Growing up in the suburbs of San Jose, California, all I ever dreamed of was leaving town. Yet the farther away I moved and the more I traveled the globe, my appreciation of what I thought was ...

Typewriter wallpaper in a hallway at The Pressroom in downtown San Jose. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) The freshly baked Beignets at The Pressroom come with three dipping sauces; chocolate ...