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2013 Stories by Anna Roth

• Wine Kitchen: Small Plates and Gentrification on Divisadero

  published May 15, 2013

  Divisadero is under construction. At least that's how it feels walking the stretch between Fell and Geary — on every block there's at... More >>

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  Shuck and Jive: Drakes Bay Oyster Company Forces a Redefinition of Environmentalism

  published May 15, 2013

  Photograph by Gil Riego Jr. Oysters courtesy of... More >>

• Got Cash To Burnr La Cocina's Online Auction Has Sweet S.F. Prizes

  published May 14, 2013

  La Cocina, the food business incubator for low-income and immigrant women entrepreneurs, is hosting its inaugural gala tonight, and to accompany it there's an online silent auction that has some tasty... More >>

• Art and Food Join Forces at SFMOMA's Collaboration With Hip S.F. Restaurants

  published May 13, 2013

  SFMOMA may be closing for renovations on June 2, but the it's not slacking on its well-established relationship between food and art in the meantime. In honor of the closing of the exhibit Ben Kinmont... More >>

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  Bottle Rock: Napa Festival's Attempt To Combine Food, Wine, and Music Falls Short

  published May 11, 2013

  It seems like a good idea on paper: Throw a music festival in wine country where guests can go wine-tasting and sample some of the region's best restaurants in between musical acts. That was the focus... More >>

• Nordic Food Lab Chefs Try To Make Insects Appeal To a Crowd

  published May 10, 2013

  "They're very soft and sort of melt on your tongue," says a chef at the Nordic Food Lab, the culinary think tank for the New Nordic Cuisine movement. "They're slightly sweet ... they're luxurious, the... More >>

• Check Out Wired's Excellent "Should I Trust This Yelp Reviewr" Flowchart

  published May 07, 2013

  In this hilarious and spot-on flowchart, Wired wades into the murky waters of Yelp trustability and comes up a comprehensive guide to when and when not to trust the crowdsourced review site. (Spoiler ... More >>

• Hard Water: Charles Phan's Exciting Expansion Into Southern Food

  published May 8, 2013

  It's all a bit mystifying why Charles Phan — who created both Slanted Door and Wo Hing General Store, and who just published a cookbook,... More >>

• MTV Casting New Cooking School Reality Show

  published May 07, 2013

  Are you an amateur chef, baker, or cooking enthusiast with a "big personality" and "fierce appetite for competition"r Well, according to MTV's casting call for its new reality show, Food School, you j... More >>

• Off the Grid Returns to AT&T Park Tomorrow, May 7

  published May 06, 2013

  The Giants aren't exactly slouches when it comes to stadium food, but if you're looking for something a little different, food truck gathering Off the Grid is returning to AT&T Park tomorrow, May 7, s... More >>

• Taste Testing Chipotle's New Patron Silver Margarita

  published May 03, 2013

  Chipotle has always offered margaritas, but they've recently ditched the pre-made mix in favor of freshly made drinks and stepping up the liquor offerings. Now customers can wash down their burrito bo... More >>

• Cook Like Ferran Adria In Your Own Kitchen With New EasyKits

  published May 03, 2013

  Modernist Cuisine At Home, Nathan Myhrvold's scaled-down version of his six-volume opus Modernist Cuisine, was supposed to be the molecular gastronomy manual for the home cook -- though according to a... More >>

• How To Give Your Beer Taste Buds a Workout

  published May 02, 2013

  How good are you at tasting beerr How well do you know your own palater Give it a tune-up with this new beer tasting workout guide published in Food & Wine by Magnolia Brewing's Dave McLean points out... More >>

• Say Goodbye to Hayes Valley Farm At Farewell Celebration This Weekend

  published May 02, 2013

  A few months ago the news broke that Hayes Valley Farm, the great urban ag experiment on the old Embarcadero Freeway on- and off-ramps, is closing its gates by June 1 to make way for a 182-unit apartm... More >>

• Coffee Break: Watch Four Dudes Make Music With An Espresso Machine

  published May 01, 2013

  Here's a fun "music video" featuring a bunch of jumpsuit-clad warehouse workers (r) making sweet sounds as they assemble a shiny red espresso machine. The video was made by espresso machine manufactur... More >>

• Padrecito: Mexican Cuisine Gets a Makeover in Cole Valley

  published May 1, 2013

  San Francisco's certainly no stranger to Mexican food, from the taquerias on every block to the upscale explorations of the cuisine at places... More >>

• Get Free Burgers At Super Duper Today

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Because you're looking for a reason to duck out of the office and go enjoy this glorious afternoon anyway, here's the perfect excuse: Today, beginning at 3 p.m., each of the five locations of Super Du... More >>

• Matchmaking At The 2013 Oyster Wine Competition

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Every year I look forward to judging the Pacific Coast Oyster Wine Competition put on by Taylor Shellfish Farms and oyster expert Jon Rowley. The setup is simple: through an extensive selection proces... More >>

• Watch the Trailer For Tasting Menu, A New Foodie Rom-Com From Spain

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Well, the new Spanish flick Tasting Menu has come up with a brilliant plot for a food-themed rom-com. It's the last night at El Bulli-like restaurant Chakula, the "best restaurant in the world," and a... More >>

• What's Up With GMO Labeling On The State Level: A Primer

  published Apr 26, 2013

  We're all sad that San Francisco has lost Jesse Hirsch, former Examiner restaurant critic and SF Weekly writer, to upstate New York and his new gig as a Modern Farmer staff writer, but we are excited ... More >>

• Watch The Zoo's Adorable Baby Tiger Cub Eat Her First Solid Food

  published Apr 26, 2013

  It's Friday! This week was better than last week! What better way to celebrate/pass the time to beer o'clock than by watching a video of the most adorable tiger cub on earth eating her first solid foo... More >>

• Watch State Bird Provisions' Stuart Brioza Fry a Whole Quail

  published Apr 25, 2013

  Chef of the moment Stuart Brioza stopped in to the Bon Appetit offices recently and showed them the secret to the restaurant's signature deep-fried quail (CA's state bird, in case you've been living u... More >>

• See What $5 Buys You In Bananas, Coffee, Beer, And Other Foods Around the World

  published Apr 25, 2013

  A few weeks ago we told you about Buzzfeed's video illustrating what 2,000 calories looks like in everything from bagels to bacon. They've followed it with a video showing what five American dollars w... More >>

• Tender Greens Is Coming To The FiDi Within Next Two Months

  published Apr 25, 2013

  Today brings news that Tender Greens is expanding to San Francisco and opening in the Financial District in May or June. For the uninitiated, Tender Greens is an SoCal-based fast-casual chain that's a... More >>

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  Rich Table's Inaugural Fried Chicken Dinner Was A Down-Home Good Time

  published Apr 24, 2013

  Last night I attended Rich Table's inaugural Sally Hurricane Southern Fried Chicken Dinner, in which the so-hot-right-now restaurant transformed itself into a casual chicken joint on a night it's usua... More >>