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VeloBrews Cafe and Cycling Community Center Now Open in Bayview
Ross Del Duca and Jennifer Leeper I’ll readily admit that I’m a fan of any establishment that combines my dual love of coffee and cycling in one place — like NOPA’s Mojo Bicycle Cafe that also houses a...
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Is Dorm Food the Bay Area’s Best Dining-Out Deal?
Crossroads, from outside. Photo: Anneli Rufus In this era of the $12 hamburger, lots of us are searching high and low for affordable dining options. Here’s one that’s hiding in plain sight — although...
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GastroMagic and Other Food Fantasylands Take Center Stage at Outside Lands...
Outside Lands. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend Move over Kanye West and make way for beignets. At this year’s Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park (Aug 8-10), celebrated chefs, mixologists and even...
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Urchin Bistrot: The Mission’s Most Happening French Restaurant
Owners/Chef Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani. When Lissa Doumani, co-owner of the new Urchin Bistrot, and host-extraordinaire, came to our table and said, “You aren’t getting the gougères you ordered,” I...
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From Bacon to Bounce: Twerking and Pigging out at Outside Lands
Bacon Land vendor showcases Bacon Flight. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend Swine isn’t usually my thing. Although I’ve been known to nibble on a side of bacon at a diner, that’s usually the extent of it. But at...
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Event: An Evening with Martin Yan and Jacques Pépin
Jacques Pépin and Martin Yan in the early 1990s Join KQED, in partnership with M.Y. China and La Boulange, for “An Evening with Martin Yan and Jacques Pépin” — a celebration of two legendary chefs and...
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End of Summer Tacos & Tequila: Tacolicious Cookbook Review and Recipes
Sending the kids off to college? Packing up the lamps and extra silverware for their first on-their-own apartments? Do your Bay Area-bred offspring–and their future social lives–a favor by tossing in a...
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How to Make Paella and Where to Get Your Paella Fix Around the Bay Area
Paella is a traditional rice dish made with seafood and saffron. See this recipe below! Photo: Angela Johnston After my family took a trip to Spain five years ago, we fell in love with paella– a...
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Chocolate Tour of the Mission Unwraps More than a Taste of History
Tray of chocolate tastes at Dandelion. photo: Lila Volkas Ten ardent chocophiles are seated around San Jalisco’s multicolored tile table. We scan the festive tangerine and lemon walls adorned with...
View ArticleNoodle-Pulling Dance at Jacques Pépin and Martin Yan Event
Click to view slideshow. Celebrity chefs Jacques Pépin and Martin Yan shared their stories, friendship, and love for public media with fans at a special KQED event to celebrate Yan’s new series Martin...
View ArticleCheck, Please! Bay Area Revisits 3 Mediterranean Restaurants in New Episode
In this episode, we revisit three Mediterranean-themed restaurants from previous series. Our first stop serves dishes you’ll find on the busy side streets of Rome. Now you can enjoy them in San...
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Check, Please! Bay Area Revisits 3 Mom ‘n’ Pop Restaurants in New Episode
The Grubstake in San Francisco featured on Check, Please! Bay Area Three Mom ‘n’ Pop restaurants located in San Francisco from previous series are featured in this new Check, Please! Bay Area episode....
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Bay Area Foodmakers Command a Huge Presence at SF’s Fancy Food Show
Wherever you are in the Bay Area right now, chances are you’re within sniffing distance of at least one company that produces something edible or drinkable. If you’re in Alameda, you’re near...
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Coolhunting at the Good Food Mercantile in San Francisco
Good Food Awards’ founder Sarah Weiner at Good Food Mercantile 2015 Photos by Wendy Goodfriend “What if there could be a trade show where the good stuff is all there is?” That was Good Food Awards’...
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Share Your Lunar New Year Story with StoryCorps and CAAM (Center for Asian...
Photo: michael davis-burchat via Flickr Creative Commons CAAM (Center for Asian American Media) is proud to partner with StoryCorps on Asian American culture and food stories. Throughout the month of...
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Will Environmentalists Fall For Faux Fish Made From Plants?
Chef James Corwell’s nigiri sushi rolls made with Tomato Sushi, a plant-based tuna alternative, in San Francisco. Photo: Alastair Bland for NPR by Alastair Bland, The Salt at NPR Food (1/23/15) It’s a...
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Powders and Ferments Galore: A Peek Inside Bar Tartine’s Project Kitchen
Cortney Burns in the Bar Tartine pantry. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend Cortney Burns and Nicolaus Balla could be considered major fermentation geeks. As is evident to anyone who has eaten Bar Tartine’s...
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Urchin Bistrot: The Mission’s Most Happening French Restaurant
Owners/Chef Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani. When Lissa Doumani, co-owner of the new Urchin Bistrot, and host-extraordinaire, came to our table and said, “You aren’t getting the gougères you ordered,” I...
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From Bacon to Bounce: Twerking and Pigging out at Outside Lands
Bacon Land vendor showcases Bacon Flight. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend Swine isn’t usually my thing. Although I’ve been known to nibble on a side of bacon at a diner, that’s usually the extent of it. But at...
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Event: An Evening with Martin Yan and Jacques Pépin
Jacques Pépin and Martin Yan in the early 1990s Join KQED, in partnership with M.Y. China and La Boulange, for “An Evening with Martin Yan and Jacques Pépin” — a celebration of two legendary chefs and...
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