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You can find the state induced by a recent meal at Yu-Zen, a modest but charming Japanese restaurant in the outermost Outer Richmond, in its name. The calm succession of properly made sushi, exquisitely presented sashimi, and lovely cooked izakaya…
by Meredith Brody
November 4, 2009
Tags: Eat, Reviewed, Outer Richmond, Dynamite, Electric, Yu Zen
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It's a big week for bookish San Francisco foodies interested in sustainable farming, vegetarianism, and foraging. • Tomorrow, Wendell Berry -- writer, farmer, and godfather of the organic farming movement -- appears at Herbst Theatre (401 Van Ness at McAllister)…
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by Meredith Brody
November 3, 2009 @ 10:19 am
Tags: Books, Brody, Events, books
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We're no fans of the optimistic predictions that the recession is over. But October saw the fewest closures of San Francisco restaurants in the past six months. And for the ones that did close, new tenants were generally already in…
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by Meredith Brody
November 2, 2009 @ 3:35 pm
Tags: Brody, Open/Shut Report, restaurant closures
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Ah, truffles. Seasonal white truffles are now arriving from Alba in the Piemonte region of Italy -- same with black truffles from the Périgord region of France (they're also found in Spain, Italy, and Slovenia) -- and local chefs are…
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by Meredith Brody
October 30, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
Tags: Brody, Buzz Machine, restaurant events, truffles
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A full house celebrated San Francisco's street-food scene at last night's panel discussion at the Commonwealth Club, The Street Food Movement: SF Hearts the Cart, moderated by SFoodie blogger Tamara Palmer. In fact, a number of the 250 in attendance…
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by Meredith Brody
October 30, 2009 @ 12:11 pm
Tags: Brody, Events, Pavement Cuisine, Commonwealth Club, street food
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UPDATE: The locations for the chocolate giveaway have changed. Find the current locations here. Didja get your free Bay Bridge broken hot dog yesterday at Zog's? Still hungry for schwag? This evening, samples of Divine Chocolate will be handed out…
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by Meredith Brody
October 29, 2009 @ 1:07 pm
Tags: Brody, Free Food!, chocolate, free food
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Melissa Perello was born in Nutley, N.J., lived in Houston, and went to cooking school in upstate New York, but San Francisco is where the 32-year-old chef formed her restaurant bones. She arrived here fresh from the Culinary Institute of…
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by Meredith Brody
October 29, 2009 @ 11:28 am
Tags: Brody, People in Clogs, Castro, chef interviews
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We still think the best thing about Hubert Keller's Burger Bar in Macy's (170 O'Farrell at Geary) are the sweeping views over Union Square. But, credit where credit is due, the two dessert burgers on the menu are cute, especially…
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by Meredith Brody
October 28, 2009 @ 4:43 pm
Tags: Brody, Sweet Beat, Burgers, sweet beat, Union Square
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So maybe Caltrans rushed it a little with that Labor Day fix. Forced onto BART with the teeming hordes? Emerge from your sardine can at Montgomery station, walk over to the little yellow stand huddled near the One Post Street…
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by Meredith Brody
October 28, 2009 @ 8:47 am
Tags: Brody, Free Food!, Downtown, free food, Hot Dogs
Dining,
Eat
Most people, if they are at all familiar with Korean cooking, know two things: Meals are accompanied by an array of small dishes containing various pickled and fermented foods, known as banchan or panchan; and that the main course they…
by Meredith Brody
October 28, 2009
Tags: Eat, Reviewed, 2817, Muguboka
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A reminder: SFoodie's Tamara Palmer is moderating a panel of high- and low-end contributors to S.F.'s street food scene this Thursday at the Commonwealth Club's The Street Food Movement: SF Hearts the Cart. Speakers range from Charles Phan of The…
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by Meredith Brody
October 26, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
Tags: Brody, Events, Pavement Cuisine, Commonwealth Club, street food
