Google Doodle Thanksgiving 2025: Thanksgiving Day will bring more than just turkey and family gatherings. It has also brought a beautiful visual treat to the Google homepage. The long-awaited Google ...

Charlie Ayers thought his bosses—Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin—were crazy when they hired him as their 53rd employee in 1999. A Silicon Valley tech start-up hiring a full-time chef? "Some ...

If you have a friend or acquaintance who works for Google, you've undoubtedly heard about the food. The vast array of free meals is, unequivocally, the first thing a new hire gushes about. "You can ...

Nine years after opening Calafia in Palo Alto’s Town & Country Village, Charlie Ayers — he was Google’s first executive chef — has abruptly closed the farm-to-table restaurant. “Money wasn’t coming ...

As far as the clientele goes, it's hard to imagine two more different groups than the ones Chef Peter Callis has cooked for at his last two jobs. Up until a few months ago, Peter was the executive ...

What's the difference between a clam and an oyster? If you're on the reality TV competition "Top Chef," it would be good thing to know. Unfortunately, contestant Preeti Mistry, who also happens to be ...

Nate Keller, popular chef at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, will give a cooking demonstration as part of a benefit event for the San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) Trauma Recovery Center.

So I cooked for Chef Charlie. Let me explain. I'll start at the beginning. It was early 2004. I had recently joined Google's AdSense team (yep, you haven't seen this on my resume, there is a reason ...

The big news yesterday was a piece in the Wall Street Journal which reported that Zynga was demanding stock back from early employees in the run up to their public offering. Employees were being ...

Chef Charlie Ayers knows a thing or two about shaping startup culture. Ayers joined Google as its first executive chef way back in 1999, when the company had less than 50 employees. After getting ...

Nine years after opening Calafia in Palo Alto’s Town & Country Village, Charlie Ayers — he was Google’s first executive chef — has abruptly closed the farm-to-table restaurant. “Money wasn’t coming ...