Email Author Tamara Palmer

2010 Stories by Tamara Palmer

• East Bay Chefs Plan Deep South Battle

  published Oct 18, 2010

  Berkeley's FIVE restaurant hosts "Seasonal Showdown Dinners" wherein executive chef/owner Scott Howard typically battles his own chef Banks White, but for the fall they're joining forces to compete a... More >>

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  Who Serves This Bowl of Comfort Foodr

  published Oct 18, 2010

  With the weather cooling down, comfort food comes back into focus. Can you guess this dish and the relatively new place pictured herer Once again, current titleholder Luis correctly figured out that ... More >>

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  NYT Cookbook Ultimate Potluck Draws SF Chefs and Mixologists

  published Oct 18, 2010

  Former New York Times editor and current columnist Amanda Hesser will celebrate the release of The Essential New York Times Cookbook in San Francisco in just the right way, by hosting an "ultimate pot... More >>

• Recoil: Show Preview

  published October 20, 2010

  Recoil is the brainchild of producer Alan Wilder, best known for his 15-year stint as one of the key souls behind the synthesizers in... More >>

• Don't Take Your Kimchi Burrito For Granted

  published Oct 15, 2010

  Our favorite morsels from the blogs. Eater National (via New York Times) alerts us to this poignant sight of South Korean citizens receiving government-subsidized cabbage, which has recently risen t... More >>

• Meatpaper Celebrates the Sandwich

  published Oct 15, 2010

  Meatpaper, our favorite carnivorous quarterly, is launching a little sister called Sandwich, a special issue dedicated to looking at sammies across the globe. The journal will throw her and editor Mar... More >>

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  Huerta Vida, a Smoky and Spicy Intoxicator by Gather

  published Oct 15, 2010

  Esquire named Sean Baker of Gather its 2010 Chef of the Year earlier in the week, so spirits are particularly high in this charming Berkeley restaurant right now. The cocktail we chose to toast his su... More >>

• What's Your Fantasy Food Truckr

  published Oct 14, 2010

  Our favorite morsel from the blogs. There's a fun brainstorming contest taking place over at the Good blog. Readers are invited to submit their best ideas for meals on wheels; signature dishes (as co... More >>

• 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' Offers Tips for Dining Shutterbugs

  published Oct 14, 2010

  If you're one of those freaks like us who's obsessed with taking photos of your food, you're certainly not alone. It's almost more jarring not to see a shutterbug at a restaurant at any given time. Th... More >>

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  In Praise of Local Ice Cream Sandwiches

  published Oct 13, 2010

  If you haven't noticed, it's been pretty darned hot outside this week, and glorious ice cream sandwich season is definitely here. We've been scarfing down many flavor-forward versions of this confecti... More >>

• Growing Popcorn Shoots

  published Oct 13, 2010

  The Sprout People of San Francisco have an impressive online business selling everything you need to sprout seeds, beans, nuts, and grains, and a cool YouTube channel demonstrating just how easy it is... More >>

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  A16's Funghi Pizza

  published Oct 13, 2010

  Wednesday, October 13, 2010 A16 recently underwent some minor renovations to add some additional seats last month, and some simple touches have made a big difference. A steely gray-black coat of pain... More >>

• Saturday: Bake Sale and Street Food Party Benefits Nick Harper's Recovery

  published Oct 12, 2010

  Wholesome Bakery proprietor Mandy Harper has organized a bakesale and street food party this Saturday to raise money to help her brother Nick defray medical costs in his fight against brain cancer. Th... More >>

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  Ben Tre, Scharffen Berger's Vietnamese Single-Origin Chocolate Bar

  published Oct 12, 2010

  Scharffen Berger chocolate maker Ray Major lovingly details the genesis of the company's Ben Tre 72% dark chocolate on the company's blog. Made from beans of seven-year-old cacao trees planted in the ... More >>

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  Sidekick's Cottage Cheese Dumpling Soup

  published Oct 12, 2010

  Tuesday, October 12, 2010 rWe don't frequently rave about soup, but we shook our head and marveled at every slurp of the cottage-cheese dumpling variety we recently inhaled at Cowgirl Creamery's new ... More >>

• Rocky's Frybread Has All the Right Bumps and Lumps

  published Oct 11, 2010

  We met the affable Rocky Yazzie of Rocky's Frybread when he unexpectedly set up in front of Fabric8's "Local Flavor" on Friday night, next to the gallery's frequently appearing street food vendors Sou... More >>

• Global Soul Truck Relocates to Los Angeles, Where It's Easier to Operate

  published Oct 11, 2010

  Global Soul, a food truck we've followed since its test-run days in the Mission this summer, has relocated to Los Angeles. SFoodie e-mailed proprietors Jessica Phadungsilp and Christina Aviles to find... More >>

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  Who Serves This Pizzar

  published Oct 11, 2010

  If there's anything San Francisco needs more of, it's pizza joints. (Kidding.) Can you name the restaurant where this picture was snapped, as well as what kind of pizza this isr Please take a shot in ... More >>

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  This Weekend: Andrew Zimmern and Chris Cosentino Storm Off the Grid McCoppin

  published Oct 11, 2010

  We first brought you the news that Andrew Zimmern was returning to San Francisco to film more footage with Incanto chef/Food Network star Chris Cosentino for an upcoming episode of Zimmern's Travel Ch... More >>

• DJ Rap: Show Preview

  published October 13, 2010

  The more-than-15-year career of producer, label owner, and mixstress DJ Rap (Charissa Saverio) has been dominated by drum 'n' bass. But... More >>

• Sunday: Protest of Live Poultry Sales at Heart of the City Market

  published Oct 08, 2010

  Local organization LGBT Compassion has been protesting the sale of live poultry r carelessly stuffed in double bags r at Civic Center's Heart of the City Market for more than a year. Since then, organ... More >>

• The Lychee Martini, a Sweet Sip at Seasons Bar

  published Oct 08, 2010

  The cocktail menu at the Seasons Bar and Lounge inside the Four Seasons Hotel is not good for the indecisive. You're likely to flip through the pages and flirt with a number of possibilities. One love... More >>

• Mariquita's Rolling Pumpkin Patch at Piccino

  published Oct 07, 2010

  Watsonville's Mariquita Farm grows incredible organic produce for a who's-who of top Bay Area restaurants as well as the public, delivered via CSAs and biweekly Mystery Box deliveries. This Sat., Oct.... More >>

• A Peek Into Tell Tale Preserve's October Society Bag

  published Oct 07, 2010

  As we've noted, in advance of his Maiden Lane bakery (due this fall), William Werner's Tell Tale Preserve Co. has set up a case of treats at Coffee Bar in Potrero Hill and launched a monthly offering... More >>

• Humphry Slocombe Introduces Kombucha Sorbet

  published Oct 06, 2010

  We hurried to Humphry Slocombe today as soon as we saw a tweet announcing the debut of ginger pineapple kombucha sorbet, the first we've heard of anyone using the cultured beverage as dessert applicat... More >>