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Sara Deseran

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    March 13, 2012

    Tacos For Tots: Tacolicious Fundraises For Public Schools

    ​What: Tacolicious School Project Spring Session 2012 Where: Tacolicious in the Mission and Marina (2031 Chestnut St.) locations When: Every Monday through May Cost: See menu The rundown: Tacolicious owners Joe Hargrave and Sara Deseran are donating 15 percent of the total money earned every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    SFoodie's Jonathan Kauffman Makes "Best Food Writing 2011"

    ​I have the pleasure of sharing a desk pod with SF Weekly restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman. When we received our copy of "Best Food Writing 2011," including his story "Shark's Fin: Understanding the Political Soup," I slipped it on his desk. Jonathan arrived this morning by bicycle, saw the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Does San Francisco's Food Culture Owe Its Richness to Tech Money?

    Steve Jobs can't get into Flour Water, but is Apple money the reason it's so good?​In 7x7 Magazine this week, Sara Deseran has an thought-provoking article about the links between San Francisco's vibrant tech industry and our vibrant restaurant industry. As one venture capitalist she interviews ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Haggis on a Stick, South Asian Fusion, Making the Easter Bunny Cry

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. The good kind of scary. Thrillist came out with a list of five fried dishes that I think are supposed to be unnerving but just look delicious. On the bucket list: Bar Agricole's fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    January Is the New Lent

    No need for this.​It's been quite a few Januarys since SFoodie has heard our friends talk about making year-long resolutions. Perhaps they've lost their idealism, or just their will to commit. Short term self-improvement projects seem to be everywhere, however. January has become Lent for agnostic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Are There Just Too Damn Many Food Blogs in This Town?

    steveoa3d/FlickrExcessive or exhilarating?​Our favorite morsel from the Web. Is the fun of food being drowned in an overabundance of published information? That's the suggestion behind Sara Deseran's "The Feed Frenzy" in the August issue of 7x7. For a city small enough to make passing through ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Ramblas to Close in May; Delfina's Roman Spin-Off Taking Over Site

    Jim L./YelpThe Valencia Street tapas bar has had a rough couple of years.​Annie Stoll might have kept mum, but Sara Deseran got the confirmation for 7x7: Craig Stoll's Roman-inspired Locanda (a working name) is expected to open late spring or early summer in the Valencia space that's now Rambl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    In Town Last Night, David Chang and Local Chefs Ponder S.F.'s 'Monotone' Restaurant Culture

    David Chang (right) with Chris Cosentino before last night's discussion at Cafe Du Nord.​If there's a takeaway lesson from fig-gate, it might be this: Don't drink on stage. At a 7x7-sponsored panel discussion at Café Du Nord last night, N.Y. chef David Chang took heat for having being what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Doggy Bag: Act Now and Get a Set of Steak Knives!

    ​Our favorite morsel from the food blogs. This is just sad: Heston Blumenthal is one of the greatest chefs of his generation. His restaurant, The Fat Duck in Berkshire in England, has the stature of the French Laundry. In 2007 and 2009, the Good Food Guide named it the best restaurant in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Doggy Bag: She Said, She Said

    ​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Double in the bubble: Unbeknownst to the other, 7x7's Sara Deseran and Jessica Battilana made separate rezzies at SPQR. They went, they ate, they wrote. Only instead of merging both reviews or scrapping one, they opted to publish side by side at Bits Bit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

    ​Our favorite morsel from the food blogs. Rock the vote: Yesterday we questioned Sara Deseran's ear-tweaking of Chron critic Michael Bauer for not, well, controlling his man better. To recap: Mrs. Bauer -- aka Michael Murphy -- posted what 7x7's Deseran blasted as an indiscreet tweet about a ... More >>

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