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Culinary rants and raves from Bay Area foodies and professionals.
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\'Burb Burps: Howie\'s Artisan Pizza
People -- mostly those city folk types -- tend to think that living in the suburbs is dull, pedestrian, and conformist. My friend, the stuff I've already seen around this leafy neighborhood...well, it wouldn't exactly curl your hair, but it could ra...
Turkey Hash: A Black Friday Breakfast
Well Happy Black Friday, everyone, if there is such a thing. Typically, I love Fridays. To me, the day means the promise of free time, friends, and martinis in any given order. Usually, I see Friday as the bright, shiny spot to my week. Black Friday,...
Your Quick Guide to Holiday Volunteering in the Bay Area
It's hard to think about hunger on Thanksgiving. Today most of us will be inundated with turkey, potatoes, and pie. The idea of an empty belly seems incongruous to the day itself. But for many families, it's a sober reality. In San Francisco alone, o...
Butternut Squash Risotto
Butternut Squash When I lived in Bologna, my Italian roommate Mariangela would make this heavenly Butternut Squash Risotto on special occasions. She would stand there by the stove, stirring away with her ancient looking wooden spoon (she claimed it...
Morel of a Story
Many Americans are what All The Rain Promises And More author David Arora calls fungophobic. I started this thin volume on a red-eye flight from San Francisco to New York City several years ago. I'd intended to become an overnight edible mushroom e...
Tasty Tattoos and the Chefs Who Sport Them
Zazu and Bovolo chef, John Stewart, displays his butchering diagram tattoo The July issue of Food and Wine garnered more than usual attention and press. On it, the "Best New Chefs" of 2009 were photographed in all their glory--and with all their tat...
