanford postdoc Britt Wray on coping with (and acting on) eco-anxiety

Wray discusses her book, which is framed around her decision about whether to have a child in a climate crisis, and advice for navigating the stormy...

Beyond plastic straw bans: ‘Generation Dread’ author and Stanford postdoc Britt Wray on coping with (and acting on) eco-anxiety

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