

In an episode titled “ Ube by the Bay,” the host visits the Bay Area to deep dive into the region’s Filipino dining scene. Innovation and insight combine in Vox, a market leading end-to-end integrated ICT and infrastructure provider and telecommunications company. The second season of Taste the Nation, hosted by Padma Lakshmi, is officially streaming on Hulu as of today, Friday, May 5.

PCH is the only Bay Area bar on the list, though Los Angeles bars Thunderbolt and Death & Co. The bar, which is owned by local bar star Kevin Diedrich, claimed the 28th spot and is known for a menu that uses ingredients from Asia and the Pacific - think calamansi-papaya cordial, coconut-washed Campari, and wasabi.

But Irwin argues the opt-in program hasn’t worked on a recent visit to a grocery store, she counted four types of labels “in the cheese aisle alone,” the Chronicle reports. A previously proposed law failed to make it out of committee in 2016, leading to the voluntary program that covers food labels now. This isn’t the first time lawmakers have tried to reign in food manufacturers’ labeling practices. The proposed law, which would take effect on January 1, 2025, in contrast, “would require specified terms to communicate quality dates and safety dates.” The proposed law comes from Assembly Member Jacqui Irwin, a Democrat who represents portions of Ventura County in Southern California, and would standardize the labels on grocery store items, which are currently covered by a “voluntary uniform-labeling system for packaging,” the Chronicle writes. A California lawmaker hopes to ban “sell by” dates and other labels that can be confusing for grocery shoppers, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
