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

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  FEATURED STORY

  Could a Soda Tax Save Livesr

  published Jan 13, 2012

  In April last year, the California state Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation shot down AB 669, Assemblymember Bill Monning's attempt to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on all sweetened beverages, su... More >>

• Kauffman's Rules for Maximizing Your Fancy Food Show Trip

  published Jan 12, 2012

  This weekend, the annual NASFT Fancy Food Show occupies the Moscone Convention Center -- practically all of it -- bringing thousands of chocolatiers, cracker manufacturers, and C-list food celebs... More >>

• Wired Searches Out Roofie-Detection Devices

  published Jan 12, 2012

  In the wake of last weekend's horrifying roofie-rape report -- a woman visiting San Francisco was drugged at a bar downtown and awoke in a man's bedroom in the Sunset -- Wired has published a primer o... More >>

• Mark Liberman: "I Don't Want People to Be Eating a Plate of Jellies"

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Right before today's review of AQ ran, I had a quick chance to talk to its chef, Mark Liberman. Before coming to San Francisco in 2007, Liberman staged at Daniel Boulud's Daniel and cooked for Joel Ro... More >>

• TSA Clarification: You Can Take Some Kinds of Cupcakes on Planes

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Thanks to NPR, SFoodie now knows what to pack the next time we plan to drive straight from Kingdom Cake to SFO. On its blog, the federal Transportation Security Agency has just issued some clarifying ... More >>

• AQ's Food Is as Intricate as It Is Seasonal

  published Jan 11, 2012

  There are restaurant reviews a critic finishes feeling content to have said all that he wants to say about a place. And then there are places like Matt Semmelhack and Mark Liberman's AQ -- the subject... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  The Foie Gras Ban Countdown Begins

  published Jan 10, 2012

  You have five and a half months left to eat foie gras. Back in 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law SF-1520, which banned the sale and production of foie gras. The law was simultaneously hai... More >>

• The U.S. Revolutionizes Its Fishing Policy

  published Jan 10, 2012

  The United States may have a reputation for being an ecological scofflaw, refusing to sign global carbon-emissions agreements and selling GM crops to farmers ill equipped to pay for copyright-protecte... More >>

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  Seoul Patch's Korean Fried Chicken Sando

  published Jan 09, 2012

  Four months after its debut, Seoul Patch, a lunchtime popup operating out of Rocketfish in Potrero Hill, continues to evolve. Chef Eric Ehler's been spinning out his original ideas -- all Korean-Ameri... More >>

• There's a Reason We Think Lard Is Unhealthy: Marketing

  published Jan 09, 2012

  Lard wasn't always considered artery-clogging gunk or the rebel chef's fat of choice. A century ago, rendered pig fat was just what American cooks used -- for frying, cakes, biscuits, and hundreds of ... More >>

• AQ: Blend of Modernist and Seasonal Creates Impressive Plates

  published January 11, 2012

  A thick stripe of black sesame purée bisected the first plate to greet our table at More >>

• Cold Coffee, Cold Chicken, and Hot Bama Messes: This Week in Food Bloggery

  published Jan 06, 2012

  Highlights from the blog this week:r 1. SFoodie's late-night cooking-channel scout, Michael Leaverton, discovers Bama Glama, whose dethgoth, party-planning host wears spiked sunglasses (yes, photogra... More >>

• Why Don't We Send Waiters to Schoolr

  published Jan 06, 2012

  Up until the middle of the last century, being a waiter required a significant amount of culinary skill: You didn't just greet customers and deliver food, you dressed salads, carved chickens and debon... More >>

• San Francisco's Top 10 Burritos

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Within five minutes of arguing with any San Franciscan about the best burrito in town, it becomes clear that what makes a great burrito is different for all of us. For some people, greatness is imposs... More >>

• Why Do We Put Pepper on Everythingr

  published Jan 05, 2012

  On Slate this week, Sara Dickerman asks a question that has bugged SFoodie for years now: Out of all the spices in the world, why has black pepper become the one we season everything withr Europeans h... More >>

• Wo Hing General Store: Cantonese Home Cooking Not for the Masses

  published Jan 04, 2012

  It took me a few weeks to sort through my feelings about Charles Phan's new Wo Hing General Store, the subject of this week's full-length restaurant review in the paper. The Slanted Door owner is nati... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  San Francisco's Minimum Wage Is Now the Nation's Highest

  published Jan 04, 2012

  As of January 1, 2011, San Francisco's minimum wage went up from $9.92 to $10.24, which now makes it the nation's highest. California state's federal minimum wage is $8 -- that means San Franciscans a... More >>

• ABC Bakery Cafe: All About the Hoi Nam Chicken

  published Jan 03, 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. If you're looking for someone to b... More >>

• You Ate a Ton of Food Last Year

  published Jan 03, 2012

  Yeah, that's what most of us have been saying to ourselves over the past few weeks, but it's true, according to the USDA. NPR's food correspondant, Allison Aubrey, looked over the agency's food consum... More >>

• Wo Hing General Store: Charles Phan Tries Cantonese Food

  published January 4, 2012

  Déjà vu arrived along with More >>

• Fresh Eats: Gordon Edgar Chooses His Favorite New Cheeses

  published January 4, 2012

  By this point in his career, Gordon Edgar, head cheese-buyer at Rainbow Grocery and author of Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge, knows a... More >>