Sean Timberlake

SFoodie's 2012 Farmers' Market Schedule and Map

View San Francisco Farmers Markets 2012 in a larger mapDespite concern over the possibility that we may soon have too many farmers markets, the San Francisco farmers' market scene remains as robust as ever. The last few years have seen a major proliferation of neighborhood markets, and even local ho ... More >>

Are You FarmCurious? Don't Be Shy, There's a Pop-Up Event

FARMcurious Pop-Up at Pot and Pantry Where:Pot and Pantry, 3412 22nd St. (at Guerrero), 206-1134 When: Sun., July 24, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: free ​The rundown:This Sunday, get ready for too many Ps: it's a Pop-Up Party at Pot and Pantry. There's a sprawling agenda, but we think you can handl ... More >>

Swap Meet for Pickles, Preserves and other Homemade Goodies

Framboise​Punk Domestics & BCF Food Preservation Swap Where: Blue Chair Fruit Kitchen, 4629 Martin Luther King, Jr (at 47th St), Oakland; (510) 654-BLUE When: Fri., July 15, 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: On Friday, our very own Sean Timberlake (if he allows us to assert ownership) is st ... More >>

SFoodie Bloggers: Behind the Music

Artist's rendition of the SFoodie blog team.​Before I started writing for SFoodie, I imagined the bloggers as a tight-knit team of scallywags, palling around town and sharing robust food adventures. Thus I was scandalized when former SFoodie editor John Birdsall told me many of the bloggers ha ... More >>

Slow Money Entrepreneur Showcase Brings Money Down to the Soil

beyondtheplate.netBrentwood's Frog Hollow Farm.​Most people are familiar with Slow Food, the organization founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986 to encourage a return to traditional foodways and reconnect with the sources where our food comes from. So what if we took the same mentality and applied i ... More >>

Surveying Stout Beer Jelly and Biodynamic Wine at Taste of Mendocino

Sean TimberlakeBlack Dog Farm's jams and preserves range from the mundane to the quirky.​Monday's Taste of Mendocino event brought some of the best nibbles and sips from the county to Fort Mason to sample. Under the expansive roof of the Festival Pavilion, long rows of booths offered up tempti ... More >>

Meet the Bloggers: Jesse Hirsch

You read them here, now find out who the hell they are: We give you the diverse group of men and women who cover the local food and drink scene for you on SFoodie. Name: Jesse Hirsch Blogs about: Events and Happenings Richard Reyes​Having moved here from Queens, New York, last October, Jess ... More >>

Meet the Bloggers: Gil Riego, Jr.

You read them here, now find out who the hell they are: We give you the diverse group of men and women who cover the local food and drink scene for you on SFoodie. Gil Riego, Jr. Contributes: Food photography (look here, here, and here) You might call Gil Riego, Jr., an omnivore of photography. ... More >>

A Full List of the 92 Best Dishes in S.F. for Fresh Eats

Meet the Bloggers: Alastair Bland

Alastair BlandDefinitely the Best Photo Ever.​You read them here, now find out who the hell they are: We give you the diverse group of men and women who cover the local food and drink scene for you on SFoodie. Alastair Bland Blogs about: Beer and wine Alastair Bland may be one of the only ... More >>

Meet the Bloggers: Luis Chong

Jesse HirschLuis Chong. ​You read them here, now find out who the hell they are: We give you the diverse group of men and women who cover the local food and drink scene for you on SFoodie. Luis Chong Blogs about: cheap food, ramen, the esoteric In an Internet log-jammed with aspiring write ... More >>

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 >>

Meet the Bloggers: Sean Timberlake

Sean Timberlake.​You read them here, now find out who the hell they are: We give you the diverse group of men and women who cover the local food and drink scene for you on SFoodie. Sean Timberlake Blogs about: DIY, farmer's markets, homesteading Given that Sean Timberlake founded something ... More >>

Make Your Own Rhubarb Booze with Sean Timberlake

Genie GrattoSean Timberlake.​Class: Rhubarbooze! Where: 18 Reasons, 593 Guerrero (at 18th St.) When: Wed., April 27, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $50 The rundown: SFoodie contributor Sean Timberlake is giving rhubarb lessons next Wednesday, and here's our unbiased take: It'll be the best class ever taught. As ... More >>

No. 20: Sardine and Avocado Toasts from Contigo

Christian HaasContigo's sardine and avocado toasts, $2.50 a piece.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. Here in California, ingredients rule the table. Excellent, impeccable produce and proteins, minimally manipulated, almost always resul ... More >>

50 Fremont Brings Farm-Fresh Produce to Mondays

View San Francisco Farmers Markets 2011 in a larger map Hey, remember when we said that if you wanted a farmers' market on Monday or Friday, you were SOL? Well, as of today, that's no longer true. A brand-spankin'-new market has bloomed in a public plaza at 50 Fremont in the Financial District. Its ... More >>

No. 27: Fava Greens from Tairwa'-Knoll Farms

CUESAFava greens at the Saturday Ferry Plaza market, $6 per pound.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. ​As the winter rains fade and the sun finally shines on the city's farmers' markets, perhaps the last thing you want to fill your sac ... More >>

Maps, Maps, Maps: This Week in Food Bloggery

kennejima/FlickrCastro Farmers Market: Back in business.​Five SFoodie highlights from this week:1. Sean Timberlake just updated the map of San Francisco farmers' markets that Jun Belen created last year. Then he came up with a schedule of markets, listed by day of the week. This is one for the boo ... More >>

Avocados: Guac This Way

Sean TimberlakeCan a mess of avocados and you'll have access to green stuff all year long.​One of the surest signs of spring at our markets is the appearance of avocados, starting with the smooth-skinned bacon variety and leading up to the more popular, creamy Hass, so well suited to guacamole ... More >>

Fatted Calf's Happy Hour: A Nibble, a Sip, and Some Butchery

Sean TimberlakeA butcher goes to work with a hacksaw at Fatted Calf's Wednesday happy hour.​Carnivores squealed with glee when Fatted Calf opened its doors in Hayes Valley last year, giving owner-butcher Taylor Boetticher's own brand of artisanal charcuterie a permanent home in San Francisco. ... More >>

Top Chef Loses a Fan, San Francisco Sweets Gain THC

What's missing from this season's Top Chef? A little San Francisco magic, maybe.​Highlights from the blog this week:1. Carina Ost, our Top Chef chronicler, may be a devoted fan of the cooking show, but her patience with the series is wearing out. Quickfire, Bravo! Time to re-season this show. Mayb ... More >>

New Cannabis Edibles Focusing on Flavor, Not Just the Buzz

Molly DeCoudreaux/Seventh HouseToasted quinoa chocolate treats from San Francisco's Seventh House. Yeah, they're literally toasted.​Medical marijuana has provided solace for Californians with chronic pain, nausea, lost appetite, and other problems due to injury and disease. But not everyone wa ... More >>

Top Chef: All-Stars, Week 12: Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Muddled Dishes...

Turkinator/Flickr​Last night's episode of Top Chef: All-Stars marked the end of the New York challenges. Why not leave New York the same way so many came in? We're talking Ellis Island. For the Quickfire Challenge, the cheftestants had to make a dish from ingredients in a ferry's snack bar. Ti ... More >>

When Life Gives You Lemons ...

rachel_titiriga/FlickrIf you have your own backyard tree, you can easily feel overwhelmed.​Make lemonade? Screw that. I can think of about ten million better things to do with lemons. So come on, life, give me more lemons. Lemons are burstingly abundant right now. If you're lucky enough to h ... More >>

Charcutepaloozers: Brine It On

Cathy Barrow/Mrs. Wheelbarrow's KitchenBeef, corning.​Who knew there was so much pent-up demand to cure meat at home? After Cathy Barrow and Kim Foster first launched the Charcutepalooza challenge, the number of bloggers ballooned into the dozens, and then the hundreds. By the time they closed ... More >>

Morgan Maki, aka Professor Meat, Breaks It Down

Sean TimberlakeMorgan Maki stuffed 2,000 years of meat history into 2 hours.​Morgan Maki knows his meat. But Bi-Rite's butcher and charcutier is versed in more than mere technique; Maki is a meat historian, and the depths of his knowledge and passion read through in the finished product. At ... More >>

Pickle Mavens at Macy's

SusieFoodie/FlickrKaren Solomon, left, with SFoodie's Sean Timberlake.​Free Pickling Class Where: Macy's Union Square, 170 O'Farrell (at Stockton), 397-3333 When: Sat., Feb. 5, 2 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: Salt your pork, pickle your peppers. It's not just meat that needs preservation in ... More >>

Free Produce at Ferry Plaza! Sort Of

Sean TimberlakeBe among the frst 50 to get a coupon at Ferry Plaza tomorrow, and you can walk away with a free bunch of beets from County Line.​Deal fiends who eat produce: Get your fix starting tomorrow, Feb. 1, at the Tuesday Ferry Plaza farmers' market, when CUESA's "First 50 Freebies in Fe ... More >>

Charcutepalooza: Bloggers' Meat-Cure Challenge Ups the Stakes

mrswheelbarrow.comDIY pancetta from Charcutepalooza co-creator Cathy Barrow.​What happens when you combine meat, salt, and time? Evidently, a cultural phenomenon. Late last year, bloggers Cathy Barrow of Mrs Wheelbarrow's Kitchen and Kim Foster of The Yummy Mummy got talking on the subject o ... More >>

Beets, Glocks, and Pig Knuckles: This Week in Food Bloggery

Kari Sullivan/FlickrPickled beets are just the beginning.​Five highlights from the blogs this week:1. With even more enthusiasm (and considerably more planning) than last year, we've taken up the annual challenge of profiling 92 of the city's best dishes on the 92 weekdays leading up to the 2011 B ... More >>

It's Winter ― Beet It

Sean TimberlakeBeets are a year-round presence at local markets.​Beets. People either love 'em or hate 'em. Personally, I love them, and think that most people who claim to hate them have only had flabby, flavorless slabs from a tin can. Fresh beets are sweet and have a complex, earthy flavor ... More >>

Cool Food Gifts from La Cocina's Holiday Fair

Sean TimberlakeSuprise: Sweets Collections' decorative gelatin creations are completely edible.​I know, I know, I'm supposed to be mister DIY, eschewing packaged goods so I can toil away in the kitchen milling my own flour, harvesting local sugar cane, and carefully tending orchards of orchids ... More >>

No Time for DIY? Tonight's La Cocina Gift Fair Should Take Care of That

La Cocina​An admission: While we'd love to devote a Saturday to the kind of chutney-making or other DIY food crafting Sean Timberlake is such a brilliant advocate for, we know we won't. Not even close. Between work spillover, picking up shirts at the cleaner's to avoid looking ratty at holiday ... More >>

DIY for the Holidays: Chutneys!

Shae Irving/Hitchhiking to Heaven Chutneys ― like this spicy apple and quince version ― make colorful and flavorful holiday gifts.​SFoodie's weekly guide to food-crafting gifts for the holidays. Chances are, unless you have a cultural connection to the Indian subcontinent or U.K., chutney ... More >>

DIY for the Holidays: Homemade Liqueurs

Sean TimberlakeInfused spirits are among the easiest gifts to make and some of the nicest to get.​ The first of SFoodie's weekly guides to food-crafting gifts you can make. Giving booze for the holidays always reminds me of my grandfather. It's not that he was a big drinker, quite the contrar ... More >>

Pom and Circumstance

Sean TimberlakeA spike in health claims has meant an abundance of pomegranates in the markets.​More than any other fruit, pomegranates are my harbingers of the holidays. After Thanksgiving, when my family would put out bowls of fruits and nuts, I would always go for one of those big, red globe ... More >>

Flight of the Concords (and Other Varieties): How to Preserve Grapes

P200eric/FlickrGrape varieties at the Ferry Plaza farmers' market.​My name is Sean, and I have a grape problem. If I purchase a bunch (or 10) of grapes, I will mindlessly sit and eat them, one by one, preferably chilled, until they are gone and I have an aching stomach. I seriously cannot help ... More >>

Feel the Burn

Sean TimberlakeHot right now: Thai chiles.​Indian summer's come and gone, but it's not too late to capture a piece of the season's heat in a jar. Hot peppers are still lingering at the markets. Some of the more exotic varieties have passed, but common peppers like Thai chilies, pictured, are s ... More >>

California Nuts/Angry Shoppers: This Week in Food Bloggery

A photo from Lara Hata's Commonwealth slideshow.​A few of the highlights from the blog this week:1. Summer Tomato's Darya Pino debuts on SFoodie with a revelation that California macadamias exist -- in fact, you can find them in Scream's macadamia-vanilla sorbet. 2. On the frozen-foods tip, Tamara ... More >>

Oh, Pears!

Sean Timberlake​Pears are among the most fleeting fruit at the market, with each variety only having a season of just a few weeks at most. We're seeing the final round of varieties during the next couple of weeks, so get your hands on some while you can. On the upside, they tend to be plenti ... More >>

Whisky, Pie, and Franken Berry: The Week in Food Bloggery

Benimoto/FlickrYou think you can bake like this?​Highlights from the blog and beyond:1. You have two days left in WhiskyWeek, another excuse to get drunk in the name of furthering your culinary education. Lou Bustamante offers a primer on whiskey/whisky (getting the spelling right is one of the ba ... More >>

No Ticket to BlogHer Food 2010? You Can Still Take Part

​Over the next couple of days San Francisco plays to the second annual BlogHer Food conference, headquartered at the gorgeous InterContinental and featuring a jam-packed schedule. Big-name food bloggers will be speaking (Food Gal Carolyn Jung, Steamy Kitchen's Jaden Hair), including SFoodie's ... More >>

BlogHer Food Is So Gay

Matt Bites blogger Matt Armendariz.​Have you noticed it? That extra something in the air? Has your food started tasting a little extra sparkletastic, like it's made with Unicorn Meat™? It's no coincidence. The foodie world is getting an extra shot of fabulous thanks to the BlogHer Food confe ... More >>

Endless Summer. Squash, That Is

Sean TimberlakeWhen it comes to squash, summer never seems to end.​They may be called summer squash, but they are having a strong showing well into autumn. Farmers' markets are still bursting with them in a myriad of shapes and colors. Yellow and green zucchini prevail, but crooknecks, pattypa ... More >>

This Little Figgy Went to Market

Sean TimberlakeFigs at the Knoll Farms stand at Ferry Plaza.​In August I had the pleasure of being a pickle judge at the Eat Real Fest in Oakland. Seven of us tasted a wide array of pickles across a few categories. Of the ones that bubbled up to the top three, somewhat surprisingly, none were ... More >>

Pickled Figs and Pumpkin Beers: This Week in Food Bloggery

Tamara Palmer​Highlights from the blog and beyond: 1. Sean Timberlake continues his series of advice columns on preserving peak-season produce with a recipe for pickled figs that looks phenomenal ― as well as links to other fig-forward preserves. (Also intriguing: Timberlake's sighting of nastur ... More >>

OPENrestaurant and 18 Reasons Pair Up for Pickles. And Art

jo-h/FlickrLemons preserved next week will end up on the menu at a pair of dinners/art installations in November.​18 Reasons, the nonprofit art and food arm of Bi-Rite Market, is offering a few opportunities to get your cure on. Next Monday, 18 Reasons is collaborating with foodie art collec ... More >>

Last Call for Peaches

Sean TimberlakeSummer's last gasp: Hamada Farms peaches at Ferry Plaza.​We're barreling toward the final week or two of peaches, but what's been coming in has been pretty remarkable. Anecdotally, the early season peaches were a little lackluster. Now, many of the varieties that are in now, suc ... More >>

Punk Domestics' Sean Timberlake Talks Pickles

Genie GrattoBlogger Sean Timberlake will judge Sunday's pickling contest at Eat Real, Puttin' It Up.​When Eat Real's Puttin' It Up pickle contest assesses the winners on Saturday, Sean Timberlake will be one of the judges (winners will be announced Sunday). Timberlake lives in Noe Valley and p ... More >>