This week, peruse a fresh-from-the-field dispatch on Outside Lands 2026’s Taste of the Bay Area from a 17-time festival food pornographer. Luckily, the Bay Area is having an especially big boom of coffee, tea, and pastries right now—to the extent that DJs such as myself want coffee gigs instead of club gigs. Arquet’s lobster roll and Sorrel’s fried chicken sandwichWise Sons x Outta Sight’s collaboration collectionTeam work, dream workCulinary team work made a big impression over the weekend. Taste of the Bay Area curator Tanya Kollar highlighted several collaborative concepts that made weekend-only menus just for this year. Team work makes the prices work for the indie freelance team!