{"id":240707,"date":"2026-03-28T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240707\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:15:23","slug":"roast-toast-makes-a-fantastic-palestinian-knafeh-dessert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240707\/","title":{"rendered":"Roast &#038; Toast makes a fantastic Palestinian knafeh dessert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I paid a visit to Roast &amp; Toast, a caf\u00e9 in Berkeley known for booza, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/food\/restaurants\/article\/roast-toast-ice-cream-berkeley-20350172.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stretchy ice cream<\/a>. While I enjoyed the airy, elastic texture of the mastic flavor, the most memorable treat was the Palestinian-style knafeh, a dessert of stretchy cheese with a crisp top layer of semolina. The syrupy sweetness brought to mind a pancake, while the faintly cultured cheese turned it savory. I\u2019ll be back for the Turkish-style version, which uses shredded phyllo for the top.<\/p>\n<p>Roast &amp; Toast. 1746 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 341-946-9824<\/p>\n<p>I had lunch at\u00a0Poesia Caf\u00e9 in downtown, which is the second location of the Castro District spot. The menu consists of baked goods and focaccia sandwiches. I chose the Bologna, a mortadella sandwich swiped with pistachio-infused ricotta and sundried tomatoes. It was solid overall, but the sweetness of the tomatoes was overpowering. I most liked the maritozzo, a dessert bun filled with a layer of sweetened cream and garnished with crumbled pistachios.<\/p>\n<p>Day Moon. 3928 Irving St., San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I paid a visit to Roast &amp; Toast, a caf\u00e9 in Berkeley known for booza, or stretchy ice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[332,413,143,145,144,412],"class_list":["post-240707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-east-bay","tag-food","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}