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May 15, 2012
Edibles: Burned Out on Sweets? Cheesy Popcorn is a Savory Solution
I'll admit, the whole drama that erupted between Anthony Bourdain and Paula Deen this year fascinated me. If you're not as gossip-driven as I am, here's a summary: Bourdain called out his fellow Food Network star Deen when she came out as a diabetic, despite pitching recipes like the one where she ... More >>
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May 15, 2012
The Food Network's Invention Hunters Is Predicated on a Bigger Lie Than Most Food Shows
Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at food TV. This week, Invention Hunters, a half-hour show about hunger in America, Mondays at 9 p.m. With Invention Hunters, the Food Network returns to a genre it's had much success with in the past, the Tumbledown Effort Outside Our Core Competency That ... More >>
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May 2, 2012
Cupcake Wars: The Problem With a Cupcake Show Is That It's a Cupcake Show
Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with food TV. This week, Cupcake Wars, an hour-long show about one thing, over and over, until death comes, Sundays at 8 p.m. on the Food Network. Cupcake Wars has been on the air just two years, but they're already finishing up their fif ... More >>
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April 17, 2012
On Trisha's Country Kitchen, Trisha Yearwood Can't Stop Proving How Damn Country She Is
Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with food TV. This week, Trisha's Country Kitchen, a half-hour show of executives laughing at us, Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. on the Food Network. Trisha Yearwood is a two-time cookbook author with a new show on the Food Network about souther ... More >>
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April 17, 2012
Meet Jacques Pepin Wednesday Night at Omnivore Books
What: Jacques Pepin Book Signing Where: Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St When: April 18th 1-2 pm Cost: Free The Rundown: Every cook worth his or her salt has at least one Jacques Pepin book on the shelf--most likely Le Technique,
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April 11, 2012
Meat Men Offers TV's Best Meat Porn
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going with food TV. This week, Meat Men , a half-hour show about three male strippers in a Taco Bell, Mondays at 11 p.m. on the Food Network Meat is all-encompassing, all-embracing. Panoptic. When marbled cuts enter the picture all talk of ramps, o ... More >>
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April 3, 2012
Dumb Food Show Easter Unwrapped Is as Adorable as a Baby with a Peep Stuck to Her Head
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going with food TV. This week, Easter Unwrapped, an hour show that never hurt anybody, April 7 on the Cooking Channel It would be a crime to critically review Unwrapped, to lay any sort of smothering blanket upon this innocent show, which films fac ... More >>
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March 23, 2012
Restaurant Critic Gets Gout
Seems about as obvious a chain of events as Paula Deen getting type 2 diabetes, doesn't it? Wait, didn't gout disappear in 1782? (The restaurant critic writing this post grows a little sweaty, flexes toes to make sure they're not producing burning, stinging pain.) Unfortunately not. Yesterday, f ... More >>
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March 20, 2012
Rachael's Vacation: When Rachael Ray Pretended to Visit San Francisco's Restaurants
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Rachael's Vacation, a half-hour show you didn't hear about from me, Fridays at 4:30 a.m. on the Food Network. Rachael Ray has 31 television shows and a line of car wax. I try to know as little as p ... More >>
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March 15, 2012
What Does Selling Out Mean for a Chef?
It is beyond debate that Rocco DiSpirito has sold out, but what about Mario Batali? Thomas Keller? Chris Cosentino? When you get some TV time or film an American Express ad, are you destroying your credibility -- and with whom? Yesterday, on Chow.com, Hapa Ramen's Richie Nakano wrote about growi ... More >>
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March 6, 2012
The Donatella Project: All We Can Say for Sure after Watching Is That This Awful Show Exists
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: The Donatella Project, a new Dirk Balthazar novel by the Hugo-award winning author of the Sigma Protocol and the Prometheus Deception, on March 10 and 11 on the Cooking Channel. What's the Donatella Pr ... More >>
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March 1, 2012
Wolfgang Puck Sends Letter to California Restaurants Still Serving Foie Gras
Earlier this month, Wolfgang Puck, perhaps California's most famous chef, wrote a letter urging fellow restauranteurs to embrace the impending ban on foie gras. In 2004, S.B. 1520 was signed into effect, giving California eight whole years to figure out a more humane alternative to current methods ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
Worst Cooks in America: A Hater's Guide
Each week (except last week) we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Worst Cooks in America, a one-hour documentary about Arizona, Sundays at 9 p.m. on the Food Network. The premise Imagine a competition in which the worst cooks in America -- let' ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Fat Chef Is 400 Pounds of Bad Food TV
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Fat Chef, a one-hour show about steamed vegetables, Thursdays at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. In another effort to put even more distance between itself and food preparation so skilled it demands to be pu ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
SF Weekly Letters
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Fat Chef, a one-hour show about steamed vegetables, Thursdays at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. In another effort to put even more distance between itself and food preparation so skilled it demands to be pu ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off: The Food Network Craps Out
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off, a one-hour show about the debt ceiling, Sundays at 9 p.m. on the Food Network. There used to be only A and B-list celebrities, divided by movies and television. Then te ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Paula Deen's Death Food, Beet Sweets, and Sandos: This Week in Food Bloggery
CT Young/SF Weekly Flickr PoolThe Saloon on Grant.Highlights from the blog this week: 1. In his review of Bobby Deen's new television show, Not My Momma's Cooking, food TV reviewer Michael Leaverton keeps calling Paula Deen's cooking death-food. Not three days later, Paula Deen is finally going ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Food TV: Bobby Deen Has a Show Because His Mom's Food Is Unhealthy and Terrible
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Not My Mama's Meals, a half-hour psych pop quiz, Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on the Cooking Channel. In Not My Mama's Meals, the Cooking Channel convinces Paula Deen's son Bobby to remake her death-food in a ma ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Tonight: Rice Paper Scissors Spars with Anthony Bourdain on the Travel Channel
Anthony Bourdain loves to come to San Francisco on a travel show budget, make fun of its citizens for being snobby, weirdo hippies, and then declare he loves it here and eat all our food. It's his pattern. He was in fine form when he visited with The Layover, his new Travel Channel show where he ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Bama Glama, The Terrible Food Network Show to Hatewatch at 4 a.m.
Bama Glama: One part cupcakes, one part "Break Stuff"Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Bama Glama, a half-hour show not about food, Fridays at 4 a.m. (yes!) on the Food Network. With Bama Glama, the Food Network pivots from food-ce ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
The Food Network Show So Cruel and Dumb Even They Aren't Re-Running It
Food Network has no images from this show available, so here's some trophies from the strip-mall bar ofsadness Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Mystery Diners, a half-hour show you will never see again, on the Food Network or anywh ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Chef Hunter Would Be Better if the Food Network Actually Hunted Chefs for Sport
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Chef Hunter, a one-hour show that does not take place on a private island, Thursdays at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. In Chef Hunter, unemployed chefs show up at the door of an important restaurant (like ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Tyler Florence's New Recipe: Wine
If you're a writer trying to land a book deal, there's a good chance you'll learn you need "a platform." That's publisher-speak for a following via Web, Twitter, TV, radio, or whatever. The more well known you are to start, the more likely a publisher will be to invest itself in making you better k ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Baron Ambrosia: Public-Access Weirdness Hits Food TV
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia, a half-hour primer on mugging for the camera, Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. on the Cooking Channel. Or you can gape at it here. If Baron Ambrosia seems like just anothe ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Michael Chiarello Eyes S.F., Burger Urge's Odd Tagline, and Visiting Four Corners
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Odd names and taglines: Tablehopper discovers, via Chowhound, that Indo-Bali Cooking Street has opened in the Financial District (343 Kearny at Pine). The Indonesian restaurant is from the former Bangkok ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Food TV Weirdness: Guy Fieri's Best Thing I Ever Made
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what is going on with televised cooking. This week: The Best Thing I Ever Made, a half-hour show about the end of the world, Sundays at 11:30 a.m. on the Food Network. The premise of Best Thing is simple: Each episode, a handful of chefs cook thei ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Charlie Palmer Restaurant Coming to S.F.? Here's the Clues
Is there a Charlie Palmer restaurant coming to San Francisco? Last night SFoodie walked by the Crescent Hotel and spotted the sign above indicating a change in ownership liquor license to Palmer City-Core Restaurant. Does this mean the celebrity chef who already has a foothold in Healdsbur ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Laughter in the Tundra
Is there a Charlie Palmer restaurant coming to San Francisco? Last night SFoodie walked by the Crescent Hotel and spotted the sign above indicating a change in ownership liquor license to Palmer City-Core Restaurant. Does this mean the celebrity chef who already has a foothold in Healdsbur ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Are "Emperor Chefs" Like Michael Mina and Thomas Keller a Good Thing?
Emperor Michael Mina. Wolfgang Puck. Michael Mina. Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Thomas Keller. Chefs, who used to be invisible and nameless kitchen generals, have become celebrities. And since the 1990s, more than that -- they're empire builders. Yesterday, Huffington Post ran a feature about the ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
"The Chew" Debut Brings More Food to Daytime TV
The Chew Crew: Clinton Kelly, Daphne Oz, Mario Batali, Michael Symon and Carla Hall (l-r)Only a few hours after the ladies of The View gabbed around the table, ABC debuted The Chew. The name rhymes and the concept is similar, although food-centric: everyone brings something different to the t ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Half-Remembered Local Rock Star Steve Harwell (of Smash Mouth) Promises to Eat Two Dozen Eggs in Public for Fame
Steve Harwell, tall and the center, pre-egg-eating. In in today's "file under disgusting": Dared by Internet trolls earlier this year to consume two dozen chicken eggs, Steve Harwell -- singer of a once-briefly-cared-about San Jose band called Smash Mouth -- agreed. But only on the condition ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Jane Goodall's Fight Over Baby Food, Chairman Bao Wants to Race, and More Pizza
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. We can honestly say we didn't see this one coming. Jane Goodall, mother to all primates, is suing local celebrity chef Tyler Florence's baby food company Sprout. Grub Street shares, via the New York Post, ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Where in the World Is Anthony Bourdain? Swan Oyster Depot!
via FlickrAnthony Bourdain -- he's here.Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain of No Reservations fame is visiting San Francisco, according to his Twitter feed. And where does a famous chef choose to eat his lunch? via yfrogSecret TV star seafood stew?Bourdain just posted this photo on Twitt ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Willie Brown Knows Food, More Changes for Chains, and Japanese Snacktion
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. It appears that everyone is jumping on the reality show bandwagon, and former mayor Willie Brown is no exception. Grub Street reports, via Inside Scoop, that he was in L.A. pitching a series that (on some ... More >>
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June 8, 2011
Reviewing S.F. Airport's Terminal 2: Photographic Evidence
A bowl of warm potato chips at Cat Cora.What with travelers spending more time waiting in airports, and airplane food disappearing (a mixed blessing?), it makes sense that SFO's new Terminal 2 has more food vendors than gates. For this week's full-length review, I took advantage of a couple of sh ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
Tyler Florence, Celebrity Chef, Sued for "Bailing" on Business Partners
An unsavory deal Here is something for celebrity Chef Tyler Florence to chew on. His ex-business partners filed a lawsuit yesterday, accusing Florence of pushing them out of a deal to open an upscale restaurant in downtown San Francisco. According to the lawsuit, Florence, who has appeared on The ... More >>
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May 24, 2011
Shark's Fin Ban Makes It Through Assembly, Women Who Changed The Way We Cook
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. Another Victory from the Shark's Fin Ban. SF Gate reported yesterday that the State Assembly just passed AB-376, which bans the sale and import of shark's fin across the state. The ... More >>
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May 24, 2011
Steve Albini on Mario Batali, Ham, Slider-Lust, Olive Oil, and Why Cooking Isn't At All Like Engineering a Record (Except Maybe It Is)
Cássio Abreu/WikimediaLegendary audio engineer (don't call him a producer) and Shellac frontman Steve Albini eschews name brand technology in the studio, despises digital. He's analog; this is common knowledge, championing the visceral over the virtual. As a stalwart traditionalist, he's as ... More >>
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May 20, 2011
A Celebrity Chef Roundup, Moms Fight Back Against Foodie Culture
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. All About the Celebrity Chefs. This week has brought a number of (actually) interesting interviews with big chefs. For instance, Eater National interviewed David Kinch about the sta ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
Bi-Rite, Frances, Slanted Door, and Delfina All Cook for Mission High
Allan Ferguson/FlickrSite of the Mission's biggest-ever popup resturant.Two years ago, when Mission High School had some of the lowest California Standards Test scores in the state, Principal Eric Guthertz promised the students that if they raised their scores, he'd get a tattoo of the school mas ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Terminal Comfort: SFO's New T2 Dazzles with Food Choices
Luis ChongRottisserie chickens from Tyler Florence: one of many upscale food options at SFO's new Terminal 2, which opened Thursday.SFO's brand new Terminal 2 (T2) became operational Thursday morning at 5 a.m. It's the most food-centered, modern, and eco-friendly airport terminal ever built. ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
The 8 Sexiest Women on TV Cooking Shows
Last week SFoodie brought you the hot and hunky men of food television. Today, the companion post so hot it'll melt your listicle, their sultry female counterparts, the women you've watched tying up your meat, sizzling your pot, and making you run your Tivo in slow-mo. We give you the eight sexiest ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
The 8 Sexiest Men on TV Cooking Shows
Producers of food TV don't just care if a guy can cook ― most stars of cooking shows these days have to be hot enough to make viewers' plasmas sweat. Behold, SFoodie's countdown of the eight sexiest male chefs currently taking up space on our DVRs, dudes with the power to sear our tenderloins with ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Bring On the Finale Already: Top Chef: All-Stars Is Down to the Final Two
BravoTVTop Chef's boys' club...We are still in it, and the real season finale for Top Chef: All-Stars is still not even upon us. Let the torture stop and the recap begin! Last night's Quickfire Challenge was the Quickfire of all Quickfires. The cheftestants each got to assign a Top Chef Quic ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
Local Authors Make IACP Award Finals
The International Association of Culinary Professionals just released its list of finalists for its annual cookbook and journalism awards. Local publishers Chronicle Books, Ten Speed Press, and UC Press all fared well this year, and a number of Bay Area authors were named. Here's the list of loca ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Top Chef: All-Stars, Week 10: Ironing Chef
Delfi Jingles/FlickrCookie Monster: "C" is for "kooky."Last night's Top Chef: All-Stars began with Dale mouthing off. "I'm not like these new-school parents who are like 'we're all winners' ― f@ck that. That's bullshit, man! Who ever said losing is okay? In what country is that cool?" In ... More >>
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January 17, 2011
Fancy Food Show Brings the Usual Mix of Sass and Class to Moscone
Mary LaddGiant dancing Jelly Belly? Why, it must be the annual NASFT Fancy Food Show at Moscone.Indulgence came in the form of cheese, oils (including a new cooking oil made from tea), cured meat, candy, chocolate, and toffee yesterday at Moscone Center, part of the annual NASFT Fancy Food Sh ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
'Foodie Chap': Liam Mayclem Launching Chefs' Radio Segment, Website
CBS5Liam Mayclem's chef-interview radio segments (with companion website) launch Jan. 17 on KCBS.Local TV host Liam Mayclem began his media career in the U.K. as a teenager working for BBC Radio. He's returning to his radio roots for "Foodie Chap," a new chef-oriented feature airing daily, sh ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
It's Yigit! S.F. Pastry Chef Wins Top Chef: Just Desserts
Benjamin Seto/Cooking with the Single GuyThe Taste Catering pastry chef topped Morgan the dick and Danielle the face contortionist to take it all.The final challenge in last night's Top Chef: Just Desserts finale was to create a progressive four-course dessert tasting. The twist arrived with ... More >>

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