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Left Coast Libations: The Art of West Coast Bartending: 100 Original Cocktails

Bay Area Bites | Sep 05, 2010

Posted by Stephanie Rosenbaum

Left Coast Libations offers a bottoms-up snapshot of a particular moment in West Coast Culture, one in which gin rules, elderflower liqueur flows, and bitters come in as many flavors as Jolly Ranchers.

 
 
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Secrets from a Chef: Café des Amis's Gordon Drysdale

chefs | Sep 03, 2010

Secrets from a Chef: Café des Amis's Gordon Drysdale

Posted by Mary Ladd

Chef Gordon Drysdale is back in the kitchen, at the newly opened Café Des Amis, a Union Street restaurant project that he has been working on via his role as Chef & Partner for the locally owned Bacchus Management Group. Drysdale is also in charge of the kitchens at Pizza Antica locations, which recently opened a Santa Monica outpost.

A Mom's Guide to Eating in Kauai

farmers markets | Sep 02, 2010

A Mom's Guide to Eating in Kauai

Posted by Denise Santoro Lincoln

So last week, when my family and I were in Kauai, I tried to seek out some food love on the Garden Island, Yelping, Chowhounding and asking around to find some alternate food opportunities that would allow me to feed my kids (and myself) a variety of local and fresh food that didn't break the bank. View a list of my top finds.

Recipe Writing with Dianne Jacob, Amy Sherman & Kristine Kidd

events | Sep 01, 2010

Recipe Writing with Dianne Jacob, Amy Sherman & Kristine Kidd

Posted by Megan Gordon

Megan Gordon gives a short recap on Dianne Jacob, Amy Sherman and Kristine Kidd's Recipe Writing Panel at International Food Blogger Conference this past weekend in Seattle.

KQED's Forum: New Alcohol Fee for San Francisco?

KQED | Aug 31, 2010

KQED's Forum: New Alcohol Fee for San Francisco?

Posted by Wendy Goodfriend

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is considering imposing a fee on alcoholic beverages, which would go to pay for programs associated with alcohol abuse. But critics say the fee would burden businesses in already tough economic times.

KQED's Forum: Restaurant Roundup

KQED | Aug 30, 2010

KQED's Forum: Restaurant Roundup

Posted by Wendy Goodfriend

Get the latest scoop on the Bay Area dining scene from a panel of restaurant critics. Guests:Jan Newberry, food editor for San Francisco Magazine; Jonathan Kauffman, food critic for SF Weekly; Marcia Gagliardi, food critic for tablehopper.com; Stett Holbrook, food editor for Metro Silicon Valley

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Restaurants Reviewed:
Incontro Ristorante, Auntie April's Chicken, Waffles & Soul Food, Butterfly Restaurant

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    After mad cow disease, peanut butter recalls and e-coli in spinach, shoppers want to know what’s in their food and where it comes from. That's turned a very old way of eating into a very new way of shopping -- one that crosses religious lines.

  • Eat Your Way Down I-95, And Other Stops To Make

    In their seven-year love affair with Interstate 95, Stan Posner and Sandra Phillips-Posner have found the best Polish sausage, Berger cookies and a battleship you can spend the night on.

  • Is Organically Produced Food More Nutritious?

    Reporting in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers write that organically grown strawberries contain more antioxidants and vitamin C than conventional berries. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the findings, and whether the differences would have any meaningful impact on Americans' health.

  • Where's The Beef? One Man's Search For 'Steak'

    Mark Schatzker, a lifelong steak lover, was disappointed in the steaks he was eating. So Schatzker set off on a quest to find the very best piece of beef in the world -- a quest that took him from feedlots in Texas, to French cave paintings of prehistoric cattle, to the Argentine pampas.

  • Burger King Sold For $3.26 Billion To Private Investors

    Burger King has agreed to be bought by a private-equity group for $3.26 billion.

  • Boy Howdy! You Can Deep Fry Beer

    Amateur chef Mark Zable from Texas has a new culinary invention: fried beer. Zable tells Steve Inskeep this is the first time anyone has successfully deep fried a liquid. He'll debut his fried beer at the Texas State Fair later this month.


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