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January 25, 2012
Robert Burns Night: Pairing Haggis and Whisky
drewleavy/Flickr"But mark the Rustic, haggis fed/The trembling earth resounds his tread"The culinary feast known as Burns Night, a dinner punctuated with poems from Scottish poet Robert Burns for his birthday (the 253rd one) today, is clearly not for the uninitiated. Aside from sourcing or making ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Ryan Farr of 4505 Meats Talks Whole Beast Butchery
In the more than two years since Ryan Farr and his wife, Cesalee, founded 4505 Meats, the artisanal butcher has achieved nationwide fame. He has been called a "rock star butcher" by the New York Times and recently appeared on the Martha Stewart Show. In Whole Beast Butchery, Farr provides step-by- ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Dare to Go "Whole Hog"
In the more than two years since Ryan Farr and his wife, Cesalee, founded 4505 Meats, the artisanal butcher has achieved nationwide fame. He has been called a "rock star butcher" by the New York Times and recently appeared on the Martha Stewart Show. In Whole Beast Butchery, Farr provides step-by- ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
The Fascination of Pork Rinds
You know you want some.For most of the last few decades, pork rinds fell into the realm of the ultra-déclassé. But the low-carb fad turned the fried pork-skin strips into a respectable snack among New York Times-reading dieters. The growth of the Latino population brought chicharrones out of th ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Jake Godby Tasting Menu: $10 Off For SFoodie Readers!
Andy WrightJake Godby shows his dedication to ice creamJake Godby Guest Chef Night at Baker and Banker Where:Baker and Banker, 1701 Octavia (at Bush), 351-2500 When: Wed., July 20 Cost: $65 (when you mention SF Weekly) The rundown: If you're like us, and you spend way too much time immers ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
High-End All-You-Can-Consume Fest at Ferry Plaza on Sunday
Lou BustamanteFeasting inside the Ferry BuildingWhere: Ferry Building Marketplace, 1 Ferry Building (at Embarcadero) When: Sun., July 10, 6 - 9 p.m. Cost: $95 online via Eventbrite The rundown: Summer is finally here and so far, it's been a stunner. We finally got to see what the fireworks ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Cheese Shop Crime, Passion Cafe for Rent (Again), Maharani's Back, and Macaron News
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. What's with all the restaurant crime? Saturday it was a shooting outside Little Joe's, and today Eater SF recounts the latest robbery attempt at Mission Cheese. Via the shop's newsletter, Eater learned a ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Prep Your Gut With 4505 Meats' Turducken Sandwich
Jonathan Kauffman4505 Meats' chicken-in-a-duck-in-a-turkey (and eventually in you), $12. Wednesday, November 24, 2010 If you've been reading SFoodie religiously, you know that 4505 Meats has been taking orders for Thanksgiving turducken. On the 4505 blog, owner Ryan Farr has posted photos of the ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
This Weekend in Napa, Primal Celebrates the Art of the Hack
kentbrew/FlickrAt last year's Primal, a guest grabs a knife and lends a hand.A bunch of butchers and chefs will be wielding cleavers against major protein at Primal in Napa this weekend, a repeat of last year's event in the same outdoor location. A bacon taste-off is planned, and expect a sle ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Ferry Plaza's Thursday Food Market Turns 1 Today. Celebrate with Lindsay Lohan
niallkennedy/Flickr4505's Ryan Farr busting it out.Ferry Plaza's Thursday farmers' market turns one today, and CUESA is celebrating with special giveaways and deals. The first 111 people to hit the info booth today will receive a coin worth a dollar off any purchase. As for the deals: Two pie ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
Sunset Celebration Weekend's New Street-Food Alley
These days, you're not a proper lifestyle magazine if you can't throw a proper party. Next weekend, Sunset, the Menlo Park-based West Coast lifestyle magazine, is holding its annual Celebration Weekend. The event will take place on the venerable publication's seven-acre grounds ― yeah, magazine ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Call by Noon for a Seat at 4505 Meats' Whole Hog Butchery Class
John BirdsallSpeed-dial a place at the carnage.If you're feeling the urge to watch a local celeb hunk butcher break down a hulking hunk of swine, get that speed dial going, all quick-like. The chance to snag a $125 seat at the 4505 Meats' Whole Hog butchery class at La Cocina with Ryan Farr i ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
Pinkie's and Bento 415 Announce New Space in SOMA; 4505 Meats Finds Temporary Kitchen
Ben N./YelpThe site currently housing Ideal Cafe (pictured) will allow Bento 415 actual restaurant space.Looks like the landlord ripple that threatened to leave Pinkie's Bakery, Bento 415, and 4505 Meats out on the sidewalk is resolved. (As we originally reported, John Campbell's Irish Bakery ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Jonathan Kauffman Takes a Bite Out of S.F.'s Extreme Hot Dog
arnold | inuyaki/Flickr4505 Meats' zilla-style golden dog.Are hot dogs the new martini ― all-purpose vehicles for blinging out with gaudier theme accessories than even Gaga would cover her ladyparts with? In today's "Eat," SF Weekly food critic Jonathan Kauffman eats his way through almost ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
John Campbell's Taking Over Potrero Space from Bento 415/Pinkie's/4505 Meats
Claudine C./YelpPinkie's, Bento 415, and 4505 Meats are out at the end of April.Eater was tipped yesterday to the forced exit later this month of Pinkie's Bakery and Bento 415 ― also co-tenant 4505 Meats, who uses the space for production ― from shared kitchen and retail space in Potrero ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
What to Have for Lunch Today: 4505 Meats' Fried Mac and Cheese
Fiends Ain't Family/FlickrSeriously.Thurs., April 1, 2010 Luis C./YelpSure, it sounds like the butt of some bubba-cuisine joke, or a foodie's April Fool's. And yes, 4505's deep-fried mac is a panko-crusted calorie bomb, and it is shaped with the rectilinear precision of an industrial ... More >>
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February 19, 2010
Biscuits, Triple XXX Hot Sauce, and Banh Xeo: New Weekend Brunch Options
M. LaddEgg beaters: Brunch condiments at Baby Blues BBQ.Brunch ruts can set in without warning, till all of a sudden you're seated on a bolt-down at Just For You, scanning a menu you've studied dozens of times, thinking: WTF. Fortunately, like a fresh pot of coffee at the Bunn station, a new ... More >>
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February 3, 2010
Super Bowl Sunday at Bloodhound: Eat Spit-Roasted Hog
Jared Z./YelpSomewhere along the streets of Pigtown, perhaps at the slovenly post office or the scraps-stocked general store, there is a wanted poster bearing Ryan Farr's face. The guy behind 4505 Meats has made his bones whittling whatever he can off those of pigs, typically plump, happy, he ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
Details on Buying an Organic Holiday Ham from Ryan Farr's 4505 Meats
Turns out deserving charities won't be the only ones getting a taste of 4505 Meats ham this season. Star butcher Ryan Farr has more details about 4505's holiday ham offerings. Each one is 22 pounds, more or less, from Iowa organic hog farm Becker Lane. Each will undergo brining by 4505, and y ... More >>
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December 7, 2009
Win a 4505 Meats Christmas Ham ― for People Who Really Need It
Share some hammy love this month: Sign up as a 4505 Meats Facebook friend and you might win a ham. Ryan Farr's 4505 Meats is raffling off three hams per week until Christmas hits, but don't get your slicer out just yet. Each winner gets to choose his or her favorite charity, to which 4505 wil ... More >>
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December 1, 2009
Ryan Farr: The Turducken Master Trains His Sights on Prime Rib
Jesse Friedman/Beer & NoshFarr: A growing foodlebrity with national buzz.One thing's certain: These days, it doesn't suck being Ryan Farr. When the 4505 Meats proprietor conducts a pair of Whole Hog butchery classes this Sunday at La Cocina (2948 Folsom at 25th St.), students will experience ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Eight Creative Additions to Your Thanksgiving Feast
Thanksgiving is upon us, but instead of sticking with traditional turkey and stuffing, why not spice things up with some more creative fare? Some of these dishes might freak out your grandparents (or you, for that matter), but they're guaranteed to spark a conversation. 8. Guac-a-BirdJello is usu ... More >>
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November 20, 2009
Doggy Bag: Reading the Future in a Bag of Pork Skins
Meatmeister/FlickrThere goes the neighborhood.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Going too Farr: Mission Loc@l's Kate Kilpatrick probes chicharrones both Bi-Rite and ghetto, sampling swine skin from sources as diverse as 4505 Meats and La Gallinita. Her guides? Papalote's Victor Escobedo an ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Another Display of Butchery and Upscale Eats, This Time in Napa
J. BirdsallRyan Farr dispatching a beast at Bloodhound.Yet another butcher-chef-fire event (this one called Primal) is happening Saturday in Napa -- observe the breakdown of a pig, a goat, a cow, and a lamb, and taste the results. Incanto's Chris Cosentino, Perbacco's Staffan Terje, Fatted Ca ... 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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October 30, 2009
Please, Don't Bring Your Toddler to This Petting Zoo. Unless They Have a Thing for Butchery
kimoWear something splatter-proof.Another carving party led by meat superstars Ryan Farr and Taylor Boetticher will throw down when Petting Zoo hits at Bloodhound (1145 Folsom at Seventh St.) next Tuesday, Nov. 3. Forty large will get you all the (spit-roasted) food you can eat, demonstration ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
Marin Goes All Backwoods Next Month for Swamp Cabbage Feast
perrygrl/FlickrWear your fishing vest.On Sunday, Nov. 15, Mill Valley is where the wild things are -- smoked, roasted, and stewed. Savory Thymes, an organization dedicated -- in large part -- to the "cross-pollination" of inspired ideas about sustainable food systems in the global economy, is ... More >>
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October 20, 2009
Hey, That's Ryan Farr Grilling Lamb on a Mission Sidewalk!
M. LaddThe 4505 Meats chef stuffed the leg with various other parts.Yes, that was 4505 Meats' Ryan Farr manning the grill in front of the McSweeney's headquarters at 839 Valencia (at 19th St.) earlier today. As you read this, the McSweeney's crew is noshing on baby lamb. Farr -- with help fro ... More >>
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September 16, 2009
Friday Street-Food Market Reportedly Set for Folsom and Second
J. BirdsallNamu's ssam (aka Korean tacos): Coming to the absurdly named SF Blu.Eater SF reports that, starting next week, lovers of the Thursday Ferry Plaza street food market will be able to get sloppy seconds, as it were, on Fridays. Beginning September 25, a trio of Plaza stalwarts (Tacoli ... More >>
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September 10, 2009
Feast With a Chef Dream Team (and Support CUESA) at Sunday Supper
cuesa.orgCenter for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA), the non-profit organization responsible for the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and its associated educational programming, will host its largest annual fundraiser in October. Attendees of this year's "Sunday Supper" will sit i ... More >>
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August 27, 2009
Local Flavor: 4505 Meats' Bacon Peanut Butter Brownie
Can you handle another bacon dessert?"We inhabit a subculture peculiarly steeped in pork fat," blogged SFoodie editor John Birdsall earlier this afternoon, speaking of the porcine pleasures available in the Ferry Building. To that we humbly add the bacon peanut butter brownie, available on select ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
Ryan Farr Pork Posters Come Pre-Smudged with Lard
4505 MeatsGuaranteed to make any room feel more porcine.Gotta get that pork poster! For those who can't afford to bid for the chance to have 4505 Meats' chef Ryan Farr conduct an in-house butchery demo (an S.F. Street Food Festival auction item), consider shelling out a little over $35 for a ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. Are there any actual rock stars?: It's kind of a Manhattan bitch fight, really. But in advance of a Nightline segment ("Butchers: New Rock Stars of the Culinary World") Grub Street New York gets kind of pissy about what it regards a muggin ... More >>
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August 11, 2009
Bite the Zeitgeist Next Week at Acme's Artisanal Wiener Tasting
J. Birdsall4505 Meats' Dogzilla-style hot dog: Cultural icon in a bun.What is it about the hot dog -- traditional lunch of toddlers, work-boot wearers, and Costco shoppers -- that's turned all zeitgeisty? Sure, it's the curdled economy -- big duh. For the price of a turkey club, you can get a ... More >>
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August 5, 2009
Want to Make Your Place Feel More Lived In? Try Butchery
J. Birdsall Farr at work: This could be your dining room table.You know, a house just isn't a home these days without a little pig butchery. Just so happens that if you score the winning bid in the San Francisco Street Food Festival's silent auction, you'll be able to give your flat exactly w ... More >>
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July 23, 2009
Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. Stoner specs: Yeah, we all made fun of it -- the messenger-bag-turned-beer-cooler by Timbuk2, named for Dolores Park. Last Sunday, Mission Mission's Allan Hough actually spotted some guy using one, unleashing a string of reader comments abo ... More >>
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July 23, 2009
Namu's Asian Street Foods a Big Draw at Ferry Plaza's Thursday Market
The Korean "tacos" are worth the lines. We'll call it: The Ferry Plaza Thursday street-food market is officially an S.F. institution. Shortly after noon today, the lines for the mod Cali-Korean place Namu and Ryan Farr's 4505 Meats snaked across the sidewalk. A camera crew for 7x7 magazine ch ... More >>
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July 21, 2009
Show Dogs Unleashes Upscale Wieners on the Tenderloin
Meredith BrodyA lamb merguez sausage (left) and the 4505 dog.The irony of passing two long soup kitchen lines to sample upscale hot dogs at the new Show Dogs sausage emporium in the Tenderloin didn't escape us. But owners Gayle Pirie and John Clark's Foreign Cinema has had a singularly salubrious e ... More >>
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July 20, 2009
Hacking Up Pigs? Kid Stuff. Bloodhound Event Promises to Butcher a Steer
Maybe pigs are the gateway agilitynut/FlickrSteers = the new hogs.drug of butchery, the giggly little high that leads inevitably to the synapse-busting experience that leaves you watching the fibers in your flokati coalesce into runes. On Tuesday, July 28th, meat gods Ryan Farr and Taylor Boettiche ... More >>
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June 24, 2009
Ryan Farr Promises Dogs, Gobs, and More at 4505 Meats Stall
Steven Gdula Miniature gobs -- gobbles -- will be available through 4505 Meats.We're waiting with bated breath and an empty stomach for next week's launch of the new Thursday street-food-focused farmer's market at the Ferry Building. But one of its most anticipated stalls won't be open until ... More >>
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June 23, 2009
Explore Meat and Booze at CUESA Class and Go Home with Sausage
FogCityFog/FlickrH. Joseph Ehrmann of Elixir will demo Perfect Punch.The Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) is up to its delicious tricks again with a summer-friendly event this Friday, June 26. The Summer Sausage and Perfect Punch class features three of the Bay Area's ... More >>
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June 10, 2009
'Porkapalooza' Offers Another Chance to Mix Butchery with Boozing
Relive the magic.Remember how much fun Bloodhound's last mashup of butchery and boozing was? Here's your chance to touch the magic (ar at least risk being splattered by it) all over again. On June 16 - next Tuesday - Ryan Farr of 4505 Meats and Taylor Boetticher of Fatted Calf are tag-teaming for Po ... More >>
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June 2, 2009
The Five Best Bacon Sweets in San Francisco
Badge by S.F.'s Snarky McF*ckbuttonsYou may be tiring of all the hype and fuss surrounding bacon, but admit it: You're still not tired of bacon. Or sweets. So what should you consume if you need a fix of both at the same time? Enjoy this countdown of our top five faves.5. Bacon marshmallows fr ... More >>
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May 21, 2009
CUESA Announces Vendor List for Thursday Street-Food Market at the Ferry Building
JC Anthony Dee 42 via FlickrStarting in July, the fanciest street food in town will happen right hereCome July 2, street food takes to the waterfront -- haute street food, that is. Riding the wave of mobile food fervor sweeping the city, the Ferry Plaza folks are launching a Thursday farmers' market ... More >>
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May 14, 2009
Butchery and Bacon-Spiked Bourbon: Bloodhound Pig Roast Turns Hacking into a Spectator Sport
One of the evening's victims, in mid-takedownLast night's pig roast at SOMA bar Bloodhound saw two superstars of the city's pig culture go head-to-head in a hack-off. Call it more a demonstration of competing butchery styles than an Iron Chef smackdown: Chicharrones king Ryan Farr of 4505 Meats and ... More >>
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May 1, 2009
Teeny Dishes, Oysters, Meat, and Happy Chefs: The Month in SFoodie
Here are some highlights from the past month in SFoodie, in case you missed 'em:• We launched our new series of Twitter-sized recipes from local chefs, challenging them to create a dish in 140 characters. Check out these itty bitty instructions for Pig's Head Mu-Shu from Ryan Farr of 4505 Meats, E ... More >>
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April 16, 2009
Twitter-Sized Recipes, Pt. 2: Thomas Martinez
(Photo by Chris Andre) We're having fun with local chefs, challenging them to create a recipe with only 140 characters, the same amount of space allowed for messages on Twitter. After last week's pig head Mu-Shu recipe from Ryan Farr, we have a lovely vegetarian offering to follow. At age 22, Thom ... More >>
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April 14, 2009
Meatpaper Pig Party at Camino 4/27
This shindig should definitely be worth the schlep to Oakland.
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February 13, 2009
Everything's Coming Up Meat!
Carnivores can study, taste, and feast on all things fleshy.
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January 20, 2009
Mission Street Food's Inauguration Gala and Charity Work
Mission Street Food is sharing in the country's revelry of Inauguration Day by making this week's installment a dedication to the election of Barack Obama, including a "Rocket's Red Glare" salad, remixes on classics like mac & cheese, BBQ and beans 'n weenies and even Baracky Road and I Have a D ... More >>
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