Bay Area: Where to find sangria🍹, sm all bites🍡, and s’more

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The first day of summer is June 21 even though it sometimes doesn’t feel like summer in San Francisco until September. However, I AM pretty excited about the mental transition to summer and to start celebrating all the things we associate with it food-wise: barbecues, summer fruits and veggies, beach trips and spritzers (just not Aperol Spritzes, don’t @ me).

For anyone that wants to camp but hates getting dirty, summer might also be a great time to try out glamping! I just went last week where I had matcha marshmallow s’mores for the first time and now I can’t go back to regular chocolates in s’mores ever again.

You might have noticed that our James Beard Award-winning television show, Check, Please! Bay Area! is taking a little break (we’re back in September), but, in the meantime, our Celebrity Chefs digital series has returned (first new recipe is by the amazing Preeti Mistry). We also have tons of recipes, guides, and community spotlights from the Bay Area and beyond to share with anyone who loves food...and, really, who doesn’t love food?

If you have questions, comments or just want to say hi, you can always email me (unless it’s about Aperol Spritzes)! And now...on to the main course.