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Sam Mogannam

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    October 26, 2011

    Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food Brings More Than Recipes to the Table

    Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food by Sam Mogannam and Dabney Gough​ The San Francisco restaurant scene is rife with restaurant cookbooks these days, with what seems like every popular chef and restaurateur working on a collection of favorite recipes. There are so many wonderful books about local ... More >>

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    May 6, 2011

    Cold Ice, Hot Tofu, and Fresh Croissants: This Week in Food Bloggery

    John BirdsallStarter Bakery croissants.​Highlights from the blog this week:1. SFoodie bloggers locate two dishes I've been curious about for a while: Luis Chong finds Taiwanese-style shaved ice in the Outer Sunset, just in time for a mini heat wave, and Sean Timberlake writes an SF92 post about th ... More >>

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    May 4, 2011

    Bi-Rite, Frances, Slanted Door, and Delfina All Cook for Mission High

    Allan Ferguson/FlickrSite of the Mission's biggest-ever popup resturant.​Two years ago, when Mission High School had some of the lowest California Standards Test scores in the state, Principal Eric Guthertz promised the students that if they raised their scores, he'd get a tattoo of the school mas ... More >>

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    August 27, 2010

    Crunk's Not Dead, the Haberdash, Kelley Stoltz, Godwaffle Noise Pancakes and More

    Jenna Riot plays El Rio this Friday​Let's get cultured, San Francisco. Put on your leopard-skin pill-box hat and paint the town red. But before you brave those cruel streets, check our list of cheap things to do this weekend for less than the cost of a quality whiskey sour. Here are ten things fo ... More >>

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    August 25, 2010

    18th Street Block Party Brings the Hog to Dolores

    Brett L./FlickrSpit-roasting pig at the last 18th Street Block Party in 2008.​Delfina's Craig Stoll, Bi-Rite's Sam Mogannam, and other Mission business owners organized a huge party two summers ago that took over 18th Street and spilled into Dolores Park. The free event was swarmed by people w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    SF Street Food Festival's Silent Auction Packed with Gastro Swag

    Claudine/FlickrLand the winning bid, and make like Sam the Butcher at Avedano's.​While the hype for Saturday's SF Street Food Festival is reaching fever pitch, the affiliated silent auction, going on now, has pretty much remained under the food universe's radar. The list of auction items reads ... More >>

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    June 17, 2010

    Bi-Rite's Raffle for Gulf Fishermen Starts Today

    Revival Meats/FlickrJust like family ― only with checkout lines.​One thing we like about Bi-Rite is how the store treats its employees and producers like family. In September, when pastured-chicken purveyor Soul Food Farm fell prey to a fire that savaged its stock of poultry, Bi-Rite staged ... More >>

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    April 30, 2010

    More Details on 18 Reasons' Move to Bigger Quarters

    {Guerrilla Futures | Jason Tester}/FlickrSaturdays will likely be set aside for food-filled open houses.​Did we mention that 18 Reasons is upgrading to a bigger place on 18th Street? Bi-Rite's Sam Mogannam called us with a few more details about the expansion that'll grow the food-focused comm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Expanded Bi-Rite Creamery Opening Weds. with New Soft-Serve Window

    Nalipay M./YelpYou've waited two weeks. What's one more day?​Been waiting patiently for an expanded Bi-Rite Creamery to reopen March 2 (that's tomorrow)? You'll have to dig down for an extra 24 hours of forbearance. Bi-Rite's Sam Mogannam told us the reopening's been pushed back to Wednesday, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    S.F. Library Hosts Slow Food Discussion, Followed by Slow Party at 18 Reasons

    slowfood sf/FlickrSlow Food San Francisco's Labor Day Eat-In at Civic Center.​Personalities on what organizers are calling both sides of Slow Food will participate in a panel tomorrow night at the S.F. Public Library's Koret Auditorium (100 Larkin at Grove). We can't guarantee sparks, but the ... More >>

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    November 10, 2009

    Doggy Bag: The Battle for the Bay Area's Soul

    The Ethicurean​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. History lesson: The Ethicurean's Bonnie Azab Powell tells the story of the fire at Vacaville's Soul Food Farm. Really, it's ultimately about the stirrings of a phoenix-like recovery for the family-run pastured chicken-and-egg operation, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Bi-Rite's Raffle for Soul Food Farm is Rallying Community Support

    Michael Halberstadt/FlickrThe Mission District market is seeking to raise $10,000 for the farm.​The fire that destroyed a barn and several acres of pasture at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville last Thursday has succeeded in kindling a measure of community support. Today, Bi-Rite Market co-owner Sam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Party on Block 18 This Saturday

    Michael Halberstadt/FlickrThe Mission District market is seeking to raise $10,000 for the farm.​The fire that destroyed a barn and several acres of pasture at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville last Thursday has succeeded in kindling a measure of community support. Today, Bi-Rite Market co-owner Sam ... More >>

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