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Desserts

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Eat All the Cupcakes at S.F.'s Cupcake Challenge

    What: S.F. Cupcake Challenge Where: Mezzanine When: Sun., January 14, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $40 The rundown: Cupcakes are here to stay and you can either get on board or... move to the moon? Because pretty much every inch of Earth's surface is covered with adorable little cupcakeries. Give yourself ov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Humphry Slocombe Introduces New Line of Caramel Candies

    Humphry Slocombe​Humphry Slocombe gets a lot of attention for its ice cream, but there are little toppings and treats (like frosted peanuts and duck fat pecan pie) that comparatively fly as much under the radar as is possible for this popular parlor. One new such addition: a line of in-house c ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 1, 2010

    Fresh Eats

    Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Pop! Desserts' Coffee Pudding

    John BirdsallA quartet of Pop! Desserts puddings, clockwise from top: chocolate, black sesame, matcha, and coffee, all $2.​Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Marielle Nuval's knife roll must've still been new when, months after graduating CCA, she got a job in the pastry department at Michael Mina. S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    DeLise Dessert Cafe: Tiny Treats and Giant Ice Cream Scoops

    Uncredited/YelpThe ice cream case at DeLise.​ For space reasons, the paragraph I wrote about Dennis and Eloise Leong's DeLise Dessert Cafe disappeared from this week's roundup of micropatisseries. The couple, former pastry chefs at Bong Su, opened a small cafe on Bay Street after the birth of thei ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 29, 2010

    Micropatisseries in S.F.: Our guide to the city's best pastry shops

    Uncredited/YelpThe ice cream case at DeLise.​ For space reasons, the paragraph I wrote about Dennis and Eloise Leong's DeLise Dessert Cafe disappeared from this week's roundup of micropatisseries. The couple, former pastry chefs at Bong Su, opened a small cafe on Bay Street after the birth of thei ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2010

    Bleed Red Velvet

    Uncredited/YelpThe ice cream case at DeLise.​ For space reasons, the paragraph I wrote about Dennis and Eloise Leong's DeLise Dessert Cafe disappeared from this week's roundup of micropatisseries. The couple, former pastry chefs at Bong Su, opened a small cafe on Bay Street after the birth of thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Humphry Slocombe Hosting Big Gay Ice Cream Truck for Bicoastal Fun

    Tamara PalmerHumphry Slocombe's Harvey Milk and Honey Graham Cracker ice cream.​SFoodie's Tamara Palmer, enlisted to edit NBC's local food blog Feast Bay Area (due to go live in September), offered up a rainbow scoop to NBC's New York Feast flagship yesterday ― an East-Coast-meets-West-Coast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Zanze's Cheesecake, Delicate as Ever

    Jonathan KauffmanZanze's cheesecake only looks solid.​ Today begins a new series of posts looking into restaurants and food producers that San Francisco has loved for so long that they've slipped into a media black hole. Sam and Joyce Zanze have been making cheesecakes on Ocean for 31 years. They ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Who Won Today's Cupcake Throwdown Between Hometown Kara's and L.A.'s Sprinkles?

    C. AlburgerNo contest: Kara's Chocolate Velvet (left) and Sprinkles' Dark Chocolate.​Cupcakes are top of mind for many today in San Francisco. Daily Candy covered San Francisco's Moonbabycakes in today's e-newsletter, and the much-anticipated Sprinklesmobile rolled into Justin Herman Plaza for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Five Deliciously Deceptive S.F. Desserts

    T. PalmerCandybar's Nacho Sundae.​We've noticed a fun trend in San Francisco dining: Deceptive desserts fashioned to look like something other than what they are, whether another sweet item or something savory. Here are five of our faves: 5. Nacho Sundae at Candybar (1335 Fulton at Divisadero) Cin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    DeLise Dessert Café Brings New Life to Bay Street

    T. PalmerEloise and Dennis Leung: A sweet couple.​DeLise Dessert Café (327 Bay at Powell), which opened Oct. 16., is a new venture from Dennis and Eloise Leung, pastry chefs for the shuttered Bong Su."They let us create whatever we wanted," Dennis Leung told SFoodie of the couple's former employe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Golden Island Cafe: Hong Kong-Style Sago Sweets in the Outer Sunset

    amorimur/FlickrThe sampler: From left, mango sago, mixed fruit, sago with coconut milk, and ice cream.​A unique alternative for late-night cravings in the Outer Sunset, Golden Island Café serves a variety of traditional Hong Kong-style desserts. The specialty here is sago, tiny translucent ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    For Chefs in S.F., Making a Root Beer Float Involves More Than Popping a Can

    eyjensen/FlickrSpecial enough for a birthday: The root beer float (with cookies) at Michael Mina.​Even if you knew that today is National Root Beer Float Day -- a fact we learned from Three Olives Vodka, which just released a root beer-flavored vodka to a nation happily unaware of what it's be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    On National Cheesecake Day in S.F., Finding the Old-Fashioned Variety Can Be Tricky

    Jun Seita/FlickrOh no, you don't: The cheesecake at Zanze's.​Even if you hadn't marked today as National Cheesecake Day on your calendar, the Cheesecake Factory did. Dine there today -- the San Francisco location is on the eighth floor of Macy's (251 Geary at Stockton) -- any slice is half-pri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Company Lets You Customize Artisanal Ice Cream -- For a Price

    SanFranAnnie/FlickrNo guarantee what you come up with'll be as good as the coffee-toffee from Bi-Rite.​Fancying artisanal, flavor-driven ice cream with DIY flair? Maybe you don't want to deal with the fuss and muss of washing up your ice cream maker or dealing with a sink full of measuring cup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Sweet Beat: Our Food Critic's Sugar Crawl Through the Streets of S.F.

    Janine Kahn Little Skillet's Red Velvet cupcake: First on the list. We wanted to take our friend Dieter on a tour of the best bakeries and ice cream stores in town. He's a well-traveled Berliner who loves to eat. But when we learned he was sleeping off his jet lag, we decided to put an ice- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    You Want Cactus Fries With That? Mission Street Food to Remix McDonald's Classics

    Mission Street Food becomes McMission for the night.The menu at Mission Street Food is normally miles from McDonald's (even though the two are technically down the street from each other), but there will be some striking similarities as MSF becomes "McMission" this week. Food imagineers from C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Friday Sundae: MaggieMudd's Vegan Messy Marcy

    The biggest, gooiest sundae at MaggieMudd (903 Cortland at Gates, 641-5291) is the glorious Messy Marcy ($8.25). This dirty girl consists of three scoops of your choice of traditional or dairy-free ice cream (made with coconut or soy milk) served over a warm brownie and topped with cookie pieces, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Friday Sundae: Mitchell's Caramel Dazzler

    For the past month, the featured sundae at the recently remodeled Mitchell's Ice Cream (688 San Jose at 29th St.) has been the Caramel Dazzler ($6.75), with caramel-swirled dulce de leche ice cream, hot caramel, hot fudge, whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, a cherry, and two giant pretzel sticks. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Having Their Cake and Drinking it Too: 'Layer Cake' Wine Sues 'Cupcake' Label

    Look, even this kid can tell the difference between a layer cake and a cupcake!I am not a legal scholar. But I can tell you this: Never have I ever been so blitzed on the fruit of the vine that I couldn't tell a layer cake from a cupcake. But, again, I am no legal scholar -- because just such a dist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Humphry Slocombe's Foie-Gras Ice Cream Sandwich

    I can't say I was able to detect any foie--which might be just as well.

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Friday Sundae: Ghirardelli Square's Peppermint Bark Sundae

    For the holiday season, the elves at Ghirardelli Square's Ice Cream and Chocolate Shop (located at 900 North Point St.) are offering two Christmas-y concoctions: peppermint hot cocoa and a peppermint bark sundae. We thought the sundae was a wee bit overpriced at $8.95 (before tax), but figured hey, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    A Kid in the Candybar

    Notes by Tamara Palmer, Photos by Tim Pratt I was a bit sad knowing that, with this birthday, I'd technically be leaving the youth demographic behind. But I learned over a slice of cake and Cocoa Krispies ice cream that I could still be a kid in the Candybar. The dessert/wine/art lounge opened i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Friday Sundae: Chill's Crispy Crepe Cone

    Notes by Tamara Palmer, Photos by Tim Pratt I was a bit sad knowing that, with this birthday, I'd technically be leaving the youth demographic behind. But I learned over a slice of cake and Cocoa Krispies ice cream that I could still be a kid in the Candybar. The dessert/wine/art lounge opened i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    Friday Sundae: Jollibee's Halo Halo

    Notes by Tamara Palmer, Photos by Tim Pratt I was a bit sad knowing that, with this birthday, I'd technically be leaving the youth demographic behind. But I learned over a slice of cake and Cocoa Krispies ice cream that I could still be a kid in the Candybar. The dessert/wine/art lounge opened i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    Dinner and a Movie in Palo Alto

    Notes by Tamara Palmer, Photos by Tim Pratt I was a bit sad knowing that, with this birthday, I'd technically be leaving the youth demographic behind. But I learned over a slice of cake and Cocoa Krispies ice cream that I could still be a kid in the Candybar. The dessert/wine/art lounge opened i ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 10, 2008

    Hurry Up and Slow Down

    The decor and presentation try hard at Level III, but the timing is off.

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2008

    Fried Ice Cream in a Big Cup? The Future is Now!

    The decor and presentation try hard at Level III, but the timing is off.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    Green Eats: Vegan Ice Cream at Maggie Mudd

    The decor and presentation try hard at Level III, but the timing is off.

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2008

    There Is A God: Cupcake Camp At Citizen Space Sunday

    The decor and presentation try hard at Level III, but the timing is off.

  • Dining

    April 16, 2008

    Chow in Dogpatch

    Slow Club's new sister joins a clutch of eateries at Third and 22nd streets.

  • Dining

    June 20, 2007

    Sweet Dreams

    In difficult times, a bite of cake, a sip of creamy hot chocolate, or a forkful of pie can elevate your mood

  • Music

    October 11, 2006

    Sweet Spot

    Bing Ji Ling's ice cream picks

  • Dining

    September 13, 2006

    Feels Like Home to Me

    More than a tasty pastry, the Bar Tartine is urbane, witty, and fits in nicely

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Grown-Up Ice Cream Sandwiches

    More than a tasty pastry, the Bar Tartine is urbane, witty, and fits in nicely

  • Dining

    September 22, 2004

    I Scream

    Nondairy ice cream that's worthy of Milwaukee's best

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Five Best Ice Cream Parlors

    Nondairy ice cream that's worthy of Milwaukee's best

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Pie Resource

    Mel's Drive-In

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Cheesecake

    Il Caffe Emporio Rulli

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Vegan Chocolate Cake

    Ananda Fuara

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Hot Fudge Sundae

    Double Rainbow

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Three Best Places for Adventurous Ice Cream Lovers

    Double Rainbow

  • Dining

    May 16, 2001

    Partly Sunny

    Fog City Diner

  • Dining

    March 7, 2001

    Treasure Island

    Kaleo Cafe

  • Dining

    October 11, 2000

    Say Cheesecake

    The Cheesecake Factory

  • Dining

    June 28, 2000

    The Show Goes On

    Flying Saucer

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best American Restaurant

    The Blue Plate

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Atmosphere at a Sushi Restaurant

    Blowfish, Sushi to Die For

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