Barbara Love | Piedmont Exedra

Piedmont High School seniors participate in service day

Organized by the Piedmont Community Church, students cleaned up streets, prepped and served food in downtown Oakland.

A cocktail for our times: Woodier, earthier -- and, well, smokier -- which means scotch, bourbon, brandy and port.

A win-win for the city and schools.

Celebrate Fall with food, music, games and more in Piedmont Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wine picks for the end of summer.

The many unfinished jobs of parenting leave us wanting more.

Bestselling author (and Exedra columnist) shares tips in Tues NYT: Don’t take other people’s Adderall. Granola bars have a lot of sugar.

Inventive flavor combinations are this scoop shop's specialty.

Ollie Ramsey highlights a few of her favorite female-run food spots.

Reporting -- some of it not so accurate -- on the wine lists for the state dinners.