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Chomp! Carnivorous plant festival returns to Bay Area

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By John Metcalfe 
| Marin Independent Journal
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Like dogs and cats, carnivorous plants can be fed and watered. They can be given scritches and baths in the sun. But are they capable of giving us love in return? Until somebody breeds a talking Venus flytrap a la “Little Shop of Horrors,” we may never know the answer.
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Vietnamese ‘broken rice’ gets elevated at a new East Bay restaurant Original

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By John Metcalfe 
| The Mercury News
A new restaurant in Hayward has declared it wants to make Vietnamese broken rice “as recognizable as pho.” Com Tam Bros opened in early June at 28565 Hesperian Blvd. in a retail-shopping center next to a Costco. It’s a casual place, serving casual meals, notably com tam – a comfort food that has a sizable cultural significance. Com tam began as a byproduct from milling rice on the Mekong Delta in the 1900s.
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Vietnamese ‘broken rice’ gets elevated at a new East Bay restaurant

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By John Metcalfe 
| Flipboard
3 hours ago I'm a full-time baker who has attended pastry school in France, completed a baking course in China, and worked in several bakeries in New York City. Needless to say, I've made my fair share of cookies over the years. Whether it's a matcha-flavored crinkle option or a take on a classic chocolate chip, …
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