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SF Food Wars: Yeast Affliction

February 3, 2010
SF Food Wars

If you’re on a low-carb diet, you may want to stop reading this. Or stop dieting (it’s a stupid diet anyway).   Last Sunday, 20 competitors, three judges and over 200 hungry attendees gathered at the Thirsty Bear in San Francisco for the fourth installment of the SF Food Wars, a food competition open to [...]

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Alton Brown Talks Turkey; Google Launches New Tasty Features

November 23, 2009
Alton Brown Turkey

Alton Brown shares tips for a succulent bird while Google’s Marissa Mayer talks about new iGoogle gadgets that make cooking a cinch.

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SF Food Wars: Mini Cupcakes

October 20, 2009
Sf food wars cupcakes

22 mini cupcakes in one hour. Why? Because it was the mini cupcake edition of the SF Food Wars competition, and I wanted a bite out of every single one.

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Rockridge Street Festival

September 29, 2009
Rockridge Street Festival

Organic peaches, pumpkin painting, artisan pulled pork sandwiches and pomegranate jam. There are so many things I love about the small neighborhood in Oakland I call home, and Sunday’s street festival showcased the best of everything. It was an unusually hot day in the East Bay, and I was still recuperating from the nonstop action [...]

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SF Food Wars: Mac and Cheese

August 24, 2009
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New Yorkers like to eat, but San Franciscans like to cook. And cook they did at the SF Food Wars competition, where passionate chefs dished up the thick and creamy American classic, mac and cheese. Last Sunday, twenty competitors lined up behind sternos and foil tubs at The Stable Cafe as ticket holders stormed in, [...]

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The Fat of the Crab

August 6, 2009
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Dungeness crabs, wild Chinook salmon, giant halibut and world-class pinot noir on the Oregon Coast.

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The Great American Food and Music Festival at Shoreline Amphitheater

June 14, 2009
Bobby Flay

Bobby Flay handed me his half-eaten burger, and I loved every last bite.

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The Great Pizza Debate: Delfina vs. Lucali

March 26, 2009
Pizzeria Delfina and Lucali

After hearing over and over that Pizzeria Delfina was the best in San Francisco, I knew this was the place that may stand up to the preeminent pizza joint in Brooklyn – Lucali.

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