Email Author Jonathan Kauffman

Awards

• 2010 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published July 1, 2009

  "... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of German Butterballs"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 18, 2009

  "Healing from a Hot Pot"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 9, 2009

  "Drawing Room Comedy"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2009

  "... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of German Butterballs"

• 2009 - Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals, published January 23, 2008

  "What I Saw, and Ate, at the Pig 'Sacrifice'"

• 2009 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published October 23, 2008

  "Juno Aces on Ambience"

• 2009 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published October 16, 2008

  "Nostalgic for Where You've Never Been"

• 2009 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published January 23, 2008

  "Slices of Life"

• 2008 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published August 15, 2007

  "Teriyaki's Boss"

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published November 30, 2005

  "Endangered Species"

• 2006 - Association of Food Journalists Awards

  Restaurant Criticism

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2012 Stories by Jonathan Kauffman

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  FEATURED STORY

  Number 17: Z&Y Restaurant's Fish With Flaming Chile Oil

  published Apr 20, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rThe next time your best friend pretends she's not dieting but is "cleansing" her body of "toxins" with a little bout of ... More >>

• Original Joe's: Take a Nostalgic Tour of S.F. Culinary History

  published April 25, 2012

  Dining at a place like the newly reborn More >>

• SFoodie's 50 Favorites: Saha's Vegan Kibbeh

  published April 25, 2012

  Though more than a third of the dishes on its menus include meat, More >>

• Number 18: Auntie April's Fried Catfish

  published Apr 19, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rThe subtitle to April Spears' Bayview restaurant is "Chicken & Waffles," but her signature dish is overshadowed by "... More >>

• Sam Wo Is Closingr The Heartbreak.

  published Apr 19, 2012

  Inside Scoop just broke the news that the beloved, ancient, and wretchedly constructed Sam Wo, subject of this week's Rice Plate Journal, is closing after tomorrow night. Permanently.What are all the ... More >>

• Is the Pollo a la Brasa Better at Bayview Limon, Brasa, or Inkasr

  published Apr 18, 2012

  You could make a case for the diversity of the Bay Area's food scene just by focusing on roast chicken. We have more than one Jordanian roast chicken shop, as well as French and Italian roast chicke... More >>

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  Number 20: Vegan Kibbeh at Saha Arabic Fusion

  published Apr 17, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rThough more than a third of the dishes on its menus include meat, Saha -- Mohamed and Marmee Aboghanem's stylish Tenderlo... More >>

• Number 21: Starter Bakery's Hazelnut Kouign Amann

  published Apr 16, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rAlthough Ti Kouz has stopped serving krampouz, Bay Area eaters are still struggling to pronounce Breton words thanks to ... More >>

• Sam Wo: Still The Most Charming Dive in Chinatown

  published Apr 16, 2012

  Rice Plate Journal is a yearlong project to canvass Chinatown, block by block, discovering the good, the bad, and the hopelessly mediocre. Maximum entree price: $10. It seems strange to visit Sam Wo ... More >>

• SFoodie's 50 Favorites: Asparagus and Egg Sandwich

  published April 18, 2012

  The Germans, of course, have a word for one of our favorite times of year: Spargelzeit, or asparagus season. The appearance of asparagus is the... More >>

• Number 22: Pupusas at Cafe and Restaurant Montecristo

  published Apr 13, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rJust a few streets down from McLaren Park, on a stretch of Geneva that takes you from San Francisco to Daly City and the... More >>

• The Bird Is the Word: Surveying the Bay Area's Peruvian Rotisseries

  published April 18, 2012

  In the final days of 1949, a few years before Ray Kroc and Glenn Bell would change the American diet forever, two Swiss-Peruvians named Roger... More >>

• Why You Should Go See Tamar Adler Read at Omnivore

  published Apr 13, 2012

  It's rare for a cookbook to be devoted to making and using leftovers, and eating meals as simple as a bowl of chicken broth or a plate of cold roasted vegetables. But Tamar Adler's An Everlasting Mea... More >>

• Vote for Your Favorite Restaurants in Our Best of San Francisco Readers' Poll

  published Apr 12, 2012

  SF Weekly's annual Best of San Francisco issue is coming out May 16, which means ur editors and contributors are currently scouring the city, selecting our picks for what makes life worth living here... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Cater2.Me Starts Up BetaKitchen, a FiDi Lunchtime Popup

  published Apr 12, 2012

  "I used to work at a financial company downtown," says Zach Yungst, "where I realized that there were good lunch options at Ferry Building but pretty poor options otherwise." Last year, Yungst and a... More >>

• Gustavo Arellano on San Francisco Tamales, Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs, Taco Bell, Part 2

  published Apr 12, 2012

  According to this week's cover story, written by Gustavo Arellano, San Francisco played a surprising and key role in the spread of Mexican food across America. The story is an excerpt from Arellano's ... More >>

• Before the Mission Burrito Came the San Francisco Tamale: An Interview with Gustavo Arellano, Part 1

  published Apr 11, 2012

  San Francisco has gotten used to thinking of itself as a remote outpost in the Mexican diaspora, since our lively but embattled Mexican American community is dwarfed by much larger ones in Los Angeles... More >>

• Number 24: Le Sanctuaire's Vadouvan

  published Apr 11, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rIn 2005, a Los Angeles chef named Ludovic Lefebvre asked Le Sanctuaire, a merchant of spices and molecular-gastronomy to... More >>

• Cedar Hill Kitchen + Smokehouse Has Flashes of Greatness

  published Apr 11, 2012

  West Coast barbecue, almost any Southerner/Texan/Missouran/carnivore will tell you, is not known for its excellence. But lord, do we keep trying. San Francisco's BBQ boom -- I can count nine restauran... More >>

• Number 25: Cobb Louis Salad at Nettie's Crab Shack

  published Apr 10, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition r"Arrange lettuce leaves around the inside of a salad bowl, with a few sliced leaves on the bottom," writes Victor Hirtzl... More >>

• Research Says: Buy the Flour + Water Dinner, Not the Chair

  published Apr 10, 2012

  A couple weeks ago, New York magazine ran a profile of "young foodies" who shocked the reporter by spending up to 25 percent of their disposable income on restaurants and artisanal, well, anything.&nb... More >>

• Number 26: Soy Sauce Chicken from Happy Bakery & Deli

  published Apr 09, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rWith the exception of a good egg, Western cooks seem to have lost the art of poaching. Sometime in the 1970s, restaurant... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Imperial Palace: Great People, Lousy Dim Sum

  published Apr 09, 2012

  Rice Plate Journal is a yearlong project to canvass Chinatown, block by block, discovering the good, the bad, and the hopelessly mediocre. Maximum entree price: $10.All due respect to the woman who gr... More >>

• Cedar Hill Kitchen + Smokehouse: Barbecue That's Often Aces

  published April 11, 2012

  One piece of advice for those of you who go to More >>

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  Number 27: The Jewish-Style Artichoke from Locanda

  published Apr 06, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rArtichokes were originally a Jewish specialty in Italy, writes Cucina Ebraica author Joyce Goldstein, but now&... More >>