Scharffen Berger

Co-Founder of Scharffen Berger Passes Away

Darkness and Dawn in the Local Food Scene

(We will dearly miss Scharffen Berger, due to depart the Bay Area soon)Today, Eater SF summarizes a grim start to the year for the local food scene. "The Shutter" lists 25 different restaurants that closed in January alone in San Francisco, and one additional spot in the South Bay. Perhaps worst of ... More >>

Snacktion: 18 Rabbits' Nibble a Sultana Granola Bar

Name: Nibble a Sultana Brand: 18 Rabbits Origin: San Francisco Found at: Bi-Rite Market (3639 18th St.) Cost: $2.99 Ingredients: Veritas granola (oats, unsweetened coconut, maple syrup, ground flax seed, sunflower or safflower oil, walnuts, Marshall's Farm honey, hazelnuts, pumpkin seeds, se ... More >>

Victuals Tour

Come along as we walk (and eat) our way through the Ferry Building.

Burnt Chefs

Former admissions representatives at CCA say they preyed on students’ dreams of becoming celebrity chefs and glossed over the painful economic realities of the industry

Home on the Range

We're wowed by the New American cooking served at the Mission's snug Maverick

Chuck and the Chocolate Factory

We're wowed by the New American cooking served at the Mission's snug Maverick

Outside the Ordinary

Even when it's foggy, there's great, comfortable alfresco dining in San Francisco. Here are some of our current favorites.

Best Ice Cream (S.F.)

Even when it's foggy, there's great, comfortable alfresco dining in San Francisco. Here are some of our current favorites.

Best Free Food Tour

Even when it's foggy, there's great, comfortable alfresco dining in San Francisco. Here are some of our current favorites.

Best Pastries

Even when it's foggy, there's great, comfortable alfresco dining in San Francisco. Here are some of our current favorites.

Chocolate U

It takes more than the sweet stuff to educate us on Café Cacao's charms

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

It takes more than the sweet stuff to educate us on Café Cacao's charms

Best Newsstand

Fog City News

City of Light

The loveliness of Paris evoked in a Cal-Med restaurant-cum-wine bar

Lovers' Leads

The loveliness of Paris evoked in a Cal-Med restaurant-cum-wine bar

Lovers' Leads

Valentine's Day Listings

It's All Good

Our critic can't stay away from the buttery pastries and cheesy savories at Tartine

Best Mexican

Oakland's divine Doña Tomás opens a nifty taqueria in Berkeley

Absinthe Friends

Luxurious provender before a performance -- or instead of one

Best Street Food

Aidell's Sausage Stand

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Paisley's

Catching a Buzz

Cozmo's Corner Grill

Coming Home

The House

Walking on Water

Aqua

Best Dessert Menu

Eos

Best Gelato

Ciao Bella

Best California Cuisine

Eos

On the Right Track

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Several Jugs of Wine and Thou

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Eclectic Company

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Side Dish

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Loud & Proud

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

New Chocolate Shop Opening in Former Joseph Schmidt Space

dixiehu/FlickrThe Schmidt store in the Castro shut down last spring.​Dig this chocolate goss: A new chocolate shop is opening in the shuttered 16th Street retail store that was the original home of Joseph Schmidt. Schmidt (and Scharffen Berger) parent Hershey Co. closed the shop last spring; t ... More >>

Snacktion: Frog Hollow Farm's Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies

T Palmer​Name: Cherry Chocolate Chip CookiesBrand: Frog Hollow FarmOrigin: BrentwoodFound at: Frog Hollow Farm Market (One Ferry Plaza at the Embarcadero)Cost: $3.50Ingredients: Organic flour, organic butter, organic sugar, eggs, Scharffen Berger chocolate, organic walnuts, organic dried cherries, ... More >>

Haute Halloween Candy, Or How to Break Your Teeth and the Bank at the Same Time

knipschildt.comLa Madeline au Truffe: Yours for a mere $250.​Most of us are more than happy with whatever sort of candy we can manage to score during Halloween. Luckily, there are some upscale options for those with champagne taste who won't settle for anything but the ludicrously pricey. Check ou ... More >>

Sweet Tees: Five Great San Francisco Food Shirts

7x7​We sure do love a good tee-shirt, and these clever ones from S.F. food purveyors keep us smiling:5. THE PIZZA WAS SOOOO GREASY. I'M ASSUMING THIS WAS IN PART DUE TO THE PIG FAT by Pizzeria Delfina, in response to an irate Yelper.herbivoreclothing.com​ 4. I'm at the Muffin Top of My Game by S ... More >>

If Aidells Is Out of Ferry Plaza, Shouldn't Scharffen Berger Have To Go Too?

YourFavoriteMartian/Flickr​On Tuesday, the Chronicle's C.W. Nevius reported that CUESA, the organization that runs the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, had informed Kathleen de Wilbur, the woman who has operated the Aidells Sausage stall for 17 years, that she would be out of the market at the end of t ... More >>

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz -- Yes, There's a Prize

Lemme tell you what I can get for $72 million...​Everyone is familiar with the concept -- perform well, receive compensation. That's why Keanu Reeves pulls in the big bucks. Now it's your turn. Send your perfect scores on this quiz here and the first one to ace it wins a prize. It's tax free (so t ... More >>

John Scharffenberger Signs on as CEO of Hodo Soy Beanery

​Hodo Soy Beanery, the West Oakland producer of tofu, soy milk, and (yuba) soybean skin, just announced that John Scharffenberger has joined the company as its CEO. Scharffenberger is one of the cofounders of Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker (now owned by Hershey) and, before that, founded Scharff ... More >>

Where Can I Buy Locally Made Chocolate In a Post-Scharffen Berger World?

Who cares if Scharffen Berger left town when we have E. Guittard?​A question came in from D.F. this week:I used to buy Scharffen Berger chocolate, but now that Hershey bought out the company and left Berkeley, I don't know where to buy local chocolate. I've been buying bags of Guittard chips at th ... More >>

An Open Letter from Blue Bottle to the Dolores Park Community

Blue Bottle Coffee Co.Rendering of Blue Bottle's proposed coffee trailer and its site in Dolores Park.​Organizers of tonight's community meeting at Dolores Park Church to discuss Rec and Park's vendor plans for Dolores Park are finalizing the final agenda. And while representatives of would-be ... More >>

Ben Tre, Scharffen Berger's Vietnamese Single-Origin Chocolate Bar

Tamara Palmer​Scharffen Berger chocolate maker Ray Major lovingly details the genesis of the company's Ben Tre 72% dark chocolate on the company's blog. Made from beans of seven-year-old cacao trees planted in the Ben Tre province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, a new source of potential income for the ... More >>

Mars Fights Hershey With New Pure Dark Pop-Up

Jonathan Kauffman​Wednesday sees the launch of a pop-up store in Cow Hollow promoting a line of artisanal-looking chocolates that SFoodie has never encountered before: Pure Dark. Today, SFoodie was sent a press packet containing a thick 70 percent cocoa "slab" whose edges were marked with the tine ... More >>

Summer Guide: Sports Bars That Aren't Terrible

Jonathan Kauffman​Wednesday sees the launch of a pop-up store in Cow Hollow promoting a line of artisanal-looking chocolates that SFoodie has never encountered before: Pure Dark. Today, SFoodie was sent a press packet containing a thick 70 percent cocoa "slab" whose edges were marked with the tine ... More >>

Free Baking Lessons With Scharffen Berger Chocolate

iStockphoto/Stepan Popov​Scharffen Berger is hosting two free baking lessons Saturday which use chocolate -- surprise! -- to teach you how to "elevate a classic dessert with Scharffen Berger." Yes, your grandmother's dessert recipe may wholly deserve the title "classic," but it can always ge ... More >>