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February 14, 2011
'Dissident Chef' Plays Nice for Studio Gourmet
Sonya YuRussell Jackson.Russell Jackson at Studio Gourmet Where: Horatius, 350 Kansas (at 17th St.), 252-3500 When: Sun., Feb. 20, 2:30 p.m. Cost: $45 The rundown: Occasionally mohawked ex-underground chef Russell Jackson of Lafitte is the draw for Studio Gourmet's latest cooking demo/int ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
Toasting Marion at Foreign Cinema
beardfoundation/FlickrMarion Cunningham and James Beard, sharing a moment with a couple of pheasants.Birthday Tribute Dinner to Marion Cunningham Where: Foreign Cinema, 2534 Mission (at 21st St.), 648-7600 When: Thu., Feb. 10 Cost: TBD The rundown: Foreign Cinema's annual birthday tribu ... More >>
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January 18, 2011
Oakland Organizes First-Ever Restaurant Week
tamera f./YelpFlora is among dozens of eateries participating in Oakland Restaurant Week, Jan. 23-29.Now going on in S.F.: Dine About Town, which has been around for nearly 10 years. A newborn by comparison, Oakland Restaurant Week launches for the first time on Jan. 23, and ends Jan. 29. Bot ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
La Cocina Gift Fair to Serve Up Pristine Treats
arnold | inuyaki/FlickrSmore from Kika's Treats: The gift you give yourself?Who would even think of regifting truffles, shortbread, good coffee, and tea? Food goodies from local businesses are the centerpiece of La Cocina's "insanely good" gift fair, which hits next Friday, Dec. 10, at Missi ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
Joan Nathan Talks About Jewish Cooking in France
Jewish cooking expert and New York Times contributor Joan Nathan is rightly called "the queen of Jewish cooking" -- she has authored 10 books on the subject and has a PBS series. For her newest project, Nathan decided to investigate what Jewish cooking means... in France. The resulting book, Quic ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Charles Chocolates Operates Virtual Goodie Factories for Online Game
PlayFirst via SFGateThe chocolate-making game's been averaging 800,000 plays a month.Want to make your own Charles Chocolates creations? There's a video game called Chocolatier: Sweet Society for that. Charles Chocolates has teamed up with social networking game company PlayFirst for this ven ... More >>
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November 5, 2010
Dine Out for Meals on Wheels Nov. 9
Luis Chong/YelpCommonwealth is one of more than 80 Bay Area restaurants participating.As the economy lingers in the can, the need for organizations such as Meals on Wheels (MOW) remains critical. MOW serves nearly 3 million meals each year to over 8,500 seniors. Many depend on MOW's hot meals ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Homesteading Maven Harriet Fasenfest at Green Apple Books
slowfoodpdx/FlickrHarriet Fasenfest.Author and DIY expert Harriet Fasenfest shows up at Green Apple Books (in the Granny Smith Room, no less) to read from her paperback A Householder's Guide to the Universe (Tin House Books, $16.95). The home maven will answer questions on preserving, cooking ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Harold McGee Talks Food Science at Omnivore
Jake Tilson/FlickrHarold McGee.Seeing him wax poetic on TV about fat-on-fat with Anthony Bourdain is but a taste of author Harold McGee's knowledge. At an upcoming Q&A session, you can ask the master of food science lingering questions about the "why" of cooking. McGee is headed to Omnivore B ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
Ubuntu Offers Rare Chance to Pinch Its Leaves
travisreitter/FlickrThe cost: $120. Expensive, but you can tear as many leaves in the garden as you like.Fact: 80 percent of what ends up on the plate at Michelin-starred Ubuntu is grown in the restaurant's biodynamic garden. Next month, Ubuntu is offering a rare peek at the source, including ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Amanda Hesser Talks Food Writing at 826 Valencia Benefit
Amazon.comAmanda Hesser.East Coast food scribe Amanda Hesser (food52, the New York Times, Cooking for Mr. Latte) is helping raise money for kid-centric writing center 826 Valencia via a special two-hour seminar called "The Art of Food Writing" at the Women's Building Nov. 7. If you've ever wo ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Butchery Fundraiser in Vacaville: Half a Steer Feeds a Lot of People
On October 30, an impressive roster of artisan butchers and chefs is convening at Vacaville's Soul Food Farm for a butchery demo and dinner. Inspired by farm founder Alexis Koefoed, the event will be a fundraiser for the newly created U.S. Butchers Guild and a handful of small, local farms. The ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Why Is Kosher So Appealing to Goyim? Author Sue Fishkoff Explains at JCCSF
If you're like us, the reasons for grabbing packets of kosher chicken are tough to explain. We have a general notion that kosher meat is better in some way, and we're willing to shell out a little extra for its allure, even though we're not of "the tribe." In fact, says author Sue Fishkoff, 85 ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Lady Gaga Dons Meat Dress for The Gays
Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesDon't ask: Gaga said she did it to protest military policy.We already guessed that Lady Gaga loved meat after her recent reported visit to the Mission's Rosamunde sausage emporium. Eating meat is one thing for a best-selling singer to do. Wearing an outfit that lo ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
Jonathan Kauffman Burns for Mission Chinese Food's Danny Bowien
At Mission Chinese Food, Danny Bowien cooks up a short list of searing tributes to his favorite Chinese dishes.Maybe Danny Bowien couldn't thrive anywhere else but in San Francisco. Maybe the same is true of Mission Chinese Food, the Chinese-restaurant-in-a-Chinese-restaurant Bowien orchestra ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Tonight at El Rio: Ice Cream to the People!
Produce to the PeopleTonight's El Rio event benefits Produce to the People, which harvests and distributes backyard produce.The weather's turned, but you can still chill out with some Straus ice cream and other edibles tonight at El Rio's Ice Cream to the People! It's a benefit party for Prod ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Punk Domestics' Sean Timberlake Talks Pickles
Genie GrattoBlogger Sean Timberlake will judge Sunday's pickling contest at Eat Real, Puttin' It Up.When Eat Real's Puttin' It Up pickle contest assesses the winners on Saturday, Sean Timberlake will be one of the judges (winners will be announced Sunday). Timberlake lives in Noe Valley and p ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Scott Howard's Thinking of Launching a Cheeseburger Truck
el_en_houston/FlickrThe truck's centerpiece? Brick and Bottle's popular pimento cheeseburger. Is the Bay Area in line to get a cheeseburger truck? Across the Golden Gate, chef Scott Howard is contemplating going mobile with the pimento cheeseburger from his three-month-old Brick and Bottle in ... More >>
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August 3, 2010
Author of Book About Hawaiian Kau Kau Cuisine Reads in J-Town
The book details the history of Hawaii's fusion cooking.Anyone who's gained weight eating kau kau (broadly, the food of Hawaii, a pidgin term derived from Chinese "chow chow") while visiting the 50th state can attest to the caloric bounty of dishes on offer. The cuisine of Hawaii was greatly ... More >>
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August 2, 2010
Sour Flour Drops Out of 331 Cortland's Wholesome Bakery
Bridget Huber/Mission Loc@lDanny Gabriner has suspended most of Sour Flour's baking efforts.The mini shakeout at Bernal's mini food market continues. Last week, SFoodie's Mary Ladd reported that Della Terra Organics had left the petite 331 Cortland Market. Now Sour Flour, which had been offe ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
331 Cortland Marketplace Produce Vendor Pulls Out
Genevieve Y./YelpSusan D'Arcangelo's Della Terra Organics is gone from 331 Cortland after only three months.Produce retailer Della Terra Organics has pulled out of the 331 Cortland Marketplace after only three months. Calls to Della Terra's Susan D'Arcangelo as well as 331 owner Debra Resnik ... More >>
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July 16, 2010
Chocolate Orgasms via Sneezing? Ahhhh-choo!
Nicole W./YelpAssortment of Recchiuti chocolates: Sex in a box?Sex toy (and chocolate) makers, take note: Apparently there's a new way to get an orgasm going, and it revolves around the achoo. According to New York food writer Jessie Cacciola, some chocoholics regularly experience sneezing ... More >>
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July 12, 2010
Let Them Eat Nachos: Giants Hosting First-Ever Bastille Day at AT&T Park
AT&T Park and the Giants are being careful not to isolate any group on the planet. Ballpark nights honoring singles, Jews, LGBTers, Girl Scouts, Deadheads, and German beer fans all seem to affirm that yes, baseball really cares. And while it's unknown how many local baseball fans are either F ... More >>
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July 2, 2010
Heading to the East Bay for the Fourth? Here's Where to Eat
terriem/FlickrMaybe the line at Bakesale Betty in Temescal won't be quite so fierce Sunday. Then again...Going East-Bay al fresco for the holiday weekend? Lake Temescal, Tilden: They'll be crowded, for sure, but a hell of a lot more bucolic than Dolores. • Picnickers looking to Oakland fo ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Paying for Kitchen Space by the Carbon Footprint Plan
Jeremy Brooks/FlickrKitchen tenants at La Victoria pay, in part, by how much energy they consume.Over at La Victoria in the Mission, owner-baker Jaime Maldonado has quietly been using a carbon footprint pricing model to rent to food businesses, including Venga Empanadas, Soul Cocina, Wholesom ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Anthony Bourdain's Coming to Ferry Plaza Tomorrow. Leave Your Drugs at Home
poopscape/FlickrBring your slavish adoration.Anthony Bourdain will be in the San Francisco Bay Area for one day only ― tomorrow. Leave your bags of weed and coke at home, please. The best way to catch sight of him? In the morning, at Book Passage in the Ferry Building. The event starts at 1 ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
Jimmy Dean Is in That Big Industrial Sausage Factory in the Sky
RIP, Jimmy Dean. The singer-sausage king died yesterday, at the age of 81. Supermarket shoppers might remember him best for his eponymous line of sausage patties, bacon, and breakfast sausage (originally called "pure pork sausage"), for which he did many hammy commercials. For years Dean was the com ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
Saturday: Chug Pinot, Save a Chunk of Marin Farmland
gcquinn/FlickrMALT is trying to preserve this swath of Nicasio hillside.It's easy to take for granted the edible goods from Marin farms. Knowing what's kept some of those farmlands from turning into subdivisions is a bit harder, but chances are the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) had som ... More >>
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April 21, 2010
Bi-Rite Creamery's Kris Hoogerhyde: The SFoodie Interview, Part 2
Mary LaddKris Hoogerhyde.In the first part of our Q&A with Bi-Rite Creamery's Kris Hoogerhyde, the pastry chef walked us back through the evolution of the newly expanded Mission sweets and ice cream shop, including the birth of salted caramel. Today, Hoogerhyde talks about the foods that insp ... More >>
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April 6, 2010
Mission Burger/Mission Street Food's Danny Bowien: The SFoodie Interview, Part 2
Jesse Friedman/Beer & NoshDanny Bowien.Mission Burger's 27-year-old short-order cook Danny Bowien has serious kitchen chops. In yesterday's first installment with Mary Ladd, Bowien talked about his inspiration, favorite cuisines, and the genesis of what might be San Francisco's most unusual b ... More >>
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November 2, 2009
Ex-Top Chef Player (and Circa Chef) Erik Hopfinger Resurfaces at Brunch
Mary LaddThen-Circa chef Hopfinger at the SF Chefs. Food. Wine. opening party in August.What happens to former Top Chef contestants when the memory of their last elimination challenge has faded into some bitter barstool tale of judges' prejudice and shitty luck? In the case of ex-Circa chef E ... More >>
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November 2, 2009
Thanksgiving is Coming Fast. Know What You'll Be Serving?
4505Meats.comTurducken from 4505 Meats: Why settle for one bird when you can have three?Mission dwellers have a grazing option today. Starting at 5 p.m., Bi-Rite Market (3639 18th St. at Guerrero) is setting up a Thanksgiving tasting station set up in front of the store -- samples of Bill Nim ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Fish & Farm's Chad Newton: The SFoodie Interview
C. NewtonChad Newton: Wants Gordon to keep yelling.Growing up in Mountain View, Chad Newton got a taste of restaurant glory via family trips to Stars, Jeremiah Tower's watershed Cali brasserie. "I used to always gravitate toward the regular menu, not the kid's menu," Newton said. He graduated ... More >>
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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 >>
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July 29, 2009
The Afternoon I Holed Up in Bender's with Anthony Bourdain
Mary LaddThe nasty bits: The Bender's Bloody Mary, crowned with a beef stick.Filming the San Francisco episode of No Reservations (the show airs on the Travel Channel network August 10) was similar to the other times I've hung out with Anthony Bourdain. It was all drinking and eating, only th ... More >>
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July 28, 2009
Taco Truck Confidential: My Moment with Tony
mangoandtabasco/FlickrDon't ask -- we won't tell.We're counting down to the August 10 broadcast of the San Francisco/Oakland episode of No Reservations, the Anthony Bourdain food-and-travel show with an avidly sweaty following. Tomorrow we'll launch details of a contest that will yield five c ... More >>
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July 24, 2009
Eating Away the Blahs: The Week in SFoodie
Meredith BrodyWhy stop at one? • We ate like 15-year-olds with a thyroid condition this week -- call it consolation for the relentlessly shitty weather, the kind that drizzles just enough moisture onto the filthy hood of your Sentra to make it seem permanently flocked with grime. Meredith Bro ... More >>
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July 8, 2009
New Bottled Iced Teas from Peet's: Rrefreshment Without the Weirdness
Alfred Peet's tea legacy lives on -- in the fridge. Peet was originally from Holland, and grew up in the coffee and tea trade before opening his first store in Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto in 1966, long before there was such a thing. Now, just in time for S.F.'s fog-shrouded summer, Peet's bottled iced ... More >>

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