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Bay Area Chefs Up For Beard Awards: A Remarkably Collegial Bunch

Jennifer SauerChef Jeremy FoxThe James Beard Awards (popularly known as the Oscars of the food world) will be awarded Monday, May 4. This year all five chefs nominated for the category of Best Chef: Pacific - an area that covers California and Hawaii -- come from the Bay Area: Jeremy Fox of Ubuntu i ... More >>

Knives Out

Jennifer SauerChef Jeremy FoxThe James Beard Awards (popularly known as the Oscars of the food world) will be awarded Monday, May 4. This year all five chefs nominated for the category of Best Chef: Pacific - an area that covers California and Hawaii -- come from the Bay Area: Jeremy Fox of Ubuntu i ... More >>

Napa Vegetarian Restaurant Ubuntu Likely to Serve Meat at Special Tuesday Night Dinners

Food Snob/FlickrUbuntu: Will the temple of pristine vegeterianism be serving up pork belly?​Ubuntu owner Sandy Lawrence told SFoodie that, as early as next month, the Napa vegetarian restaurant is launching a series of Tuesday night dinners that'll feature appearances by what she called some o ... More >>

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 >>

Worms in the Apple

Two rebels take on America's most beloved computer company.

Apple Triumphs in Key Copyright Ruling in San Francisco Lawsuit

Robert Pedraza                      By C. Stiles ​In our cover story last week, Worms in the Apple, writer Tim Elfrink detailed the saga of the Rudy and Robert Pedraza, a couple of rogu ... More >>

Is Ubuntu Still Open to Serving Meat? Technically, Yes. In Practice, Not So Much

star5112/FlickrJames Syhabout, guest chef at Ubuntu's first Tuesday night prix fixe.​A month ago, we reported that Ubuntu -- Napa's Michelin-starred vegetarian restaurant -- was organizing occasional Tuesday night prix fixe dinners called No Holds Barred. At least some of the dinners would fea ... More >>

Chron's Scoop: Jeremy Fox Says Goodbye to Ubuntu

Jeremy Fox.​At SFGate, Scoop is reporting that nationally known chef Jeremy Fox has rolled up his yoga mat and departed from Ubuntu, the boundary-pushing vegetarian restaurant (and yoga studio) in Napa. Scoop said it didn't know the reason for Fox's exit, but said it happened at 3 a.m. today, ... More >>

Ubuntu Calls Split with Jeremy Fox 'Amicable'

​Calling the split "amicable," a hot-off-the PR machine statement says the departure of Ubuntu chef Jeremy Fox was a "resignation" that'll allow the chef to "pursue other interests," the departed chef equivalent of a resigned politician explaining that he wants to spend more time with his fami ... More >>

James Syhabout Makes F&W Best New Chefs List (Probably)

James Syhabout of Ouest Coast Chef's Assistant.​Yesterday afternoon, Dana Cowin, editor of Food & Wine, started up a guessing game: On her Twitter feed she dropped hints as to the identity of the 10 chefs the magazine had just picked for its 2010 Best New Chefs issue. The ensuing tweets didn't ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

James Syhabout of Ouest Coast Chef's Assistant.​Yesterday afternoon, Dana Cowin, editor of Food & Wine, started up a guessing game: On her Twitter feed she dropped hints as to the identity of the 10 chefs the magazine had just picked for its 2010 Best New Chefs issue. The ensuing tweets didn't ... More >>

Big-Ticket Summer: S.F.'s Pricey New Restaurants

​Everyone who writes about food in San Francisco has spent the past year talking about how the city's restaurant scene is downscaling. Evidence: The proliferation of street carts and food trucks, pizza and burgers, and sandwiches of every shade and stripe, not to mention the migration of chefs to ... More >>

Did Steve Jobs Know iPhone 4 Antenna was a Lemon?

This photo of Steve Jobs was taken a tad before he purportedly knew the iPhone 4 antenna is janky​What did Steve Jobs know and when did he know it? Bloomberg is reporting that Apple's chief antenna engineer told Jobs that the antenna design could lead to dropped calls very early in the phone's des ... More >>

Jailbreak! iPhone Users Can Now Legally Download Apps Apple Hasn't Approved.

Tough luck, Steve...​The Library of Congress' copyright office today approved an application submitted by San Francisco's Electronic Frontier Foundation which will allow millions of iPhone owners to get out of jail -- free. It is now legal for iPhoners to break electronic locks and download applic ... More >>

Papito Esta Abriendo, Viva Goa Lives!, Plum Ripens

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.At Inside Scoop, Paolo L. reports that Papito (317 Connecticut, 695-0147, www.papitosf.com) should finally open on Friday for dinner. And although Papito comes from Chez Papa owner Jocelyn Bu ... More >>

Jeremy Fox Abandons Plum, Bumzy's Opens

​​ ​The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Breaking news from Paolo L. at the Inside Scoop: Jeremy Fox (you know, the chef from Ubuntu) has abandoned his plans to be the opening chef for Plum, the new Oakland restaurant from Daniel ... More >>

Alexander's Steakhouse Invades SOMA, Carnelian by the Bay Docks at Ferry Plaza

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Paolo L. at Inside Scoop reports that Alexander's Steakhouse (448 Brannan, 495-1111, www.alexanderssteakhouse.com) will open in the old Bacar space on Sept. 13. The pitch: steakhouse with Jap ... More >>

Plum Announces an Opening Date (Soon), La Rondalla Resurfaces (Later)

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.At Inside Scoop, Paolo L. reports that Daniel Patterson's Plum (2214 Broadway, 510-444-7586, www.plumoakland.com) is opening next Wednesday -- and has just started taking reservation ... More >>

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 >>

Micropatisseries in S.F.: Our guide to the city's best pastry shops

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 >>

New Jeremy Fox Gig, Quick Opening Date for Bourbon Steak, and Lots of Other Food Gossip

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.It always happens: Yesterday, SFoodie was faced with a dearth of restaurant gossip, while today we have a surfeit:Paolo L. of Inside Scoop comes through with the big celebrity-chef news of the ... More >>

Ubuntu Offers Rare Chance to Pinch Its Leaves

travisreitter/FlickrThe cost: $120. Expensive, but you can tear as many leaves in the garden as you like.​Fact: 80 percent of what ends up on the plate at Michelin-starred Ubuntu is grown in the restaurant's biodynamic garden. Next month, Ubuntu is offering a rare peek at the source, including ... More >>

Muni's 11-Year-Old Computers Conk Out, Riders Delayed

Not that old. But old. ​At Muni, computer techs can still party like it's 1999 -- because that's the vintage of the computers running the system. At 6 a.m. this morning, the central computers developed a signal problem on the K-T, M, and N lines, forcing the trains into manual mode while in the Me ... More >>

Plum: Daniel Patterson's intricate and affordable cuisine

Not that old. But old. ​At Muni, computer techs can still party like it's 1999 -- because that's the vintage of the computers running the system. At 6 a.m. this morning, the central computers developed a signal problem on the K-T, M, and N lines, forcing the trains into manual mode while in the Me ... More >>

Playstation 3 Owners Lose Court Battle Against Sony

This does not resemble a personal computer​Playstation 3 owners who have been grousing over their video game gadgets have something more to complain about.A federal judge has dismissed most their claims filed in a class action lawsuit against Sony last year. A group of gamers accused the entertain ... More >>

Rising Stars, Sugar Myths, and Snack Granola

UbuntuUbuntu chef Aaron London.​​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Young Turks. Yesterday, the Chron named this year's crop of "rising star chefs". Having been impressed by most of them ― I haven't eaten at Oen ... More >>

Apple to Hold World Developers Conference in SF: Will Steve Jobs Reveal Plans for iPhone 5?

What will the next generation look like?​Apple officials fired off an e-mail on Monday to developers, inviting them to the next conference where they can get a sneak peek at the future of iOS and Mac OS X and --as some analysts speculate  -- view plans for the iPhone 5. The e-mail was also th ... More >>

Applemania Strikes: Tickets to Apple Conference Going for $3,000

Is there room for one more at the WWDC?​How much would you pay to hang out with Apple nerds for a week?Okay, now take that number and add $3,000 -- that's what sold-out tickets are now going for on auction sites. Tickets to the Worldwide Developer's Conference in San Francisco this summer sold out ... More >>

Plate Shop: Sprightly All-American Cooking, Fresh from the Garden

Is there room for one more at the WWDC?​How much would you pay to hang out with Apple nerds for a week?Okay, now take that number and add $3,000 -- that's what sold-out tickets are now going for on auction sites. Tickets to the Worldwide Developer's Conference in San Francisco this summer sold out ... More >>

Kim Alter's Plate Shop: A New New-American Cuisine

Kimberly SandiePlate Shop's warm winter salad.​For this week's review, I visited Plate Shop in Sausalito, Kim Alter's first restaurant, where the veteran of Aqua, Manresa, and Ubuntu ― not to mention sometime waiter at Acquerello ― is unfurling her own sensibility.

How the World's Best Restaurants Awards Got Famous, How Scotch Became Classy

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. World's Best Restaurants. I've skimmed over most of the press involving the San Pellegrino-sponsored annual "World's 50 Best Restaurants" awards, which were announced a few days ... More >>

Ubuntu's Aaron London: Cooking Like Meat Doesn't Matter

UbuntuJames Beard Rising Star Chef finalist Aaron London.​When Ubuntu opened in 2007, there was great fanfare across the land. Jeremy Fox was the undisputed king of vegetables, and the restaurant topped pretty much every Best Of list. Critics (literally?) crapped their pants over its amazingne ... More >>

Chef-Crushing on London, Discovering Anda Piroshki: This Week in Food Bloggery

Nick Vasilopoulos/StoqqGialina's Atomica.​ Highlights from the blog this week:1. Laura Beck eats at Ubuntu, faints, then interviews chef Aaron London as soon as she recovers. London reveals that he does indeed work 100 hours a week and strives to make every part of the artichoke edible, which is p ... More >>

Kim Alter Exits Plate Shop, Oakland Gets a TacoBike, and Place Pigalle Returns

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. That was quick. Inside Scoop reports Kim Alter is already out as executive chef of Sausalito's Plate Shop. Opened in February, Atler took an executive role for the first time, after working in the kitchen ... More >>

Wise Sons Readies, Sushi Taka Opens, and La Terrasse Closes

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. All things pastrami and pickles: The popular pop-up Wise Sons Jewish deli is nearly ready to open their new brick-and-mortar. Thrillist notes that this Sunday they'll soft launch with a brunch in their ne ... More >>