Thomas McNaughton

Check Out a Fresh Pasta Pop-Up Shop This Saturday

Mattarello, a local artisan pasta company named for the rolling pin that Italians use to roll pasta, will be holding a pasta shop pop-up this Saturday, April 6 at Biondivino from 3-6 p.m. The menu will include nests of fresh pasta like tagliatelle, pappardelle, whole-wheat fettuccine, parsley-garlic ... More >>

Don't Let L.A. Win: Vote For Your Favorite Bay Area Chef in Food & Wine's New Contest

We know, you're just dying to know who Food & Wine magazine will pick as their Best New Chef in the California category this year. Get a sneak peek at the finalists, as well as a chance to participate in the democratic process, in the new People's Choice category. Vote for your favorite among the 10 ... More >>

Where to Eat on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

This Christmas, instead of slaving away in your kitchen for hours making a delicious meal to feed relatives you might not like that much anyway, consider eating out and letting some of the best chefs in the city cook for you instead. On Christmas Eve, Hubert Keller's Fleur de Lys will be serving a f ... More >>

Class Alert! Master Turkey and Other Thanksgiving Basics

Turkey Basics Where: Salumeria, 3000 20th St. (at Florida), 471-2998 When: Sun., Nov. 11 and Sun., Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m. Cost: $100 (purchase in advance via Brown Paper Tickets) The rundown: Chef Thomas McNaughton (Flour Water, Central Kitchen) breaks down what you need to know to make great turkey ... More >>

James Beard Finalists Announced Today: Here Are the Locals

​Today, the James Beard Foundation announces the finalists for both its restaurant, book, and journalism awards, often called the "Oscars" of the food world. (Semifinalists for the 2012 restaurant awards were announced on February 21). The foundation is tweeting out the results as we type, so SFoo ... More >>

James Beard Awards Announce Semifinalists: Bay Area's Well Represented, Obviously

​The day has come for the James Beard Foundation to announce the semifinalists for the 2012 Restaurant Awards. As SFoodie has written before, the finals can resemble the Oscars in that they're often career awards rather than a measure of how the nominees are performing at this very moment. Tha ... More >>

Are You Rich with No Christmas Eve Plans? Flour Water Has Plans For You!

Flour Water​What: Fancy Christmas Eve dinner of fanciness Where: Flour Water When: Sat., December 24, 6-9:30 p.m. Cost: $265 The rundown: From SF Weekly's 7-Day Dish (subscribe!), we get word of a Christmas eve dinner for big spenders. Wiz kid chef Thomas McNaughton is planning a cha ... More >>

Jake Godby Tasting Menu: $10 Off For SFoodie Readers!

Andy WrightJake Godby shows his dedication to ice cream​Jake Godby Guest Chef Night at Baker and Banker Where:Baker and Banker, 1701 Octavia (at Bush), 351-2500 When: Wed., July 20 Cost: $65 (when you mention SF Weekly) The rundown: If you're like us, and you spend way too much time immers ... More >>

Cheese Shop Crime, Passion Cafe for Rent (Again), Maharani's Back, and Macaron News

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. What's with all the restaurant crime? Saturday it was a shooting outside Little Joe's, and today Eater SF recounts the latest robbery attempt at Mission Cheese. Via the shop's newsletter, Eater learned a ... 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 >>

Bitter, Sweet

shinzui/Flickr​Celebrating Citrus at the Ferry Building Where: Ferry Building Marketplace, 1 Ferry Building (at Embarcadero) When: Sat., Feb. 19, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: Free ($1 donation for citrus tasting) The rundown: Most mornings we wake up with no regrets on which side of the NorCal/SoC ... More >>

Perbacco's Staffan Terje Won Cochon 555 Yesterday. Our Shirt Lost

Andrew SimmonsThe Fairmont's Gold Room was packed tight as a factory feedlot.​It was around the time we snared our first assortment of plates ― small, compostable tan ones decked out with roasted smoked pork loin and dark, blood-red bologna tucked between orange mostarda-smeared bread slice ... More >>

Cochon 555 Chefs, Meet Your Hogs

garyrwise/FlickrMorgan Maki's hook-up, a Mangalitsa-breed hog.​We now interrupt your browsing pleasure with an update from the Cochon 555 folks. As they prepare to apply the full heft of their culinary acumen at next weekend's massive pork party, some of San Francisco's most swine-savvy chefs ... More >>

Cochon 555 is Rolling into San Francisco. With Luck, No Punches Will Fly

wanderkeil/FlickrGet ready for the thunderous, rollin' pig-pulling ― and hopefully brawl-free ― review.​Cochon 555 is coming to San Francisco ― you know, that thunderous, rollin' pig-pulling review boasting five lauded chefs, five hapless swine, and five exemplary wine crafters. On June ... More >>

Flour Water Team Announces Plans for Central Kitchen, a Restaurant/Deli in SoEx Gallery Complex

Eli the Bearded/FlickrThe space adjacent to the gallery will also house what's being called a "culinary incubator."​After the rumor surfaced earlier this year that Flour Water was seeking ways to expand without simply knocking down the walls to add seats, it looks like owners David White and ... More >>

Outstanding in the Field Tix Suffer Glitch; Dinner Featuring Flour Water Chef Added

Flour Water's Thomas McNaughton.​On Saturday morning, early birds scheming on Outstanding in the Field tickets got snagged in an unruly shrub of technical difficulties. The release was postponed until next Saturday, March 27. Events scheduled May 1 through July 31 will go on sale at 9 a.m. E ... More >>

Meatpaper Loves Rabbit in Its Own Special Way

​Meatpaper's 10th issue is on its way, and the magazine is holding a series of events to promote it while raising awareness about the deliciousness of rabbit, which the editors are calling "the new chicken." (Backyard chickens are now the old chicken. Which probably makes duck, which used to be th ... More >>

Flour Water Pizza Chef Jon Darsky: The SFoodie Interview

Before he was a pizzaiolo, Darsky scouted talent for the KC Royals.​Go ahead, call Jon Darsky a pizzaiolo, though the Flour Water pizza maker really prefers "dough guy" instead. Since opening last May in the Mission (2401 Harrison at 20th St.), the restaurant has stayed smoking hot, and Dars ... More >>

Street Food Fest Auction Could Get You Face Time with Local Chefs

Elaine Baker/FlickrNopa's Laurence Jossel: This could be your kitchen, 'cept with a cheaper fridge.​Two weeks ago we reported on the coalescing list of silent auction items for the San Francisco Street Food Festival happening this Saturday. Since then there've been glittery additions, includin ... More >>

Seasonal ingredients and skillful handling make Flour + Water a Mission hit