Mona Shah
Make Gujarati Sides That Outshine the Mains
In most Indian home kitchens, meals are served all at once, rather than one course following the other. This is particularly prevalent in...
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The Art of the Brick: Transforming Lego’s into Art
We’ve all payed with LEGO as kids, but what artist Nathan Sawaya does with these colorful little bricks is remarkable. His travelling...
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Loonshots by Safi Bahcall
Bahcall, who trained as a physicist and management consultant before becoming a biotech entrepreneur, urges us to consider organizational...
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Oakland Urban Hike
Since the pandemic started MoJo upped our hiking game. But one can get bored of stunning vistas and soaring redwoods, no? The beautiful...
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Albany Bulb-Where Art Meets Nature
The Albany Bulb (aka The Bulb) exists in an urban vacuum. It’s a magical chunk of land in the Bay Area, one of the few that still allows...
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson
The coronavirus pandemic forced Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier to accept the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry virtually, instead...
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Endurance by Alfred Lansing
This book tells the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's attempt to reach the South Pole, one of the greatest adventure...
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Numbers Don’t lie by Vaclav Smil
This is an eclectic book, with topics ranging from people, populations, and countries, through to energy use, technical innovation, and...
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Waterfall Hike: Little Yosemite in Sunol Wilderness Park
The winter rains have turned the Little Yosemite trail into an exciting gorge filled with climbable boulders and the sound of tumbling...
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The Best Holiday Lights in the Bay Area
Let's get in the holiday spirit! Bay Area has some awesome light displays, so gather up your family, friends and hot chocolate, and head...
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The Premonition by Michael Lewis
The Premonition, is the https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/690219/the-premonition-by-michael-lewis/9780393881554story of a group of...
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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Originally published in Swedish, this is a charming debut novel by Backman. A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on...
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The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood
Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s to San Francisco in 2016, Bad Muslim Discount is a hilarious, timely, and...
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The Art of Banksy Exhibition Showcases the Elusive Artist’s Works
The wait is finally over as Bay Area residents get to see original and authenticated works of one of the most intriguing and talked-about...
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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
This is a fascinating book, full of dazzling revelations. It is part scientific quest and part historical insight. Some highlights...
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The Ride of A Lifetime: Lessons Learned From 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company By Bob Iger
Bob Iger shares leadership skills he’s gained in more than 45 years, starting out at ABC in 1974 and at Disney since 1995. It is...
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Food and Faith: A Pilgrim's Journey through Indiaby Shoba Narayan
India is home to a multitude of faith systems including Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism....
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Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
This book offers a muted portrait of urban solitude marked by an undercurrent of longing. Lahiri's narrator, who deliberately fills her...
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Atomic Habits by James Clear
This book offers a framework for improving - every day. James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form...
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A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
This is a novel that aims to charm, and the result is a winning, stylish novel that keeps things easy. Flair is always the goal — Towles...
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