Patricia Unterman

The All-Mandel Team or How to Staff One Great San Francisco Newspaper

It's a Classy Affair

Eating Right

Stars in Our Eyes

Our selections from the new and controversial Michelin restaurant guide garner mixed reviews

Patricia Unterman's San Francisco Food Lover's Guide, 4th Edition

The latest version is a wish book that reads like a novel

Shops and Gifts

The latest version is a wish book that reads like a novel

Live and Direct

Asking the Tough Questions

Unterman on Food

Our critic falls in love with a local guidebook

Boats to Plowshares

The new Ferry Building hosts the Farmers' Market

Side Dish

Flash in the Pan, One Hand Clapping, Open and Shut, The Wading Pool

Tropical Reigns

Flash in the Pan, One Hand Clapping, Open and Shut, The Wading Pool

Dish

Flash in the Pan, One Hand Clapping, Open and Shut, The Wading Pool

Dish

Flash in the Pan, One Hand Clapping, Open and Shut, The Wading Pool

Dine About Town

Flash in the Pan, One Hand Clapping, Open and Shut, The Wading Pool

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 >>

Local Dungeness Hits Restaurants Today. Here's Where to Score a Taste

Gothiron/FlickrLocal commercial Dungeness season opened yesterday.​For some San Franciscans, today is like Christmas Day, the Fourth of July, and 4/20, all rolled into one. The day the first local Dungeness hits restaurant menus justifies sick calls and leisurely lunches, not to mention the ki ... More >>

Saturday: Paula Wolfert with Patricia Unterman at Omnivore

Sara Remington/paula-wolfert.comPaula Wolfert​Omnivore Books isn't San Francisco's roomiest venue, but this Saturday, Jan. 23, expect the walls and floor to shake and creak from all the eager fans likely to be milling about the shop's scant square footage. Sonoma resident and Mediterranean coo ... More >>

Tonight: Sustainability and Slow Seafood at Hayes Street Grill

kewlio/Flickr​Slow Food San Francisco's Convivial Table ― called the Dinner Club back in the day ― gathers tonight at Hayes Street Grill. Expect a healthy serving of foodie chatter along with local, sustainable seafood. Tonight's event has proved so popular, organizers moved it to a larger ... More >>

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 >>

Citizen's Band: Two Dishes After Two Weeks

John BirdsallHorseradish-capped pot roast.​Ghosts of Folsom's leatherman past still haunt the corridor between Fourth Street and Eighth. But these days ― after a recent surge of bakery and restaurant openings along the central SOMA corridor ― the area's on the verge of being better known f ... More >>

San Francisco Eats: Main Library Takes a Close Look at City's Dining History

The exhibit exhumes 160 years of S.F. dining history.​With multiple blogs covering new restaurant openings, trends, and gossip with the fervor of Woodward and Bernstein scooping Watergate, local foodies are more than well informed as to what's going in San Francisco's present-day dining scene. ... More >>

Unconfirmed Allegations Surface about Ex-Corner Chef Alex Jackson

Alex Jackson provided SFoodie with this photo of himself last year.​Grub Street's Jay Barmann posted first word last night on what promises, ultimately, to be a complex story: Claims that Alex Jackson, the chef once at the helm of The Corner, and whom SF Weekly food critic Jonathan Kauffman re ... More >>

The Food World 30 Years Ago, Old Apples, and New Cheese

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. rivalhedgehogs.com​1. A little history for you. Yesterday, I was looking up Jack Shelton, the "famous restaurant critic" listed on the Bill's Place burger menu, to find out more a ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. rivalhedgehogs.com​1. A little history for you. Yesterday, I was looking up Jack Shelton, the "famous restaurant critic" listed on the Bill's Place burger menu, to find out more a ... More >>

Why Are All You Guys Reviewing the Same Place at Once?

Kimberly SandieDid all you critics need to gush over Nojo's tempura this week? ​Today's question comes from B.T.: Why did you, Michael Bauer, and Patricia Unterman review Nojo in the same week? Did you all go to the restaurant together?In the days when I read restaurant reviews rather than writin ... More >>