Bubby’s Jewish Soul Food recently reopened and, in celebration of the holiday season, is hosting a Hanukkah community party, on December 18. You can sample sweet and savory foods like latkes and sufganiyot. Feel free to bring your own menorah—and beverage of choice. There will be a community candle lighting. Other activities include Bubby’s 1st annual dreidel tournament, not to mention an ugly Hannukahh sweater contest. The fun and festivities will start at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are available at Bubbysjsf.com and in-store.

By Lorraine Pulido VIA and the San Antonio Food Bank are partnering to help make sure homebound residents don’t go hungry during these challenging times. On March 31, VIA operators began delivering meals and supplies prepared by Food Bank staff and volunteers to homes and distribution points throughout San Antonio. Deliveries will take place Monday through Friday. Since VIA joined the Food Bank’s mission to “fight hunger and feed hope,” operators have distributed more than 650 food packages to nearly 500 locations throughout the city.

The “Ancira Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram 2017 Live Music Series at The County Line” that benefits the San Antonio Food Bank is back—for its 17th year— on Thursday nights.  This popular live music series runs through August 28 at The County Line Bar-B-Q restaurant at 10101 IH-10 West (between the Wurzbach and Huebner Road exits, near the Colonnade).

When a trusted friend and tortilla connoisseur tells me of a new Mexican food restaurant, I always try to go. So, on his recommendation I ate at Wapo Taco, a restaurant that opened this past summer immediately outside Loop 410 on Babcock.

The weather is moving towards “brisk” temperatures in the 70s, pecans are falling from the trees and Los Spurs are back at it on the court. This means one thing: we’re on a fast track to Thanksgiving and that glorious food. As we all know, the centerpiece of any good Thanksgiving Day meal is the turkey—that glorious bird that’s either roasted, fried or smoked. But if you’re a trypto-fan like me, you want turkey throughout the year, not just on the holidays.

Tribeca has added several new items to its dinner menu as part of restaurateur Jean-Francois Poujol’s desire to offer guests new fare regularly with the assistance of Executive Chef Duarte Clark. New dishes include: • Striped Bass a La Plancha with olive oil, arugula and cherry tomatoes • Paella Valenciana with shrimp, mussels, lobster, chicken, chorizo, peppers and peas • Seafood Tagliatelle with white wine, lemon and butter sauce • 12-ounce New York Strip with Spanish Harissa • Rotisserie Chicken Au Jus

Henry’s Puffy Tacos, one of San Antonio’s most beloved Mexican food restaurants since 1978, will gain national recognition when it is featured in an episode of the TV series, “Food Paradise,” scheduled to air on the Travel Channel at 7 p.m. Sunday, October 16.

Maria’s Café on South Nogalitos is the quintessential San Antonio Tex-Mex dive. In business for almost 30 years, the café is a popular destination for politicos, celebrities, restaurateurs and artists alike. Andy Benavides, entrepreneur and visual artist, told me about Maria’s years ago while discussing our Mexican food favorites.

The Trinity Market is expanding its emphasis on wellness with a new partnership with the Nix Health Care System and its push toward sustainability with waste containers sponsored by CleanRiver Recycling.

This week’s Edge features a neighborhood coalition pushing back at the city and developers, the healthy eating program, ¡Por Vida! teams up with food trucks, the latest on the Zika virus and our mobile-friendly school supplies and immunizations map.