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  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Q&A With Slanted Door's Chucky Dugo, part 2: Saying No to Fusion and Yes to Klondike Bars

    Alanna HaleChucky Dugo, Slanted Door's head pastry chef, clearly receiving inspiration from the heavens.​Chucky Dugo, pastry chef for Charles Phan's restaurants -- including Slanted Door, Out the Door, and Wo Hing General Store -- started his career in San Francisco, but talked his way into ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Q&A With Slanted Door's Chucky Dugo, part 1: From Paris-Brest to Taipei and Back

    Chucky Dugo, pastry chef for Charles Phan's restaurants -- including Slanted Door, Out the Door, and the Moss Room -- grew up in a small town in the Central Valley with a big Italian family. Meals, especially at holidays, were a multi-dozen-person affair, with grandmothers bearing homemade breads an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Leland Yee, Champion of Shark Fin Soup, to Tout More Politically Correct Broth

    ​State Sen. Leland Yee, the enigmatic San Francisco politician known for his past brushes with the law and diverse array of stances on major policy issues, positioned himself last year as an opponent of a ban on shark fin soup, the Asian delicacy that depends on grisly fishing methods. That turned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Leland Yee, Champion of Shark Fin Soup, to Tout More Politically Correct Broth

    Leland Yee likes all types of soup​State Sen. Leland Yee, the enigmatic San Francisco politician known for his past brushes with the law and diverse array of stances on major policy issues, positioned himself last year as an opponent of a ban on shark fin soup, the Asian delicacy that depends on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Dumpling Kitchen, a New Contender in the Soup Dumpling Contest

    Jonathan KauffmanDumpling Kitchen's xiaolongbao (10 for $6).​You might think the contest the title of this post refers to is about the quality of the xiaolongbao, or Shanghai-style soup dumpling, but the contest is really which foodista can convince rivals that he or she has eaten the best XLB. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    S.F. Squad Snags Silver at Asian Culinary Battle in Taipei

    SF Asian Chefs AssociationTeam USA (in red) reacts to winning Silver.​In its third appearance at the Taipei World Culinary Contest, Team USA brought home Silver. The squad was composed of five chefs from S.F., all members of the San Francisco Asian Chefs Association: Philippe Striffeler of Hot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Local Team Going Wok-to-Wok with Asian Chefs in Cook-Off

    Asian Chefs AssociationThe bronze-winning 2007 San Francisco team in Taipei.​The Taipei World Culinary Contest has again asked the San Francisco Asian Chefs Association to represent the U.S.A. in a grueling three-day culinary competition. From August 20 to August 23, the home team will go up a ... More >>

  • Film

    July 13, 2005

    Reps Etc.

    Asian Chefs AssociationThe bronze-winning 2007 San Francisco team in Taipei.​The Taipei World Culinary Contest has again asked the San Francisco Asian Chefs Association to represent the U.S.A. in a grueling three-day culinary competition. From August 20 to August 23, the home team will go up a ... More >>

  • Film

    April 14, 2004

    A Strange New World

    Asian Chefs AssociationThe bronze-winning 2007 San Francisco team in Taipei.​The Taipei World Culinary Contest has again asked the San Francisco Asian Chefs Association to represent the U.S.A. in a grueling three-day culinary competition. From August 20 to August 23, the home team will go up a ... More >>

  • Film

    April 14, 2004

    Film Capsule Reviews

    Asian Chefs AssociationThe bronze-winning 2007 San Francisco team in Taipei.​The Taipei World Culinary Contest has again asked the San Francisco Asian Chefs Association to represent the U.S.A. in a grueling three-day culinary competition. From August 20 to August 23, the home team will go up a ... More >>

  • Film

    April 17, 2002

    United Nations

    Putting the world back together at the 45th annual S.F. International Film Festival

  • Film

    January 17, 2001

    A Woven Life

    Slow down, breathe deeply: Here comes Yi Yi's ultra-leisurely portrayal of Taiwanese family life

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Death in Toon Town

    San Francisco's digital animation district is foundering, and Duke may be down for the count

  • Music

    November 10, 1999

    House Of Tudor

    "Second Wednesdays," Toog, Ethan James, Meg Lee Chin

  • Film

    October 7, 1998

    Last Picture Shows

    Week 2 of the Mill Valley Film Festival

  • News

    August 26, 1998

    In the Money Corner

    How a Berkeley-based religious sect sold feng shui to the country

  • Film

    March 11, 1998

    Second Time Around

    How a Berkeley-based religious sect sold feng shui to the country

  • Film

    March 4, 1998

    Beauty and the East

    A critical guide to the 16th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

  • Film

    June 4, 1997

    Zoom Lens

    A critical guide to the 16th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

  • Calendar

    October 9, 1996

    Night+Day

    A critical guide to the 16th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

  • Calendar

    July 12, 1995

    Paper Trails

    A critical guide to the 16th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

  • Film

    March 22, 1995

    Reel World

    A critical guide to the 16th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

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