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French Food and Cooking

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Q&A With Mary Risley of Tante Marie's Cooking School, Part 1

    ​Mary Risley's resume is as impressive as it is long. She founded Tante Marie's Cooking School in 1979; started the nonprofit organization Food Runners in 1987; was named Bon Appetit's "cooking teacher of the year" in 1988; and authored a cookbook in 2003. However, Risley might be better known the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Let Them Eat Snails: Unusual Bastille Day Events

    Guns, revolution, upheaval, Reign of Terror -- now it's time for dinner specials!​Add Bastille Day to Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby Day in the category of "things we don't remember celebrating 10 years ago." That said, this Frenchified Independence Day typically boasts a solid dining rost ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 25, 2011

    Bistro Central Parc: The Magic of the Simple French Bistro

    Guns, revolution, upheaval, Reign of Terror -- now it's time for dinner specials!​Add Bastille Day to Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby Day in the category of "things we don't remember celebrating 10 years ago." That said, this Frenchified Independence Day typically boasts a solid dining rost ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Bistro Central Parc's Food Is Good on Its Own Terms

    Lara HataBistro Central Parc's bouillabaisse.​ I grew up in a family of inadvertent francophiles. How my father, a Mennonite kid from a tiny Michigan town, learned to speak French and travel around Europe before going to college is a very long story; somehow I've ended up with a thick Belgian acce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Pudong Closes

    Genevieve Y./YelpPudong offered both Chinese and French dishes, like this tartare.​After only three months, Pudong ― the sleek Shanghainese restaurant in the old Mecca space at 2029 Market ― has shuttered. When it opened in mid-December, Pudong was noted as a Chinese brasserie that stayed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    What to Do With the Turkey Carcass: Make Like Julia Child

    joyosity/FlickrWe can never be sure, but Julia Child might have approved.​You've scraped off all the meat and divided it into bowls marked "sandwiches," "turkey salad," and "dog." You're staring at that giant, scraggly carcass. You know you should be plotting out turkey risotto, or at the least tu ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 10, 2010

    Cafe des Amis reinvents some French culinary classics

    joyosity/FlickrWe can never be sure, but Julia Child might have approved.​You've scraped off all the meat and divided it into bowls marked "sandwiches," "turkey salad," and "dog." You're staring at that giant, scraggly carcass. You know you should be plotting out turkey risotto, or at the least tu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    World Series: Run Radio Through the TV -- Banish Joe Buck and Tim McCarver!

    Learn how to keep them out of your home! No Holy Water necessary!​The sound of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver's voices could make Gandhi turn homicidal. They could make Albert Schweitzer feel like slapping underprivileged children. The two yappers would drive Julia Child to renounce French cuisine and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Local Heavies to Celebrate Cecilia Chiang, the Julia Child of Chinese Cooking

    Silent auction prizes include signed copies of Chiang's latest book.​Famed San Francisco restaurant owner, cooking teacher, and consultant Cecilia Chiang is being honored on her 90th birthday Friday with a banquet at Yank Sing Rincon Center (101 Spear at Mission). The eight-course menu was cre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    'Top Chef' Postmort: Mattin Gets Drunk and Cocky, Then Cocks up His Velouté

    ModelMayhemMaybe he should've stuck with modeling. Or not.​S.F.'s own Mattin Noblia, chef-proprietor of Iluna Basque, did not cover himself with glory (or even the tricoleur) in last night's French-themed episode of Top Chef. The escargot Quickfire challenge pleased him: "I feel good," he sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Despite Snark from Critics, Julia's Books are Suddenly Must-Haves

    Rakka/FlickrYou're not alone.​When Chelsea Handler told a panel of comedians on Chelsea Lately that ABC News was reporting that Julia Child's memoir My Life in France and some of her other books are "flying off the shelves because of the new movie Julie & Julia," the invective flew thick and f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Bake a Cake, Score Free Admission to 'Julie & Julia' at the Balboa

    A2ZMpls/FlickrQueen of Sheba cake from Julia's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking.'​Julia Child would have turned 97 on August 15th (when she died in 2004, she'd almost made it to 92). To honor the occasion, the Balboa Theatre (3630 Balboa at 38th Ave.) is hosting a Birthday Cake Bake-Off an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    For One Critic, Watching 'Julie & Julia' Launches an Intensely Personal Journey

    Sony PicturesFlipping for Julia: Streep as the French food maven at the Cordon Bleu in Paris.​I was thrilled when I arrived at the Century last Friday, opening day of Julia & Julia, to see a long line outside the theater. San Francisco foodies, represent! Except when I found out they were wait ... More >>

  • Film

    August 5, 2009

    We praise the Julia half of Julie & Julia

    Sony PicturesFlipping for Julia: Streep as the French food maven at the Cordon Bleu in Paris.​I was thrilled when I arrived at the Century last Friday, opening day of Julia & Julia, to see a long line outside the theater. San Francisco foodies, represent! Except when I found out they were wait ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Bon 14 Juillet -- 'Official' Bastille Day Events Range From Predictable to Très Bizarre

    Two hundred and twenty years ago today a Parisian mob overwhelmed the 82 geriatric soldiers (and 32 able-bodied ones) guarding the seven prisoners housed in the Bastille. As stormings go, this wasn't exactly the most impregnable fortress -- but it did trigger the French Revolution. So, today, you ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Chez Spencer French Taco Truck Drew Crowds to a SOMA Parking Lot Last Night

    French-food-lovin' patrons needed patience to deal with long waitsFrench food from a taco truck? Last night Chez Spencer restaurant rolled out its rehabbed taco wagon (or as the French would say, a camion de taco), dispensing sautéed sweetbreads, escargot "lollipops," and potato-garlic soup from th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Merde! Chez Spencer Taco Truck a No-Show in SOMA Last Night

    Terroir was open last night, but where was Spencer on the Go?Insider sites were burning with the news: Chef Laurent Katgely was taking French bistro Chez Spencer mobile, and in a taco truck no less. Starting last night, Spencer on the Go was slated to crank out escargot puffs, sweetbreads, and curri ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 29, 2008

    Sophisticated Country in the Tenderloin

    Spain meets France in a tavern setting.

  • Dining

    October 1, 2008

    La Terrasse is a bridge to France

    The unmatched view overshadows the food.

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    "The Name's Child - Julia Child!," a.k.a. We Do Live in Foodie Times

    The unmatched view overshadows the food.

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    More Frenchified, Bastille Day Decadence!

    The unmatched view overshadows the food.

  • Dining

    June 11, 2008

    Paris in the City

    The charming L'Ardoise Bistro turns the Duboce Triangle into the 21st arrondissement.

  • Dining

    February 27, 2008

    You Can Have Paris

    The food at Le P'tit Laurent is like the French: indifferent

  • Dining

    April 26, 2006

    Au Bon Coin

    A welcoming French restaurant that feels like a few hours in Paris

  • Dining

    March 8, 2006

    The French Quarter

    Two restaurants from the same part of the world colonize Mission District corners

  • Dining

    May 4, 2005

    Banquet de Luxe

    The grand French tradition, updated, at a redecorated temple of cuisine

  • News

    November 24, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, November 24, 2004

  • News

    September 1, 2004

    Dog Bites

    The photo spread that has the city giggling

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Prix Fixe

    Chapeau!

  • Dining

    March 10, 2004

    Viva Las Vegas

    Finding a good meal in the desert outpost is no longer a long shot, but S.F. still wins the bet

  • Dining

    October 8, 2003

    Hat Trick

    Intelligent, satisfying French food that's also quite a bargain

  • Dining

    April 23, 2003

    Head Case

    Our new column about singular meals debuts with, uh, brains

  • Dining

    March 19, 2003

    Fumbled Catch

    A new fish restaurant on Market could try harder

  • Dining

    February 12, 2003

    Museum of Food

    Bringing the galleries of Copia alive, French-style

  • Dining

    July 24, 2002

    Remember the Little People

    Julia Child celebrates her 90th birthday with an over-the-top feast in S.F.

  • Dining

    May 15, 2002

    Belle Époque

    Jeanty at Jack's

  • Dining

    February 20, 2002

    That Zincing Feeling

    Le Zinc

  • Dining

    October 18, 2000

    Side Dish

    Handoffs

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best French Restaurant

    LuLu

  • Dining

    March 15, 2000

    Voilà! Viola.

    LuLu

  • Dining

    February 2, 2000

    Geometry Problem

    Bandol

  • Dining

    June 9, 1999

    Hat Trickery

    Bandol

  • Dining

    February 17, 1999

    Dessert First

    Bandol

  • Dining

    January 6, 1999

    Lucky 13

    Bandol

  • Dining

    December 23, 1998

    Truffle Season

    Bandol

  • Dining

    January 28, 1998

    Give Me Moa!

    Bandol

  • Dining

    January 24, 1996

    Clattering Platters

    Bustling and informal, Le Charm is a true French bistro

  • Dining

    December 13, 1995

    Dish

    Bustling and informal, Le Charm is a true French bistro

  • Dining

    October 18, 1995

    Dish

    Bustling and informal, Le Charm is a true French bistro

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