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Chris Cosentino

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Chris Cosentino's Cookbook Hits Bookstores

    The charismatic, culinary tornado and executive chef at Incanto with a James Beard Award nomination this year, Chris Cosentino has built his reputation as a loud, meat-fueled, barely unofficial offal spokesperson whose menus run rich with pork fat. His nose-to-tail crusade is showcased at his Boccal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    See The Tower of Pork and Other Delights at Chris Cosentino's Los Angeles Eatery PIGG

    While Southern California's Umami Burger opened its first Bay Area location in San Francisco in 2011 and has signed a lease on a second spot in Oakland, it has also developed a new and broader concept called Umamicatessen, which debuted in downtown Los Angeles in March. The showpiece of the Umami Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    James Beard Finalists Announced Today: Here Are the Locals

    ​Today, the James Beard Foundation announces the finalists for both its restaurant, book, and journalism awards, often called the "Oscars" of the food world. (Semifinalists for the 2012 restaurant awards were announced on February 21). The foundation is tweeting out the results as we type, so SFoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    James Beard Awards Announce Semifinalists: Bay Area's Well Represented, Obviously

    ​The day has come for the James Beard Foundation to announce the semifinalists for the 2012 Restaurant Awards. As SFoodie has written before, the finals can resemble the Oscars in that they're often career awards rather than a measure of how the nominees are performing at this very moment. Tha ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 9, 2011

    Heart Is the New Entry-Level Offal

    ​The day has come for the James Beard Foundation to announce the semifinalists for the 2012 Restaurant Awards. As SFoodie has written before, the finals can resemble the Oscars in that they're often career awards rather than a measure of how the nominees are performing at this very moment. Tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    This Week's Review: Hearts on Fire!

    Caitlin Kuhwald​Making heart the subject of my Valentine's Day review may be a stunt, but eating heart meat isn't. Whether it comes from a chicken, duck, pig, lamb, or cow, heart is an amazing cut: smooth and yet not slippery-gushy, lean and robust. Heart meat readily takes to fire, smoke, chiles, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Mariquita Mondays Shows Chris Cosentino's Way with Veggies

    askmissa.com​Mariquita Mondays Where: Incanto, 1550 Church (at Duncan) When: Monday nights through Mar. 14 Cost: $29 The rundown: Did you know the offal king has a special way with produce, too? Incanto chef Chris Cosentino has kickstarted a playful collaboration with Mariquita Farm, one o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    SFoodie Advent Calendar, Day 7: Boccalone's Black Truffle Mortadella

    Lou BustamanteBits of black truffle add perfume to Boccalone's holiday-issue mortadella.​The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one treat at a time.The cold and rain of December always finds us fighting a losing battle against salty-fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

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

    italyinsf.comChris Cosentino's "Big Brain, Little Brain."​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 Channel series Bizarre Foods. Now, we have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Andrew Zimmern Returning to S.F. for More Bizarre Foods

    sidereel.com​Andrew Zimmern, host of Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods, was shooting street food antics in the area last month, and now it appears he's headed back for more next month. A source revealed that Bizarre Foods producers are currently scouting possible local activities, and Zimmern's T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Chris Cosentino's Gluttony Pants Expand to Fit Your Lack of Self-Control

    BetabrandChris Cosentino, in the binge-accomodating pants he helped design.​It's only fitting that Incanto's Chris Cosentino ― a chef known for marrowbone salad, brains risotto, and porchetta ― would be helping to design a pair of pants infused with the gluttonous spirit. As the first entr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Chris Cosentino Makes a Mess Piggy

    makethatsandwich.com​Our own local celebrity chef/Food Network star Chris Cosentino has made up Mess Piggy while competing against colleagues such as Michael Symon and Jamie Oliver. Nope, that's not a typo: Mess Piggy is Cosentino's entry in Mezzetta's Make That Sandwich Celebrity Chef Sandwic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Kauffman's Five: This Week in Food Bloggery

    A few of my favorite morsels from the blog and beyond this week:J. Kauffman​1. Two refrains have been stuck in my head for the past few days. The first: the chorus from the Replacements' "Alex Chilton" (RIP). The second: the phrase "Frito pie." Chile Pies, about to open in the Western Addition, is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Incanto's Head to Tail Dinner an Interspecies Affair

    queenkv/FlickrPig's ear amuse from the 2008 head to tail dinner.​So maybe we wrote recently that the grand restaurant theme-fest might seem dated, all those diligent minings of enormous animal carcasses that find greatest expression, arguably, in Oliveto's Whole Hog events. The thing about Inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Feasting Out: Swim with the Fishes Christmas Eve at Incanto

    Laura S./Yelp​Where: Incanto 1550 Church (at Duncan), 641-4500 When: Thurs., Dec. 24 Time: 5:30-9 p.m. The Deal: Chef Chris Cosentino won't know exactly what's on his three-course Feast of the Seven Fishes menu till he can assess what's available, but here's a preliminary version: mixed seafoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Chris Cosentino Explores Swine Blood and Brains on Modern Marvels

    On the latest installment of Modern Marvels on the History Channel, the time line of the other white meat is traced from the introduction to America by Spanish explorers to its current genetically super-boosted ride to the plate. But, for us, it's all about the late-in-the-episode appearance of ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    In Town Last Night, David Chang and Local Chefs Ponder S.F.'s 'Monotone' Restaurant Culture

    David Chang (right) with Chris Cosentino before last night's discussion at Cafe Du Nord.​If there's a takeaway lesson from fig-gate, it might be this: Don't drink on stage. At a 7x7-sponsored panel discussion at Café Du Nord last night, N.Y. chef David Chang took heat for having being what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Another Display of Butchery and Upscale Eats, This Time in Napa

    J. BirdsallRyan Farr dispatching a beast at Bloodhound.​Yet another butcher-chef-fire event (this one called Primal) is happening Saturday in Napa -- observe the breakdown of a pig, a goat, a cow, and a lamb, and taste the results. Incanto's Chris Cosentino, Perbacco's Staffan Terje, Fatted Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    For Bookish Foodies, It's a Busy Week of Author Appearances

    It's a big week for bookish San Francisco foodies interested in sustainable farming, vegetarianism, and foraging. • Tomorrow, Wendell Berry -- writer, farmer, and godfather of the organic farming movement -- appears at Herbst Theatre (401 Van Ness at McAllister) in conversation with Michael Polla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Sorry, Chris: Chefs vs. City = Massive Fail

    Food NetworkChris (left), we love you, bro, but tell us there isn't going to be a Season Two.​We bow to no one in our love for chef Chris Cosentino. Incanto is on the short list of S.F. restaurants that (a) we unfailingly recommend to others, and (b) gladly spend our own money at. We're still ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Feast With a Chef Dream Team (and Support CUESA) at Sunday Supper

    cuesa.org​Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA), the non-profit organization responsible for the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and its associated educational programming, will host its largest annual fundraiser in October. Attendees of this year's "Sunday Supper" will sit i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    DVR Alert: 'Chefs vs. City' Tears Up San Francisco Tonight

    Food NetworkCome on -- you've watched trashier TV before.​We admit it. With so many food shows taping in these parts lately, we've relegated Chefs vs. City to the inner chip recesses of the DVR machine, back where Jamie at Home mingles with old eps of Breaking Bad. Tonight's installment takes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    At Bloodhound Last Night, Nervous Chefs Watch Themselves in 'No Reservations'

    Joseph Schell Incanto's Chris Cosentino (left) and Sebo's Michael Black react to the broadcast. A handful of chefs and others who appeared in the San Francisco episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations gathered at Bloodhound in SOMA last night to watch the broadcast. Incanto chef Chris Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Incanto's Cocina Povera Series Set to Take on the Cooking of Puglia

    phxpma/FlickrAre you feeling like a fresh and tasty Southern Italian mini-vacation -- via dinner -- is in order? Incanto (1550 Church at Duncan) is continuing its summer-long Cucina Povera prix-fixe dinner series on Sunday and Monday nights (it features the peasant food of a different Italian region ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    TiVo Alert: Chris Cosentino Talks BBQ on 'The Best Thing I Ever Ate'

    offalgood.comChris Cosentino must like adventurous BBQ.Tonight, offal good chef Chris Cosentino (Incanto/Boccalone) joins national colleagues Bobby Flay, Ted Allen, and Tyler Florence on television. He'll be talking about his favorite barbecue spots on the special "Bar-B-Que" edition of The Best Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Boccalone Salumi Cycle Hits the Streets for Lunch Again Today

    Chris Cosentino's tasty salted pig parts on the go.Stuck amongst all the numbers in FiDi and can't get down to the Ferry Building for lunch? Boccalone's Salumi Cycle will wheel over to the corner of California and Montgomery today at 12:30 to peddle salumi panini with tomato conserva and arugu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

    Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. You can't have da mango: On NPR's Morning Edition, local writer Sandip Roy waxes eloquent about Indian mangoes -- a Bush-era nukes agreement with India freed them up for import. One variety is the Alphonso, known in India as the King of Mangoes. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Hot Meal: Cucina Povera at Incanto

    Being a fan of Chris Cosentino's regular menu at Incanto, we were unable to resist the first dinner of his special summer-long Cucina Povera prix-fixe dinner series, a tribute to the poverty-inspired dishes of Italy's various regions, offered Sunday and Monday nights -- especially when we noted the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    Incanto's Budget Prix Fixe to Mine the Cooking of Italy's Poor, Plus a Cosentino Roundup

    Niallkennedy via FlickrComing to a corner near you (maybe): Boccalone's panino expressIncanto chef Chris Cosentino told SFoodie the restaurant's summer prix-fixe menu series probing the food of Italy's poor was a way to focus on some of the peninsula's simplest and most traditional dishes. "Some of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Boccalone Set to Clean Up With Lard Soap

    Soon, enthusiasts of Boccalone (1 Ferry Bldg. at Embarcadero) will have something more appropriate to rub all over their body than their still-new and delectable Nduja (a Calabrian spreadable salame with addictive spice and meatiness). The salumeria, owned by Incanto's Chris Cosentino (co-star of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Last Chance: Incanto's 2009 Head to Tail Dinners

    Still a few tables left for tonight and Wednesday.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Anthony Bourdain's Hunger for More Inevitably Leads Him to S.F.

    media.newsobserver.comWhere do you go for entrails, chiles, and bacony goodness after you've been to Vietnam, Uzbekistan, and Colombia? Why, San Francisco, of course!Famed tough-guy foodie Anthony Bourdain is in these parts right now, it's rumored, sampling our finest and weirdest cuisine for his Tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Tentative Menu for Incanto's Head to Tail Dinners

    Mmm, coffee and doughnuts!

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    El Cachanilla's $1.50 Tacos

    This funky little place's menu has all the odd bits: head, tongue, brain, tripe, even eye.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Boccalone P.S.: Pork Butter

    This creamy spread is delicious on crusty bread, toast, or crackers.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Membership Has Its Privileges: Free Crab Cookbook

    If you have a Visa Signature rewards card, Visa, the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, and almost 50 Bay Area restaurants have cooked up a little present for you: a nice little pamphlet of crab recipes, titled SF Chefs. Food. Wine.: Dungeness Crab. Inside you'll find recipes from A (Angel Hair Cra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Alex Pardee and Chef Chris Cosentino Cook Pig Head

    Alex Pardee's Letters From Digested Children opens tomorrow at Fifty24SF, so celebrity Chef Chris Cosentino decided to mark the occassion by inviting Pardee to cook up a few pig's head dishes at Cosentino's swanky SF restaurant, Incanto. I'm guessing that pig's head is a reference to either Lord of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Jeremy Fish Cooks with Chef Chris Cosentino

    Jeremy Fish's long-awaited Ghosts of the Barbary Coast opens tonight at Fifty24SF Gallery. His latest collection of works is his own personal love letter to the history of San Francisco. In celebration of the new exhibit, Chef Chris Cosentino recently invited Fish to his restaurant, Incanto, to prep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2008

    Sicilian Mattanza Dinner At Incanto

    Jeremy Fish's long-awaited Ghosts of the Barbary Coast opens tonight at Fifty24SF Gallery. His latest collection of works is his own personal love letter to the history of San Francisco. In celebration of the new exhibit, Chef Chris Cosentino recently invited Fish to his restaurant, Incanto, to prep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2008

    Head To Tail, Sicilian Tuna Love Upcoming At Incanto

    Jeremy Fish's long-awaited Ghosts of the Barbary Coast opens tonight at Fifty24SF Gallery. His latest collection of works is his own personal love letter to the history of San Francisco. In celebration of the new exhibit, Chef Chris Cosentino recently invited Fish to his restaurant, Incanto, to prep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Food Porn: Chilis And Bones At Incanto

    Jeremy Fish's long-awaited Ghosts of the Barbary Coast opens tonight at Fifty24SF Gallery. His latest collection of works is his own personal love letter to the history of San Francisco. In celebration of the new exhibit, Chef Chris Cosentino recently invited Fish to his restaurant, Incanto, to prep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2008

    Brains And Eggs, The White Boy Boogie

    Jeremy Fish's long-awaited Ghosts of the Barbary Coast opens tonight at Fifty24SF Gallery. His latest collection of works is his own personal love letter to the history of San Francisco. In celebration of the new exhibit, Chef Chris Cosentino recently invited Fish to his restaurant, Incanto, to prep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    Head To Head (To Tail) With Chris Cosentino

    Jeremy Fish's long-awaited Ghosts of the Barbary Coast opens tonight at Fifty24SF Gallery. His latest collection of works is his own personal love letter to the history of San Francisco. In celebration of the new exhibit, Chef Chris Cosentino recently invited Fish to his restaurant, Incanto, to prep ... More >>

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  • Blogs

    December 31, 2007

    Chris Cosentino's Lips & Assholes T-Shirt

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  • Blogs

    December 24, 2007

    The Year Of Eating Dangerously: Most Disturbing Food Of 2007

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