Indulge yourself with a $250 gift card for a meal at legendary Chez Panisse. The storied restaurant is celebrated as one of the originators of California cuisine and the farm-to-table movement. In Berkeley's North Shattuck neighborhood, Alice Waters' acclaimed restaurant is downstairs and the glowing café is upstairs. Each offers seasonal fare in sophisticated and relaxed settings. This item includes a copy of Alice Water's Hidden Kitchens.

Treat yourself to a $100 gift card for Babette, the popular West Berkeley spot for lunch and dinner. Babette's goal is to provide a comfortable neighborhood restaurant where you can have a casual meal with friends and family or celebrate a special occasion with delicious, sustainably sourced food. Enjoy the intimate dining room or dine under the redwood tree on the romantic garden patio.

Head to Gregoire with a $100 gift card! The North Berkeley restaurant is a tiny culinary gem, tantalizing taste buds with a unique selection of French-inspired gourmet sandwiches (and don't forget those frites!). Led by French-trained chef Gregoire Jacquet, they use classical French cooking techniques and the finest organic ingredients. And don't miss the signature potato puffs - they're a must-try! Whether you're dining in or grabbing takeout, you're in for a delightful culinary experience that seamlessly blends tradition with innovation. Savor the rotating seasonal menu, celebrating the best of California's bounty!

Enjoy a dinner for two at Ramen Shop on College Avenue! After eight years working at Chez Panisse, Sam White opened the Rockridge restaurant ten years ago. He calls his cuisine "the purest form of comfort food," based on an "amazing cross-cultural mash-up that translates to everyone." Apparently so! Ramen Shop serves what some believe is the best ramen in the United States.

Enjoy this pairing of a $75 giftcard to Gather in central Berkeley and a copy of the 40th anniversary edition of Mollie Katzen's Moosewood Cookbook. Gather offers local, organic, ethically sourced food and drink in a warm, sustainably-created space with both indoor seating and a popular outdoor greenhouse patio that is covered and heated for all-year enjoyment. Equally popular with omnivores, vegans, and vegetarians!

In 1974, Mollie Katzen hand-wrote, illustrated, and locally published a spiral-bound notebook of recipes for vegetarian dishes inspired by those she and fellow cooks served at their small restaurant co-op in Ithaca, New York. Several iterations and millions of copies later, the Moosewood Cookbook has become one of the most influential and beloved cookbooks of all time -inducted into the James Beard Award Cookbook Hall of Fame and named a Cookbook Classic by the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

If you're going plant-based (or want to), you'll love this $50 gift certificate to The Butcher's Son, accompanied by a copy of Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes by Bryant Terry. The Butcher's Son was founded by brother-sister duo Peter Fikaris and Christina Stobing, who grew up in the restaurant business, working at their dad's American-style diner in their teens. Today, they are working to make plant-based food more accessible to everyone, inspired by the diner of their childhood. With an aim to provide nostalgic comfort food without a trace of animals, The Butcher's Son has become a favorite among vegans and non-vegans alike.

Vegetable Kingdom includes more than 100 beautifully simple recipes that teach you the basics of a great vegan meal centered on real food, not powders or meat substitutes. From the James Beard Award-winning chef and author of Afro-Vegan.