I spent this summer eating my way through the Bay Area, should you ever have the chance to visit this lovely place, try my Top 10 favorite food-related things to do:
1. Eat a salad with garden-fresh vegetables 吃田园新鲜蔬菜做的沙拉
Fresh from my aunt's garden 众多含有“替代原料”的食物
2. Go to Whole Foods and be blown away by the number of food choices you have. Peruse thousands of specialty foods, items for people with dietary restrictions (dairy-free, gluten-free, kosher, low-fat, ect) and environmentally conscious products (grass-fed, free-range, organic), I have never seen anything quite like it anywhere else in the world. My favorite is the gluten-free aisle, who new you could have so many different types of rice crackers?
当你进到Whole Foods超市后，你会被琳琅满目的食品选择吓倒的。细细阅读成千上万的特色食品，无论是对于饮食有限制的人（无乳品、无麸质、犹太人食物还有低脂肪食物等）还是对于那些喜欢有环保意识的产品（青草喂养食品，自由放养的产品，有机食品）的人，我在之前在世界的其他地方还没有看过像这样的东西。我最喜欢的是无麸质食品的走道。你在哪里可以看见像这里这么多款式的米果呢？
Multitude of "alternative ingredients" food
3. Try strange and healthy beverages like kombucha. It has a history in China (红茶菇) but has become especially trendy in the U.S. About the same cost as a latte but much better for your digestion.
尝试一下红茶菇这样的奇怪的和健康的饮料。它在中国已经有一段历史了，但是在美国也是最近才变得时髦起来的。虽然花的钱和一杯拿铁差不多，但是对你的消化确是有好处。
A bubbly floating bacterial colony drink, actually delicious 一杯冒着泡泡的细菌饮料，其实很可口的哦
4. Visit the farmer’s market and chat with the people that make your food. It really does taste better when it’s fresh and in-season.
访问农贸市场，跟那些给你提供食物的人聊天。当一样东西新鲜且处于最好季节的时候，它确实口感会更好。
5. While at the Farmer’s Market, eat free samples! 在市场免费试吃！
Can I have another sir? 我可以再尝一个么？
6. Try a raw food restaurant and be surprised by how good it can be! This is a “pizza” from Cafe Gratitude in San Francisco.
去一间做生的食物的餐厅尝试一下，你就会感叹它会有多好！这是一个在旧金山Gratitude咖啡厅的一个“比萨”。
7. Eat lots and lots of salad. Salad bars abound in the Bay Area, my all-time favorite is a chain called Pluto’s, you can get a huge salad with multiple toppings for $6. Who said healthy food is only for the rich?
吃很多很多的沙拉。沙拉吧在海湾地区比比皆是，我最喜欢的是一个叫Pluto’s的连锁店，你花6美元就可以买到一个很多面层配料的大沙拉。谁说只要有钱人才能吃健康食品？
Salad bars, you can never eat too many greens 沙拉吧，你从来没有吃这么多的蔬菜
8. Buy food from good farms. The transparency system in the US is not perfect, but there are ways to get information about your food and the quality of the farms before you make purchasing decisions. After much deliberation and research on rating sites like Cornucopia.org, I bought these eggs for their high scores in chicken welfare and sustainability.
从好农场中买食物。美国的透明制度虽不完美，但是我们还是有办法在做出购买决策之前得到食物和农场的质量信息。在仔细研究了像Cornucopia.org这样的评级网站以后，我从鸡的福利和可持续发展中获得高分的产品中挑了这些鸡蛋。
9. Let entrepreneurs help you find good food. Silicon Valley is a mecca for food innovation and startups. I had a fantastic, reasonably priced gourmet dinner in San Francisco through Grub.ly, a mobile service that connects you to chefs who host small private dinners at their homes. The best part? The 10 dining slots are filled with other people who sign up via grub.ly’s mobile service in your area, so it’s a great way to make new friends who live nearby.
让企业家帮你找到好食品。硅谷是食品创新和创业的圣地，通过Grub.ly这个移动服务，我在旧金山吃了一顿梦幻般的，价格合理的美食晚餐。这个移动装置能将你和那些能在自己的家园托管小型私人晚宴的厨师联系。最好的部分是什么？10个位置上都是使用这个移动装置去报名参加的人，所以这对于想结交住在附近的人来说，绝对是一个最好的方法。
Other cool concepts are Culture Kitchen, where you can learn ethnic cuisine from women immigrants, ShopWell, which let’s you scan barcodes to get health information and recommendations in the grocery store, and Spoondate, blind dates organized around whatever food you’re craving at the moment.
其他很酷的概念还有Culture Kitchen，在那里你可以从女移民那里学习地方特色的菜式；还有ShopWell这个杂货店，在那里我们只要扫描条形码就可以得到健康的信息和建议；不能不提的是Spoondate，它可以为你的相亲安排任何你喜欢的食物。
Grub.ly dinner with Raw Food Chef Jillian Love in San Francisco 和Grub.ly生食厨师Jilian在旧金山共度晚餐
10. Find a friend at Google who will invite you to eat at the Mountain View campus. This is simply the most amazing free lunch you’ll ever have. Google really stands out for cutting edge workplace food initiatives to help employees eat healthy.
在谷歌上找一个朋友去邀请你去山景城校园吃饭。这简直是你遇到的、最神奇的免费的午餐。谷歌真的是代表了最尖端的工作场所食物行动，每一个员工都能吃得很健康。
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