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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/stephdemo500.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/stephdemo500.jpg\" title=\"Author Stephanie Rosenbaum. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Rosenbaum\" alt=\"Author Stephanie Rosenbaum. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65175\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Author Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stephanie Rosenbaum’s new book covers sugary sweet territory in \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0983859590\">World of Doughnuts: More than 50 Doughnut Recipes from Around the Globe\u003c/a> (Egg + Dart Press, $16.95). 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She has \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Stephanie-Rosenbaum/e/B001KHWNVQ/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1\">authored and contributed to many cookbooks\u003c/a> and travel guides & was nominated twice for a James Beard award for her cooking and gardening column, Table Ready. Her book \"World of Doughnuts\" is approachable and induces hunger pangs—a definite great sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ijE4XtieV4Q\">Rosenbaum’s book\u003c/a> has fun factoids on the origins of doughnuts and how they are made in cities and cultures around the world. I may not be able to fly to France for a fabulous beignets souffles just yet, but in the meantime this book lets me sift and sample international fried goods in my own kitchen. She also just turned in the manuscript for a book on cocktails. Many restaurant dessert menus offer cocktails with sweet courses, so I thought it would be fun to ask Rosenbaum her thoughts on the best doughnut and cocktail pairing. With cronuts being all the rage, we chatted about that phenomenon too. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65385\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/bignets.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/bignets.jpg\" alt=\"Beignets from New Orleans. Photo: Jenifer Altman\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65385\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beignets from New Orleans. Photo: Jenifer Altman\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: How did the book come about?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> My friend Leslie Jonath, who I knew from our time together at Chronicle Books, was working with Egg + Dart Press. She told me that they wanted to do a book about doughnuts and asked if I knew anyone who’d be a good fit. I jumped on it and the fun part was that the project was for doughnuts around the world. I didn’t get to travel the world but I did get to do research and found that every culture has a doughnut. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What do you think of the cronut?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> Everyone’s been asking me that! I haven't had the chance to fly to New York and try one of the 200 available each day yet. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the \u003cem>kouign amann\u003c/em> is so crunchy and delicious, I can’t imagine that frying that dough makes it better. It sounds so over the top, and is not something I want to personally eat. I don’t look at a croissant and say, “Wow, this needs to be deep fried.” I read a piece about how it’s just a matter of time ‘til a big chain makes this version. I feel it’ll be in Trader Joe’s and La Boulange soon. Having a cronut in New York fits: the fact that it’s limited and you get enough buzz on something, New Yorkers go for that. Anything that you can have bragging rights on. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What is the most interesting thing you learned researching World of Doughnuts?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> That every culture has a version of a doughnut. This book only covers sweet things because if we did savory, it’d be the “encyclopedia of doughnuts” (laughs). It’s interesting to see the variations you can get out of really only three basic doughs: a muffin or quick-bread dough with flour, sugar, eggs and baking powder, a yeasted, enriched bread dough, and a pâte à choux, the cooked, eggy dough that's also used to make eclairs and profiteroles. That’s more or less it. There’s some variation in the Asian doughnuts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The typical ring shape doughnut is very much an American thing. Other cultures don’t do the ring thing. There are a lot more free form things like churros. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are your favorite recipes?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> I have become very fond of the strawberry and cream doughnut. You take a round yeast-raised doughnut and slice it three quarters of the way through. Next, fill it with sliced strawberries and whipped cream. You could add blueberries, and make it a Fourth of July thing. These recipes aren’t achingly sweet. The way you make a yeast-raised dough is similar to a white bread dough and is not that different from a challah dough or a brioche dough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of my favorite American regional recipes is the apple cider doughnut. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65384\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/trawberry-and-cream-doughnut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/trawberry-and-cream-doughnut.jpg\" alt=\"Strawberry and Cream Doughnut. Photo: Jenifer Altman\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65384\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strawberry and Cream Doughnut. 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I have not had a lot of \u003ca href=\"http://www.dynamodonut.com/\">Dynamo Donuts\u003c/a>. They are yeast-raised and I know that people really like them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I still miss Tita’s Restaurant, a Hawaiian place in the Castro that made really good malasadas, but that’s going at least 10 years back. It was in the same storefront where Frances is now. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: I like to get churros from vendors walking around the Mission, or for a sitdown meal at \u003ca href=\"http://www.cafegibraltar.com/\">Café Gibraltar\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay. What do you think about the state of churros in Northern California? Will we ever be able to do a walking tour that covers churros?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> I wish people would latch on to churros as a cool artisanal thing to make. That’s a ripe artisanal area, for hot and fresh churros. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Any advice on what to do with vegetable oil—are there sustainable uses for it that we don’t know about? I don’t have Yuban cans, so get stumped on what to store use oil in at home.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> I had a couple cans of Café Bustelo, which I have nostalgia for from my low rent twenties. I keep a few cans around for when I make \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2009/05/02/rainy-day-cooking-boston-brown-bread/\">Boston brown bread\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big thing is, of course, do not pour oil down your sink. You can cool and funnel oil back into the bottle and then pour it into your green bin over whatever veggies may be there. If you strain it, I find you can use it a couple of times but you really have to get the crumbs and stuff out -- things that could burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are you working on now?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> I just finished the cocktails book which will be out in the fall. The title is \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/The-Vintage-Cocktails-Stephanie-Rosenbaum/dp/0988773104/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1372123357&sr=8-3&keywords=art+of+vintage+cocktails\">The Art of Vintage Cocktails\u003c/a> and it’s a very cute snappy book with great information in it. I figured I could either drink or write but I was on a tight deadline so, sadly, there was less drinking and a lot more reading and writing research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> I got to read a lot of really fascinating books and now have a great shelf of cocktail books in my office thanks to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/09/17/secrets-of-a-curator-omnivore-books-celia-sack/\">Celia Sack\u003c/a> at Omnivore Books. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now I have a bunch of book ideas percolating, which I am trying to sell. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Bay Area Bites: What would you pair with the Coconut Cake Doughnut, based on your new cocktail book?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> I would suggest a Ramos Gin Fizz, of course. Invented by New Orleans bar owner Henry Ramos in 1888, this eye-opener is one of the great brunch drinks. Part velvet, part fizz, it's a well-shaken mixture of gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, heavy cream, and egg white, scented with orange flower water and topped with club soda. Perfect with a coconut doughnut on a sultry Southern morning! \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 853px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Coconut-Cake-Doughnut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Coconut-Cake-Doughnut.jpg\" alt=\"Coconut Cake Doughnut. Photo: Jenifer Altman\" width=\"853\" height=\"761\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65173\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coconut Cake Doughnut. Photo: Jenifer Altman\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Recipe: Ramos Gin Fizz Recipe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/The-Vintage-Cocktails-Stephanie-Rosenbaum/dp/0988773104/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1372123357&sr=8-3&keywords=art+of+vintage+cocktails\">The Art of Vintage Cocktails\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Makes 1 drink\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>1 1/2 ounces gin\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice (optional)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons simple syrup, to taste\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 ounces heavy cream\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Egg white from 1 small egg, or half the white from 1 large or extra-large egg\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3 to 4 drops orange flower water\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Club soda or soda water\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Combine gin, lemon and lime juice, simple syrup, cream, egg white, and orange flower water in a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously for several minutes. Strain into a highball or wineglass. Top with soda.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Recipe: Coconut Cake Doughnuts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Makes 12 doughnuts and 12 holes\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Topped with feathery wisps of coconut nestled into thick swaths of white icing, coconut layer cakes are a staple at parties and bake sales all across the South. These coconut doughnuts are a tasty hand-held version. Want pretty pastels for an Easter party or bridal shower? Separate the coconut topping into several small bowls and color each one with a drop or two of food coloring.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>1 3⁄4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 teaspoon baking powder\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3⁄4 teaspoon salt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 tablespoons coconut oil 1⁄2 cup sugar\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 large egg\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1/3 cup buttermilk\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1⁄2 teaspoon coconut extract vegetable oil for deep-frying\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>vanilla glaze (see Below)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 cup sweetened shredded coconut\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\nInstructions:\n\u003cli>Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using an electric mixer or the paddle attachment, beat the coconut oil and sugar together on low speed. Beat in the egg. Add the buttermilk and coconut extract and beat until smooth.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On low speed, beat in the flour mixture until blended. If the dough seems very sticky, cover and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes or up to 1 hour.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lightly flour a work surface and a baking sheet. Place a grid-patterned wire rice on another baking sheet, or line the pan with two layers of paper towels.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a 1⁄2-inch-thick round. Dip a doughnut cutter in flour and cut out doughnuts and holes, dipping the cutter in flour before each cut to keep it from sticking. Arrange the doughnuts and holes on the floured baking sheet. Pour the glaze into a wide, shallow bowl. Spread the coconut in another wide, shallow bowl.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In a Dutch oven or other deep, heavy pot, heat 2 or 3 inches of oil over medium-high heat to 365°F on a candy or deep-fat thermometer.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using a slotted spoon or a skimmer, drop the doughnuts and holes into the hot oil in batches, being careful not to crowd the pan. Fry for 60 to 90 seconds on each side, or until golden brown and cooked through.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using slotted spoon or a skimmer, transfer the doughnuts and holes to the wire rack or paper towels to drain.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dip the tops of the warm doughnuts and holes into the glaze. While the glaze is still wet, dip the glazed tops into the coconut, pressing the coconut into the glaze. Let the glaze dry and set before serving.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003ch3>For the Vanilla Glaze:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>1 1⁄4 cups powdered sugar, sifted\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 teaspoons honey\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pinch of salt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 teaspoon vanilla extract\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 tablespoons whole milk, or more as needed\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn a medium bowl, combine the glaze ingredients and whisk until smooth, adding additional milk as needed if the glaze seems too thick. Dip the warm doughnuts into the glaze to cover both sides. Using tongs, place on a grid-patterned wire rack set on a baking sheet to let the glaze set for 10 minutes before serving. If desired, gently warm the glaze and give the doughnuts a second dip. Let the second coat set for a few minutes before serving. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More Info:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sjrosenbaum.com/\">Stephanie Rosenbaum's website\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sjrosenbaum\">@sjrosenbaum\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/stephdemo500.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/stephdemo500.jpg\" title=\"Author Stephanie Rosenbaum. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Rosenbaum\" alt=\"Author Stephanie Rosenbaum. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65175\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Author Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stephanie Rosenbaum’s new book covers sugary sweet territory in \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0983859590\">World of Doughnuts: More than 50 Doughnut Recipes from Around the Globe\u003c/a> (Egg + Dart Press, $16.95). The Bay Area Bites contributor offers historical backgrounds, recipes and tips on how to mix, bake and fry up the beloved universal staple. I was especially drawn to regional favorites like the apple cider doughnut, pumpkin doughnut and the doughnut muffins from the \u003ca href=\"http://downtownbakery.net/\">Downtown Bakery and Creamery\u003c/a> in Healdsburg, which are a good way to “scratch that doughnut itch without getting out the fryer,” according to Rosenbaum. There is much to learn about doughnuts beyond what looks good in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/bobs-donut-and-pastry-shop-san-francisco-2\">Bob's Donut & Pastry Shop\u003c/a> display case when I’m hungry after midnight in San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0983859590\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/doughnuts-cover.jpg\" title=\"World of Doughnuts by Stephanie Rosenbaum. Photographs by Jenifer Altman\" alt=\"World of Doughnuts by Stephanie Rosenbaum. Photographs by Jenifer Altman\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65174\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosenbaum is a longtime Bay Area resident and began writing about food in 1994 as the lead restaurant critic for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She has been the lead restaurant critic for San Francisco Magazine, the Bay Area restaurants editor for Citysearch, a cookbook editor at Chronicle Books, a project editor for the guidebooks department at Time Out New York, and a writer for CHOW, Vegetarian Times, Time Out New York, Williams-Sonoma, Edible Brooklyn, sf360, Priority, Bay Times, Bay Area Reporter, and Where SF. She has \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Stephanie-Rosenbaum/e/B001KHWNVQ/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1\">authored and contributed to many cookbooks\u003c/a> and travel guides & was nominated twice for a James Beard award for her cooking and gardening column, Table Ready. Her book \"World of Doughnuts\" is approachable and induces hunger pangs—a definite great sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ijE4XtieV4Q\">Rosenbaum’s book\u003c/a> has fun factoids on the origins of doughnuts and how they are made in cities and cultures around the world. I may not be able to fly to France for a fabulous beignets souffles just yet, but in the meantime this book lets me sift and sample international fried goods in my own kitchen. She also just turned in the manuscript for a book on cocktails. Many restaurant dessert menus offer cocktails with sweet courses, so I thought it would be fun to ask Rosenbaum her thoughts on the best doughnut and cocktail pairing. With cronuts being all the rage, we chatted about that phenomenon too. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65385\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/bignets.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/bignets.jpg\" alt=\"Beignets from New Orleans. Photo: Jenifer Altman\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65385\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beignets from New Orleans. Photo: Jenifer Altman\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: How did the book come about?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> My friend Leslie Jonath, who I knew from our time together at Chronicle Books, was working with Egg + Dart Press. She told me that they wanted to do a book about doughnuts and asked if I knew anyone who’d be a good fit. I jumped on it and the fun part was that the project was for doughnuts around the world. I didn’t get to travel the world but I did get to do research and found that every culture has a doughnut. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What do you think of the cronut?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> Everyone’s been asking me that! I haven't had the chance to fly to New York and try one of the 200 available each day yet. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the \u003cem>kouign amann\u003c/em> is so crunchy and delicious, I can’t imagine that frying that dough makes it better. It sounds so over the top, and is not something I want to personally eat. I don’t look at a croissant and say, “Wow, this needs to be deep fried.” I read a piece about how it’s just a matter of time ‘til a big chain makes this version. I feel it’ll be in Trader Joe’s and La Boulange soon. Having a cronut in New York fits: the fact that it’s limited and you get enough buzz on something, New Yorkers go for that. Anything that you can have bragging rights on. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What is the most interesting thing you learned researching World of Doughnuts?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> That every culture has a version of a doughnut. This book only covers sweet things because if we did savory, it’d be the “encyclopedia of doughnuts” (laughs). It’s interesting to see the variations you can get out of really only three basic doughs: a muffin or quick-bread dough with flour, sugar, eggs and baking powder, a yeasted, enriched bread dough, and a pâte à choux, the cooked, eggy dough that's also used to make eclairs and profiteroles. That’s more or less it. There’s some variation in the Asian doughnuts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The typical ring shape doughnut is very much an American thing. Other cultures don’t do the ring thing. There are a lot more free form things like churros. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are your favorite recipes?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> I have become very fond of the strawberry and cream doughnut. You take a round yeast-raised doughnut and slice it three quarters of the way through. Next, fill it with sliced strawberries and whipped cream. You could add blueberries, and make it a Fourth of July thing. These recipes aren’t achingly sweet. The way you make a yeast-raised dough is similar to a white bread dough and is not that different from a challah dough or a brioche dough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of my favorite American regional recipes is the apple cider doughnut. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65384\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/trawberry-and-cream-doughnut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/trawberry-and-cream-doughnut.jpg\" alt=\"Strawberry and Cream Doughnut. Photo: Jenifer Altman\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65384\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strawberry and Cream Doughnut. Photo: Jenifer Altman\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are your fave spots to get doughnuts in San Francisco and the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> My total old school favorite is still \u003ca href=\"http://www.donutalley.com/\">Donut Alley\u003c/a> in Larkspur, across the street from \u003ca href=\"http://www.rulli.com/\">Emporio Rulli\u003c/a>. A friend of mine who grew up in the 80s in Marin turned me on to that cute, family-run place. They serve old-fashioned doughnuts. Nothing fancy, although they may have fair trade coffee now. They open at 6 or 7 a.m. and then shut around noon when they run out. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m a straightforward doughnut person and like a cinnamon-sugar cake doughnut, or a chocolate glazed. \u003ca href=\"http://www.doughnutdolly.com/site/page/home\">Doughnut Dolly\u003c/a> in Temescal is good and so is \u003ca href=\"http://www.donutsavant.com/\">Donut Savant\u003c/a>. I have not had a lot of \u003ca href=\"http://www.dynamodonut.com/\">Dynamo Donuts\u003c/a>. They are yeast-raised and I know that people really like them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I still miss Tita’s Restaurant, a Hawaiian place in the Castro that made really good malasadas, but that’s going at least 10 years back. It was in the same storefront where Frances is now. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: I like to get churros from vendors walking around the Mission, or for a sitdown meal at \u003ca href=\"http://www.cafegibraltar.com/\">Café Gibraltar\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay. What do you think about the state of churros in Northern California? Will we ever be able to do a walking tour that covers churros?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> I wish people would latch on to churros as a cool artisanal thing to make. That’s a ripe artisanal area, for hot and fresh churros. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Any advice on what to do with vegetable oil—are there sustainable uses for it that we don’t know about? I don’t have Yuban cans, so get stumped on what to store use oil in at home.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> I had a couple cans of Café Bustelo, which I have nostalgia for from my low rent twenties. I keep a few cans around for when I make \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2009/05/02/rainy-day-cooking-boston-brown-bread/\">Boston brown bread\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big thing is, of course, do not pour oil down your sink. You can cool and funnel oil back into the bottle and then pour it into your green bin over whatever veggies may be there. If you strain it, I find you can use it a couple of times but you really have to get the crumbs and stuff out -- things that could burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are you working on now?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> I just finished the cocktails book which will be out in the fall. The title is \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/The-Vintage-Cocktails-Stephanie-Rosenbaum/dp/0988773104/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1372123357&sr=8-3&keywords=art+of+vintage+cocktails\">The Art of Vintage Cocktails\u003c/a> and it’s a very cute snappy book with great information in it. I figured I could either drink or write but I was on a tight deadline so, sadly, there was less drinking and a lot more reading and writing research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> I got to read a lot of really fascinating books and now have a great shelf of cocktail books in my office thanks to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/09/17/secrets-of-a-curator-omnivore-books-celia-sack/\">Celia Sack\u003c/a> at Omnivore Books. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now I have a bunch of book ideas percolating, which I am trying to sell. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Bay Area Bites: What would you pair with the Coconut Cake Doughnut, based on your new cocktail book?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Rosenbaum:\u003c/strong> I would suggest a Ramos Gin Fizz, of course. Invented by New Orleans bar owner Henry Ramos in 1888, this eye-opener is one of the great brunch drinks. Part velvet, part fizz, it's a well-shaken mixture of gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, heavy cream, and egg white, scented with orange flower water and topped with club soda. Perfect with a coconut doughnut on a sultry Southern morning! \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 853px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Coconut-Cake-Doughnut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Coconut-Cake-Doughnut.jpg\" alt=\"Coconut Cake Doughnut. Photo: Jenifer Altman\" width=\"853\" height=\"761\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65173\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coconut Cake Doughnut. Photo: Jenifer Altman\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Recipe: Ramos Gin Fizz Recipe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/The-Vintage-Cocktails-Stephanie-Rosenbaum/dp/0988773104/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1372123357&sr=8-3&keywords=art+of+vintage+cocktails\">The Art of Vintage Cocktails\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Makes 1 drink\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>1 1/2 ounces gin\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice (optional)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons simple syrup, to taste\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 ounces heavy cream\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Egg white from 1 small egg, or half the white from 1 large or extra-large egg\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3 to 4 drops orange flower water\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Club soda or soda water\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Combine gin, lemon and lime juice, simple syrup, cream, egg white, and orange flower water in a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously for several minutes. Strain into a highball or wineglass. Top with soda.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Recipe: Coconut Cake Doughnuts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Makes 12 doughnuts and 12 holes\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Topped with feathery wisps of coconut nestled into thick swaths of white icing, coconut layer cakes are a staple at parties and bake sales all across the South. These coconut doughnuts are a tasty hand-held version. Want pretty pastels for an Easter party or bridal shower? Separate the coconut topping into several small bowls and color each one with a drop or two of food coloring.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>1 3⁄4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 teaspoon baking powder\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3⁄4 teaspoon salt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 tablespoons coconut oil 1⁄2 cup sugar\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 large egg\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1/3 cup buttermilk\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1⁄2 teaspoon coconut extract vegetable oil for deep-frying\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>vanilla glaze (see Below)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 cup sweetened shredded coconut\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\nInstructions:\n\u003cli>Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using an electric mixer or the paddle attachment, beat the coconut oil and sugar together on low speed. Beat in the egg. Add the buttermilk and coconut extract and beat until smooth.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On low speed, beat in the flour mixture until blended. If the dough seems very sticky, cover and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes or up to 1 hour.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lightly flour a work surface and a baking sheet. Place a grid-patterned wire rice on another baking sheet, or line the pan with two layers of paper towels.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a 1⁄2-inch-thick round. Dip a doughnut cutter in flour and cut out doughnuts and holes, dipping the cutter in flour before each cut to keep it from sticking. Arrange the doughnuts and holes on the floured baking sheet. Pour the glaze into a wide, shallow bowl. Spread the coconut in another wide, shallow bowl.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In a Dutch oven or other deep, heavy pot, heat 2 or 3 inches of oil over medium-high heat to 365°F on a candy or deep-fat thermometer.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using a slotted spoon or a skimmer, drop the doughnuts and holes into the hot oil in batches, being careful not to crowd the pan. Fry for 60 to 90 seconds on each side, or until golden brown and cooked through.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using slotted spoon or a skimmer, transfer the doughnuts and holes to the wire rack or paper towels to drain.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dip the tops of the warm doughnuts and holes into the glaze. While the glaze is still wet, dip the glazed tops into the coconut, pressing the coconut into the glaze. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/exterior1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/exterior1000-290x217.jpg\" title=\"Exterior of Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" alt=\"Exterior of Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"290\" height=\"217\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65210\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/InteriorRoom1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/InteriorRoom1000-290x217.jpg\" title=\"Interior of Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" alt=\"Interior of Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"290\" height=\"217\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65211\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it ever a bad day to wake up in the Marina?* Those views, that bay, those clean streets, all those shiny happy people running and Frisbee-ing along the green...and now, a charming French bakery, too! \u003cem>Quel bonheur!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just opened last week on Chestnut near Fillmore, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/LeMaraisBakery\">Le Marais Bakery\u003c/a>, named after a particularly lively and well-loved district of Paris, is already becoming a locals' hangout. Fueled by \u003ca href=\"http://stumptowncoffee.com/\">Stumptown coffee\u003c/a>, the bakery features a small but well-selected spread of Paris-worthy pastries, tarts, croissants, and breads. It's the lifetime dream of owner Patrick Ascaso, a native Frenchman who grew up just outside Paris and has lived in San Francisco since 1995. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/pastrycase1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/pastrycase1000.jpg\" alt=\"Pastry case at Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65221\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastry case at Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Working in finance in New York City in the early 1980s, he was appalled at the lack of quality baked goods. \"Frozen croissants!\" he said, remembering how the few bakeries that served croissants back then simply baked off a pre-made, frozen product. Chatting with a friend, Ascaso suggested that maybe they should give up Wall Street and open an authentic French bakery instead. Not surprisingly, the friend declined, and Ascaso put his dream on hold for a few decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/croissant1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/croissant1000.jpg\" alt=\"Croissant from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65199\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Croissant from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, however, that dream--and its proper, made-from-scratch croissants, which are already as good, if not better, than my previous favorites at Sandbox in Bernal Heights--has come to fruition. Ascaso is the money-and-vision man; the baking he leaves to the professionals, including well-tattooed baker Justin Brown, freshly transplanted from Bien Cuit and Roberta's, both in Brooklyn, and pastry chef Phil Ogiela, recently the pastry chef at the Mission's Dandelion Chocolate, after stints at Aziza, Fifth Floor, and Elisabeth Daniel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/croissants-case1000a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/croissants-case1000a.jpg\" alt=\"Croissant display at Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65235\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Croissant display at Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Asked about his favorites, Ascaso mentions that while the plain croissants are great and selling \"like hotcakes,\" his particular pride is the bakery's chocolate-banana croissant, something you won't find anywhere else. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I am partial, because the banana croissant is my childhood dream... As a child, that croissant didn't exist, but bread, banana, and chocolate was what we got at three o'clock. So this has been my dream for the last 30 years: That if I open a bakery, I will do a chocolate banana croissant.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Brown, who makes both the breads and \"viennoisserie,\" or yeasted pastries, rose to the challenge and created a banana-added version of his already-lush \u003cem>pain au chocolate.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65213\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/painauxraisins1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/painauxraisins1000.jpg\" alt=\"Pain aux raisins. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65213\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pain aux raisins. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Talking to Brown on a recent morning, I put in a vote for my favorite French pastry, the chausson de pomme, a half-moon turnover filled with melting apple. It's in the works for September, he assured me, when apples are in season again. Until then, I'll start the morning with his rich pain aux raisins, a swirl of enriched croissant dough rolled around lots of soft, sweet raisins and a lick of eggy vanilla custard. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/BreadBakerJustinBrown1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/BreadBakerJustinBrown1000.jpg\" alt=\"Bread Baker Justin Brown. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65207\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bread Baker Justin Brown. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Starting around 10AM, the first round loaves of bread--country levain, whole wheat, rye--start to emerge from Brown's oven. They're made from a natural sourdough starter, rising slowly over 24 to 72 hours to develop the flavor of the grain. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/pastrychefPhilOgiela1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/pastrychefPhilOgiela1000.jpg\" alt=\"Pastry Chef Phil Ogiela. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65212\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastry Chef Phil Ogiela. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Later in the day, for the casse-croute crowd, the case fills up again with pastries, the purview of pastry chef Phil Ogiela. In his individual fruit tarts, figs, blueberries, and raspberries are buttressed by overlapping half-moons of peach, translucent and glowing. Rounded, stumpy bouchons, like smaller, more elegant muffins, come in breakfasty flavors--blueberry, banana--in the morning, moving on to carrot cake and a brownie-like chocolate in the afternoon. Gateau Basque (rich shortcrust pastry baked around a filling of pastry cream and apricots, and a longtime favorite of Ascaso's) and pain de genes (a buttery almond cake that's flourless and thus gluten-free) are his signature pastries right now; there's also a delectably light and citrusy lemon pound cake, developed by consulting baker Rosemary Winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/bouchonslemoncake640x360.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/bouchonslemoncake640x360.jpg\" alt=\"Bouchons and Lemon Cake. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65215\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bouchons and Lemon Cake. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During his time working in the kitchen at the Moroccan restaurant Aziza, pastry chef Ogiela discovered the surprising affinity between dark chocolate and the North African spice blend ras el hanoot; he's currently perfecting a chocolate financier (a small, brick- or oval-shaped cake) spiced with ras el hanoot. He dreams of tender, shell-shaped madeleines coming hot out of the oven every hour, brushed with a tart lemon syrup. (While at Dandelion, he perfected a cornflour and lavender madeleine, which \"tasted like the world's best cornbread, to me,\" he said, as well as one flavored with almond and cardamom.) \"I'm thinking of doing some free-form tarts, not necessarily tarts in a tart shell,\" but more rustic and galette-like. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/patries10001.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/patries10001.jpg\" alt=\"Pastries from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65205\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastries from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perhaps there'll be a souffle program, where locals will know to drop in at a certain time each day for sweet or savory souffles. Since the pastry case isn't refrigerated, the recent heat wave has precluded much in the way of buttercreams and layered cakes, which Ogiela hopes to experiment with in the future. \"I'd like to do dacquoise. I love meringue cakes, layer cakes...I have so many cakes!\" He pulls out his phone and starts scrolling through an album of cakes: a shiny, deep-chocolate mocha cake; financiers in salted caramel and chocolate-orange marmalade; a gluten-free pistachio roulade (a light, rolled spongecake made from nuts, egg whites, and sugar) filled with pistachio mousse and glazed with chocolate-mint ganache.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/chocolate-thing1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/chocolate-thing1000-290x194.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate pastry from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65198\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/carrot-muffin1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/carrot-muffin1000-290x194.jpg\" alt=\"Carrot cake from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65197\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's all evolving, in a narrow but pleasant little storefront, designed by Sean Quigley and his team from \u003ca href=\"http://www.paxtongate.com/design/\">Paxton Gate\u003c/a>, using bundt pans as lighting fixtures, and floors of French limestone, of the kind originally used for millstones. And while the Bay Area's seen no shortage of new bakeries opening this year, so far Le Marais looks like a keeper. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/banana-bread1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/banana-bread1000-290x194.jpg\" alt=\"Banana bread from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65195\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/plum-tart1000a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/plum-tart1000a-290x194.jpg\" alt=\"Plum tartlette. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65194\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Information:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.lemaraisbakery.com\">Le Marais Bakery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/2fSvU\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n2066 Chestnut St\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94123\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Phone:\u003c/strong> (415) 359-9801\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong> Mon-Sun 7am-7pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/lemaraisbakery\">Le Marais Bakery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/lemaraisbakery\">@lemaraisbakery\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>*Besides, of course, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake\">Oct 17, 1989\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/exterior1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/exterior1000-290x217.jpg\" title=\"Exterior of Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" alt=\"Exterior of Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"290\" height=\"217\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65210\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/InteriorRoom1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/InteriorRoom1000-290x217.jpg\" title=\"Interior of Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" alt=\"Interior of Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"290\" height=\"217\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65211\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it ever a bad day to wake up in the Marina?* Those views, that bay, those clean streets, all those shiny happy people running and Frisbee-ing along the green...and now, a charming French bakery, too! \u003cem>Quel bonheur!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just opened last week on Chestnut near Fillmore, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/LeMaraisBakery\">Le Marais Bakery\u003c/a>, named after a particularly lively and well-loved district of Paris, is already becoming a locals' hangout. Fueled by \u003ca href=\"http://stumptowncoffee.com/\">Stumptown coffee\u003c/a>, the bakery features a small but well-selected spread of Paris-worthy pastries, tarts, croissants, and breads. It's the lifetime dream of owner Patrick Ascaso, a native Frenchman who grew up just outside Paris and has lived in San Francisco since 1995. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/pastrycase1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/pastrycase1000.jpg\" alt=\"Pastry case at Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65221\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastry case at Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Working in finance in New York City in the early 1980s, he was appalled at the lack of quality baked goods. \"Frozen croissants!\" he said, remembering how the few bakeries that served croissants back then simply baked off a pre-made, frozen product. Chatting with a friend, Ascaso suggested that maybe they should give up Wall Street and open an authentic French bakery instead. Not surprisingly, the friend declined, and Ascaso put his dream on hold for a few decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/croissant1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/croissant1000.jpg\" alt=\"Croissant from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65199\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Croissant from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, however, that dream--and its proper, made-from-scratch croissants, which are already as good, if not better, than my previous favorites at Sandbox in Bernal Heights--has come to fruition. Ascaso is the money-and-vision man; the baking he leaves to the professionals, including well-tattooed baker Justin Brown, freshly transplanted from Bien Cuit and Roberta's, both in Brooklyn, and pastry chef Phil Ogiela, recently the pastry chef at the Mission's Dandelion Chocolate, after stints at Aziza, Fifth Floor, and Elisabeth Daniel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/croissants-case1000a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/croissants-case1000a.jpg\" alt=\"Croissant display at Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65235\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Croissant display at Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Asked about his favorites, Ascaso mentions that while the plain croissants are great and selling \"like hotcakes,\" his particular pride is the bakery's chocolate-banana croissant, something you won't find anywhere else. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I am partial, because the banana croissant is my childhood dream... As a child, that croissant didn't exist, but bread, banana, and chocolate was what we got at three o'clock. So this has been my dream for the last 30 years: That if I open a bakery, I will do a chocolate banana croissant.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Brown, who makes both the breads and \"viennoisserie,\" or yeasted pastries, rose to the challenge and created a banana-added version of his already-lush \u003cem>pain au chocolate.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65213\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/painauxraisins1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/painauxraisins1000.jpg\" alt=\"Pain aux raisins. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65213\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pain aux raisins. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Talking to Brown on a recent morning, I put in a vote for my favorite French pastry, the chausson de pomme, a half-moon turnover filled with melting apple. It's in the works for September, he assured me, when apples are in season again. Until then, I'll start the morning with his rich pain aux raisins, a swirl of enriched croissant dough rolled around lots of soft, sweet raisins and a lick of eggy vanilla custard. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/BreadBakerJustinBrown1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/BreadBakerJustinBrown1000.jpg\" alt=\"Bread Baker Justin Brown. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65207\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bread Baker Justin Brown. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Starting around 10AM, the first round loaves of bread--country levain, whole wheat, rye--start to emerge from Brown's oven. They're made from a natural sourdough starter, rising slowly over 24 to 72 hours to develop the flavor of the grain. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/pastrychefPhilOgiela1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/pastrychefPhilOgiela1000.jpg\" alt=\"Pastry Chef Phil Ogiela. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65212\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastry Chef Phil Ogiela. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Later in the day, for the casse-croute crowd, the case fills up again with pastries, the purview of pastry chef Phil Ogiela. In his individual fruit tarts, figs, blueberries, and raspberries are buttressed by overlapping half-moons of peach, translucent and glowing. Rounded, stumpy bouchons, like smaller, more elegant muffins, come in breakfasty flavors--blueberry, banana--in the morning, moving on to carrot cake and a brownie-like chocolate in the afternoon. Gateau Basque (rich shortcrust pastry baked around a filling of pastry cream and apricots, and a longtime favorite of Ascaso's) and pain de genes (a buttery almond cake that's flourless and thus gluten-free) are his signature pastries right now; there's also a delectably light and citrusy lemon pound cake, developed by consulting baker Rosemary Winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/bouchonslemoncake640x360.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/bouchonslemoncake640x360.jpg\" alt=\"Bouchons and Lemon Cake. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65215\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bouchons and Lemon Cake. Photo: Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During his time working in the kitchen at the Moroccan restaurant Aziza, pastry chef Ogiela discovered the surprising affinity between dark chocolate and the North African spice blend ras el hanoot; he's currently perfecting a chocolate financier (a small, brick- or oval-shaped cake) spiced with ras el hanoot. He dreams of tender, shell-shaped madeleines coming hot out of the oven every hour, brushed with a tart lemon syrup. (While at Dandelion, he perfected a cornflour and lavender madeleine, which \"tasted like the world's best cornbread, to me,\" he said, as well as one flavored with almond and cardamom.) \"I'm thinking of doing some free-form tarts, not necessarily tarts in a tart shell,\" but more rustic and galette-like. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_65205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/patries10001.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/patries10001.jpg\" alt=\"Pastries from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65205\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastries from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perhaps there'll be a souffle program, where locals will know to drop in at a certain time each day for sweet or savory souffles. Since the pastry case isn't refrigerated, the recent heat wave has precluded much in the way of buttercreams and layered cakes, which Ogiela hopes to experiment with in the future. \"I'd like to do dacquoise. I love meringue cakes, layer cakes...I have so many cakes!\" He pulls out his phone and starts scrolling through an album of cakes: a shiny, deep-chocolate mocha cake; financiers in salted caramel and chocolate-orange marmalade; a gluten-free pistachio roulade (a light, rolled spongecake made from nuts, egg whites, and sugar) filled with pistachio mousse and glazed with chocolate-mint ganache.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/chocolate-thing1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/chocolate-thing1000-290x194.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate pastry from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65198\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/carrot-muffin1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/carrot-muffin1000-290x194.jpg\" alt=\"Carrot cake from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65197\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's all evolving, in a narrow but pleasant little storefront, designed by Sean Quigley and his team from \u003ca href=\"http://www.paxtongate.com/design/\">Paxton Gate\u003c/a>, using bundt pans as lighting fixtures, and floors of French limestone, of the kind originally used for millstones. And while the Bay Area's seen no shortage of new bakeries opening this year, so far Le Marais looks like a keeper. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/banana-bread1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/banana-bread1000-290x194.jpg\" alt=\"Banana bread from Le Marais Bakery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65195\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/plum-tart1000a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/plum-tart1000a-290x194.jpg\" alt=\"Plum tartlette. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65194\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Information:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.lemaraisbakery.com\">Le Marais Bakery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/2fSvU\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n2066 Chestnut St\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94123\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Phone:\u003c/strong> (415) 359-9801\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong> Mon-Sun 7am-7pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/lemaraisbakery\">Le Marais Bakery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/lemaraisbakery\">@lemaraisbakery\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>*Besides, of course, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake\">Oct 17, 1989\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "Kevin Sancimino from Swan Oyster Depot Shares Grilling Tips and the Best Types of Oysters to BBQ",
"title": "Kevin Sancimino from Swan Oyster Depot Shares Grilling Tips and the Best Types of Oysters to BBQ",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Group-Shot-.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Group-Shot-.jpg\" alt=\"The Swan Oyster Depot Crew: L to R: Jimmy, Marino, Kevin, Steve, Guy, Erik and Darin. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64463\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Swan Oyster Depot Crew: L to R: Jimmy, Marino, Kevin, Steve, Guy, Erik and Darin. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This Fourth of July many of us are planning to pull out that checkered tablecloth, fire up the grill and make the perfect all-American meal. It’s a tradition as integral as fireworks. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, ribs and oysters. In the Bay Area, oysters are a great choice to serve to your hungry guests-- one local food that is sure to please. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Oysters-on-a-platter.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Oysters-on-a-platter.jpg\" alt=\"Oysters on the half shell displayed on ice. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64465\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oysters on the half shell displayed on ice. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But first, a brief history lesson. \u003ca href=\"http://host.madison.com/lifestyles/food_and_cooking/burgers-on-july-not-for-the-founding-fathers/article_33736a9b-a7fc-5139-bc94-50c0c6360bea.html\">Our founding fathers, think Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, probably ate oysters.\u003c/a> The first Independence Day celebration took place at a Philadelphia public house in 1776. Because Philadelphia was a major port city, the meal likely would have included local seafood such as oysters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/1024px-Declaration_independence.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/1024px-Declaration_independence.jpg\" alt=\"John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence. Photography courtesy of US Capitol.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64340\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence. \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Trumbull_-_Declaration_of_Independence_-_WGA23100.jpg\">Photography courtesy of US Capitol\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I couldn’t think of a better time to talk about these half-shell delights than with some of the foremost experts on the matter: the Sancimino family from \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/swan-oyster-depot-san-francisco\">Swan Oyster Depot\u003c/a> in Nob Hill, an 18-seat counter fish market. It’s always packed with hungry patrons willing to wait hours for a coveted seat. Bon Appétit recently named Swan one of the \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/20-most-important-restaurants-2013/restaurants/swan-oyster-depot\">twenty most important restaurants in the America\u003c/a>.\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.travelchannel.com/video/what-to-do-in-san-francisco\">Anthony Bourdain\u003c/a>, Bing Crosby and Francis Ford Coppola have all been known to frequent the joint at one time or another. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/DSCN4775.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/DSCN4775.jpg\" alt=\"The Sancimino family preparing for another day of selling seafood. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64358\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sancimino family preparing for another day of selling seafood. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The restaurant has been around for over 100 years. The Sanciminos have owned it in since 1946 and their expertise is revealed through the quality of the food they serve. They seem to know everything about seafood, especially oysters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a bold man that first ate an oyster, \"so said Jonathan Swift way back when in ye olde’ days of yesteryear. Indeed, oysters, also known as “bivalve mollusks” have a variety of different tastes. Some are briny, an intense salty flavor, others almost sweet. There are so many different types, Kumamoto, Virginica and Olympia--just to name a few. Trying to choose from a variety of oysters can be an intimidating experience. I decided to seek assistance. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Wednesday morning, I had the chance to catch up with Kevin Sancimino, described by his brothers as “the oyster expert.” Kevin has a venerable wealth of oyster knowledge. He explained there are five main types of oyster species consumed in the United States: Pacific Oyster, Atlantic Oyster, Kumamoto, European Flat and the Olympia. Each has it’s own unique size, shape, taste, and texture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64466\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Kevin-close-up-shot.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Kevin-close-up-shot.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Sancimino is Swan Oyster Depot’s “oyster expert.” Photo: Sara Bloomberg. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64466\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Sancimino is Swan Oyster Depot’s “oyster expert.” Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Swan’s carries a variety of oysters each day. The menu changes based on what’s fresh. Some are local and come directly from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/12/05/kqeds-forum-drakes-bay-oyster-company-sues-to-stay/\">Drakes Bay\u003c/a>, while others are shipped from the East Coast. The family picks them up at Pier 33 each morning. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/OysterMenu.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/OysterMenu.jpg\" alt=\"Daily oyster selections. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64345\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily oyster selections. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I visited, he presented me with a platter of oysters on the half shell fit for a queen, or a hungry journalist. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64468\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Oyster-Vertical-.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Oyster-Vertical-.jpg\" alt=\"Freshly shucked oysters at Swan Oyster Depot. Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64468\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freshly shucked oysters at Swan Oyster Depot. Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One thing is certain, everyone has his or her favorite variety of species. Each family members had their own take on what is the most flavorful oyster. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep a variety of oysters because there is no ‘best oyster’\" Kevin said. “People like what they like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Kevin to give me some tips on the right way to barbecue an oyster. To shuck or not to shuck? He told me that most people don’t bother to shuck the oyster. They simply throw it over an open flame and let it naturally separate. Sounds like a time-saving convenience, right? \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/Oysters-Unshucked.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/Oysters-Unshucked.jpg\" alt=\"Oysters packed on ice. A shucking tool is the best way to crack one open. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64347\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oysters packed on ice. A shucking tool is the best way to crack one open. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While, that might sound like a good idea, Kevin doesn’t recommend it. “The best way is to shuck it. That’s what we do at family events. Separate it. Put it on the barbecue, put some sauce on it, and you wait,” he said. Here's some tips on how to correctly shuck an oyster: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube //www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g5_7g9I1gM]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, how long should you cook these delicate sea creatures? Not long. His warning: Don’t let the oyster shrivel up. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Wait until you see a little black dryness start to appear on the shell,” Kevin said. “The oyster will start to shrivel a little bit. That’s when it’s done. The sauce will start to bubble almost like it’s poaching in the shell. To me, that is the best way to barbecue an oyster.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Kevin told me about three of his favorite oysters. Some are barbecue-worthy, while others aren’t. Check out his picks. Do you agree? What are some of your favorites? \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Pacific Oyster/Miyagi\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong>Species Name: Crassostrea Gigas\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n \u003cstrong>Examples: Fanny Bay, Royal Miyagi, Kusshi, Drakes Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64469\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Drakes-Bay-.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Drakes-Bay-.jpg\" alt=\"Drakes Bay are some of Kevin’s favorites among local oysters. The farm is facing possible closure, Kevin said he would be upset if they are shut down. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64469\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/12/05/kqeds-forum-drakes-bay-oyster-company-sues-to-stay/\">Drakes Bay\u003c/a> are some of Kevin’s favorites among local oysters. The farm is facing possible closure, Kevin said he would be upset if they are shut down. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Pacific oyster is native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand. Most farm-raised oysters in the Pacific Northwest are Pacific oysters. They’ve got fluted, pointed shells that are usually rough and jagged. They go by a variety of names: Miyagi, Fanny Bay, Royal Miyagi, Kusshi, Drakes Bay. Some people describe them as creamy or buttery, not overly firm. Others say they are herbaceous, vegetal, or melonly. They can be extremely briny, a fancy way of saying “salty.” Whatever your take on these, the Miyagi is the most commonly grown and consumed oyster on the West Coast. Indeed, Kevin thinks these oysters are the best to barbecue. Whether with hot sauce, barbecue sauce or even a little pesto. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“These are by far my favorite oysters to barbecue,” he said. “The sauce cooks on the oysters, so it’s not as overwhelming.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2>The Atlantic Oyster\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong> Species Name: Crassostrea Virginica\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n \u003cstrong> Examples: Blue Point, Chathams, Beausoleil, Pemaquid, Wellfleet\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64472\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Blue-Point-.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Blue-Point-.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Point oysters are also a good choice to barbecue. While the cups aren’t as deep as a miyagi, they are able to retain flavor when you put them on the grill. Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64472\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Point oysters are also a good choice to barbecue. While the cups aren’t as deep as a miyagi, they are able to retain flavor when you put them on the grill. Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These are Kevin’s second favorite choice to barbecue, especially the Blue Points. If you’ve only had oysters one time in your life, these are most likely what you consumed. They are the “traditional American oyster,” Kevin said. The Virginica oyster is native to the East Coast, Cape Cod and Nova Scotia, and are distinguished by their tear drop shape, smooth shells, and uniform colors: brown, cream, or forest green. They are dense and flavorful. Chathams, for instance, pack the raw slap of the Atlantic, a pure brine wallop. Really, these are as intense as any oysters on the east coast, unbelievably salty and with a kind of concentrated, anchovyesque savoriness. The shells are the color of Chatham–gray shingles, green sea--and they do indeed seem to open easily every time. Wellfleets oysters tend to be long and strong-shelled. Experienced tasters know that they are plump and clean with a distinctively good balance of creamy sweetness and brine. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Kumamoto\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong> Species Name: Crassostrea Sikamea\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n \u003cstrong>Examples: Humboldt Kumamoto, Shelton Kumamoto, Royale Kumamoto\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Kumamoto.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Kumamoto.jpg\" alt=\"Kumamoto oysters have small cups, making them difficult to barbecue, Kevin said. He thinks they are better raw. Photo: Sara Bloomberg. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64474\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kumamoto oysters have small cups, making them difficult to barbecue, Kevin said. He thinks they are better raw. Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Kumamoto oyster is originally from Japan. Kumamotos are known for their small size, deep cup, creamy texture, and cucumber-melon finish. The tastes can vary depending on where they are farmed: Baja California, Humboldt Bay, or Puget Sound. Kumamotos are worshipped for their amazing sweetness and clean, fruity aromas. Kevin does not recommend barbecuing this variety, but he says many people do. That’s why he included it on the list. He knows plenty of people who swear by barbecuing these little suckers. Just don’t overcook them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“You have to be careful with the Kumamoto. You try barbecuing theses guys and they are going to shrivel and wither down to nothing,” he warns.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>His suggestion---Just eat them raw with a little mignonette sauce, a condiment usually made with minced shallots, cracked pepper, and vinegar. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/Family-at-Swan.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/Family-at-Swan.jpg\" alt=\"People frequently pass by the window at Swan and look at the local seafood on display. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64354\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People frequently pass by the window at Swan and look at the local seafood on display. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So, this Fourth of July try something special. Unlock the magic of the ocean. Embrace the American spirit of individualism. Throw out the corn on the cob recipe and start shucking. As Shakespeare said in The Merry Wives of Windsor, “The world's mine oyster...”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Restaurant Information:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/swan-oyster-depot-san-francisco\">Swan Oyster Depot\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/NKpsy\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n1517 Polk Street (between California Street & Sacramento Street)\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94109\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Phone:\u003c/strong> (415) 673-2757\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong>\tMonday-Saturday: 10:30am-5:30pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SwanOysterDepot?ref=ts&fref=ts\">Swan Oyster Depot SF\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Group-Shot-.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Group-Shot-.jpg\" alt=\"The Swan Oyster Depot Crew: L to R: Jimmy, Marino, Kevin, Steve, Guy, Erik and Darin. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64463\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Swan Oyster Depot Crew: L to R: Jimmy, Marino, Kevin, Steve, Guy, Erik and Darin. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This Fourth of July many of us are planning to pull out that checkered tablecloth, fire up the grill and make the perfect all-American meal. It’s a tradition as integral as fireworks. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, ribs and oysters. In the Bay Area, oysters are a great choice to serve to your hungry guests-- one local food that is sure to please. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Oysters-on-a-platter.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Oysters-on-a-platter.jpg\" alt=\"Oysters on the half shell displayed on ice. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64465\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oysters on the half shell displayed on ice. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But first, a brief history lesson. \u003ca href=\"http://host.madison.com/lifestyles/food_and_cooking/burgers-on-july-not-for-the-founding-fathers/article_33736a9b-a7fc-5139-bc94-50c0c6360bea.html\">Our founding fathers, think Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, probably ate oysters.\u003c/a> The first Independence Day celebration took place at a Philadelphia public house in 1776. Because Philadelphia was a major port city, the meal likely would have included local seafood such as oysters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/1024px-Declaration_independence.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/1024px-Declaration_independence.jpg\" alt=\"John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence. Photography courtesy of US Capitol.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64340\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence. \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Trumbull_-_Declaration_of_Independence_-_WGA23100.jpg\">Photography courtesy of US Capitol\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I couldn’t think of a better time to talk about these half-shell delights than with some of the foremost experts on the matter: the Sancimino family from \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/swan-oyster-depot-san-francisco\">Swan Oyster Depot\u003c/a> in Nob Hill, an 18-seat counter fish market. It’s always packed with hungry patrons willing to wait hours for a coveted seat. Bon Appétit recently named Swan one of the \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/20-most-important-restaurants-2013/restaurants/swan-oyster-depot\">twenty most important restaurants in the America\u003c/a>.\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.travelchannel.com/video/what-to-do-in-san-francisco\">Anthony Bourdain\u003c/a>, Bing Crosby and Francis Ford Coppola have all been known to frequent the joint at one time or another. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/DSCN4775.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/DSCN4775.jpg\" alt=\"The Sancimino family preparing for another day of selling seafood. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64358\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sancimino family preparing for another day of selling seafood. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The restaurant has been around for over 100 years. The Sanciminos have owned it in since 1946 and their expertise is revealed through the quality of the food they serve. They seem to know everything about seafood, especially oysters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a bold man that first ate an oyster, \"so said Jonathan Swift way back when in ye olde’ days of yesteryear. Indeed, oysters, also known as “bivalve mollusks” have a variety of different tastes. Some are briny, an intense salty flavor, others almost sweet. There are so many different types, Kumamoto, Virginica and Olympia--just to name a few. Trying to choose from a variety of oysters can be an intimidating experience. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Wednesday morning, I had the chance to catch up with Kevin Sancimino, described by his brothers as “the oyster expert.” Kevin has a venerable wealth of oyster knowledge. He explained there are five main types of oyster species consumed in the United States: Pacific Oyster, Atlantic Oyster, Kumamoto, European Flat and the Olympia. Each has it’s own unique size, shape, taste, and texture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64466\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Kevin-close-up-shot.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Kevin-close-up-shot.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Sancimino is Swan Oyster Depot’s “oyster expert.” Photo: Sara Bloomberg. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64466\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Sancimino is Swan Oyster Depot’s “oyster expert.” Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Swan’s carries a variety of oysters each day. The menu changes based on what’s fresh. Some are local and come directly from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/12/05/kqeds-forum-drakes-bay-oyster-company-sues-to-stay/\">Drakes Bay\u003c/a>, while others are shipped from the East Coast. The family picks them up at Pier 33 each morning. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/OysterMenu.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/OysterMenu.jpg\" alt=\"Daily oyster selections. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64345\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily oyster selections. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I visited, he presented me with a platter of oysters on the half shell fit for a queen, or a hungry journalist. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64468\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Oyster-Vertical-.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Oyster-Vertical-.jpg\" alt=\"Freshly shucked oysters at Swan Oyster Depot. Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64468\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freshly shucked oysters at Swan Oyster Depot. Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One thing is certain, everyone has his or her favorite variety of species. Each family members had their own take on what is the most flavorful oyster. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep a variety of oysters because there is no ‘best oyster’\" Kevin said. “People like what they like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Kevin to give me some tips on the right way to barbecue an oyster. To shuck or not to shuck? He told me that most people don’t bother to shuck the oyster. They simply throw it over an open flame and let it naturally separate. Sounds like a time-saving convenience, right? \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/Oysters-Unshucked.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/Oysters-Unshucked.jpg\" alt=\"Oysters packed on ice. A shucking tool is the best way to crack one open. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64347\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oysters packed on ice. A shucking tool is the best way to crack one open. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While, that might sound like a good idea, Kevin doesn’t recommend it. “The best way is to shuck it. That’s what we do at family events. Separate it. Put it on the barbecue, put some sauce on it, and you wait,” he said. Here's some tips on how to correctly shuck an oyster: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/6g5_7g9I1gM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/6g5_7g9I1gM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, how long should you cook these delicate sea creatures? Not long. His warning: Don’t let the oyster shrivel up. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Wait until you see a little black dryness start to appear on the shell,” Kevin said. “The oyster will start to shrivel a little bit. That’s when it’s done. The sauce will start to bubble almost like it’s poaching in the shell. To me, that is the best way to barbecue an oyster.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Kevin told me about three of his favorite oysters. Some are barbecue-worthy, while others aren’t. Check out his picks. Do you agree? What are some of your favorites? \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Pacific Oyster/Miyagi\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong>Species Name: Crassostrea Gigas\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n \u003cstrong>Examples: Fanny Bay, Royal Miyagi, Kusshi, Drakes Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64469\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Drakes-Bay-.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Drakes-Bay-.jpg\" alt=\"Drakes Bay are some of Kevin’s favorites among local oysters. The farm is facing possible closure, Kevin said he would be upset if they are shut down. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64469\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/12/05/kqeds-forum-drakes-bay-oyster-company-sues-to-stay/\">Drakes Bay\u003c/a> are some of Kevin’s favorites among local oysters. The farm is facing possible closure, Kevin said he would be upset if they are shut down. Photo: Sara Bloomberg\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Pacific oyster is native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand. Most farm-raised oysters in the Pacific Northwest are Pacific oysters. They’ve got fluted, pointed shells that are usually rough and jagged. They go by a variety of names: Miyagi, Fanny Bay, Royal Miyagi, Kusshi, Drakes Bay. Some people describe them as creamy or buttery, not overly firm. Others say they are herbaceous, vegetal, or melonly. They can be extremely briny, a fancy way of saying “salty.” Whatever your take on these, the Miyagi is the most commonly grown and consumed oyster on the West Coast. Indeed, Kevin thinks these oysters are the best to barbecue. Whether with hot sauce, barbecue sauce or even a little pesto. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“These are by far my favorite oysters to barbecue,” he said. “The sauce cooks on the oysters, so it’s not as overwhelming.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2>The Atlantic Oyster\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong> Species Name: Crassostrea Virginica\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n \u003cstrong> Examples: Blue Point, Chathams, Beausoleil, Pemaquid, Wellfleet\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64472\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Blue-Point-.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Blue-Point-.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Point oysters are also a good choice to barbecue. While the cups aren’t as deep as a miyagi, they are able to retain flavor when you put them on the grill. Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64472\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Point oysters are also a good choice to barbecue. While the cups aren’t as deep as a miyagi, they are able to retain flavor when you put them on the grill. Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These are Kevin’s second favorite choice to barbecue, especially the Blue Points. If you’ve only had oysters one time in your life, these are most likely what you consumed. They are the “traditional American oyster,” Kevin said. The Virginica oyster is native to the East Coast, Cape Cod and Nova Scotia, and are distinguished by their tear drop shape, smooth shells, and uniform colors: brown, cream, or forest green. They are dense and flavorful. Chathams, for instance, pack the raw slap of the Atlantic, a pure brine wallop. Really, these are as intense as any oysters on the east coast, unbelievably salty and with a kind of concentrated, anchovyesque savoriness. The shells are the color of Chatham–gray shingles, green sea--and they do indeed seem to open easily every time. Wellfleets oysters tend to be long and strong-shelled. Experienced tasters know that they are plump and clean with a distinctively good balance of creamy sweetness and brine. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Kumamoto\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong> Species Name: Crassostrea Sikamea\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n \u003cstrong>Examples: Humboldt Kumamoto, Shelton Kumamoto, Royale Kumamoto\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Kumamoto.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/Kumamoto.jpg\" alt=\"Kumamoto oysters have small cups, making them difficult to barbecue, Kevin said. He thinks they are better raw. Photo: Sara Bloomberg. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64474\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kumamoto oysters have small cups, making them difficult to barbecue, Kevin said. He thinks they are better raw. Photo: Sara Bloomberg.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Kumamoto oyster is originally from Japan. Kumamotos are known for their small size, deep cup, creamy texture, and cucumber-melon finish. The tastes can vary depending on where they are farmed: Baja California, Humboldt Bay, or Puget Sound. Kumamotos are worshipped for their amazing sweetness and clean, fruity aromas. Kevin does not recommend barbecuing this variety, but he says many people do. That’s why he included it on the list. He knows plenty of people who swear by barbecuing these little suckers. Just don’t overcook them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“You have to be careful with the Kumamoto. You try barbecuing theses guys and they are going to shrivel and wither down to nothing,” he warns.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>His suggestion---Just eat them raw with a little mignonette sauce, a condiment usually made with minced shallots, cracked pepper, and vinegar. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/Family-at-Swan.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/Family-at-Swan.jpg\" alt=\"People frequently pass by the window at Swan and look at the local seafood on display. Photo: Gina Scialabba\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64354\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People frequently pass by the window at Swan and look at the local seafood on display. Photo: Gina Scialabba\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So, this Fourth of July try something special. Unlock the magic of the ocean. Embrace the American spirit of individualism. Throw out the corn on the cob recipe and start shucking. As Shakespeare said in The Merry Wives of Windsor, “The world's mine oyster...”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Restaurant Information:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/google-joel-riddell600.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-64095\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/google-joel-riddell600.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Riddell and Robert Moon with Google contingent at San Francisco Pride Parade. Photo courtesy of Joel Riddell\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Riddell (L) and his partner, Robert Moon (R) with Google contingent at San Francisco Pride Parade.\u003cbr>Photo courtesy of Joel Riddell\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Food fans and radio listeners are likely familiar with the voice of Joel Riddell, the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/04/12/iacp-in-san-francisco-conference-highlights-and-awards/\">award winning\u003c/a> host and producer of \u003ca href=\"http://www.talk910.com/pages/diningaround.html?page=3\">Dining Around on Talk 910\u003c/a>—-a show that is considered the Bay Area place for chefs and notable personalities to dish on food, wine, event and travel. Thought leaders like Lidia Bastianich Felidia, Michael Pollan, Hubert Keller, Margrit Mondavi and Joanne Weir hit the airwaves for interviews with Riddell, and he is often at food and fundraising events with his partner, Robert Moon. The couple is based in San Francisco and Moon, who works for Google, is an apt sidekick for his ability to photograph and document (in witty fashion) the details of their restaurant and home-cooked feasts from hole-in-the-wall Korean to white tablecloth joints. Chef Emily Luchetti enjoys checking out Moon’s social media to guess what Riddell may discuss on air the following weekend—the descriptions always make me hungry, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riddell’s earlier career revolved around theatre, hospitality (he co-owned and operated a bed & breakfast) and internet publishing before he landed in San Francisco at KGO Radio where he was the Producer of the Gene Burns Programs for coverage in Israel, Cyprus, Tuscany, Vatican City, and French Polynesia. I first met Riddell over a decade ago via a local chef who was friendly with the radio broadcaster \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Longtime-KGO-host-Gene-Burns-72-dies-4549884.php\">Gene Burns\u003c/a>, who recently passed away and was a professional mentor to Riddell. I have catered for Riddell and Burns and spent time carousing with Riddell and Moon at media events including “pinch-me-now” dinner moments at \u003ca href=\"http://incanto.biz/\">Incanto Restaurant\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"http://sfist.com/2007/05/10/dinner_with_a_white_slave.php\">Marco Pierre White\u003c/a> and a fundraiser at \u003ca href=\"http://www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/071120/\">E&O Trading Company\u003c/a> in San Francisco with Anthony Bourdain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>June is LGBT Pride Month and there is so much energy focused on equal rights for the LGBT community right now, especially in California. \u003ca href=\"http://www.scotusblog.com/\">The Supreme Court\u003c/a> is set to rule on Prop 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/25/proposition-8-supreme-court/\">today\u003c/a> as well as DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), the federal law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. Regarding employment, professions that have been slow to open the closet doors are gradually yielding to the pressure and challenging homophobia within their systems. With that in mind, I asked Riddell about his personal and professional experiences being an out gay man in the food media world. His comments have been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64099\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/NoH8.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-64099\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/NoH8.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Riddell and Robert Moon. Photo: Adam Bouska\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Riddell and Robert Moon. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.bouska.net/\">Adam Bouska\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: How long have you and Robert been together? You did a No H8 photo, share the same shoe size, and are pretty open about your love for each other. Tell us more.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ridell:\u003c/strong> Robert and I have been together for over 17 years. He is my bright and shining star and at times my knight in shining armor, too. We do try to be a team. The night that we did our \u003ca href=\"http://www.noh8campaign.com/\">No H8\u003c/a> Adam Bouska photo, we went to \u003ca href=\"http://www.alexanderssteakhouse.com/\">Alexander’s Steakhouse\u003c/a> and still had the tattoos on. We were wearing suits and ties but couldn’t wash off the tattoos. We were having dinner and the waiter said, \"What’s with the tattoos? Six or seven waitstaff came by and said, 'look at these two guys.' Robert and I always try to walk hand in hand, and just let people know we’re a couple and that it’s totally normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What is your experience with regard to homophobia and LGBT acceptance within the culinary & media worlds that you work in?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ridell:\u003c/strong> I think within the media world you would expect that it would be very open and very cool. But when I first started over 10 years ago, it was okay to make sexist and homophobic comments. Fat comments, too. This was in the workplace, from management on down. Those comments made a lot of people uncomfortable. Things have gotten a lot better. Here at Clear Channel, they are the sponsors of Pride and the stations show range and personalities. It’s very multicultural and management makes it really clear that they won’t put up with any discrimination in the workplace. You have to pay attention to advertisers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For restaurants, I think of old guard French restaurants that were very male-centric places but not necessarily homophobic. Here in the Bay Area, think of how many restaurants have staff that are Latino, European, Asian-- we’re so multicultural.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Places who dub themselves as gay or lesbian before being a restaurant have more issues than the opposite. Take Arrows in Maine for example. Clark and Mark are amazing chefs. They were out on Top Chef Masters and on the forefront of many things. But they don’t have rainbow flags or rainbow chefs coats. Not that they are not proud but the clientele in that part of Maine can be a bit conservative. They are chefs and the restaurant is glorious and they just happen to be gay. Each of us needs to be as out as possible so we can be a united force against the hatred others feel. I have been fired for being gay and hired for being gay. It all depends upon the restaurant owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What was it like for you coming out professionally? When did you do it? What was your job at the time? Have you noticed a change over time?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ridell:\u003c/strong> It was sort of de rigueur. I’m working on a food show. In my old company, people would make odd homophobic comments. Usually when folks would realize I had a longtime partner they would say things like, “I certainly think it’s okay you’re together, but don’t think you should get married.” It’s like a weird club, ‘because we’re straight, we’re allowed all this stuff, but you’re not allowed to have it,’ kind of thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parents are quite religious but they’ve always been inclusive of everyone. If you’re going to be homophobic, it’s not a Christian attitude. For me it’s always been a positive and inclusive situation. With my mom, she has always shown that if you’re a loving individual, why would anyone criticize that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did have a woman at work who would call me “princess Joel.” That’s not okay. I told her many times “You just called me ‘princess Joel’ in front of 17 people.” She’d say, “You know I’m joking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I couldn’t tell her, “Lady, this is not cool,” because she was in management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are your favorite places to eat and drink?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Riddell:\u003c/strong> We go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.hubertkeller.com/restaurants/fleur-de-lys.html\">Fleur de Lys\u003c/a> every Christmas and have done so for 15 years. The only year we missed was the year they had the fire, and we went to the Ritz and Hubert and Marie Chantal Keller were there. We went to Fleur de Lys when we signed our mortgage papers—-you need to celebrate things like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love \u003ca href=\"http://www.acquerello.com/\">Acquerello\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I try to eat at a lot of different places. We’ve been to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nopalitosf.com/\">nopalito\u003c/a> a bunch of times. I like \u003ca href=\"http://www.boxingroom.com/\">Boxing Room\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.dobbsferrysf.com/\">Dobb’s Ferry\u003c/a>, the places you can go in and grab a table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If we’re looking for seafood, we go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.hayesstreetgrill.com/\">Hayes Street Grill\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://perbaccosf.com/\">Perbacco\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.farallonrestaurant.com/\">Farallon\u003c/a> are good and \u003ca href=\"http://www.trickdogbar.com/\">Trick Dog\u003c/a> is really cool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"http://www.namusf.com/\">Namu Gaji\u003c/a>, the Lee brothers are smart and they know what they’re doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: You were a guest on KQED's \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2013/04/10/check-please-bay-area-100th-episode-angkor-borei-indigo-farallon/\">Check, Please! Bay Area\u003c/a>. What was that experience like?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ridell:\u003c/strong> Completely wickedly fun. Leslie is fun. Tina Salter is so smart and she’s got it down, and told us, ‘I don’t want you to talk about the restaurants to each other. Keep that to yourselves.’ I loved it. My experience was really exciting because I felt they respected and cared about my choices and they really want people to have their own opinion. I chose \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2013/04/10/farallon-restaurant-info/\">Farallon\u003c/a> because I feel we should recognize those places that have worked so hard to keep themselves relevant and interesting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the other guests chose \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2013/04/10/angkor-borei-restaurant-info/\">Angkor Borei\u003c/a> and there was an LGBT angle there. At the table near us, one man was Cambodian and the other Thai. They gave us suggestions and we had a fun time. The staff on the show really respected what we had to say about our experiences and that is an important aspect to the program; it’s totally driven by the people on the panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/joel-riddell-leslie-sbrocco1000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-64097\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/joel-riddell-leslie-sbrocco1000.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Riddell was a guest on KQED's Check, Please! Bay Area 100th episode. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Riddell was a guest on KQED's Check, Please! Bay Area \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2013/04/10/check-please-bay-area-100th-episode-angkor-borei-indigo-farallon/\">100th episode\u003c/a>. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/wendy-goodfriend/\">Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: How do you celebrate Pride Month? Personally? Professionally?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Riddell:\u003c/strong> Last year Robert and I walked the parade with Google. I did a Dining Around show the day before. It’s a celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ll be there 10am to 1pm broadcasting then I’ll be with my team, volunteering. I’m there because I think it’s really super important and our city gets benefits. We tend to hang out with friends. We’ll do a \u003ca href=\"http://aofsf.eventbrite.com/\">fundraising event\u003c/a> next Thursday for the Academy of Friends.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/google-joel-riddell600.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-64095\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/google-joel-riddell600.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Riddell and Robert Moon with Google contingent at San Francisco Pride Parade. Photo courtesy of Joel Riddell\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Riddell (L) and his partner, Robert Moon (R) with Google contingent at San Francisco Pride Parade.\u003cbr>Photo courtesy of Joel Riddell\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Food fans and radio listeners are likely familiar with the voice of Joel Riddell, the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/04/12/iacp-in-san-francisco-conference-highlights-and-awards/\">award winning\u003c/a> host and producer of \u003ca href=\"http://www.talk910.com/pages/diningaround.html?page=3\">Dining Around on Talk 910\u003c/a>—-a show that is considered the Bay Area place for chefs and notable personalities to dish on food, wine, event and travel. Thought leaders like Lidia Bastianich Felidia, Michael Pollan, Hubert Keller, Margrit Mondavi and Joanne Weir hit the airwaves for interviews with Riddell, and he is often at food and fundraising events with his partner, Robert Moon. The couple is based in San Francisco and Moon, who works for Google, is an apt sidekick for his ability to photograph and document (in witty fashion) the details of their restaurant and home-cooked feasts from hole-in-the-wall Korean to white tablecloth joints. Chef Emily Luchetti enjoys checking out Moon’s social media to guess what Riddell may discuss on air the following weekend—the descriptions always make me hungry, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riddell’s earlier career revolved around theatre, hospitality (he co-owned and operated a bed & breakfast) and internet publishing before he landed in San Francisco at KGO Radio where he was the Producer of the Gene Burns Programs for coverage in Israel, Cyprus, Tuscany, Vatican City, and French Polynesia. I first met Riddell over a decade ago via a local chef who was friendly with the radio broadcaster \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Longtime-KGO-host-Gene-Burns-72-dies-4549884.php\">Gene Burns\u003c/a>, who recently passed away and was a professional mentor to Riddell. I have catered for Riddell and Burns and spent time carousing with Riddell and Moon at media events including “pinch-me-now” dinner moments at \u003ca href=\"http://incanto.biz/\">Incanto Restaurant\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"http://sfist.com/2007/05/10/dinner_with_a_white_slave.php\">Marco Pierre White\u003c/a> and a fundraiser at \u003ca href=\"http://www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/071120/\">E&O Trading Company\u003c/a> in San Francisco with Anthony Bourdain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>June is LGBT Pride Month and there is so much energy focused on equal rights for the LGBT community right now, especially in California. \u003ca href=\"http://www.scotusblog.com/\">The Supreme Court\u003c/a> is set to rule on Prop 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/25/proposition-8-supreme-court/\">today\u003c/a> as well as DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), the federal law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. Regarding employment, professions that have been slow to open the closet doors are gradually yielding to the pressure and challenging homophobia within their systems. With that in mind, I asked Riddell about his personal and professional experiences being an out gay man in the food media world. His comments have been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_64099\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/NoH8.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-64099\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/06/NoH8.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Riddell and Robert Moon. Photo: Adam Bouska\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Riddell and Robert Moon. 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You have to pay attention to advertisers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For restaurants, I think of old guard French restaurants that were very male-centric places but not necessarily homophobic. Here in the Bay Area, think of how many restaurants have staff that are Latino, European, Asian-- we’re so multicultural.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Places who dub themselves as gay or lesbian before being a restaurant have more issues than the opposite. Take Arrows in Maine for example. Clark and Mark are amazing chefs. They were out on Top Chef Masters and on the forefront of many things. But they don’t have rainbow flags or rainbow chefs coats. Not that they are not proud but the clientele in that part of Maine can be a bit conservative. They are chefs and the restaurant is glorious and they just happen to be gay. Each of us needs to be as out as possible so we can be a united force against the hatred others feel. I have been fired for being gay and hired for being gay. It all depends upon the restaurant owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What was it like for you coming out professionally? When did you do it? What was your job at the time? Have you noticed a change over time?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ridell:\u003c/strong> It was sort of de rigueur. I’m working on a food show. In my old company, people would make odd homophobic comments. Usually when folks would realize I had a longtime partner they would say things like, “I certainly think it’s okay you’re together, but don’t think you should get married.” It’s like a weird club, ‘because we’re straight, we’re allowed all this stuff, but you’re not allowed to have it,’ kind of thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parents are quite religious but they’ve always been inclusive of everyone. If you’re going to be homophobic, it’s not a Christian attitude. For me it’s always been a positive and inclusive situation. With my mom, she has always shown that if you’re a loving individual, why would anyone criticize that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did have a woman at work who would call me “princess Joel.” That’s not okay. I told her many times “You just called me ‘princess Joel’ in front of 17 people.” She’d say, “You know I’m joking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I couldn’t tell her, “Lady, this is not cool,” because she was in management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are your favorite places to eat and drink?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Riddell:\u003c/strong> We go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.hubertkeller.com/restaurants/fleur-de-lys.html\">Fleur de Lys\u003c/a> every Christmas and have done so for 15 years. The only year we missed was the year they had the fire, and we went to the Ritz and Hubert and Marie Chantal Keller were there. 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I like \u003ca href=\"http://www.boxingroom.com/\">Boxing Room\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.dobbsferrysf.com/\">Dobb’s Ferry\u003c/a>, the places you can go in and grab a table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If we’re looking for seafood, we go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.hayesstreetgrill.com/\">Hayes Street Grill\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://perbaccosf.com/\">Perbacco\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.farallonrestaurant.com/\">Farallon\u003c/a> are good and \u003ca href=\"http://www.trickdogbar.com/\">Trick Dog\u003c/a> is really cool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"http://www.namusf.com/\">Namu Gaji\u003c/a>, the Lee brothers are smart and they know what they’re doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: You were a guest on KQED's \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2013/04/10/check-please-bay-area-100th-episode-angkor-borei-indigo-farallon/\">Check, Please! Bay Area\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Pub-Young-Couple-In-Front600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Pub-Young-Couple-In-Front600.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia Pub & Brewery on Haight Street\" width=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62492\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magnolia Pub & Brewery on Haight Street\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62498\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Dave-in-Brewery-Basement400.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Dave-in-Brewery-Basement400.jpg\" alt=\"Dave McLean in the Magnolia Brewery basement\" width=\"250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62498\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave McLean in the Magnolia Brewery basement\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the craft beer movement continues to rake in more fans willing to spend their hard-earned green on the finer beers in life, San Francisco-based Brewmaster Dave McLean remains a key figure to watch. Ever since he opened \u003ca href=\"http://www.magnoliapub.com/\">Magnolia Gastropub and Brewery\u003c/a> in the Haight in 1997, the spot has increasingly been a draw for those seeking Kalifornia Kolsch and Big Cypress Brown and cask-conditioned beer (Blue Bell Bitter, Spud's Boy IPA). There's also food with a local bent that covers favorites like Scotch eggs and a decadent Prather Ranch burger. McLean, who is on the Board of Directors for the \u003ca href=\"http://sfbrewersguild.org/\">San Francisco Brewers Guild\u003c/a>, told us that even today, people are still shocked that the restaurant also houses a working brewery in the basement. He is close to opening a bigger, better, new \u003ca href=\"http://magnoliapub.com/dogpatch.html\">brewery\u003c/a> with BBQ offerings from the folks from \u003ca href=\"http://www.namusf.com/\">Namu\u003c/a>... across town, in the morphing Dogpatch neighborhood. McClean also owns \u003ca href=\"http://www.alembicbar.com/\">The Alembic\u003c/a>, which dishes up craft cocktails and bites right down the lane from Magnolia. We caught up in person recently to find out more about the new Dogpatch space and McLean's career. His comments have been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Scotch-eggs1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Scotch-eggs1000.jpg\" alt=\"Quail Scotch eggs\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62501\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quail Scotch eggs\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Tell us about the new Magnolia Dogpatch brewery.\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> The whole move to go over there was basically driven by us not having enough beer production capacity here. We were already maxed out with continually growing the business and have a nice wholesale draft business. We were looking at the whole place craft beer has gotten to and it makes sense to grow in a more robust way. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We built Magnolia Brewery 15 years ago and it’s really a finite space—we can’t add another tank or vessel downstairs. We created a way to grow our business as well as grow our packaging and bottling. To give the amount of energy and attention needed to do this, I have broken things up into phase one and phase two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We will open in the Dogpatch in very late June or early July. There are a lot of moving parts because we are also building a full service restaurant over there. With expanding, there’s always the fear of losing the thing you do well that makes you special. We want to focus on a few initial steps that are logical and get the brewery up and running and get the beer to taste the way we want it, which is no small task. For us, bigger and better things means doing packaged beer outside of the Bay Area and bigger distribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62500\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Prather-burger-with-cheese1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Prather-burger-with-cheese1000.jpg\" alt=\" Magnolia’s Prather Ranch cheeseburger\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62500\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magnolia’s Prather Ranch cheeseburger\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: How did you decide to work with the Namu Gaji folks, who will do the restaurant portion of the brewery?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> I think that honestly evolved organically out of mutual admiration. I’ve long been a huge fan of what they do since the Namu in Balboa opened. I love going there. They have amazing sake and I drink the beer we make there. They’ve been semi-regulars to Magnolia and Alembic, too. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: How will the Dogpatch brewery be similar and different to your other places? \u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62499\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-kegs-to-the-left400.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-kegs-to-the-left400.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia’s kegs\" width=\"250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62499\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magnolia’s kegs\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> Nobody sees the brewery here because it’s tucked in the basement. Fifteen years later people still express shock that there is a brewery down there. With the new spot, people may think, “Hey, there’s a relatively large brewery here.” We’re not putting the brewery behind glass because that style doesn’t really appeal to me. Customers will certainly be exposed to this idea that you’re in a beer production facility. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In terms of the restaurant itself, the extended Magnolia family has grown and evolved. The everyday customer is most familiar with the relationships we have: Prather Ranch and Arnold Sutton. That’s what you taste when you eat and drink here. I think people understand who our extended family is. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also the family of craftsman and artisans who have been creating with us. At the new place that will make for a similar look and feel. If it’s similar, it’s because we have some of the same people and we can almost finish each others sentences. The flip side of that is it’s an industrial space in a very different neighborhood across town. We’re very sensitive to not produce the “Haight Alembic Magnolia experience.” The only truly identical thread is the beer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What’s it like working with the City on the Dogpatch build out?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> Everyone likes to complain about the city and I feel like I could. The most enthusiastic people we’ve seen are the Dogpatch residents and businesses. The neighborhood association was very welcoming and there’s already a sense of community there. It’s great to feel welcome and it really wasn’t an easy process to go through. Small artisan manufacturing is the kind of business the city wants to cultivate on the 3rd Street corridor. Some people in planning and the Mayor’s office of economic development are focused on the health of the neighborhood and that was kind of great. The planning and building department process can be convoluted and it definitely added a lot of time and cost to the project. No one can just make that go away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[vimeo 59381997]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What beer are you brewing now that is more experimental? Where do your ideas come from?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> I’m currently working on a potential family of beers from the same starting point using wooden barrels. The beer is blended with an unaged version of itself. Since I’ve got elements of time and space, I can stack in the new space and let the beers sit and do their thing. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We work with a farmer in England. Each year we started out trying one ton of malt which sounds like a lot but it got us through four or five batches of beer. This year since we had the space we can get malt and have it at Dogpatch and then bring it over here and use as needed. We have room to play around with it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspiration comes from everywhere. There’s a general receptivity about ideas that strike you at time--in conversations with colleagues. Collaboration is the nature of our industry. We talk a lot online and in person. That fosters an environment. An idea can come from any time if you’re being open to it. 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The American beer culture has changed. The share of the market that is craft beer is higher than people ever thought possible. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just like the food movement, people are showing that they prefer to identify with things made in their back yard by people they know. Those same hallmarks are showing up in the craft beer world. Not that long ago that you had to go to a craft beer pub but now you can’t open a restaurant without a decent craft beer component. I would expect it for the Bay Area because this is the cradle of the craft beer movement. One could argue that only recently the Bay Area is realizing its potential for the craft beer community. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of the country is definitely catching up. There are more interesting statistics --a vast majority of Americans live within ten miles of a craft brewery. That was a surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Tell us about your career and goals.\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> The nature of this craft beer movement at magnolia is that what’s possible continues to expand and that bucket gets bigger. It allows for this constant assessment and reformulation of vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the beginning I was a 26 year-old home brewer. At that point the goal was surviving and not going out of business. The industry grew and we started making more beer. I got involved in events and had a history with people, which is important to add that to my vision. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This next growth spurt is a new level of visioning of what to do with the beer. I don't want to characterize things as doing it by the seat of our pants because there is strategic thinking involved. Yet some of the charm of what makes it fun to come to work is figuring out, “Where are we going with this?” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not all been a super easy or rosy path to get here and I have made dumb mistakes. Thinking as a brewer that it is easy to run a restaurant was almost catastrophic mistake Number One. I hired friends, and we spent a lot of time nearly failing. Now I’d like to pivot off the trial and error period that’s lasted ten to fifteen years and make something that’s built to last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that I’m in my forties, I think about the fact that there are breweries that outlive their founders. So it’s coming up with a succession plan. We’re going to grow the business and grow the brand. I’d like it to be such a great place to work that we keep folks for a long time. There’s a natural maturation when you manage and operate something that leaves a good mark. Being a bit bigger gives you more freedom and flexibility to create a better work place that’s more sustainable in all ways, not just in ingredient sourcing. I try to live up to that. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are your favorite local joints for beer and food?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> We have such a community of people approaching their craft in the same way. When you go out, it’s “who do you want to check in on and see what they’re up to?” I subconsciously landed myself at the nexus of cocktails, craft beer and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love the Ferry Building. My wife and I love \u003ca href=\"http://www.nopasf.com/\">Nopa\u003c/a> and our whole family loves the quesadilla roja con chicharon at \u003ca href=\"http://www.nopalitosf.com/\">Nopalito\u003c/a>. I admire and look to Nopa and Nopalito to see how they do it – the folks there are kindred spirits. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, running into Bi-Rite Market’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/06/favorite-food-spots-of-bi-rites-sam-mogannam/\">Sam Mogannam\u003c/a> at events always feels like I’m with a long lost cousin or brother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.zunicafe.com/\">Zuni\u003c/a> is a familiar comfort spot. At the off peak times, it’s better and feels like an awesome San Francisco thing. That inspires me. I love that you can be hungry at three in the afternoon and find a place that’s doing killer drinks and food. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/06/05/farr-out-bay-area-eats-with-ryan-and-cesalee-farr-of-4505-meats/\">Ryan Farr's\u003c/a> burger at his 4505 Meats stand is always amazing. It’s an addiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Related Information:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.magnoliapub.com/\">Magnolia Gastropub and Brewery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/xzGuo\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n1398 Haight St.\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco CA 94117\u003cbr>\n(415) 864-7468\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Magnolia-Gastropub-Brewery/62902472652\">Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/magnoliapub\">@magnoliapub\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.alembicbar.com/\">The Alembic\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/JX1hR\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n1725 Haight St.\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco CA 94117\u003cbr>\n(415) 666-0822\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alembic/57162567265?fref=ts&rf=135646313172083\">The Alembic\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/alembicbar\">@alembicbar\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Ever since he opened \u003ca href=\"http://www.magnoliapub.com/\">Magnolia Gastropub and Brewery\u003c/a> in the Haight in 1997, the spot has increasingly been a draw for those seeking Kalifornia Kolsch and Big Cypress Brown and cask-conditioned beer (Blue Bell Bitter, Spud's Boy IPA). There's also food with a local bent that covers favorites like Scotch eggs and a decadent Prather Ranch burger. McLean, who is on the Board of Directors for the \u003ca href=\"http://sfbrewersguild.org/\">San Francisco Brewers Guild\u003c/a>, told us that even today, people are still shocked that the restaurant also houses a working brewery in the basement. He is close to opening a bigger, better, new \u003ca href=\"http://magnoliapub.com/dogpatch.html\">brewery\u003c/a> with BBQ offerings from the folks from \u003ca href=\"http://www.namusf.com/\">Namu\u003c/a>... across town, in the morphing Dogpatch neighborhood. McClean also owns \u003ca href=\"http://www.alembicbar.com/\">The Alembic\u003c/a>, which dishes up craft cocktails and bites right down the lane from Magnolia. We caught up in person recently to find out more about the new Dogpatch space and McLean's career. His comments have been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Scotch-eggs1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Scotch-eggs1000.jpg\" alt=\"Quail Scotch eggs\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62501\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quail Scotch eggs\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Tell us about the new Magnolia Dogpatch brewery.\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> The whole move to go over there was basically driven by us not having enough beer production capacity here. We were already maxed out with continually growing the business and have a nice wholesale draft business. We were looking at the whole place craft beer has gotten to and it makes sense to grow in a more robust way. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We built Magnolia Brewery 15 years ago and it’s really a finite space—we can’t add another tank or vessel downstairs. We created a way to grow our business as well as grow our packaging and bottling. To give the amount of energy and attention needed to do this, I have broken things up into phase one and phase two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We will open in the Dogpatch in very late June or early July. There are a lot of moving parts because we are also building a full service restaurant over there. With expanding, there’s always the fear of losing the thing you do well that makes you special. We want to focus on a few initial steps that are logical and get the brewery up and running and get the beer to taste the way we want it, which is no small task. 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There’s a general receptivity about ideas that strike you at time--in conversations with colleagues. Collaboration is the nature of our industry. We talk a lot online and in person. That fosters an environment. An idea can come from any time if you’re being open to it. Research is not the norm anymore, but it was at the beginning of my career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62502\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Shot-of-People-Eating1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Magnolia-Shot-of-People-Eating1000.jpg\" alt=\"Magnolia Lunch scene\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62502\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magnolia Lunch scene\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Where do you think we are with craft beer production and appreciation in the Bay Area and nationally?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> In both cases it’s at an all time high. I don’t know if my peers 15-20 years ago were setting out to change the American beer industry. The American beer culture has changed. The share of the market that is craft beer is higher than people ever thought possible. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just like the food movement, people are showing that they prefer to identify with things made in their back yard by people they know. Those same hallmarks are showing up in the craft beer world. Not that long ago that you had to go to a craft beer pub but now you can’t open a restaurant without a decent craft beer component. I would expect it for the Bay Area because this is the cradle of the craft beer movement. One could argue that only recently the Bay Area is realizing its potential for the craft beer community. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of the country is definitely catching up. There are more interesting statistics --a vast majority of Americans live within ten miles of a craft brewery. That was a surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Tell us about your career and goals.\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> The nature of this craft beer movement at magnolia is that what’s possible continues to expand and that bucket gets bigger. It allows for this constant assessment and reformulation of vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the beginning I was a 26 year-old home brewer. At that point the goal was surviving and not going out of business. The industry grew and we started making more beer. I got involved in events and had a history with people, which is important to add that to my vision. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This next growth spurt is a new level of visioning of what to do with the beer. I don't want to characterize things as doing it by the seat of our pants because there is strategic thinking involved. Yet some of the charm of what makes it fun to come to work is figuring out, “Where are we going with this?” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not all been a super easy or rosy path to get here and I have made dumb mistakes. Thinking as a brewer that it is easy to run a restaurant was almost catastrophic mistake Number One. I hired friends, and we spent a lot of time nearly failing. Now I’d like to pivot off the trial and error period that’s lasted ten to fifteen years and make something that’s built to last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that I’m in my forties, I think about the fact that there are breweries that outlive their founders. So it’s coming up with a succession plan. We’re going to grow the business and grow the brand. I’d like it to be such a great place to work that we keep folks for a long time. There’s a natural maturation when you manage and operate something that leaves a good mark. Being a bit bigger gives you more freedom and flexibility to create a better work place that’s more sustainable in all ways, not just in ingredient sourcing. I try to live up to that. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are your favorite local joints for beer and food?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McLean:\u003c/strong> We have such a community of people approaching their craft in the same way. When you go out, it’s “who do you want to check in on and see what they’re up to?” I subconsciously landed myself at the nexus of cocktails, craft beer and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love the Ferry Building. My wife and I love \u003ca href=\"http://www.nopasf.com/\">Nopa\u003c/a> and our whole family loves the quesadilla roja con chicharon at \u003ca href=\"http://www.nopalitosf.com/\">Nopalito\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-571.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62550\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-571.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Hua, SF Cooking School\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past four months, I’ve developed a new appreciation for pants with stretchy elastic bands. I’ve traded in cute shoes for kitchen clogs. And, I’ve certainly given up on manicures – I’ll consider it a win if my nails are simply clean and don’t smell like onions. Or fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/first-filet.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/first-filet.jpeg\" alt=\"first filet at SF Cooking School\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve been immersed life at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcooking.com/\">San Francisco Cooking School\u003c/a>, and fat pants and fishy hands aside, I am loving every minute of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2012-11-07-sf-cooking-school-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-34.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62360\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2012-11-07-sf-cooking-school-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-34.jpg\" alt=\"SF Cooking School\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Cooking School came into my life somewhat fortuitously. I had been invited to cover the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/10/15/san-francisco-cooking-school-a-preview/\">opening of the school\u003c/a> for a preview story and the more I learned about the school, the more I fell in love with school’s philosophy, curriculum, and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zJ9ilOxl08]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small, intimate class. Hands-on, practical learning. And access to some of the best chefs and resources San Francisco has to offer. Sign me up! I pulled the trigger and so began \u003ca href=\"http://lickmyspoon.com/news/san-francisco-cooking-school/\">my adventures in cooking school\u003c/a>. It’s impossible to distill everything I’ve learned into a few short paragraphs, but here are a few of the big takeaways:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EFFICIENCY\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nPerhaps one of the biggest differences between cooking for pleasure at home and cooking with a purpose in a professional setting is the pace at which you are expected and required to work. At school, we are taught from day one to work with a sense of urgency. Whether it is a matter of using the right tool for the job, organizing your \u003cem>mise en place\u003c/em>, or even walking with purpose, your goal is to work fast and work smart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BATCH MOTIONS\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAlong the same lines of efficiency, you’ll work quickest if you batch together similar motions. For example, if you are forming meatballs, you wouldn’t portion out and roll each meatball one at a time. Instead, you would want to portion out the entire batch, then roll out the meatballs all at once. The work will go twice as fast. Trust me, I learned the hard way. At school, we are taught to pay attention to what are “wasted motions” or wasted effort. If you find that you have to put down and pick up your knife/utensil a lot, or if you find yourself in an awkward position, stop and reevaluate your work flow. Always arrange your work in a way that lets you complete your task with minimal effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ON BUTCHERY\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOne of the most memorable lessons we had was taking down a half hog with \u003ca href=\"http://4505meats.com/\">4505 Meats\u003c/a>. What a treat to be able to be able to learn about butchery from one of the leading butchers in town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s amazing how similar most animals are structured. If you learn the basics of breaking down a chicken, for example, you can follow the same rules of thumb for breaking down a whole hog. Use your fingers and look for joints and natural breaking points. Follow the bone when you’re trying to remove meat from bone. Let gravity work for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t waste anything. We used every bit of that beautiful hog. We made sausage and cured salumi, we used the leaf lard for pie dough, saved the bones for stock, made chicharrones with the skin, and even fried up the ears (PSA: pig ears splatter. A lot.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>TASTE. TASTE. TASTE.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis is probably a no brainer, but of course, one of the most important things about cooking is learning how to taste your food and then having both the know-how and ability to correct it. That second part is where it can get tricky. In order to know how to correct a flavor, you need to have some understanding about how tastes work together (how does salt balance bitterness for example), and what flavors complement one another. You need to develop your library of taste memories and then be able to draw on that information when the time comes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the first week of school, we had a taste workshop with \u003ca href=\"http://barbstuckey.com/\">Barb Stuckey\u003c/a>. We delved into the science of taste and learned a lot -- You can smell through your mouth! Butter has no taste!! (what you perceive as the taste of butter is just aroma and texture) -- ultimately, this workshop set the stage for what we were all there to learn: how do you make food taste good?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past few months, we worked on tasting critically and building up our taste library. As we cooked, a tasting spoon was always at the ready. We learned to taste throughout different stages of a dish, and were even blind-tested on scent recognition of spices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GEEK OUT\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAt SF Cooking School, we’re taught not just how to follow a recipe, but how to understand how and why it works so that we can fix it if something doesn’t go as planned. Understanding the whys involves a bit of science. What is happening on a molecular level when a mayonnaise breaks? Why does it then make sense to add a bit of warm water to fix it? You can go down a rabbit hole of information on any given topic when it comes to food. What I’ve come away with is to never stop seeking out the \"why.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>IT’S NOT ALL SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAs lovely and romantic as it sounds, a career in professional cooking has its hard realities. Pep talks from SF Cooking School deans \u003cstrong>Craig Stoll\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Daniel Patterson\u003c/strong> were half pep, half tell-it-as-it-really-is reality checks. Life in the kitchen is serious physical work. Hours are long. Pay is…sobering. Running a restaurant is a business and being a chef is as much about managing costs as it is about creating delicious food. And, as much as we love our local, organic, responsibly grown goods here, when breaking down a case of artichokes is one of a gazillion things on your prep list for the day, you are not being paid to fondle the produce. Which is not to say there isn’t the utmost respect for the product, there is…just, fondle on your own time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CALIFORNIA CUISINE\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt may not be all sunshine and rainbows, but we still have it pretty darn great here in San Francisco, and SF Cooking School will be the first ones to celebrate that. One of the big draws to the school for me was the focus on making use of the Bay Area as a learning ground. We hit the \u003ca href=\"http://www.montereyfish.com/\">Monterey Fish Market\u003c/a> on a 5 a.m. field trip and learned about sustainable fishing. We went foraging with local foraging legend, \u003ca href=\"http://honest-food.net/\">Hank Shaw\u003c/a>. We pickled and fermented everything we could get our hands on with \u003cstrong>Courtney Burns\u003c/strong> from \u003ca href=\"http://www.bartartine.com/\">Bar Tartine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Cooking School gave us a strong foundation of classic French techniques. We learned the mother sauces. We consumed more butter and cream in four months than we probably had cumulatively in life to date. We suffered through turning vegetables that were not meant to be perfect little six-sided footballs into perfect little six-sided footballs. But, we also embraced modern California cuisine. We cooked with the season. We feasted on local fruits and vegetables, knew the name of the farmer our hog came from, and made our own sourdough bread (Lil Spence, our starter, was a fantastic class pet).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-41.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62361\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-41.jpg\" alt=\"SF Cooking School Restaurant Week\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our time in the classroom culminated with Restaurant Week, when we transformed the school into a restaurant and served friends and family a menu we developed and prepared. Here’s a peek at what we made:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-55.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62362\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-55.jpg\" alt=\"SF Cooking School Restaurant Week\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-9.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62380\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-9-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Homemade Tartine-Style Bread\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-46.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62367\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-46-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"House-made Charcuterie: salami, rabbit terrine, chicken liver mousse, vegetable escabeche\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-49.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62368\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-49-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Zucchini Carpaccio, preserved lemon, kalamata olives\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-52.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62369\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-52-190x190.jpg\" 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href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-87.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62374\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-87.jpg\" alt=\"Seared Sea Scallops, curry beurre blanc, potatoes, radishes, english peas\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-81.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62373\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-81-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Nettle Raviolo, egg yolk, mushroom butter, green garlic, fresh mushrooms\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-75.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone 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anise ice cream\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-100.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62378\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-100-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Soufflè Milanese, matcha-poppy seed tuile\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-1051.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62552\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-1051-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Dessert Spread, SF Cooking School Restaurant Week\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca 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I have no doubt that I will learn a ton from Chef \u003cstrong>Anthony Strong\u003c/strong> and his talented team. I have a feeling I will get pretty good at prepping \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2012/04/number_27_the_jewish-style_art.php\">artichokes\u003c/a> by the end of my externship. Rest assured, they will remain unmolested on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For your viewing pleasure, here are a few snapshots from a day in my life at San Francisco Cooking School:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-571.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62550\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-571.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Hua, SF Cooking School\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past four months, I’ve developed a new appreciation for pants with stretchy elastic bands. I’ve traded in cute shoes for kitchen clogs. And, I’ve certainly given up on manicures – I’ll consider it a win if my nails are simply clean and don’t smell like onions. Or fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/first-filet.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/first-filet.jpeg\" alt=\"first filet at SF Cooking School\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve been immersed life at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcooking.com/\">San Francisco Cooking School\u003c/a>, and fat pants and fishy hands aside, I am loving every minute of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2012-11-07-sf-cooking-school-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-34.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62360\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2012-11-07-sf-cooking-school-stephanie-hua-lick-my-spoon-34.jpg\" alt=\"SF Cooking School\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Cooking School came into my life somewhat fortuitously. I had been invited to cover the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/10/15/san-francisco-cooking-school-a-preview/\">opening of the school\u003c/a> for a preview story and the more I learned about the school, the more I fell in love with school’s philosophy, curriculum, and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/8zJ9ilOxl08'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/8zJ9ilOxl08'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small, intimate class. Hands-on, practical learning. And access to some of the best chefs and resources San Francisco has to offer. Sign me up! I pulled the trigger and so began \u003ca href=\"http://lickmyspoon.com/news/san-francisco-cooking-school/\">my adventures in cooking school\u003c/a>. It’s impossible to distill everything I’ve learned into a few short paragraphs, but here are a few of the big takeaways:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EFFICIENCY\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nPerhaps one of the biggest differences between cooking for pleasure at home and cooking with a purpose in a professional setting is the pace at which you are expected and required to work. At school, we are taught from day one to work with a sense of urgency. Whether it is a matter of using the right tool for the job, organizing your \u003cem>mise en place\u003c/em>, or even walking with purpose, your goal is to work fast and work smart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BATCH MOTIONS\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAlong the same lines of efficiency, you’ll work quickest if you batch together similar motions. For example, if you are forming meatballs, you wouldn’t portion out and roll each meatball one at a time. Instead, you would want to portion out the entire batch, then roll out the meatballs all at once. The work will go twice as fast. Trust me, I learned the hard way. At school, we are taught to pay attention to what are “wasted motions” or wasted effort. If you find that you have to put down and pick up your knife/utensil a lot, or if you find yourself in an awkward position, stop and reevaluate your work flow. Always arrange your work in a way that lets you complete your task with minimal effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ON BUTCHERY\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOne of the most memorable lessons we had was taking down a half hog with \u003ca href=\"http://4505meats.com/\">4505 Meats\u003c/a>. What a treat to be able to be able to learn about butchery from one of the leading butchers in town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s amazing how similar most animals are structured. If you learn the basics of breaking down a chicken, for example, you can follow the same rules of thumb for breaking down a whole hog. Use your fingers and look for joints and natural breaking points. Follow the bone when you’re trying to remove meat from bone. Let gravity work for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t waste anything. We used every bit of that beautiful hog. We made sausage and cured salumi, we used the leaf lard for pie dough, saved the bones for stock, made chicharrones with the skin, and even fried up the ears (PSA: pig ears splatter. A lot.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>TASTE. TASTE. TASTE.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis is probably a no brainer, but of course, one of the most important things about cooking is learning how to taste your food and then having both the know-how and ability to correct it. That second part is where it can get tricky. In order to know how to correct a flavor, you need to have some understanding about how tastes work together (how does salt balance bitterness for example), and what flavors complement one another. You need to develop your library of taste memories and then be able to draw on that information when the time comes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the first week of school, we had a taste workshop with \u003ca href=\"http://barbstuckey.com/\">Barb Stuckey\u003c/a>. We delved into the science of taste and learned a lot -- You can smell through your mouth! Butter has no taste!! (what you perceive as the taste of butter is just aroma and texture) -- ultimately, this workshop set the stage for what we were all there to learn: how do you make food taste good?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past few months, we worked on tasting critically and building up our taste library. As we cooked, a tasting spoon was always at the ready. We learned to taste throughout different stages of a dish, and were even blind-tested on scent recognition of spices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GEEK OUT\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAt SF Cooking School, we’re taught not just how to follow a recipe, but how to understand how and why it works so that we can fix it if something doesn’t go as planned. Understanding the whys involves a bit of science. What is happening on a molecular level when a mayonnaise breaks? Why does it then make sense to add a bit of warm water to fix it? You can go down a rabbit hole of information on any given topic when it comes to food. What I’ve come away with is to never stop seeking out the \"why.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>IT’S NOT ALL SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAs lovely and romantic as it sounds, a career in professional cooking has its hard realities. Pep talks from SF Cooking School deans \u003cstrong>Craig Stoll\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Daniel Patterson\u003c/strong> were half pep, half tell-it-as-it-really-is reality checks. Life in the kitchen is serious physical work. Hours are long. Pay is…sobering. Running a restaurant is a business and being a chef is as much about managing costs as it is about creating delicious food. And, as much as we love our local, organic, responsibly grown goods here, when breaking down a case of artichokes is one of a gazillion things on your prep list for the day, you are not being paid to fondle the produce. Which is not to say there isn’t the utmost respect for the product, there is…just, fondle on your own time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CALIFORNIA CUISINE\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt may not be all sunshine and rainbows, but we still have it pretty darn great here in San Francisco, and SF Cooking School will be the first ones to celebrate that. One of the big draws to the school for me was the focus on making use of the Bay Area as a learning ground. We hit the \u003ca href=\"http://www.montereyfish.com/\">Monterey Fish Market\u003c/a> on a 5 a.m. field trip and learned about sustainable fishing. We went foraging with local foraging legend, \u003ca href=\"http://honest-food.net/\">Hank Shaw\u003c/a>. We pickled and fermented everything we could get our hands on with \u003cstrong>Courtney Burns\u003c/strong> from \u003ca href=\"http://www.bartartine.com/\">Bar Tartine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Cooking School gave us a strong foundation of classic French techniques. We learned the mother sauces. We consumed more butter and cream in four months than we probably had cumulatively in life to date. We suffered through turning vegetables that were not meant to be perfect little six-sided footballs into perfect little six-sided footballs. But, we also embraced modern California cuisine. We cooked with the season. We feasted on local fruits and vegetables, knew the name of the farmer our hog came from, and made our own sourdough bread (Lil Spence, our starter, was a fantastic class pet).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-41.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62361\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-41.jpg\" alt=\"SF Cooking School Restaurant Week\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our time in the classroom culminated with Restaurant Week, when we transformed the school into a restaurant and served friends and family a menu we developed and prepared. Here’s a peek at what we made:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-55.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62362\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-55.jpg\" alt=\"SF Cooking School Restaurant Week\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-9.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62380\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-9-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Homemade Tartine-Style Bread\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-46.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62367\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-46-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"House-made Charcuterie: salami, rabbit terrine, chicken liver mousse, vegetable escabeche\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-49.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62368\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-49-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Zucchini Carpaccio, preserved lemon, kalamata olives\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-52.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62369\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-52-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Ricotta Gnocchi, fava beans, fava leaves, parmesan cheese\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-90.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62375\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-90-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Duck Breast, apple gastrique, watercress salad\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-67.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-67-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Sheri Codiana, on the line\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-87.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62374\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-87.jpg\" alt=\"Seared Sea Scallops, curry beurre blanc, potatoes, radishes, english peas\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-81.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62373\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-81-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Nettle Raviolo, egg yolk, mushroom butter, green garlic, fresh mushrooms\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-75.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62372\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-75-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Rossi, prepping caramelized bananas\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-92.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62376\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-92-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Hazelnut Financière, caramelized bananas, chocolate sauce\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-97.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62377\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-97-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Candied Fennel Tart, star anise ice cream\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-100.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62378\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-100-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Soufflè Milanese, matcha-poppy seed tuile\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-1051.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-62552\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/2013-04-25-SFCS-restaurant-week-1051-190x190.jpg\" alt=\"Dessert Spread, SF Cooking School Restaurant Week\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca 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I have no doubt that I will learn a ton from Chef \u003cstrong>Anthony Strong\u003c/strong> and his talented team. I have a feeling I will get pretty good at prepping \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2012/04/number_27_the_jewish-style_art.php\">artichokes\u003c/a> by the end of my externship. Rest assured, they will remain unmolested on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/alice-waters.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/alice-waters.jpg\" alt=\" Archival photo of Alice Waters at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Photo courtesy of CUESA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62064\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archival photo of Alice Waters at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Photo courtesy of CUESA\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On May 18, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org\">CUESA\u003c/a> will be celebrating the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/events/2013/ferry-plaza-farmers-market-20th-birthday-bash\">20th Birthday Bash\u003c/a> of the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market, with special events throughout the Saturday morning market. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For $20 a ticket ($10 for children 10 and under), market goers can create their own seasonal fruit shortcakes at stations \"curated\" with market ingredients prepared by four top local pastry chefs: William Werner of \u003ca href=\"http://craftsman-wolves.com/\">Craftsman & Wolves\u003c/a>, Francis Ang of \u003ca href=\"http://www.fifthfloorrestaurant.com/\">Fifth Floor\u003c/a>, Jen Musty of \u003ca href=\"http://batterbakery.com/\">Batter Bakery\u003c/a>, and Luis Villavelazquez of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/artisan/les-elements-patisserie\">Les Elements Patisserie\u003c/a>. There will also be coffee, tea, and a juice and mimosa bar filled with fresh-squeezed juices, fresh fruit and vegetable purees (don't miss the surprisingly refreshing fennel-frond puree), sparkling water and Champagne. The market's founders will do a presentation at 11am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/mimosa600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/mimosa600.jpg\" alt=\"Preview of the mimosa bar\" width=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62137\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preview of the mimosa bar\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The first regular weekly markets, held in front of the Ferry Building, happened in 1993. Do you remember 1993? I do. The scars of 1989's 6.8 Loma Prieta quake still criss-crossed the city. A post-earthquake, post-financial crash, pre-tech boom recession meant jobs were scarce but rents were cheap. But change was coming, mostly notably along the waterfront. Since 1958, the Embaracadero Freeway had sliced across the northeastern edge of the city, throwing the piers from the Bay Bridge northwards into concrete-shadowed gloom. Ferries still left from the Ferry Building, but to get to them, you scuttled as fast as possible through the building's dimly lit, grubby passages, no more inviting than a New York City subway tunnel. Then, in 1991, the earthquake-damaged freeway was finally removed, and the City realized it had a civic jewel--the greatly underutilized Ferry Building, suddenly revealed in all its Market Street-anchoring glory--on its hands. It would take another seven years before renovations would begin that would return the Ferry Building to a modernized, food-glorying version of its original 1898 self--but in the bare stretches of concrete out front (remember, those pretty, palm-dotted, skateboard-ready plazas are still at least a decade away), a culinary revolution was getting underway, one head of oak-leaf lettuce at a time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/ferry-building.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/ferry-building.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of an early Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market across from the Ferry Building. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62066\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of an early Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market across from the Ferry Building. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1992, a small group of San Franciscans including Sibella Kraus, then a forager and produce-finder for Alice Waters at Chez Panisse, writer, restaurant critic and Hayes Street Grill chef/owner Patricia Unterman, and local developer Tom Sargeant organized themselves into the San Francisco Public Market Collaborative, with the idea of reclaiming the waterfront for a public market that would connect farmers directly with chefs and home cooks--in fact, with any curious city eaters. After endless meetings with representatives from the City and the Port, they got grudging approval for a one-time-only open-air market in Ferry Plaza parking lot on Sept. 12, 1992. At the time, the Alemany Market, located near the freeways at the base of Bernal Heights, was the city's only regular farmers' market. If you were a chef, you relied on distributors and vendors from the wholesale produce market near Bayview. If you needed speciality items, you could swing through Chinatown, the Richmond, or the Mission, if you had time, but mostly, you talked to your delivery guys on the phone, and hoped they'd show up with something close to what you'd asked for. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The success of the one-day market took even the optimists of the collaborative by surprise. The group immediately began pressuring the city to give permission for a regular market, bringing farmers and urbanites together on a weekly basis. By 1993, there was already a few months of precedent: the Heart of the City Farmers' Market had set up in Civic Center in early spring. Starting in May, the market slowly gained momentum, and word spread between interested cooks and farmers alike. Here was the place to come to get stuff fresh, straight from the ground. Farmers were learning, too, that these new customers were curious. They didn't just want as many bunches for a dollar as they could get; they wanted to sniff and taste and know what it was they were seeing. By the time the summer was over, the farmers didn't want to leave. They'd found a new outlet for their produce, one that required a lot of more hands-on time, but also could command a better price that wholesaling. And there were relationships forming, between up-at-3-am farmers from Watsonville and Guinda and city customers who were entranced at the idea of farm-fresh corn and just-picked melons showing up just down the hills from their Telegraph Hill doorsteps once a week. After yet more negotiating with the city, and the market became a year-round event. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/eatwell.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/eatwell.jpg\" alt=\"Eatwell Farm stand in the early years--no crowds! Photo: Courtesy of Eatwell Farms\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62143\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eatwell Farm stand in the early years--no crowds! Photo: Courtesy of Eatwell Farms\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And from the beginning, the chefs came, too. In those first years, as I was learning my way around the city's food scene as the weekly restaurant critic for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, every trip to the market was punctuated by running into a half-dozen other food writers, editors, cookbook authors, and chefs. It was a pretty small world, and for a few hours every Saturday morning, it really was a village. (Look, there's Alice, sniffing the peaches!) The original core group of founders had reorganized into \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org\">CUESA, the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture\u003c/a>--none of which were the food-world buzzwords that they are today. From the beginning, the market's organizers had a larger vision: to educate minds as well as palates, and to change the way people, both home cooks and chefs, thought about the process of getting food to their tables. Meeting farmers every week, hearing how the weather or gas prices or labor issues were affecting their crops, seeing how their produce was shaped not season by season but week by week, was a living education for everyone shopping at the market. And farmers learned, too: about what they could sell, what flew off the table and what, like puntarelle, minaret-shaped romesco broccoli, padron peppers, or fuzzy-sheathed green almonds, needed a little more nudging to get piled into the chefs' carts and make it onto menus across the city. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/quail-farms.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/quail-farms.jpg\" alt=\"David Winsburg of Happy Quail Farms, who helped create the craze for padron peppers. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62067\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Winsburg of Happy Quail Farms, who helped create the craze for padron peppers. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the renovations of the waterfront and the Ferry Building got underway, the market moved to accommodate the construction, from various parking lots around the building, then north to another parking lot off Green Street near the Embarcadero. It remained for several years, then moved back, now to wrap around the Ferry Building, filling the back parking lot and wrapping around the building. I can still remember one blustery December 31, a vendor calling out, \"Free rutabaga with every purchase!\" and the delicious rutabaga-potato mash I made on New Year's Day. Or the blissfully sunny February days, the market stalls glowing with sunshine-colored citrus, everyone outside eating oysters, when I'd come back to visit from self-imposed exile in gray, slushy, freezing New York City and wonder why I'd ever left. (Three years away from San Francisco was all I could stand.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62152\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/sunday-market.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/sunday-market.jpg\" alt=\"Autumn market sign. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62152\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autumn market sign. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There was a brief, unsuccessful attempt at a Sunday morning market; much more popular were the two lunchtime markets for downtown workers and weekday visitors on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Innovations at the market--from the Waste Wise initiative, which brought large-scale composting and recycling to the market, to the ban on plastic shopping bags, later adopted by the city as a whole, has made a small but significant change for the better in the way we shop and eat. Hundreds of schoolchildren come through the market every year, learning where their food comes from, and how it gets from dirt to plate. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/cuesa-info.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/cuesa-info.jpg\" alt=\"Info Booth at Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62147\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Info Booth at Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every day, says executive director David Stockdale, he talks with people from all over the world who are interested in learning from the market. Many of the vendors with brick-and-mortar shops inside the Ferry Building--\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/12/14/qa-with-michael-recchiuti-about-chocolate-lab-and-the-holidays/\">Michael Recchiuti\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/24/behind-the-legend-of-frog-hollow-farm/\">Frog Hollow Farm\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/02/03/american-eatery-from-prather-ranch-meat-co/\">Prather Ranch\u003c/a>, and soon \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/03/26/rancho-gordos-ferry-building-store-is-coming-soon-qa-with-steve-sando/\">Rancho Gordo\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/11/12/food-secrets-of-humphry-slocombes-jake-godby-sean-vahey/\">Humphrey Slocombe\u003c/a>--started out as vendors in one of the three weekly markets. It's become not just a market but an educational tool, a visitors' destination, a fun place to go for breakfast or lunch, and a showcase for some of Northern and Central California's best produce, week in and week out. Happy birthday, CUESA, and thank you for all you've done. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do you have memories of the early days of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market? Please share in the comments section, below. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/alice-waters.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/alice-waters.jpg\" alt=\" Archival photo of Alice Waters at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Photo courtesy of CUESA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62064\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archival photo of Alice Waters at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Photo courtesy of CUESA\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On May 18, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org\">CUESA\u003c/a> will be celebrating the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/events/2013/ferry-plaza-farmers-market-20th-birthday-bash\">20th Birthday Bash\u003c/a> of the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market, with special events throughout the Saturday morning market. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For $20 a ticket ($10 for children 10 and under), market goers can create their own seasonal fruit shortcakes at stations \"curated\" with market ingredients prepared by four top local pastry chefs: William Werner of \u003ca href=\"http://craftsman-wolves.com/\">Craftsman & Wolves\u003c/a>, Francis Ang of \u003ca href=\"http://www.fifthfloorrestaurant.com/\">Fifth Floor\u003c/a>, Jen Musty of \u003ca href=\"http://batterbakery.com/\">Batter Bakery\u003c/a>, and Luis Villavelazquez of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org/artisan/les-elements-patisserie\">Les Elements Patisserie\u003c/a>. There will also be coffee, tea, and a juice and mimosa bar filled with fresh-squeezed juices, fresh fruit and vegetable purees (don't miss the surprisingly refreshing fennel-frond puree), sparkling water and Champagne. The market's founders will do a presentation at 11am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/mimosa600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/mimosa600.jpg\" alt=\"Preview of the mimosa bar\" width=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62137\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preview of the mimosa bar\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The first regular weekly markets, held in front of the Ferry Building, happened in 1993. Do you remember 1993? I do. The scars of 1989's 6.8 Loma Prieta quake still criss-crossed the city. A post-earthquake, post-financial crash, pre-tech boom recession meant jobs were scarce but rents were cheap. But change was coming, mostly notably along the waterfront. Since 1958, the Embaracadero Freeway had sliced across the northeastern edge of the city, throwing the piers from the Bay Bridge northwards into concrete-shadowed gloom. Ferries still left from the Ferry Building, but to get to them, you scuttled as fast as possible through the building's dimly lit, grubby passages, no more inviting than a New York City subway tunnel. Then, in 1991, the earthquake-damaged freeway was finally removed, and the City realized it had a civic jewel--the greatly underutilized Ferry Building, suddenly revealed in all its Market Street-anchoring glory--on its hands. It would take another seven years before renovations would begin that would return the Ferry Building to a modernized, food-glorying version of its original 1898 self--but in the bare stretches of concrete out front (remember, those pretty, palm-dotted, skateboard-ready plazas are still at least a decade away), a culinary revolution was getting underway, one head of oak-leaf lettuce at a time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/ferry-building.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/ferry-building.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of an early Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market across from the Ferry Building. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62066\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of an early Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market across from the Ferry Building. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1992, a small group of San Franciscans including Sibella Kraus, then a forager and produce-finder for Alice Waters at Chez Panisse, writer, restaurant critic and Hayes Street Grill chef/owner Patricia Unterman, and local developer Tom Sargeant organized themselves into the San Francisco Public Market Collaborative, with the idea of reclaiming the waterfront for a public market that would connect farmers directly with chefs and home cooks--in fact, with any curious city eaters. After endless meetings with representatives from the City and the Port, they got grudging approval for a one-time-only open-air market in Ferry Plaza parking lot on Sept. 12, 1992. At the time, the Alemany Market, located near the freeways at the base of Bernal Heights, was the city's only regular farmers' market. If you were a chef, you relied on distributors and vendors from the wholesale produce market near Bayview. If you needed speciality items, you could swing through Chinatown, the Richmond, or the Mission, if you had time, but mostly, you talked to your delivery guys on the phone, and hoped they'd show up with something close to what you'd asked for. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The success of the one-day market took even the optimists of the collaborative by surprise. The group immediately began pressuring the city to give permission for a regular market, bringing farmers and urbanites together on a weekly basis. By 1993, there was already a few months of precedent: the Heart of the City Farmers' Market had set up in Civic Center in early spring. Starting in May, the market slowly gained momentum, and word spread between interested cooks and farmers alike. Here was the place to come to get stuff fresh, straight from the ground. Farmers were learning, too, that these new customers were curious. They didn't just want as many bunches for a dollar as they could get; they wanted to sniff and taste and know what it was they were seeing. By the time the summer was over, the farmers didn't want to leave. They'd found a new outlet for their produce, one that required a lot of more hands-on time, but also could command a better price that wholesaling. And there were relationships forming, between up-at-3-am farmers from Watsonville and Guinda and city customers who were entranced at the idea of farm-fresh corn and just-picked melons showing up just down the hills from their Telegraph Hill doorsteps once a week. After yet more negotiating with the city, and the market became a year-round event. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/eatwell.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/eatwell.jpg\" alt=\"Eatwell Farm stand in the early years--no crowds! Photo: Courtesy of Eatwell Farms\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62143\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eatwell Farm stand in the early years--no crowds! Photo: Courtesy of Eatwell Farms\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And from the beginning, the chefs came, too. In those first years, as I was learning my way around the city's food scene as the weekly restaurant critic for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, every trip to the market was punctuated by running into a half-dozen other food writers, editors, cookbook authors, and chefs. It was a pretty small world, and for a few hours every Saturday morning, it really was a village. (Look, there's Alice, sniffing the peaches!) The original core group of founders had reorganized into \u003ca href=\"http://www.cuesa.org\">CUESA, the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture\u003c/a>--none of which were the food-world buzzwords that they are today. From the beginning, the market's organizers had a larger vision: to educate minds as well as palates, and to change the way people, both home cooks and chefs, thought about the process of getting food to their tables. Meeting farmers every week, hearing how the weather or gas prices or labor issues were affecting their crops, seeing how their produce was shaped not season by season but week by week, was a living education for everyone shopping at the market. And farmers learned, too: about what they could sell, what flew off the table and what, like puntarelle, minaret-shaped romesco broccoli, padron peppers, or fuzzy-sheathed green almonds, needed a little more nudging to get piled into the chefs' carts and make it onto menus across the city. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/quail-farms.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/quail-farms.jpg\" alt=\"David Winsburg of Happy Quail Farms, who helped create the craze for padron peppers. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62067\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Winsburg of Happy Quail Farms, who helped create the craze for padron peppers. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the renovations of the waterfront and the Ferry Building got underway, the market moved to accommodate the construction, from various parking lots around the building, then north to another parking lot off Green Street near the Embarcadero. It remained for several years, then moved back, now to wrap around the Ferry Building, filling the back parking lot and wrapping around the building. I can still remember one blustery December 31, a vendor calling out, \"Free rutabaga with every purchase!\" and the delicious rutabaga-potato mash I made on New Year's Day. Or the blissfully sunny February days, the market stalls glowing with sunshine-colored citrus, everyone outside eating oysters, when I'd come back to visit from self-imposed exile in gray, slushy, freezing New York City and wonder why I'd ever left. (Three years away from San Francisco was all I could stand.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62152\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/sunday-market.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/sunday-market.jpg\" alt=\"Autumn market sign. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62152\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autumn market sign. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There was a brief, unsuccessful attempt at a Sunday morning market; much more popular were the two lunchtime markets for downtown workers and weekday visitors on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Innovations at the market--from the Waste Wise initiative, which brought large-scale composting and recycling to the market, to the ban on plastic shopping bags, later adopted by the city as a whole, has made a small but significant change for the better in the way we shop and eat. Hundreds of schoolchildren come through the market every year, learning where their food comes from, and how it gets from dirt to plate. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/cuesa-info.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/cuesa-info.jpg\" alt=\"Info Booth at Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62147\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Info Booth at Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Photo: Courtesy of CUESA\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every day, says executive director David Stockdale, he talks with people from all over the world who are interested in learning from the market. Many of the vendors with brick-and-mortar shops inside the Ferry Building--\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/12/14/qa-with-michael-recchiuti-about-chocolate-lab-and-the-holidays/\">Michael Recchiuti\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/24/behind-the-legend-of-frog-hollow-farm/\">Frog Hollow Farm\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/02/03/american-eatery-from-prather-ranch-meat-co/\">Prather Ranch\u003c/a>, and soon \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/03/26/rancho-gordos-ferry-building-store-is-coming-soon-qa-with-steve-sando/\">Rancho Gordo\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/11/12/food-secrets-of-humphry-slocombes-jake-godby-sean-vahey/\">Humphrey Slocombe\u003c/a>--started out as vendors in one of the three weekly markets. It's become not just a market but an educational tool, a visitors' destination, a fun place to go for breakfast or lunch, and a showcase for some of Northern and Central California's best produce, week in and week out. Happy birthday, CUESA, and thank you for all you've done. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61994\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/exploratorium-view1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/exploratorium-view1000.jpg\" alt=\"Diners enjoy stellar water views at the Exploratorium's Seaglass restaurant.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"705\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61994\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Exploratorium's new digs boast stellar water views. Photo: Amy Snyder\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The museum cafe, long a place of soggy sandwiches and mediocre meals, is getting a makeover in the Bay Area. Case in point: The recently reopened \u003ca href=\"http://www.exploratorium.edu/\">Exploratorium\u003c/a> in new digs at Pier 15 in San Francisco, which offers creative fare tied to the mission of the museum, known for its interactive exhibits and playful approach, designed to encourage curiosity and experimentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think seawater cocktails. Honeycomb with almonds and apricots. And living or fermented foods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitors have \u003ca href=\"http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/restaurant-cafe\">three eating options\u003c/a>: The 200-seat Seaglass restaurant, complete with panoramic views, a glass-topped raw bar, and open kitchen, which serves up familiar, family-friendly fare like tacos, pizza, and sandwiches -- albeit with a sustainable pedigree -- along with more adventurous eats such as marinated sardines, batter-fried green beans, and kelp salad with quinoa. There's even a local riff on \u003ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/oct/27/how-to-cook-perfect-welsh-rarebit\">Welsh Rarebit\u003c/a> (that's gussied up grilled cheese to the uninitiated.) A full-bar serves cocktails promising a taste of the sea and in-vogue drinking vinegars known as shrubs. Near the museum's Embarcadero entrance, the Seismic Joint offers take-away chow such as a chickpea-battered fish fingers, various spins on clam chowder, salads, and sandwiches. Mobile food trikes (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/12/27/a-cozy-coffee-spot-in-oaklands-temescal-alley-the-cro-cafe/\">built by Luigi Oldani and crew of CRO Cafe\u003c/a>) roam the floors, peddling espresso \u003ca href=\"http://www.thanksgivingcoffee.com/\">Thanksgiving\u003c/a> coffee, baked goods, and Strauss organic soft-serve ice cream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The culinary duo behind the Exploratorium's restaurant menu features acclaimed chef Loretta Keller of \u003ca href=\"http://coco500.com/\">Coco500\u003c/a>, a perennial \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/food/collection/Premium-Top-100-22959.php\">\u003cem>Chronicle\u003c/em> Top 100 restaurant\u003c/a>, and her Coco500 partner, catering operations manager Clay Reynolds. The pair, who previously partnered with \u003ca href=\"http://charlesphan.com/\">Charles Phan\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"http://www.slanteddoor.com/family\">Slanted Door\u003c/a> fame to run \u003ca href=\"http://themossroom.com/\">The Moss Room\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"http://www.calacademy.org/\">The California Academy of Sciences\u003c/a>, have teamed up with \u003ca href=\"http://www.bamco.com/\">Bon Appetit Management Company\u003c/a>, known for its emphasis on scratch cooking with sustainably sourced ingredients, for the Exploratorium's edible enterprises to form the \u003ca href=\"http://www.curiositycatering.com/\">Curiosity Catering Company\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keller talked with BAB about her plans to feed people well \u003cem>and\u003c/em> offer a side of education at the Exploratorium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Clay_Loretta1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Clay_Loretta1000.jpg\" alt=\"Loretta Keller and Clay Reynolds join forces at the Exploratorium. Photo: Gayle Laird\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61993\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clay Reynolds and Loretta Keller join forces at the Exploratorium. Photo: Gayle Laird\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What got you excited about creating food for the Exploratorium?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What resonated with me about this project was a sense of place. The Exploratorium moved from this dark, cavernous space to a venue 800 feet over the water. Place is both a subject to explore and engage with at the Exploratorium. For me that means something in terms of food but also as a human being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The environment and human experience, that's everything to me. The importance of farming and where our food comes from is a very familiar mantra in the Bay Area. When you spend as much time as I do as a professional inside the food industry here you can get to a point where you're in your own zip code. It can become precious and you can lose sight of the fact that our work is not done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than any other reason to be involved here, the museum offers a new and incredibly creative, intelligent and organic opportunity to do work on environmental consciousness, sustainability, and awareness around food and the planet. The Exploratorium is a great way to shake things up and have people engage with an exhibit in a hands-on way. That's where the learning begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is that where the honeycomb comes in?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes. The honeybee is in peril so by serving the honeycomb I'm hoping to help people stop and think and connect the bee with the almonds and the apricots -- that's why those things are always going to accompany the honeycomb. We want it to be a real exhibit and educational model that people will become intrigued by and realize how endangered bees are, which means your almonds are endangered, and all your stone fruit is endangered, and a whole way of eating is at risk. Bees are struggling with so many things right now; they're overworked and experience bee jet lag. Bees want to winter in Florida, but instead almond growers in California pay exorbitant prices to have them flown or trucked here and put to work to meet demand. California is the biggest producer of almonds in the world, something like 70 percent, and people just take that for granted. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61997\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/seaglass1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/seaglass1000.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese chef Sachio Kojima, who developed fervent fans for his sushi over the years, heads up Seaglass's seafood and fermentation section. Photo: Gayle Laird\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61997\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japanese chef Sachio Kojima, who developed fervent fans for his sushi over the years, heads up Seaglass's seafood and fermentation section. Photo: Gayle Laird\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How are you incorporating living and fermented foods into the menu?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are so lucky to have master chef Sachio Kojima, who had his own popular restaurant, Kabuto Sushi A&S, on Geary for more than 20 years, come on as our director of fermentation. He's making seaweed and kelp salads, with kelp gathered from Marin, Mendocino, and Monterey counties, we'll have algae on the menu too. And from our pickling program, we'll offer traditional Japanese pickles, kimchi, and sauerkraut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/seaglass_sushiMap960x453.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/seaglass_sushiMap960x453.jpg\" alt=\"Visitors to the Exploratorium's Seaglass restaurant can order from a raw bar full of sustainable seafood. Photo: Gayle Laird\" width=\"960\" height=\"453\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61996\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors to the Exploratorium's Seaglass restaurant can order from a raw bar full of sustainable seafood.\u003cbr>Photo: Gayle Laird\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where does sustainable seafood fit in?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are doing an ocean bar, serving sushi, sashimi, and oysters that Sachio oversees as well. It's all West Coast, Monterey Bay Watch-sanctioned seafood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We missed the herring run this season but we'll be serving herring next Spring. And we'll serve anchovies in season too; these are really the last of the commercial fisheries within the bay. People have to understand that their choices are becoming so limited with regards to fish. There are very few wild fish that are sustainable. So we'll be serving what people think of as bait and also serving whole fish. That starts a conversation in the U.S. because most people here are not used to seeing a whole fish or bait on a plate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61995\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/sea.grape_.keller.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/sea.grape_.keller.jpg\" alt=\"Sea grapes add a salty kick to cocktails at the Exploratorium. Photo: Loretta Keller\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61995\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea grapes add a salty kick to cocktails at the Exploratorium. Photo: Loretta Keller\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about seawater and its connection to the new space?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My partner Clay Reynolds wanted to serve filtered seawater to drink, but the technology isn't quite there. And then we wanted to run the dishwasher on seawater but it became clear that that was a whole project on its own. But the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Exploratorium-sets-Net-Zero-energy-goal-4422432.php\">Exploratorium is using seawater to heat the building\u003c/a>, which is quite extraordinary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're using seawater in a cocktail. It turns out that the health department doesn't recognize seawater as a consumable, so we're not allowed to serve seawater per se. But there are kelps available that contain seawater, and there's a Monterey County kelp called sea grape, that we add to our signature martini, which tastes great with a little bit of seawater. So we're garnishing the drink with this kelp whose buds are full of seawater, when you burst them in your mouth you get a nice jolt of salt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're including seawater in other ways in the restaurant too. The multi-hued glass tiles are based on a museum exhibit called \"Color of Water.\" To create the piece, a fixed-position camera took time-lapse photos of the bay, the color variations are caused by sunlight, tides, and microorganisms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The piece in the dining room called \"Thermal Mixing\" also demonstrates the dynamics of the bay: It's a triptych of panels of colored water of different temperatures that swirl like giant mood rings on the back wall. \"Icy Bodies\" is an exhibit where fragments of dry ice are pushed into a tank and spin around like comets across a sheet of water below a glass-topped bar. All these are nods to one of the most extraordinary places on the planet for moving water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What role does food play at the museum?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By and large, with few exceptions, the food served at museums in this country is like prison food, just terrible. All this money was being spent on creating the new Exploratorium, which is a gift to residents and visitors of San Francisco, and so it's critical that the food match the museum and its surroundings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First and foremost we want to serve healthy, well-prepared fresh food to the museum goers, that's our mandate. The challenge within that framework is to build in education, implicitly and explicitly, about sustainability. I get to be creative and think outside the box. We plan to do corn education tied to an exhibit and blind wine tastings at our adult nights. At the Exploratorium it's not about looking at stuff, it's about interacting with stuff. There's an intimacy here that provides a direct way to get to people's minds. And food has always been a great platform to reach people because it is so intimate and it's a necessity; people have to eat every day. There aren't that many mediums that offer that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The restaurant is open during regular museum hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm; Wednesday evenings until 10pm; every Thursday evening adults only (ages 18 and up) 6pm-10pm. It caters primarily to museum guests, but the public can access the restaurant from an exterior entrance.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61994\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/exploratorium-view1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/exploratorium-view1000.jpg\" alt=\"Diners enjoy stellar water views at the Exploratorium's Seaglass restaurant.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"705\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61994\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Exploratorium's new digs boast stellar water views. Photo: Amy Snyder\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The museum cafe, long a place of soggy sandwiches and mediocre meals, is getting a makeover in the Bay Area. Case in point: The recently reopened \u003ca href=\"http://www.exploratorium.edu/\">Exploratorium\u003c/a> in new digs at Pier 15 in San Francisco, which offers creative fare tied to the mission of the museum, known for its interactive exhibits and playful approach, designed to encourage curiosity and experimentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think seawater cocktails. Honeycomb with almonds and apricots. And living or fermented foods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitors have \u003ca href=\"http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/restaurant-cafe\">three eating options\u003c/a>: The 200-seat Seaglass restaurant, complete with panoramic views, a glass-topped raw bar, and open kitchen, which serves up familiar, family-friendly fare like tacos, pizza, and sandwiches -- albeit with a sustainable pedigree -- along with more adventurous eats such as marinated sardines, batter-fried green beans, and kelp salad with quinoa. There's even a local riff on \u003ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/oct/27/how-to-cook-perfect-welsh-rarebit\">Welsh Rarebit\u003c/a> (that's gussied up grilled cheese to the uninitiated.) A full-bar serves cocktails promising a taste of the sea and in-vogue drinking vinegars known as shrubs. Near the museum's Embarcadero entrance, the Seismic Joint offers take-away chow such as a chickpea-battered fish fingers, various spins on clam chowder, salads, and sandwiches. Mobile food trikes (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/12/27/a-cozy-coffee-spot-in-oaklands-temescal-alley-the-cro-cafe/\">built by Luigi Oldani and crew of CRO Cafe\u003c/a>) roam the floors, peddling espresso \u003ca href=\"http://www.thanksgivingcoffee.com/\">Thanksgiving\u003c/a> coffee, baked goods, and Strauss organic soft-serve ice cream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The culinary duo behind the Exploratorium's restaurant menu features acclaimed chef Loretta Keller of \u003ca href=\"http://coco500.com/\">Coco500\u003c/a>, a perennial \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/food/collection/Premium-Top-100-22959.php\">\u003cem>Chronicle\u003c/em> Top 100 restaurant\u003c/a>, and her Coco500 partner, catering operations manager Clay Reynolds. The pair, who previously partnered with \u003ca href=\"http://charlesphan.com/\">Charles Phan\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"http://www.slanteddoor.com/family\">Slanted Door\u003c/a> fame to run \u003ca href=\"http://themossroom.com/\">The Moss Room\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"http://www.calacademy.org/\">The California Academy of Sciences\u003c/a>, have teamed up with \u003ca href=\"http://www.bamco.com/\">Bon Appetit Management Company\u003c/a>, known for its emphasis on scratch cooking with sustainably sourced ingredients, for the Exploratorium's edible enterprises to form the \u003ca href=\"http://www.curiositycatering.com/\">Curiosity Catering Company\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keller talked with BAB about her plans to feed people well \u003cem>and\u003c/em> offer a side of education at the Exploratorium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Clay_Loretta1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/Clay_Loretta1000.jpg\" alt=\"Loretta Keller and Clay Reynolds join forces at the Exploratorium. Photo: Gayle Laird\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61993\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clay Reynolds and Loretta Keller join forces at the Exploratorium. Photo: Gayle Laird\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What got you excited about creating food for the Exploratorium?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What resonated with me about this project was a sense of place. The Exploratorium moved from this dark, cavernous space to a venue 800 feet over the water. Place is both a subject to explore and engage with at the Exploratorium. For me that means something in terms of food but also as a human being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The environment and human experience, that's everything to me. The importance of farming and where our food comes from is a very familiar mantra in the Bay Area. When you spend as much time as I do as a professional inside the food industry here you can get to a point where you're in your own zip code. It can become precious and you can lose sight of the fact that our work is not done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than any other reason to be involved here, the museum offers a new and incredibly creative, intelligent and organic opportunity to do work on environmental consciousness, sustainability, and awareness around food and the planet. The Exploratorium is a great way to shake things up and have people engage with an exhibit in a hands-on way. That's where the learning begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is that where the honeycomb comes in?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes. The honeybee is in peril so by serving the honeycomb I'm hoping to help people stop and think and connect the bee with the almonds and the apricots -- that's why those things are always going to accompany the honeycomb. We want it to be a real exhibit and educational model that people will become intrigued by and realize how endangered bees are, which means your almonds are endangered, and all your stone fruit is endangered, and a whole way of eating is at risk. Bees are struggling with so many things right now; they're overworked and experience bee jet lag. Bees want to winter in Florida, but instead almond growers in California pay exorbitant prices to have them flown or trucked here and put to work to meet demand. California is the biggest producer of almonds in the world, something like 70 percent, and people just take that for granted. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61997\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/seaglass1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/seaglass1000.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese chef Sachio Kojima, who developed fervent fans for his sushi over the years, heads up Seaglass's seafood and fermentation section. Photo: Gayle Laird\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61997\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japanese chef Sachio Kojima, who developed fervent fans for his sushi over the years, heads up Seaglass's seafood and fermentation section. Photo: Gayle Laird\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How are you incorporating living and fermented foods into the menu?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are so lucky to have master chef Sachio Kojima, who had his own popular restaurant, Kabuto Sushi A&S, on Geary for more than 20 years, come on as our director of fermentation. He's making seaweed and kelp salads, with kelp gathered from Marin, Mendocino, and Monterey counties, we'll have algae on the menu too. And from our pickling program, we'll offer traditional Japanese pickles, kimchi, and sauerkraut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/seaglass_sushiMap960x453.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/seaglass_sushiMap960x453.jpg\" alt=\"Visitors to the Exploratorium's Seaglass restaurant can order from a raw bar full of sustainable seafood. Photo: Gayle Laird\" width=\"960\" height=\"453\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61996\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors to the Exploratorium's Seaglass restaurant can order from a raw bar full of sustainable seafood.\u003cbr>Photo: Gayle Laird\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where does sustainable seafood fit in?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are doing an ocean bar, serving sushi, sashimi, and oysters that Sachio oversees as well. It's all West Coast, Monterey Bay Watch-sanctioned seafood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We missed the herring run this season but we'll be serving herring next Spring. And we'll serve anchovies in season too; these are really the last of the commercial fisheries within the bay. People have to understand that their choices are becoming so limited with regards to fish. There are very few wild fish that are sustainable. So we'll be serving what people think of as bait and also serving whole fish. 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Lawrence, a London native, is 1300 on Fillmore’s executive chef and managing partner. He has cooked for royalty and was formally trained in the culinary arts at Westminster College. In 1982, Lawrence joined England's most celebrated and honored culinarians, Albert and Michel Roux, who were definitely considered \"celeb chefs\" there and were the chef-proprietors of the world-renowned \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Le-Gavroche/112349592115580?ref=ts&fref=ts\">Le Gavroche\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.waterside-inn.co.uk/\">Waterside Inn\u003c/a> (at that time, both three-star Michelin restaurants). Lawrence cooked his way through five of their famous restaurants and became a sous chef, in four short years. In 1986, Lawrence became chef de cuisine at Interlude Restaurant in London, which gave him the sweet chance to make meals for none other than the Prince and Princess of Wales; Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He left for the U.S. in 1988 in a kismet vacation moment that led to chef de cuisine work with a former Le Gavroche chef named Kurt Graising who was opening \u003ca href=\"http://www.231ellsworth.com/\">231 Ellsworth Restaurant\u003c/a> in San Mateo. Lawrence next landed at the (ornate and beautiful) \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/carnelian-room-san-francisco\">Carnelian Room\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/cityscape-bar-and-restaurant-san-francisco\">Cityscape\u003c/a> restaurants in San Francisco, respectively. While at Cityscape, he created the Chefs for Kids program, which raised thousands of dollars for the Tenderloin After School program. Lawrence is also generous with his time for various local charity events. We caught up in person recently to find out more about his culinary style and career. His comments have been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/catfish1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/catfish1000-290x193.jpg\" title=\"Skillet catfish. Photo courtesy of 1300 on Fillmore\" alt=\"Skillet catfish. Photo courtesy of 1300 on Fillmore\" width=\"290\" height=\"193\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61693\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/snapper1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/snapper1000-290x193.jpg\" title=\"Snapper. Photo courtesy of 1300 on Fillmore\" alt=\"Snapper. 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I saw hordes of people walking back up to Pacific Heights as they left brunch. Then when I went to Safeway, I saw a line of people, and there were families and kids walking down here. I remember when we first came here and Monetta lived at Bush and Fillmore. Back then, no one went below Bush Street. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/chef_pancake1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/05/chef_pancake1000.jpg\" title=\"Chef David Lawrence flipping a caramelized onion, yam-potato rosti (pancake). Photo courtesy of 1300 on Fillmore\" alt=\"Chef David Lawrence flipping a caramelized onion, yam-potato rosti (pancake). 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I just turned 50 in February, and it’s, “Wow, I’m 50 and known for fried chicken.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am the most proud of dishes like shrimp and grits and fried chicken. The shrimp and grits dishes really got me to look at this cuisine and what we do. Monetta is from Mississippi and we’ve been together for 19 years. We have a similar thing in England where I am from that is cornmeal porridge: sugar, nutmeg, and spice to make it nice and creamy. I cooked the grits more or less the same way and decided to do it without the sugar. Slowly but surely, people became interested and back then, no one was doing this. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: As a chef and businessman, what would you like to be known for?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Lawrence:\u003c/strong> It’s a fine line doing both. I’ve seen many amazing chefs open restaurants and crash. I’ve seen many mediocre chefs succeed because of their business acumen. As a chef, you have to cook what your customers want instead of what your ego wants. It’s about getting that balance. With the restaurant’s earlier days, I had foie gras, lamb, and rabbit and it was great for me but I couldn’t sell it. I never wanted a hamburger but I put one on the menu because people want it. It’s about finding the fine line between your own ego and what makes sense and sells. That way, you can hopefully still enjoy what you do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Guilty pleasure?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Lawrence:\u003c/strong> My thing is chocolate \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HobNob\">HobNobs\u003c/a>. You call them cookies, and I call them biscuits. I don’t buy them because I can’t eat just one. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Where do you live?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Lawrence:\u003c/strong> We live right above the restaurant. The commute is awesome. I love it. If I get five minutes for myself, I can go upstairs. It gives me just enough time to recharge my batteries. I can pop down if someone is here and wants to say hello, which is the least I can do if they have come all this way to eat at my restaurant. 1300 is my love and will be my love for the rest of my life. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Related Information:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.1300fillmore.com/\">1300 on Fillmore\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/vTGMT\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n1300 Fillmore St.\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco CA 94115\u003cbr>\n(415) 771-7100\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/1300Fillmore\">1300 on Fillmore\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/1300onFillmore\">@1300onFillmore\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2012/09/19/1300-on-fillmore-restaurant-info/\">\u003cstrong>1300 on Fillmore\u003c/strong> was featured on KQED's Check, Please! 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In 1986, Lawrence became chef de cuisine at Interlude Restaurant in London, which gave him the sweet chance to make meals for none other than the Prince and Princess of Wales; Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He left for the U.S. in 1988 in a kismet vacation moment that led to chef de cuisine work with a former Le Gavroche chef named Kurt Graising who was opening \u003ca href=\"http://www.231ellsworth.com/\">231 Ellsworth Restaurant\u003c/a> in San Mateo. Lawrence next landed at the (ornate and beautiful) \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/carnelian-room-san-francisco\">Carnelian Room\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/cityscape-bar-and-restaurant-san-francisco\">Cityscape\u003c/a> restaurants in San Francisco, respectively. While at Cityscape, he created the Chefs for Kids program, which raised thousands of dollars for the Tenderloin After School program. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/AndriaLo-RicePaperScissors-1-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-60741\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/AndriaLo-RicePaperScissors-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Andria Lo. Pickled vegetables by RicePaperScissors\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Andria Lo. Pickled vegetables by RicePaperScissors\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maybe you've had your fill of friends posting pics of their latest meal on social media. If you are hungry for something more satisfying than pin-ups of perfectly plated pancakes, sundaes dripping rivulets of caramel or lurid lasagna, feast your eyes on the images in \u003cstrong>Sip. Savor. 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Its founder, Emily Howe, calls herself “a community organizer at heart.” \"We started with shows that focused on women artists because they seemed to have second-class citizenship in art world. Now we often include a male artist (who supports feminist ideals),\" says Howe. \u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites\u003c/strong> interviewed the co-curators of this food photography show and two of the featured artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: You've done graffiti inspired art and a hip take on fashion illustrations. Why food now? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Emily Howe:\u003c/strong> We love San Francisco and Oakland and the food world encompasses social justice, community gardens and feminist foodies. For many years, women were relegated to the kitchen, then they joined the workforce but were STILL expected in the kitchen as supermoms. Now, there is a return to the domestic arts, but we are reclaiming those domestic arts in new ways: it’s a choice to bottle your own beer or pickle your own vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BAB: Why a focus on female photographers?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH:\u003c/strong> In a perfect world, we wouldn’t have to think about gender, but if you look at who gets in art shows, who wins grants, who are the curators, jurors, art professors, deans of art schools -- across the board it's proportionately more men. The breakdown should be 50/50, but the big names are dudes. One of our goals is to showcase emerging artists and help people get their first show with an exciting launch. Christina Bohn, my co-curator and I picked images that we loved and would buy ourselves. We also wanted to represent certain themes: coffee culture, cocktail culture, food trucks, Asian food, Mexican food, nightlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Christina Bohn: \u003c/strong>It’s timely now since the Bay Area is so into food and hand-crafted cocktails. And we include a range of images from instagram photos to fine art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BAB: How did you find the artists for this show?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CB:\u003c/strong> We have a roster of artists who we’ve worked with in the past, but they represent more fine art, mixed media and collage. Not so much photography. We like to tap into the well of emerging artists. So we hit the Internet hard, Google, Craig’s list. San Francisco is such a beautiful melting pot of people from all walks of life. We wanted to include different threads that make up the whole scene. We pride ourselves on being a launching platform, finding artists who have never had shows and giving them opportunity to get their work out there. We love to connect people. Sometimes we know of a hair salon or pizza place that needs art on their walls and we can match them up with someone from the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Molly-DeCoudreaux.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Molly-DeCoudreaux.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Molly DeCoudreaux - Bar Tartine\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61323\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Molly DeCoudreaux - Bar Tartine\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Professional photographer \u003cstrong>Molly DeCoudreaux\u003c/strong> grew up in Oakland. \"What got me into loving food was the ten years I worked at Baywolf, moving from busser to waitress.\" DeCoudreaux enjoys showing food communities, cheese-makers and chefs at work in the kitchen as well as bringing focus to small upstart companies. \"I can relate to them because I’m scrappy too, I work hard, in a physically strenuous business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for being part of Femme Cartel's female-focused art show, she says, \"Most photographers are men, it’s a gendered profession. There's a lot of gear and electronics. Sometimes I go into a restaurant with all my bags of gear and some guy still says, 'Oh, are you here for the waitress position?' (And I’m 33!)\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeCoudreaux shoots striking, non-traditional portraits of drag queens, porn people as well as weddings. \"Weddings have a certain stress because they only do the ceremony once,\" she says. \"Food sits still – unless it’s a hollandaise sauce that breaks after 15 seconds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She admits the hardest food to photograph is BBQ. \"It's just meat covered in sauce, it can look like a brown mush. You have to light it and garnish it so it isn’t just a plate of brown.\" She doesn't usually work with a food stylist, relying instead on chefs who plate their food artistically. \"I like collaborating, being in the kitchen, trying to stay unobtrusive. I like to show real people doing their work.\" Instead of a perfect peach tart, for example, DeCoudreaux would prefer something a little lopsided. “It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/AndriaLo-2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-60744\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/AndriaLo-2.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Andria Lo - condiments at Chinese restaurant\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Andria Lo - condiments at Chinese restaurant\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Andria Lo, \u003c/strong>documentary and editorial photographer and\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>photo director for Hyphen Magazine, grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, where, she says, \"There weren’t a lot of Chinese people. We ate Mom’s Chinese cooking at home and didn't go out to eat at Anchorage's Chinese restaurants.\" When Lo and her family moved to Southern California's San Gabriel Valley, she experienced culture shock at the plethora of Chinese restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo caught the photography bug as an art student at UC Berkeley. \"It was the magic and camaraderie of the darkroom,\" she says, \"where people are working individually and collectively at same time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although professionally, she photographs products, portraits, weddings and other subjects, Lo says, \"food photography is one of my passions. You get a finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the city. I especially like shooting the great energy at food events -- like \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/about/\">ForageSF\u003c/a> dinners -- it’s a challenge to capture the excitement in the air.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the hardest places to shoot, Lo explains, is in professional kitchens. \"While the dining room may be gorgeous, the fluorescent lighting, stainless steel counters and dirty dish racks present a challenge. I have so much respect for chefs. I’m visually stunned by the plating they come up with. My favorite perk is getting to eat their dishes. It's an impetus to work fast, so that the food is still hot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Anna-V.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Anna-V.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Anna Vignet\" width=\"1000\" height=\"652\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61324\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Anna Vignet\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anna Vignet\u003c/strong>: \"There's a huge variety of world flavors in only a handful of miles in the city. I love trying food from different countries with friends and learning about a country's food and culture.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Gennesis-bar_drinks.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-60747\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Gennesis-bar_drinks.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Gennesis Gastilo\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Gennesis Gastilo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gennesis Gastilo: \"\u003c/strong>Mother Cerveza is a love for the art of mixology and as in imbibing, a love for the people with whom you share your drinks. In the spirit of an intensely diverse and welcoming community, Femme Cartel’s show in San Francisco has at the heart of it: Love is indeed a miscible thing. (Peace begins with a beer).\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/aleksey.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/aleksey.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Aleksey Bochkovsky\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61322\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Aleksey Bochkovsky\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aleksey Bochkovsky: \"\u003c/strong>I've always fed off the energy from streets in big cultural cities. I need to be around people to steal moments of interaction and real feelings, however subtle. Food is a social experience and street food, in particular, interests me for its bouquet of demographic gatherings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Sarahs-.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-60748\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Sarahs-.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Sarah Deragon\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Sarah Deragon\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Deragon\u003c/strong>: \"One of the reasons I adore San Francisco is because of the dynamic foodie/bar culture. Femme Cartel continues to make history with their unique curatorial projects. I'm elated to be part of this show.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60749\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Flee.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-60749\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Flee.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Flee Kieselhorst\" width=\"1000\" height=\"684\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Flee Kieselhorst\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flee Kieselhorst\u003c/strong>: \"I am a professional freelance portrait and event photographer and the key to my heart is food. When Femme Cartel (my favorite lady positive art organization) announced the call for entries for \"Sip.Savor.Share!\" I thought “Yes! An excuse to EAT!” My work in this show represents a few consecutive Fridays walking around San Francisco, meeting and shooting new folks, and of course...eating too much!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Information:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFoodie Photography Show runs May 9-26\u003cbr>\nOpening reception May 9, 6-9 pm, food provided by \u003ca href=\"http://www.pachamamacookery.com/index/\">Pachamama Cookery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RollUpGallery\">Roll-Up Gallery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n161 Erie Street\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FemmeCartel\">@FemmeCartel\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FEMMECARTEL?fref=ts\">Femme Cartel\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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There's a lot of gear and electronics. Sometimes I go into a restaurant with all my bags of gear and some guy still says, 'Oh, are you here for the waitress position?' (And I’m 33!)\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeCoudreaux shoots striking, non-traditional portraits of drag queens, porn people as well as weddings. \"Weddings have a certain stress because they only do the ceremony once,\" she says. \"Food sits still – unless it’s a hollandaise sauce that breaks after 15 seconds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She admits the hardest food to photograph is BBQ. \"It's just meat covered in sauce, it can look like a brown mush. You have to light it and garnish it so it isn’t just a plate of brown.\" She doesn't usually work with a food stylist, relying instead on chefs who plate their food artistically. \"I like collaborating, being in the kitchen, trying to stay unobtrusive. 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It's an impetus to work fast, so that the food is still hot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Anna-V.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Anna-V.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Anna Vignet\" width=\"1000\" height=\"652\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61324\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Anna Vignet\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anna Vignet\u003c/strong>: \"There's a huge variety of world flavors in only a handful of miles in the city. I love trying food from different countries with friends and learning about a country's food and culture.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Gennesis-bar_drinks.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-60747\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/04/Gennesis-bar_drinks.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Gennesis Gastilo\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Gennesis Gastilo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gennesis Gastilo: \"\u003c/strong>Mother Cerveza is a love for the art of mixology and as in imbibing, a love for the people with whom you share your drinks. In the spirit of an intensely diverse and welcoming community, Femme Cartel’s show in San Francisco has at the heart of it: Love is indeed a miscible thing. 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