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Event Recap: Seed Season: Planting + Garden Caretaking
May 24, 2013
On a lovely spring day, we hosted an event focused on seed season and gardening....
Event Recap: Lease-Signing Party
May 13, 2013
Photos by Josh Urich, The Joy of Drinking We did it! We signed a lease!...
Event Recap: First Annual Hinamatsuri
April 5, 2013
How often do you see babies on the front page of Umami Mart??? Well, it was...
Event Recap: Aya Brackett Photography Show Opening
March 7, 2013
We had a fun, bustling opening last month for our friend Aya Brackett's photography show...
Event Recap: Quick-Pickles with Kelly Geary
February 7, 2013
With winter roots and wild mushrooms in abundance, January was a perfect time to invite...
Event Recap: Peko-Peko Udon Pop-Up
December 26, 2012
Photos by Jazmine Livingston On a cold December night, just days before Christmas, we hosted...
Event Recap: Oorutaichi @ Umami Mart (OAK)
November 29, 2012
Just a little over two months ago, my good friend in Tokyo sent me this...
The Forest Feast Show Thru January
November 23, 2012
I met Erin Gleeson during our freshman year of college in Santa Barbara. She would...
Richmen: Ramen Shop's Noodle-Making Machine from Japan
October 31, 2012
It all started with a vision. Three guys, slaving away at Chez Panisse for years,...
Umamiventure #33: Hive Tour with East Bay Urban Bees
October 18, 2012
Did you know that a bee's lifespan is based on the distance it has flown?...
Event Recap: Umami Mart Grand Opening Party
August 15, 2012
Photos by Erin Gleeson After weeks of painting, building, going to Home Depot five times...
OPENharvest at the Headlands Center for the Arts
April 5, 2012
Exactly one week ago on March 26, about 150 people descended onto the Headlands Center...