Mark Pastore

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 >>

Vandals tag Incanto restaurant with swastika

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 >>

Don't Sound Like a Tool: How to Pronounce Salumi Varieties

​Don't Sound Like a Tool is SFoodie's series of audio pronunciation guides to sort-of-common-but-not-obvious words we keep encountering on wine lists and menus. No more shame, no more pointing, no more godawful imitations of a language you don't speak.The past five years have seen a proliferation ... More >>

Eat Real Fest, Day Two: Cupcakes, Adios to Eeyore, and Butchery

M. Brody The Good to Go market at Jack London Square.SF Weekly restaurant critic Meredith Brody risked sunburn and serious bloating at the three-day Eat Real Festival in Oakland this weekend. Behold the second of Brody's three reports on the street-food orgy. Saturday was hot again, but not ... More >>

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 >>

Foie Gras Follies: San Francisco's Symbolic Resolution, Ignoring Lesson from Chicago

Incanto's Open Letter on Foie Gras

This long, thoughtful essay puts the issue in a broader context.

Mi Amor

Let him count the ways this unique Italian restaurant won his heart

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, June 2, 2004

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