Email Author Jonathan Kauffman

Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 2, 2011

  "Shark's Fin - Understanding the Political Soup"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 17, 2011

  "Tacko: The Nantucket Gringo Take on the Taco"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 19, 2011

  "Leatherneck Steakhouse"

• 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

• SFoodie's 50 Favorites: Baker & Banker's Blueberry Muffin

  published March 14, 2012

  Over the next two months, SFoodie is counting down our favorite 50 things to eat and drink in 2012. This is No. 49. There is no... More >>

• Should We Be Replacing Chicken With Faux Meatr

  published Mar 12, 2012

  This weekend, the New York Times' food-policy opinionator and recipe columnist Mark Bittman, a longtime opponent of processed foods, came out in favor of faux chicken. He's found a chicken substitute ... More >>

• Number 47: ICHI Sushi's Tai Nigiri

  published Mar 09, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rNo one -- certainly not in San Francisco, possibly in the country -- is making sushi quite like Tim Archuleta at ICHI Su... More >>

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  Kam Lok Is Moderately Loud and Somewhat Close

  published Mar 09, 2012

  rRice 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. Despite the noise that buffets t... More >>

• Is "i" the New "Mc"r The Rise of the iRestaurant

  published Mar 09, 2012

  Two weeks ago, the Weekly reviewed iSkewers, a now three-month-old restaurant serving skewers and dumplings in the Outer Sunset. iSkewers (2407 Judah) opened in the same month as iThai (720 Post) and ... More >>

• Number 48: Fish With Explosive Chiles From Spices!

  published Mar 08, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rIf you couldn't tell from its name, Spices! has a penchant for hyperbole. The local chain of Taiwanese-Sichuan restaur... More >>

• State Bird Provisions' Stuart Brioza Talks Dim Sum

  published Mar 08, 2012

  rRight before filing this week's review of State Bird Provisions, Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski's new restaurant in the Fillmore, I spoke to Brioza, the restaurant's savory chef (Krasinski is the... More >>

• The Window @ Coffee Bar Announces a Month's Worth of Popups

  published Mar 07, 2012

  Last month, SFoodie mentioned that Coffee Bar was looking for popup vendors who wanted to sell food out of a window on the site of its forthcoming cafe. According to Nathan Downs, events coordinator f... More >>

• Number 49: Baker & Banker Bakery's Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffin

  published Mar 07, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rThere is no glory to the muffin. After cornflakes and milk, it's the most prosaic breakfast imaginable, the kind of th... More >>

• State Bird Provisions' Plates May Be Tiny, But They're Mighty Exciting

  published Mar 07, 2012

  Considering the shrinking of the entree that has taken place over the past two decades, the American dim sum that Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski are serving at State Bird Provisions -- the subject... More >>

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  Number 50: Cafe Zitouna's Kufta Tajine

  published Mar 06, 2012

  SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition rDoes it sound like a paradox to say that Cafe Zitouna's kufta tajine is spicy and comforting at the same timer Perhaps. A... More >>

• California Cottage Food Bill Could Make It Easier to Start a Small Food Business

  published Mar 06, 2012

  As SFoodie's "Going Legit" series last summer chronicled, starting a food business in this city is almost ludicrously difficult. Even if you go on the cheap, navigating city and state regulations and ... More >>

• SFoodie's 2012 Countdown of Our 50 Favorite Dishes Begins Tomorrow

  published Mar 05, 2012

  Seeing as how the annotated list is the defining form of writing in the 21st century, SFoodie is set to unveil our chef d'oeuvre: That's right, SFoodie's third annual list of our 50 favorite dishes in... More >>

• State Bird Provisions: Western Dim Sum Constantly Surprises

  published March 7, 2012

  First to come around was a tray of crudités, each of the small plates a minimalist collage: a single baby fennel spear, whirled pyramids... More >>

• Oakland's Taco Trucks Have Become Robbery Targets

  published Mar 05, 2012

  While San Francisco's gourmet food-truck keeps expanding and Oakland's new-wave food trucks push the city to let them cover new territory, the East Bay city's taco trucks -- the ones who predated and ... More >>

• Where to Eat Foie Gras This Week: Campton Place and Prospect

  published Mar 02, 2012

  Counting down the meals before July 1, when California's foie gras ban takes effect.While Wolfgang Puck is urging restaurants to get used to the forthcoming ban on foie gras, San Francisco chefs are t... More >>

• The Eco-Foodie Version of Baby Panda Photos

  published Mar 02, 2012

  The Perennial Plate Episode 92: Little Radish from Daniel Klein on Vimeo. Because sometimes you wake up in the morning and you don't have the energy to confront the emptying of the oceans, the ... More >>

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  Napoleon Super Bakery Is All About the Bun

  published Mar 01, 2012

  Rice Plate Journal is a yearlong project to canvas Chinatown, block by block, discovering the good, the bad, and the hopelessly mediocre. Maximum entree price: $10. While Good Mong Kok Bakery, ... More >>

• North America's Best Food Writing Gig Now Taking Applications

  published Mar 01, 2012

  The city of Richmond, B.C. -- a suburb of Vancouver, Canada's balmiest city -- has just put out a call for what may be the best food-writing job on the continent. Michelin inspectorr Nothing so secret... More >>

• Sushi or Dim Sumr Ice House's Fan Tuan Is Kind of Both

  published Feb 29, 2012

  This week's review of i-Skewers put SFoodie in a dumpling frame of mind -- specifically, a Shanghai-style sheng jian bao frame of mind -- and in our zig-zagging travels around the Avenues, looking for... More >>

• i-Skewers Actually Specializes in Dumplings and Grilled Vegetables

  published Feb 29, 2012

  Why would you go to a restaurant named i-Skewersr How can you not check out a restaurant named i-Skewersr I asked myself that not a few times before finally stopping in this new Northern Chinese resta... More >>

• San Francisco Goes in for Guerrilla Grafting, While Seattle Plants an Edible Park

  published Feb 29, 2012

  The San Francisco-based Guerrilla Grafters have been receiving a slew of press this past month, including writeups in the Bay Citizen and Huffington Post. The Grafters are a loose group of people... More >>

• More on Food Trucks and Schools: Shrinking SF Guidelines, Amending AB 1678

  published Feb 28, 2012

  Last week, SFoodie reported that a new bill introduced into the state assembly threatens San Francisco's growing street food scene. AB 1678, introduced by Assemblymember Bill Monning of Carmel, would ... More >>

• Should We Be Regulating Sugar User

  published Feb 28, 2012

  There is a growing momentum to begin treating refined sugars -- white table sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, the "evaporated cane juice" natural-foods products advertise on their labels -- in the same... More >>

• i-Skewers: Housemade Dumplings Are Skewers' Superior

  published February 29, 2012

  Standing across the street from i-Skewers, trying to decide whether you should even be going to a restaurant named More >>