Subject:

Julia Child

  • Blogs

    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,

  • 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 >>

  • Dining

    May 25, 2011

    Bistro Central Parc: The Magic of the Simple French Bistro

    ​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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Are There Any Food-Related Cyber Monday Deals Worth Getting?

    Online retailers are apparently stampeding after customers today.​SFoodie had never heard about Cyber Monday until this year, even though it was created in 2005. Yesterday, our Twitter feed began spilling forth a torrent of blips about Cyber Monday deals. Today the tweetstream has risen higher. So ... 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 3, 2010

    Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

    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

    August 16, 2010

    Readers Cafe: Another Reason to Visit Fort Mason's Book Bay

    Friends of the SF Public Library​Do you know about the Book Bay, the Friends of the San Francisco Library store at Fort Mason? Did you know that it has the best (uncurated) selection of used cookbooks in the city? Omnivore's Celia Sack and SFoodie both think so. Over the years, SFoodie has scored ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Joanne Weir, Looking in the City ― with Lunch

    eekim/FlickrJoanne Weir (second from left) and a lot of strangers at Mijita in the Ferry Building.​We first met Joanne Weir in the fall of 2002. No, not in person. We were avid watchers of KQED's Saturday morning cooking shows then, and the only thing half as funny as Julia Child and Jacques P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Interview with Spoon Fed Author Kim Severson

    ​Kim Severson's byline is well known in the San Francisco food world. Before moving on to the New York Times, where she covers national food stories, she was at the San Francisco Chronicle, her reportage graduating from the food section to the front page. This April, Severson published Spoon Fed: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Peter Janiak Takes Over at Anchor & Hope, as Sarah Schafer Readies Portland Opening

    Lisa M./YelpThe SOMA fish house turns two next week.​Eater PDX was among those pouncing on the news last month that Anchor & Hope chef Sarah Schafer was moving north to oversee Irving St. Kitchen, the Doug Washington/Steve and Mitchell Rosenthal eatery named for the Cambridge, Mass., street wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Friday's Food Talk at Cal Marks Gastronomica's 10-Year Anniversary

    Gastronomica has carved out food journalism's middle ground.​Founding editor Darra Goldstein dreamed up Gastronomica when she was on sabbatical from Williams College, where she teaches Russian. Goldstein also writes and edits cookbooks, including the Julia Child Award-winning The Georgian Feas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    What To Do? Thursday's Pick: Home for the Holidays

    ​Home for the Holidays @ Castro Theater Illumination appears in the strangest places sometimes. We were watching the train wreck of our hometown television show Trauma a little bit ago, hating it, but wanting to see our house in the background. The writing, the characters, bleh. And then boom, be ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2009

    Not Just the Name of a Great Christmas Movie

    ​Home for the Holidays @ Castro Theater Illumination appears in the strangest places sometimes. We were watching the train wreck of our hometown television show Trauma a little bit ago, hating it, but wanting to see our house in the background. The writing, the characters, bleh. And then boom, be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Julia Child Impersonator to Roam This Weekend's Fabulous Food Fest

    Courtesy Larsen AssociatesNice try, Meryl: Carly Ozard as Julia.​Last year's inaugural Fabulous Food Festival was underwhelming, more akin to a holiday craft fair than a place for epicurean discovery. However, this year's edition should prove more interesting, if only because of Julia Child impers ... 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 3, 2009

    Julia's Birthday is Over, But You Can Still Bring a Cake to the Balboa

    Balboa TheaterEverybody likes birthday cake, right?​Due to ever-popular popular demand, the Balboa Theater (3630 Balboa at 38th Ave.) is hosting a return engagement of its Julia cake-off. On August 15, which would have been Julia Child's 97th birthday, the Balboa offered free admission to Juli ... 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 17, 2009

    Julia's Birthday Draws an Eclectic Crowd of Bakers to the Balboa

    Balboa Theater The array of cakes included clafoutis and banana bread.​The promise of a free ticket to Julie & Julia in exchange for a cake in honor of what would have been Julia Child's 97th birthday drew about thirty bakers to the Balboa Theater (3630 Balboa at 38th Ave.) Saturday. Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Hungry for Julia's Boeuf Bourguignon? Grand Cafe Will Hook You Up for Half Price

    Worth the Whisk/FlickrAll the rich, beefy goodness, with none of the clean up.​Ignore all those pundits who tell you not to go see Julie & Julia when you're hungry. You can indulge both your movie-going appetite and the one the film will stir up for Julia Child's famous boeuf bourguignon at th ... 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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Julia Child's Alleged Homophobic Tendencies Revisited

    audaciousink.wordpres.com Julia Child: Nicer in the kitchen than she was to gays?​Getting tired of all the Julie & Julia hype? Here's something to add to the backlash files, according to SFist: Cooking matriarch Julia Child may have had a tendency to be -- shall we say? -- not so n ... More >>

  • Film

    August 5, 2009

    We praise the Julia half of Julie & Julia

    audaciousink.wordpres.com Julia Child: Nicer in the kitchen than she was to gays?​Getting tired of all the Julie & Julia hype? Here's something to add to the backlash files, according to SFist: Cooking matriarch Julia Child may have had a tendency to be -- shall we say? -- not so n ... More >>

  • Film

    May 20, 2009

    Summer of Salvation

    The film snob's guide to the best cinema the season has to offer.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    The Doggie Bag

    Our favorite food blog posts of the day: Staying regular: How about a long, cool drink of dietary fiber? Nothing like getting hammered and scrubbing your colon. Cheers to The Ethicurean for showing us how. Commander-in-chickpea: Ever wonder what Obama and Hilary Clinton would look like sculpted en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Whatever Happened to ... Reed Hearon?

    He's been working as the executive chef at Mammoth Mountain.

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

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

    He's been working as the executive chef at Mammoth Mountain.

  • Culture

    January 3, 2007

    The Year of Playing Dangerously

    Suzan-Lori Parks is either crazy or brilliant. Perhaps both.

  • Dining

    November 2, 2005

    Tacos and Gimlets

    Treating the author of Julie & Julia to a little taste of San Francisco

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best No-Frills Vietnamese

    Treating the author of Julie & Julia to a little taste of San Francisco

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2005

    Free the Forests

    Arbor Day art show

  • Dining

    September 29, 2004

    Brilliant Bites

    Tacos by the sea and bocadillos downtown -- the new toys of upscale restaurateurs

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2004

    Embrace the Dude

    Lebowski fever at Oaklandish

  • News

    September 1, 2004

    Dog Bites

    The photo spread that has the city giggling

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Rap Album by Horny Punk Kids

    Gravy Train!!!!'s Hello Doctor

  • Dining

    July 24, 2002

    Remember the Little People

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

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Read It and Weep

    In answer to the Chronicle, we submit our own list of things that make us cry

  • News

    April 10, 2002

    What the Hell Is Copia?

    At Robert Mondavi's new $55 million foodie mecca, you'll find seminars on goat cheese and mustard; surrealist movies; a SPAM exhibit; wine tastings; figurines of pooping Catholics -- everything, in fact, but the answer to that question.

  • Dining

    November 28, 2001

    Chopped Down

    One gent commented,"It's barely noon and I'm already trashed."

  • Culture

    December 6, 2000

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece

  • Dining

    October 27, 1999

    Side Dish

    Special Sauce, Dear Michael, Leviathan, Sold Upstream, A League of Their Own, and Royal Flush

  • Calendar

    May 28, 1997

    Unspun

    Special Sauce, Dear Michael, Leviathan, Sold Upstream, A League of Their Own, and Royal Flush

  • Dining

    December 18, 1996

    Spanish Mainstream

    Looking for that big break at Barcelona

  • Dining

    July 31, 1996

    Where's the Beef?

    Joubert's speaks vegan with a South African accent

  • Film

    May 1, 1996

    All the Neurosis You Can Stomach

    In Chul-Soo Park's 301*302, appetites turn deadly

  • Dining

    September 27, 1995

    Family Business

    Ristorante Marcello dishes up its enjoyable fare in an unpretentious supper-club way

  • Dining

    May 10, 1995

    Dish

    Ristorante Marcello dishes up its enjoyable fare in an unpretentious supper-club way

  • Dining

    April 26, 1995

    Dish

    Ristorante Marcello dishes up its enjoyable fare in an unpretentious supper-club way

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