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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37851\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/pizzaoven-container.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/pizzaoven-container.jpg\" alt=\"Wood-burning Stefano Ferrara oven in container. Photo courtesy of Del Popolo\" title=\"Wood-burning Stefano Ferrara oven in container. Photo courtesy of Del Popolo\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37851\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Wood-burning Stefano Ferrara oven in shipping container. Photo courtesy of Del Popolo\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/pizzadelpopolo\">Del Popolo\u003c/a>, a custom-mobile-pizzeria-on-wheels, is due to roll out next month from self-proclaimed “dough guy” Jon Darsky. The name Del Popolo means 'of the people' and represents the \"simple and egalitarian nature of pizza.\" Darsky is most recently known to pizza fans for his gently blistered, thin-crust, award-winning pizzas from \u003ca href=\"http://www.flourandwater.com/\">flour + water\u003c/a>. He is the primary designer of this new Bay Area mobile pizzeria, which started as a transatlantic shipping container and will be morphed into a pizza kitchen on wheels, custom-tricked out in ways that are different from other food trucks. He employed a local designer to translate his ideas and “make the concept real on the computer,” as well as produce the detailed drawings and plans required to actually build it. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mclellanindustries.com/\">Mclellan Industries\u003c/a>, based in Hanford, California, handled the fabrication and production. Darsky said of his approach, “Most food trucks start from the same place, with a repurposed step van, and incorporate similar modifications, designs and equipment. I started with the idea that I wanted to use an unconventional appliance in a custom format that would expand the idea of what mobile food can be.” \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darsky hails from New York and currently lives in Noe Valley. He has worked locally at \u003ca href=\"http://www.pizzaiolooakland.com/\">Pizzaiolo\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://pizzeriadelfina.com/\">Pizzeria Delfina\u003c/a> and flour + water, after an initial career as a pro baseball scout. He is newly married and just back from his honeymoon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/jon-sara560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/jon-sara560.jpg\" alt=\"Jon Darsky and his wife Sara on their honeymoon\" title=\"Jon Darsky and his wife Sara on their honeymoon\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37849\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jon Darsky and his wife, Sara on their honeymoon. Photo courtesy of Del Popolo\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you and your spouse Sara meet?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn late summer 2004, we were set up and went on a blind date at a bar in Manhattan. In 2007, she got a job with YouTube in entertainment marketing, and we moved from Brooklyn to San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you have any children?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe have a six-year old named Rocco. He's a Jack Russell terrier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell us about getting married.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe ran out of red wine half through the night, and were forced to hit Safeway in Pope Valley (Napa Valley) for some Woodbridge. \u003ca href=\"http://www.humphryslocombe.com/%7C_Home_%7C.html\">Humphry Slocombe\u003c/a> made us a custom flavor of sorbet -- peach moscato -- and Anastasia at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sweetrevolutioncaramels.com/\">Sweet Revolution\u003c/a> made a small box of caramels for each guest. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How was the honeymoon?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe went to Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In Bangkok's Chinatown, off the back of a pickup truck, we shared a plate of durian and sticky rice with a little condensed milk. On its’ own durian is difficult. It smells bad and is somewhere between savory and sweet. But with the sticky rice and the sweet condensed milk, it's delicious. We got a great photo of the woman preparing food in the truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/bangkok560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/bangkok560.jpg\" alt=\"Bangkok Chinatown food truck\" title=\"Bangkok Chinatown food truck\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37848\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Bangkok Chinatown food truck. Photo courtesy of Del Popolo\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Siem reap, I had an eggplant, pork and fermented soybean dish that was awesome. It was part of a $17 tasting menu that culminated with a black sticky rice creme brûlée.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Hanoi, my two favorites were the pho I ate in the morning. It was the best food I've ever experienced on a stool a foot off the ground; invigorating and super flavorful. I also had fried fish with turmeric, dill, chili and rice noodles, and a papaya salad with air-dried beef.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How are things going with Del Popolo?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSwell. The project was born in June of 2010, a few months after my departure from flour + water. It's closer to launching now than ever before. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Did you have to get any sort of certification or training to operate your mobile?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThere’s no certification and no training. Only a commercial drivers license, which requires that you pass the CDL test. It’s not that easy. I spent an entire day in Fresno. In addition to the road test, there's a test of your familiarity with the air brake system. I failed it the first time….\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you begin working with Mclellan Industries?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI found them online. When I contacted them initially, business was slow and they were receptive. They're not in the food truck business, but they had the necessary expertise, facilities and tools to carry out the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your favorite Bay Area spots to shop for food?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI like to buy \u003ca href=\"http://www.officemax.com/office-supplies/breakroom-cleaning/breakroom-supplies/candy-snacks/candy-gum-mints/product-prod3460377?freeText=twizzlers&csRedirectSearchString=twizzlers&csRedirectSearchResultCount=1&csSearchTag=true&_requestid=2710136\">Twizzlers at Office Max\u003c/a> on Harrison Street. They're always fresh. I feel sick, stupid and guilty afterwards, but the first ten are really good. Also, Thai eggplant, tamarind, and sweet basil from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-battambang-market-san-francisco\">Battambang market\u003c/a> on Eddy Street. It's a Thai market owned by a Cambodian woman.\u003cbr>\nI also like \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/oscars-burger-deli-san-francisco\">Oscar's Deli\u003c/a> on Cesar Chavez, for good, inexpensive falafel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where is your favorite date-night spot?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://laciccia.com/\">La Ciccia\u003c/a>, where I like to order the spaghetti with bottarga. I go there for the spaghetti and the hospitality. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you had to pick one pizza as your favorite, which one would it be?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn S.F., \u003ca href=\"http://www.unapizza.com/sf/\">Una Pizza Napoletana\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\nIn L.A., my brother-in-law makes delicious pizza at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sottorestaurant.com/\">Sotto\u003c/a>. Both are thoughtful in terms of process, ingredients and the tools they use. There is no randomness to what they do, and it is born out in the end product. Similarly, my style is built around asking as many questions as possible in order to really understand what I am doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your favorite meal to have with your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nBeans. I like to make beans, with almost any kind from \u003ca href=\"http://www.ranchogordo.com/\">Rancho Gordo\u003c/a>. It’s hands-down my favorite thing to make… add some herbs and some sherry vinegar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What will you do for Valentine’s Day?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe're going to the SF ballet to see \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfballet.org/tickets/production/overview/2012-program-2?gclid=CNuYgLjM3a0CFQhjhwodsmnroQ\">Chroma\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s your guiltiest food pleasure?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAnything with meat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://delpopolosf.com/\">Del Popolo Website\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/@pizzadelpopolo\">@pizzadelpopolo\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/lisa1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/lisa1.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Rogovin - Edible Excursions - Epicurean Concierge\" title=\"Lisa Rogovin - Edible Excursions - Epicurean Concierge\" width=\"300\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37530\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love treasure hunts, especially if cultural adventure and sampling delectable goodies are involved, so I was eager to join Edible Excursions’ new \u003ca href=\"http://www.edibleexcursions.net/japantown_tour.htm\">Japantown tour\u003c/a>. Although I consider myself pretty savvy when it comes to Japanese cuisine, epicurean concierge, Lisa Rogovin introduced me to a novel set of sweet and savory yummies hiding in plain sight. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former ad exec for Gourmet Magazine, whose company provides tasting tours of the Mission, Ferry Building and Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto, was recently asked by Japantown’s Merchant Association to add a tour of the 4-block area centered on Post and Buchanan. After having done her cultural homework, Lisa ushered a half dozen of us through the warrens of a pair of concrete mall structures that anchor Japantown, as well as some surrounding streets in order to educate and tantalize our taste buds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surprisingly, our outing began with a non-Japanese beverage, a warm sweet potato latte at \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011/07/sweet_potato_lattes_sooth_japa.php\">Yakiniq Café\u003c/a>, where owner Christy Hwang serves the traditional Korean comfort drink, made with sweet potato, syrup and foamed milk. Lisa informed us that besides Japanese shops and restaurants, Japantown encompasses a few Korean dining spots and even a \u003ca href=\"http://www.andersenbakery.com/\">Danish Bakery\u003c/a>. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we sipped our hot drinks in the funky, art-lined café, Lisa issued a gentle warning, “This will be three and a half hours of eating; so pace yourselves.” That caveat was promptly forgotten as soon as we drained our cups of foamy liquid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/sweet-potato-latte1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/sweet-potato-latte1.jpg\" alt=\"sweet potato latte\" title=\"sweet potato latte\" width=\"560\" height=\"329\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37563\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On our walk to our next stop, Lisa gave us a short rundown on the history of Japantown, which began to take shape just after the 1906 earthquake when Japanese San Franciscans needed a place to gather for community support. At its height, it stretched for 36 blocks until WWII internment orders emptied the thriving neighborhood, uprooting its residents and merchants. After the war, many came back to rebuild their lives. In 1968, an urban renewal project bulldozed old Victorians and erected the imposing concrete buildings still at its center, whose fortress-like exterior may seem daunting to uninitiated visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One artifact from the original Japantown that is very much alive is \u003ca href=\"http://www.benkyodocompany.com/\">Benkyodo\u003c/a>, an unassuming little diner and bakery, that makes traditional fresh mochi confections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/mochi.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/mochi.jpg\" alt=\"benkyodo mochi\" title=\"benkyodo mochi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37356\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This family business opened in 1906, and is now run by brothers Ricky and Robert Okamura, grandsons of the original owner. Entering their long narrow café, we discovered a split personality: the right side features a low orange Formica counter, matching leatherette bar stools and a Coca Cola menu board with changeable red and black plastic letters that dates from the 50s. Fare and prices also seem to be frozen in time (hot dog $3.15, hamburger $3.10)—just the thing to attract a cadre of regulars. The left side is dominated by the bakery case, which on this late December Friday attracted a crowd of shoppers, standing in line to buy special handmade mochi and manju pastries for the New Year. We sampled chubby, chewy rice flour orbs filled with sweet red beans or blueberries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sadly, our next stop was a piece of Japantown history that was just about to close after 105 years in business, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/12/sf-japantown-losing-105-year-old-landmark-sakai-market\">Uoki K. Sakai market\u003c/a>. There we tasted an earthy hijiki seaweed salad and crunchy burdock and carrot salad from their deli while Lisa clued us in on preparing sushi rice using rice vinegar powder sold at the store. There are two other markets still left in Japantown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/hijiki-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/hijiki-collage.jpg\" alt=\"hijiki and burdock salads\" title=\"hijiki and burdock salads\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37357\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the oldest businesses, we transitioned to visit the latest addition to Japantown, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.newpeopleworld.com/\">New People\u003c/a> complex, a narrow, stylish white edifice which houses the SF Film Society, a café and retail stores such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.sousousf.blogspot.com/\">Sou-Sou\u003c/a> for tabi (divided shoes and socks) with bold fabric designs and \u003ca href=\"http://baby-aatp.blogspot.com/\">Baby the Stars Shine Bright\u003c/a> for Lolita frilly pink dresses. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/onigiri1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/onigiri1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"onigiri\" width=\"300\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37531\">\u003c/a>We stopped downstairs at \u003ca href=\"http://www.onigilly.com/\">Onigilly\u003c/a> for an updated version of the ubiquitous Japanese finger food, \u003cem>onigiri\u003c/em>, balls or triangles of white rice wrapped in seaweed, which may be stuffed with pickled plum or cooked salmon. In Japan, these portable meals are sold in train stations, convenience stores and are as much a part of bento lunchboxes as our PB&J sandwiches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Onigilly (a play the American pronunciation of onigiri) is the creation of Koji Kanematsu, the first male to go through \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacocinasf.org\">La Cocina’s\u003c/a> food business incubator program. He updated the traditional snacks using brown rice and fillings such as eggplant, hijiki and spicy scallop, as well as the traditional pickled plum. Onigilly also operates a food cart in Justin Herman Plaza and other locations around town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After this substantial snack and a quick tour of the trendy shops in New People, we headed across the street to the Japan Center. As we entered the busy mall, Lisa, an engaging and knowledgeable guide who was inspired by her own cultural curiosity, told us, “You’ll notice we won’t be having any sushi, tempura or teriyaki today. I want to introduce you to new things and demystify some Japanese dishes that might be unfamiliar to you.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our eating adventure continued at \u003ca href=\"http://www.mifune.com/\">Mifune Don\u003c/a>, where we sat down for another mainstay of real Japanese cooking that is not commonly known to foreigners. \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okonomiyaki\">Okonomiyaki\u003c/a> is called a “savory pancake” but the name literally means “what you like” and is a tasty way to use leftovers. These large grilled discs usually contain some combination of eggs, shredded yam, cabbage, meat, or seafood, topped with a special brown sauce and squiggles of Japanese mayonnaise. They are sprinkled with bonita shavings, whose eerie 3-D undulations seemed to be waving at me, inviting me to partake in this hearty, vegetable griddlecake. My first \u003cem>okonomiyaki\u003c/em> was a satisfying discovery and definitely will not be my last. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/pancake.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/pancake.jpg\" alt=\"japanese pancake\" title=\"japanese pancake\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37361\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then our group of locals and out of state visitors shifted into an intense assault on sweetness, starting with a neon-hued, mini Geisha float—green tea ice cream topped with red beans, green tea syrup and red mochi cubes at Carol Murata’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/muratas-cafe-hana-san-francisco\">Café Hana\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/geisha-float1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/geisha-float1.jpg\" alt=\"geisha float\" title=\"geisha float\" width=\"560\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37569\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For our second dessert, we strolled over to \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/mays-coffee-shop-san-francisco\">May’s Coffee Shop\u003c/a>, run by Carol’s mother May Murata since 1973, to sample \u003cem>taiyaki\u003c/em>, a fish-shaped sweet with a long history. In Japanese culture, the sea bream is considered a symbol of good luck and these distinctively shaped pastries are made by pouring waffle-like batter into metal molded trays and topping with red beans, chocolate or other fillings. The two halves of the fish are then folded together and cooked until golden brown. They originated in Tokyo in 1909.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/Taiyaki-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/Taiyaki-collage.jpg\" alt=\"taiyaki fish pastry\" title=\"taiyaki fish pastry\" width=\"560\" height=\"404\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37364\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full of lucky fish pastries, we ducked into \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/nippon-ya-san-francisco\">Nippon-Ya\u003c/a>, a stylish shop specializing in \u003cem>omiyage\u003c/em>, the artfully wrapped regional specialties that Japanese visitors commonly bring back from their travels for friends and co-workers. Beautifully boxed mochi in fruit flavors, plus cookies, tea and other souvenirs from all over Japan are their most popular selections. We were offered tastes of creamy chocolate mochi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/shop-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/shop-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Nippon Ya\" title=\"Nippon Ya\" width=\"560\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37365\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On our way out of the building Lisa pointed out shops that carry stickers, stationery and fashion and then impossibly announced that it was time for lunch. A 3-course lunch at that, with \u003cem>wakame\u003c/em>, a slippery green seaweed salad, a pair of mini gyozas and a big bowl of steaming \u003cem>nabeyaki\u003c/em> noodle soup with vegetables, fish cake, chicken, shrimp tempura and udon or soba noodles. The key ingredient of the soup is the \u003cem>dashi\u003c/em> flavored broth and \u003ca href=\"http://www.mifune.com/\">Mifune\u003c/a> Bistro’s dashi had a strong, clear taste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/soup1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/01/soup1.jpg\" alt=\"nabeyaki soup\" title=\"nabeyaki soup\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37579\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I waddled out after lunch, much wiser and definitely much fuller than before I started the tour, I made mental note of the dozen new tastes I’d sampled, and wondered if this is how sumo wrestlers begin to build their girth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.edibleexcursions.net/japantown_tour.htm\">Edible Excursions' Japantown tour\u003c/a> is offered every Friday and the second Saturday of the month, from 11-2:30, for $85. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/mango-pudding-flower-jelly1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/mango-pudding-flower-jelly1.jpg\" alt=\"mango pudding, flower jelly\" title=\"mango pudding, flower jelly\" width=\"560\" height=\"329\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35407\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yams, red beans, creamed corn, white fungus, grass jelly, black glutinous rice. Perhaps these ingredients don’t immediately conjure up images of tempting sweet treats, but in steamy Singapore—with the addition of shaved ice, fresh fruit, palm sugar, colorful syrups, coconut milk and other goodies—they morph into a medley of exotic desserts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m in \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore\">Singapore\u003c/a> for a week, tagging along with my husband, who is presenting at a conference. I couldn’t miss a trip to this unabashedly food-obsessed city, where you really can’t walk two steps without bumping into tantalizing aromas emanating from cafes, food stands and \u003ca href=\"http://www.myhawkers.sg/food\">hawker centers\u003c/a> (organized street food vendors). In this modern multi-cultural society, where impossibly high angular skyscrapers tower over warrens of ethnic neighborhood shops, Chinese, Indian, Malay residents and foreign visitors all join in a tireless search for the best grub the city has to offer—in local parlance: “die-die-must-try.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singaporean specialties abound, like chili-crab, fish-head curry, oyster omelet, chicken rice and a multitude of variations on spicy noodles. But for my few days here, I need a quest with a smaller focus, so why not a sweet one, sampling as many desserts as I can? (Actually “desserts” is somewhat of a misnomer, as these sweet treats are more often consumed as afternoon or late night snacks.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/konnyaku.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/konnyaku.jpg\" alt=\"konnyaku with lotus seed\" title=\"konnyaku with lotus seed\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35408\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Straddling the equator, with temperatures often in the 90s and the air thick with tropical humidity, icy treats offer natural refreshment in Singapore’s year-round heat wave. Although many have roots in neighboring cultures, the fantastical shapes and colors of these cooling combinations make them Singaporean classics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/ice-kachang.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/ice-kachang.jpg\" alt=\"ice kachang\" title=\"ice kachang\" width=\"560\" height=\"747\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35409\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Ice Kachang provides a refreshing pyramid of pleasure\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ice Kachang\u003c/strong> -- the quintessential Singaporean dessert takes a mountain of shaved ice, douses it with a rainbow of syrups and sprinkles on toppings such as soft red beans and creamed corn. I order mine with a dusting of chopped peanuts for an extra dimension of crunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/chendol-pair.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/chendol-pair.jpg\" alt=\"chendol\" title=\"chendol \" width=\"560\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35410\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>creamy, chewy, icy Chendol\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chendol\u003c/strong> -- the key ingredient in this icy treat is the jelly-like green noodles flavored with pandan leaf, layered with cooked red beans, chewy palm seeds, coconut milk and a sweet brown syrup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Singapore resident I ask offers encouragement and advice on my sweet-seeking journey. They also caution me not to eat too many treats with creamy, coconut milk. (“Not good for the tummy.”) Luckily, there is a profusion of more delicate sweet dishes to choose from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/mango-ice-jelly.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/mango-ice-jelly.jpg\" alt=\"mango ice jelly\" title=\"mango ice jelly\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35411\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Slippery sweet Ice Jelly\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ice Jelly\u003c/strong> -- utterly light and refreshing: shaved ice with cold translucent jelly globules. I have mine topped with mango. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/papaya-and-snow-fungus1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/papaya-and-snow-fungus1.jpg\" alt=\"papaya and snow fungus\" title=\"papaya and snow fungus\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35413\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Double steamed papaya in syrup\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Steamed Papaya with Snow Fungus and Almond\u003c/strong> -- served in light syrup. The snow fungus adds the texture of a dainty, frilly sponge. I enjoy it cold, but it also comes hot, as do several other desserts with a hot/cold option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the sky turns black and hurls lighting bolts, thunderclaps and pounding rain, it’s an invitation to duck into a cheerful neon-bordered café for a warm bowl of comfort, such as sweet black glutinous rice cooked into a velvety pudding, drizzled with a swirl of coconut milk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other warming choices:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/bubor-chacha.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/bubor-chacha.jpg\" alt=\"bubor cha cha\" title=\"bubor cha cha\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35414\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>comforting and chewy Bubor Cha Cha\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bubor Cha Cha\u003c/strong> -- chunks of cooked yam and sweet potato with colored bits of chewy coconut jelly swimming in warm coconut milk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/warm-soups.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/warm-soups.jpg\" alt=\"warm soups\" title=\"warm soups\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35415\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Peanut soup or Black sesame soup\u003c/strong> – topped with almond cream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chinese culture often cites the health benefits of certain foods to balance one’s yin/yang, for specific ailments or populations (e.g. pregnant women). A sign in Food Republic’s Ice Shop proclaims \u003cstrong>Red Beans with Lotus seeds\u003c/strong> “great for getting rid of dark circles under the eyes,” so there is no way I can pass that up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/red-beans-with-lotus.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/red-beans-with-lotus.jpg\" alt=\"red beans with lotus seed\" title=\"red beans with lotus seed\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35416\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The places where I sample these treats vary as much as the flavors and forms they take. From fancy food courts in high-rise shopping meccas, like \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisma_Atria\">Wisma Atria\u003c/a>’s Food Republic to beloved, old-fashioned, open-air Hawker Centres (\u003ca href=\"http://www.yoursingapore.com/content/traveller/en/browse/dining/restaurants/maxwell-road-hawker-centre.html\">Maxwell Road\u003c/a> in Chinatown, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekka_Centre\">Tekka Center\u003c/a> in Little India and \u003ca href=\"http://www.laupasat.biz/lps.html\">Lau Pa Sat\u003c/a> in the financial district).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/museum-bike.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/museum-bike.jpg\" alt=\"museum - food exhibit\" title=\"museum - food exhibit\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35417\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A visit to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/ExhibitionDetail.aspx?id=2&cat=1\">National Museum of Singapore’s vibrant Living Gallery of Food\u003c/a> provides the back-story to the city’s obsession with street food. Itinerant street vendors have always played an important role in this multi-cultural city. Since the 19th century, they traveled door-to-door preparing and peddling their wares or setting up carts and stands on the riverside. In the 1980s, as part of a project to clean up the river, Prime Minister Lee mandated that hawkers leave the riverside and take their places in designated hawker centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scores of hawker centers, which are wildly popular with locals, are scattered around the city, each features vendors from various cultures, side by side, selling freshly made dishes at rock-bottom prices. 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Although many have roots in neighboring cultures, the fantastical shapes and colors of these cooling combinations make them Singaporean classics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/ice-kachang.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/ice-kachang.jpg\" alt=\"ice kachang\" title=\"ice kachang\" width=\"560\" height=\"747\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35409\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Ice Kachang provides a refreshing pyramid of pleasure\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ice Kachang\u003c/strong> -- the quintessential Singaporean dessert takes a mountain of shaved ice, douses it with a rainbow of syrups and sprinkles on toppings such as soft red beans and creamed corn. I order mine with a dusting of chopped peanuts for an extra dimension of crunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/chendol-pair.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/chendol-pair.jpg\" alt=\"chendol\" title=\"chendol \" width=\"560\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35410\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>creamy, chewy, icy Chendol\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chendol\u003c/strong> -- the key ingredient in this icy treat is the jelly-like green noodles flavored with pandan leaf, layered with cooked red beans, chewy palm seeds, coconut milk and a sweet brown syrup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Singapore resident I ask offers encouragement and advice on my sweet-seeking journey. They also caution me not to eat too many treats with creamy, coconut milk. (“Not good for the tummy.”) Luckily, there is a profusion of more delicate sweet dishes to choose from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/mango-ice-jelly.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/mango-ice-jelly.jpg\" alt=\"mango ice jelly\" title=\"mango ice jelly\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35411\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Slippery sweet Ice Jelly\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ice Jelly\u003c/strong> -- utterly light and refreshing: shaved ice with cold translucent jelly globules. I have mine topped with mango. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/papaya-and-snow-fungus1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/papaya-and-snow-fungus1.jpg\" alt=\"papaya and snow fungus\" title=\"papaya and snow fungus\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35413\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Double steamed papaya in syrup\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Steamed Papaya with Snow Fungus and Almond\u003c/strong> -- served in light syrup. The snow fungus adds the texture of a dainty, frilly sponge. I enjoy it cold, but it also comes hot, as do several other desserts with a hot/cold option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the sky turns black and hurls lighting bolts, thunderclaps and pounding rain, it’s an invitation to duck into a cheerful neon-bordered café for a warm bowl of comfort, such as sweet black glutinous rice cooked into a velvety pudding, drizzled with a swirl of coconut milk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other warming choices:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/bubor-chacha.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/bubor-chacha.jpg\" alt=\"bubor cha cha\" title=\"bubor cha cha\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35414\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>comforting and chewy Bubor Cha Cha\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bubor Cha Cha\u003c/strong> -- chunks of cooked yam and sweet potato with colored bits of chewy coconut jelly swimming in warm coconut milk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/warm-soups.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/warm-soups.jpg\" alt=\"warm soups\" title=\"warm soups\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35415\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Peanut soup or Black sesame soup\u003c/strong> – topped with almond cream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chinese culture often cites the health benefits of certain foods to balance one’s yin/yang, for specific ailments or populations (e.g. pregnant women). A sign in Food Republic’s Ice Shop proclaims \u003cstrong>Red Beans with Lotus seeds\u003c/strong> “great for getting rid of dark circles under the eyes,” so there is no way I can pass that up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/red-beans-with-lotus.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/red-beans-with-lotus.jpg\" alt=\"red beans with lotus seed\" title=\"red beans with lotus seed\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35416\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The places where I sample these treats vary as much as the flavors and forms they take. From fancy food courts in high-rise shopping meccas, like \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisma_Atria\">Wisma Atria\u003c/a>’s Food Republic to beloved, old-fashioned, open-air Hawker Centres (\u003ca href=\"http://www.yoursingapore.com/content/traveller/en/browse/dining/restaurants/maxwell-road-hawker-centre.html\">Maxwell Road\u003c/a> in Chinatown, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekka_Centre\">Tekka Center\u003c/a> in Little India and \u003ca href=\"http://www.laupasat.biz/lps.html\">Lau Pa Sat\u003c/a> in the financial district).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/museum-bike.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/11/museum-bike.jpg\" alt=\"museum - food exhibit\" title=\"museum - food exhibit\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35417\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A visit to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/ExhibitionDetail.aspx?id=2&cat=1\">National Museum of Singapore’s vibrant Living Gallery of Food\u003c/a> provides the back-story to the city’s obsession with street food. Itinerant street vendors have always played an important role in this multi-cultural city. Since the 19th century, they traveled door-to-door preparing and peddling their wares or setting up carts and stands on the riverside. In the 1980s, as part of a project to clean up the river, Prime Minister Lee mandated that hawkers leave the riverside and take their places in designated hawker centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scores of hawker centers, which are wildly popular with locals, are scattered around the city, each features vendors from various cultures, side by side, selling freshly made dishes at rock-bottom prices. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Post by Emmanuel Hapsis\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Photos: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/2011/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/ti-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"TIMF logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34344\">\u003c/a>This year's \u003ca href=\"http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/2011/\" title=\"TIMF \">Treasure Island Music Festival\u003c/a> couldn't have been more heavenly: Indian summer in full swing, out-of-control views, scantily clad hipsters, and of course hours and hours of great music. Check out photos of the scene, from the colorful crowds to the 60-foot Ferris wheel to scene-stealers St. Vincent and YACHT. It's all here! \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ARTS & CRAFTS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/TIMFnightscape560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/TIMFnightscape560.jpg\" alt=\"TIMF nightscape\" title=\"TIMF nightscape\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34337\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wonderful people from \u003ca href=\"http://www.workshopsf.org/\" title=\"Workshop\">Workshop\u003c/a> were camped out in a D.I.Y. tent, where they taught abbreviated versions of the classes they offer at their NOPA location. Need a cozy for your beer? No problem, they'll teach you how to make one. Want to put together a terrarium and lug it back home for 2 hours on public transport? No sweat! Other notable art was the face painting booth, where I may or may not have gotten an Adam and the Ants inspired look two days in a row. Caution: rad face paint will attract excitable drunks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The focal point of the festival was a Bliss sculpture by Marco Cochrane that presided over the whole affair. Made of steel that weighs a whopping 7,000 pounds and consumes a space 40 feet by 30 feet, this gigantic representation of the naked female form was the perfect reminder to let go of inhibitions and feel as free as you do in your birthday suit. Another Burning Man-esque attraction was a bus that was converted into a pirate ship. 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One brief trip up a ladder led to the top deck, where you could get a good survey of the land while feeling as though the bus might tip over and crush you at any moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SAN FRANDISCO\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/silent-disco560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/silent-disco560.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Disco\" title=\"Silent Disco\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34334\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I thought the Silent Disco was a strange idea, until I paid a visit and saw the headphoned crowd grooving and then all freaking out at the same time to the same song unheard by non-participating spectators. Now I know what people on the street think when they look into my apartment and wonder if I'm having a seizure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RANDOM REVELRY\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/monsters560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/monsters560.jpg\" alt=\"Friendly dancing Monsters invaded TIMF\" title=\"Friendly dancing Monsters invaded TIMF\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34333\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other revelers roaming around the festival were a posse of monsters who cut a grassy rug and the liveliest bateria imaginable called the \u003ca href=\"http://www.theloydfamilyplayers.com/\" title=\"Loyd Family Players\">Loyd Family Players\u003c/a>, who compelled bystanders with various dancing abilities to join the professional movers and shakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE GRUB\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/the-american-grilled-cheese560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/the-american-grilled-cheese560.jpg\" alt=\"The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen sandwich\" title=\"The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen sandwich\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34336\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can't really expect to dance and roam for 12 hours without some sustenance. Thankfully, there were some seriously delish food vendors on deck. \u003ca href=\"http://theamericansf.com/\" title=\"The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen\">The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen\u003c/a> offered up that gooey classic with tomato and fresh jalapenos for added bite. Epic Cookies provided sugar rushes galore (the chocolate cookie and coconut macaroon were tops). And there were spinach and potato knishes (what's that you ask? a dumpling of dough stuffed with goodness), as well as to more standard favorites like wraps and hot slices of pizza that were perfect for the chilly night shows. Everything tastes better when the sun's out and cute people with face paint are smiling in your face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE MUSIC\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/stvincent560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/stvincent560.jpg\" alt=\"St Vincent\" title=\"St Vincent\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34335\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/music/article.jsp?essid=71226\" title=\"TIMF preview\">Treasure Island preview\u003c/a>, I said that you would be a fool to miss St. Vincent's live set and I'm taking this opportunity to tap myself on the back because I was infinitely right about that. From the moment Annie Clark came out on the stage, she commanded the entire festival's attention. Her voice was immaculate, her guitar throttling was so intense that she broke a string, and her general demeanor was that of the girl you just fell perilously in love with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/friendly-fires560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/friendly-fires560.jpg\" alt=\"Friendly Fires\" title=\"Friendly Fires\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34414\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest surprise of the festival was British band Friendly Fires. I knew next to nothing about them, but my friend advised me that I should get ready to dance my heart out. Lead singer Ed Macfarlane is perhaps the goofiest dancer I've ever seen, hand placed at the back of his head and hips everywhere. His dancing with abandon was utterly infectious and had the crowd spazzing out as the sun blasted its rays into our faces. Every time the set seemed to be winding down, the band would surprise us with another conniption. Hysteria never felt so good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whoever orchestrated Beach House playing at sunset deserves a promotion. The golden light was the perfect glaze for the band's euphoric sonic dreams. The usually reserved Victoria Legrand was downright playful with the crowd and the band unveiled brand new songs that prove beyond a doubt that this duo is just getting started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/yacht560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/10/yacht560.jpg\" alt=\"Yacht\" title=\"Yacht\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34331\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the San Francisco skyline serving as a backdrop, YACHT took to the stage and delivered a high-energy set full of positivity and coordinated dance moves. Claire L. 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This dazzling array of culinary delights came about through a \"\u003ca href=\"http://livecultureco.com/\">social venture business\u003c/a>\" whose \"mission is to help revitalize regional food systems, build public awareness of and respect for the craft of making good food and to encourage the growth of American food entrepreneurs,\" according to their website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Eat Real goes all out to foster this mission. This year they hosted 60 street food vendors, had 30 beers and wines on tap, an indoor marketplace with 30 craft food vendors, urban farmers leading Q & A sessions about homesteading, DIY workshops and demonstrations about baked goods, cheese and other foodstuffs, live music performances from local bands and DJs, butchery contests and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's easy to get overloaded with this packed schedule -- even with 30 less food vendors than last year -- so I decided to seek out vendors that were new to the festival or that I hadn't checked out in previous years. I met up with BAB's editor and photographer extraordinaire, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/wendy-goodfriend/\">Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/a>, in downtown Oakland on Saturday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/bikes560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33662\" title=\"East Bay Bike Coalition Bike Parking. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/bikes560.jpg\" alt=\"East Bay Bike Coalition Bike Parking. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After checking in my bicycle at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebbc.org/\">East Bay Bike Coalition\u003c/a>'s free bike valet, we were ready to get our grub on. One of the first vendors that caught my eye was \u003ca href=\"http://fruitmeetsfun.com/\">Fatface\u003c/a> that hails from Davis. I've tried their \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/plattyjo/4936895310/in/photostream\">popsicles\u003c/a> before, so I was planning on strolling right on by until I saw the big sign that advertised a \"bacon and egg\" popsicle. (I think this sign made most people stop in their tracks.) Then I read the description: \"Ginger-bacon caramel and vanilla egg custard featuring eggs from Vega Farm and bacon from Blesdoe pork also made with vanilla bean, heavy cream, milk, ginger, filtered water and cane sugar.\" After reading that list of ingredients and noticing that it was a \"limited edition,\" I couldn't resist the call of the swine. I figured this would be a lovely breakfast (which I had skipped in anticipation of the afternoon of decadence) despite it being dessert. And it didn't disappoint. The frozen egg custard was rich and creamy, with a luscious caramel center of bacony goodness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/fatface560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33655\" title=\"Fat Face booth. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/fatface560.jpg\" alt=\"Fat Face booth. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/fatface-baconegg560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33606\" title=\"Fat Face Bacon and Egg Popsicle. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/fatface-baconegg560.jpg\" alt=\"Fat Face Bacon and Egg Popsicle. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next on the list was the San Rafael-based food truck \u003ca href=\"http://thetacoguys.com/\">The Taco Guys\u003c/a>. This was their second visit to Eat Real, and Jason Hoffman and Justin Close are two chefs with 20 years of culinary experience under their belts that decided to branch out on their own into the street food scene. My husband Shawn ordered their Maui Fish Taco (panko-battered and fried Pacific rock cod, savoy cabbage slaw, pico de gallo, Sriracha mayo and pickled onions), while I had to try the Burmese Lamb taco (Fallon Hills lamb, Thai cucumber salad, preserved Meyer lemon yogurt, sweet herbs). We bumped into the guys later on as we were wandering through the festival, and they asked us how we liked their food. I let them know that we agreed with their slogan that it was \"ridiculously tasty.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tacoguy560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33657\" title=\"Taco Guy. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tacoguy560.jpg\" alt=\"Taco Guy. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tacoguy-mauifish560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33614\" title=\"Taco Guys - Maui Fish Taco. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tacoguy-mauifish560.jpg\" alt=\"Taco Guys - Maui Fish Taco. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Onto the next course; the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/thewowtruck\">WOW Truck\u003c/a> of San Jose was conveniently parked right near by. Despite being Eat Real first-timers, their popularity preceded them and they had a long line of patient folks queueing up for their fusion Filipino fare. And no wonder; I was willing to wait 15 minutes for a \"WOW Silog Taco\" with Niman Ranch cage-free egg and beef tapa, garlic fried rice and heirloom tomato on a flour tortilla. And I also had to try the \"Silog Sushi Bite\" with a fried quail egg on top of garlic fried rice, seaweed, hand-harvested Philippine sea salt (!) and Niman Ranch beef. Shawn went right for the \"Turon Turon,\" a fried saba banana fritter roll. The Sushi Bite was one of my favorites of the day. It had an incredible savory quality that was umami to the hilt. (I'll stop now before I throw in any more pretentious adjectives, so I'll end with the declaration that it was unbelievably delicious.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-sushibite560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33609\" title=\"WOW Silog Sushi Bite. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-sushibite560.jpg\" alt=\"WOW Silog Sushi Bite. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-truck560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33639\" title=\"WOW Truck. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-truck560.jpg\" alt=\"WOW Truck. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-silog-taco560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33666\" title=\"WOW Silog Taco. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-silog-taco560.jpg\" alt=\"WOW Silog Taco. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We decided to give our stomachs a time-out before diving into the next course. After perusing the goods in the indoor craft food market, we headed over to the \u003ca href=\"http://eatrealfest.com/event/Oakland/California/2011/guide-schedule\">DIY Eat It & Oven\u003c/a> area. Amy Remsen and Blake Joffe of \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beautysbagelshop\">Beauty's Bagel Shop\u003c/a> were just finishing up their bagel making workshop. This was the first appearance at Eat Real for the Oakland-based duo, and they're currently looking for a space to set up a brick-and-mortar bagel shop. In the meantime, Amy and Blake have a wholesale business making Montreal-style bagels that are \"hand-rolled, boiled in honey water and baked in a wood-fired oven\" for local restaurants \u003ca href=\"http://www.saulsdeli.com/\">Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen\u003c/a> in Berkeley and San Francisco's pop-up deli \u003ca href=\"http://www.wisesonsdeli.com/\">Wise Sons Delicatessen\u003c/a>. They also sell their bagels through a vendor at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.aboutkensington.com/farmersmarket.html\">Kensington Farmers' Market\u003c/a>. I was lucky enough to score a sample of one their freshly baked bagels from a workshop participant, which was still warm from the handmade on-site clay oven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/bagels560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33612\" title=\"DIY Bagel- Making\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/bagels560.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Bagel- Making\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving onwards, we stopped by the latest venture of Eat Real founder \u003ca href=\"http://livecultureco.com/about.htm\">Anya Fernald\u003c/a>, who is also the CEO of \u003ca href=\"http://www.belcampomeatco.com/\">Belcampo Meat Company\u003c/a>. They made their debut at the \u003ca href=\"http://eatrealfest.com/event/Los%20Angeles/California/2011\">Los Angeles Eat Real Festival\u003c/a> in July and were making their first appearance as both a sponsor and vendor in Oakland this year. Based near Mt. Shasta, they're a \"multi-species organic start-up farm\" that raises grass-fed and pastured animals -- everything from \"cattle to quail,\" according to farmer Kylan Hoover. Kylan, who was helping to serve up their hot dogs with his co-worker Peter Sterling, used to run his own farm in Livermore. He now works with Belcampo in designing and managing the Siskiyou County farm, which has been in the research and development phase for the past 5 years. They plan to open up butcher shops throughout the state along with their own processing facility in Yreka in 2012. I decided to try a cone of their French fries, which were golden and crispy as a result of being fried in grass-fed beef tallow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tallow-fries-jenny560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33616\" title=\"Belcampo Tallow Fries. Photo: Jenny Oh\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tallow-fries-jenny560.jpg\" alt=\"Belcampo Tallow Fries. Photo: Jenny Oh\" width=\"560\" height=\"417\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Jenny Oh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/belcampo560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33618\" title=\"Belcampo Signage - Dogs made of Cows. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/belcampo560.jpg\" alt=\"Belcampo Signage - Dogs made of Cows. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were long, long lines for festival newbie \u003ca href=\"http://www.tikkabytes.com/\">Tikka Bytes\u003c/a>, \"savory Indian bites\" from Milpitas, so alas, I had to pass them up. Lines were also snaking around the plaza for the seasoned festival darlings \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/chairmantruck\">Chairman Bao Truck\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.senorsisig.com/\">Senor Sisig\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.trugourmet.com/\">Tru Gourmet Dim Sum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/line-senor-sisig560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33642\" title=\"Line for Senor Sisig. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/line-senor-sisig560.jpg\" alt=\"Line for Senor Sisig. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy grabbed a bite to eat at \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/23/theres-a-new-food-truck-on-the-block-vesta-flatbread/\">Vesta Flatbread\u003c/a> -- she had been showing great discipline up until now -- and ordered up their vegetarian dish with carrot hazelnut pate, labne, beet salad, and of course, their delicious flatbread made right in their truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/vegetarian-mezze-vesta5601.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33651\" title=\"Vesta Flatbread Vegetarian Mezze. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/vegetarian-mezze-vesta5601.jpg\" alt=\"Vesta Flatbread Vegetarian Mezze. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/vesta-flatbread400.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33620\" title=\"Making Vesta Flatbread on truck. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/vesta-flatbread400.jpg\" alt=\"Making Vesta Flatbread on truck. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"400\" height=\"598\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We said hello to Steven Gdula of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/07/gobba-gobba-hey/\">Gobba Gobba Hey\u003c/a>, who had his new cookbook and cool Indian-inspired Ganesh t-shirt for sale along with his fantastic treats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/gobbagobbahey560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33644\" title=\"Gobba Gobba Hey. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/gobbagobbahey560.jpg\" alt=\"Gobba Gobba Hey. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We also popped by to chat with Ryan Farr of \u003ca href=\"http://www.4505meats.com/\">4505 Meats\u003c/a>, who showed us his fresh-off-the-presses galley copy of his new cookbook that's due out in November. He was slapping cheese on his burgers in rapid fire -- \"it's like dealing cards\" -- while extolling the virtues of his immensely popular \"bacon-studded hot dog on a stick.\" Ryan serves up these crowd-pleasers at festivals because, \"Who doesn't love food on a stick?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/ryan-farr-4505-560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33664\" title=\"Ryan Farr with his new book Whole Beast Butchery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/ryan-farr-4505-560.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Farr with his new book Whole Beast Butchery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/ryan-farr-meatonstick-4001.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33631\" title=\"4505 Meats - Meat on a Stick - Ryan Farr. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/ryan-farr-meatonstick-4001.jpg\" alt=\"4505 Meats - Meat on a Stick - Ryan Farr. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"400\" height=\"598\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was Iso Rabins' (\u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/\">ForageSF\u003c/a>) third time at Eat Real, but this year he decided to \"go for it\" and cook this year. Preparing food for \"over a thousand people was taking it to the next level\" (thus he'd had only 2 hours of sleep the night before), but he was thrilled with selling food made on the spot as opposed to pre-made goods in the craft market. Iso was serving up deep-fried smelt (which he personally deep-fried himself) because he \"loved bait fish such as mackerel, sardines and anchovies.\" A colleague told him that he was taking a risk with selling this unfamiliar fish, but he wanted to take a gamble and \"introduce people to new food.\" Iso flirted with the idea of calling them, \"fries with eyes,\" but thought it might be \"off-putting\" to the masses. (I think it would have worked like a charm, personally.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/iso-rabins560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33637\" title=\"Iso Rabins - founder of ForageSF. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/iso-rabins560.jpg\" alt=\"Iso Rabins - founder of ForageSF. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We took another food break and listened to part of the Q & A session with Heidi Kooy of \u003ca href=\"http://ittybittyfarminthecity.blogspot.com/\">The Itty Bitty Farm in the City\u003c/a>. Heidi and her husband have a contracting business, but they're also urban homesteaders in San Francisco who raise chickens, bees and goats -- one of which she was milking onstage as she answered questions from the audience. The other one was gamely allowing adoring fans to pet her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/goat-milking-demo560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33624\" title=\"Goat-Milking Demo. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/goat-milking-demo560.jpg\" alt=\"Goat-Milking Demo. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all of this gorging, did I have room to eat any more food? Apparently so. I'm a sucker for a good grilled cheese sandwich, so GBD (which stands for Golden Brown Delicious) was my last food order for the day. \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pointreyesfarmersmarket\">The Point Reyes Farmers' Market \u003c/a> was on the lookout for some prepared food vendors to augment their produce stands, and \u003ca href=\"http://osteriastellina.com/\">Osteria Stellina\u003c/a>'s chef-owner Christian Caiazzo thought grilled cheese sandwiches would be the perfect item. He knew there were plenty of great cheesemakers in Marin to source the main ingredient, such as \u003ca href=\"http://pointreyescheese.com/\">Pt. Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/\">Cowgirl Creamery\u003c/a>. The Eat Real edition of GBD grilled cheese sandwiches were made with Estera Gold cheese from \u003ca href=\"http://www.valleyfordcheeseco.com/\">Valley Ford Cheese Company\u003c/a> and generously brushed with butter from \u003ca href=\"http://www.strausfamilycreamery.com/\">Strauss Family Creamery\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://www.metropolisbaking.com/\">Metropolis Bakery \u003c/a>of Berkeley provided the delicious sourdough bread (normally Christian bakes his own bread, but he couldn't handle the volume required for the festival). I ordered the \"The Bill From Bo,\" the grilled cheese made with brisket prepared with beef from \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/dining/15goat.html\">BN Ranch\u003c/a>, Bill Niman's illustrious new company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/GBD560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33628\" title=\"GBD Osteria Stellina's chef-owner Christian Caiazzo on right. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/GBD560.jpg\" alt=\"GBD Osteria Stellina's chef-owner Christian Caiazzo on right. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/GBD-sandwich560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33629\" title=\"GBD sandwich. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/GBD-sandwich560.jpg\" alt=\"GBD sandwich. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy and I were ready to call it a day after over 5 hours of snacking and sampling (Shawn had already reached his crowd saturation point several hours earlier). On my way back to the bike valet, I realized I was a) terribly thirsty and b) passing by the opulent and vaudeville-esque booth belonging to \u003ca href=\"http://taylorstonics.com/\">Taylor's Tonics\u003c/a> of San Francisco and Santa Cruz. We stopped to talk with the nattily dressed Aaron Dolson, one of the co-founders, while his equally dapper partner Taylor Peck handed out samples and sold bottles of their \u003ca href=\"http://www.taylorstonics.com/chai_cola.html\">Chai Cola\u003c/a>. This was their first visit to Eat Real -- and it had been quite successful, as they had sold out of everything but their cola. Aaron's background included working with a raw juice co-op based in Eugene, Oregon, while Taylor was an experienced chai barista (read more about his \u003ca href=\"http://www.imbibemagazine.com/Characters-Taylor-Peck\">eclectic background here\u003c/a>) before they launched their successful enterprise. Aaron's a firm believer in the health benefits of tea and they use only natural ingredients in their drinks. They keep the sugar content low (and no high-fructose corn syrup), add medicinal herbs such as nettle and ginger, and use pasteurization and citric acid to preserve the drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tailors-tonics560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33603\" title=\"Tailors Tonics. Photos: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tailors-tonics560.jpg\" alt=\"Tailors Tonics. Photos: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spicy, sparkling Chai Cola was a refreshing way to end the day, and I was ready to roll home -- literally and figuratively. Tired and sated, we bid farewell to the event until next year, when we'll be ready for another round of the East Bay Eat Real Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Check out BAB's Eat Real Fest slideshow to view more of the festivities.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=107931\">http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=107931\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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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/24/2011/09/bikes560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33662\" title=\"East Bay Bike Coalition Bike Parking. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/bikes560.jpg\" alt=\"East Bay Bike Coalition Bike Parking. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After checking in my bicycle at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebbc.org/\">East Bay Bike Coalition\u003c/a>'s free bike valet, we were ready to get our grub on. One of the first vendors that caught my eye was \u003ca href=\"http://fruitmeetsfun.com/\">Fatface\u003c/a> that hails from Davis. I've tried their \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/plattyjo/4936895310/in/photostream\">popsicles\u003c/a> before, so I was planning on strolling right on by until I saw the big sign that advertised a \"bacon and egg\" popsicle. (I think this sign made most people stop in their tracks.) Then I read the description: \"Ginger-bacon caramel and vanilla egg custard featuring eggs from Vega Farm and bacon from Blesdoe pork also made with vanilla bean, heavy cream, milk, ginger, filtered water and cane sugar.\" After reading that list of ingredients and noticing that it was a \"limited edition,\" I couldn't resist the call of the swine. I figured this would be a lovely breakfast (which I had skipped in anticipation of the afternoon of decadence) despite it being dessert. And it didn't disappoint. The frozen egg custard was rich and creamy, with a luscious caramel center of bacony goodness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/fatface560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33655\" title=\"Fat Face booth. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/fatface560.jpg\" alt=\"Fat Face booth. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/fatface-baconegg560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33606\" title=\"Fat Face Bacon and Egg Popsicle. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/fatface-baconegg560.jpg\" alt=\"Fat Face Bacon and Egg Popsicle. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next on the list was the San Rafael-based food truck \u003ca href=\"http://thetacoguys.com/\">The Taco Guys\u003c/a>. This was their second visit to Eat Real, and Jason Hoffman and Justin Close are two chefs with 20 years of culinary experience under their belts that decided to branch out on their own into the street food scene. My husband Shawn ordered their Maui Fish Taco (panko-battered and fried Pacific rock cod, savoy cabbage slaw, pico de gallo, Sriracha mayo and pickled onions), while I had to try the Burmese Lamb taco (Fallon Hills lamb, Thai cucumber salad, preserved Meyer lemon yogurt, sweet herbs). We bumped into the guys later on as we were wandering through the festival, and they asked us how we liked their food. I let them know that we agreed with their slogan that it was \"ridiculously tasty.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tacoguy560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33657\" title=\"Taco Guy. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tacoguy560.jpg\" alt=\"Taco Guy. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tacoguy-mauifish560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33614\" title=\"Taco Guys - Maui Fish Taco. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tacoguy-mauifish560.jpg\" alt=\"Taco Guys - Maui Fish Taco. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Onto the next course; the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/thewowtruck\">WOW Truck\u003c/a> of San Jose was conveniently parked right near by. Despite being Eat Real first-timers, their popularity preceded them and they had a long line of patient folks queueing up for their fusion Filipino fare. And no wonder; I was willing to wait 15 minutes for a \"WOW Silog Taco\" with Niman Ranch cage-free egg and beef tapa, garlic fried rice and heirloom tomato on a flour tortilla. And I also had to try the \"Silog Sushi Bite\" with a fried quail egg on top of garlic fried rice, seaweed, hand-harvested Philippine sea salt (!) and Niman Ranch beef. Shawn went right for the \"Turon Turon,\" a fried saba banana fritter roll. The Sushi Bite was one of my favorites of the day. It had an incredible savory quality that was umami to the hilt. (I'll stop now before I throw in any more pretentious adjectives, so I'll end with the declaration that it was unbelievably delicious.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-sushibite560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33609\" title=\"WOW Silog Sushi Bite. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-sushibite560.jpg\" alt=\"WOW Silog Sushi Bite. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-truck560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33639\" title=\"WOW Truck. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-truck560.jpg\" alt=\"WOW Truck. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-silog-taco560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33666\" title=\"WOW Silog Taco. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/wow-silog-taco560.jpg\" alt=\"WOW Silog Taco. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We decided to give our stomachs a time-out before diving into the next course. After perusing the goods in the indoor craft food market, we headed over to the \u003ca href=\"http://eatrealfest.com/event/Oakland/California/2011/guide-schedule\">DIY Eat It & Oven\u003c/a> area. Amy Remsen and Blake Joffe of \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beautysbagelshop\">Beauty's Bagel Shop\u003c/a> were just finishing up their bagel making workshop. This was the first appearance at Eat Real for the Oakland-based duo, and they're currently looking for a space to set up a brick-and-mortar bagel shop. In the meantime, Amy and Blake have a wholesale business making Montreal-style bagels that are \"hand-rolled, boiled in honey water and baked in a wood-fired oven\" for local restaurants \u003ca href=\"http://www.saulsdeli.com/\">Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen\u003c/a> in Berkeley and San Francisco's pop-up deli \u003ca href=\"http://www.wisesonsdeli.com/\">Wise Sons Delicatessen\u003c/a>. They also sell their bagels through a vendor at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.aboutkensington.com/farmersmarket.html\">Kensington Farmers' Market\u003c/a>. I was lucky enough to score a sample of one their freshly baked bagels from a workshop participant, which was still warm from the handmade on-site clay oven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/bagels560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33612\" title=\"DIY Bagel- Making\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/bagels560.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Bagel- Making\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving onwards, we stopped by the latest venture of Eat Real founder \u003ca href=\"http://livecultureco.com/about.htm\">Anya Fernald\u003c/a>, who is also the CEO of \u003ca href=\"http://www.belcampomeatco.com/\">Belcampo Meat Company\u003c/a>. They made their debut at the \u003ca href=\"http://eatrealfest.com/event/Los%20Angeles/California/2011\">Los Angeles Eat Real Festival\u003c/a> in July and were making their first appearance as both a sponsor and vendor in Oakland this year. Based near Mt. Shasta, they're a \"multi-species organic start-up farm\" that raises grass-fed and pastured animals -- everything from \"cattle to quail,\" according to farmer Kylan Hoover. Kylan, who was helping to serve up their hot dogs with his co-worker Peter Sterling, used to run his own farm in Livermore. He now works with Belcampo in designing and managing the Siskiyou County farm, which has been in the research and development phase for the past 5 years. They plan to open up butcher shops throughout the state along with their own processing facility in Yreka in 2012. I decided to try a cone of their French fries, which were golden and crispy as a result of being fried in grass-fed beef tallow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tallow-fries-jenny560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33616\" title=\"Belcampo Tallow Fries. Photo: Jenny Oh\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tallow-fries-jenny560.jpg\" alt=\"Belcampo Tallow Fries. Photo: Jenny Oh\" width=\"560\" height=\"417\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Jenny Oh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/belcampo560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33618\" title=\"Belcampo Signage - Dogs made of Cows. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/belcampo560.jpg\" alt=\"Belcampo Signage - Dogs made of Cows. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were long, long lines for festival newbie \u003ca href=\"http://www.tikkabytes.com/\">Tikka Bytes\u003c/a>, \"savory Indian bites\" from Milpitas, so alas, I had to pass them up. Lines were also snaking around the plaza for the seasoned festival darlings \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/chairmantruck\">Chairman Bao Truck\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.senorsisig.com/\">Senor Sisig\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.trugourmet.com/\">Tru Gourmet Dim Sum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/line-senor-sisig560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33642\" title=\"Line for Senor Sisig. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/line-senor-sisig560.jpg\" alt=\"Line for Senor Sisig. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy grabbed a bite to eat at \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/23/theres-a-new-food-truck-on-the-block-vesta-flatbread/\">Vesta Flatbread\u003c/a> -- she had been showing great discipline up until now -- and ordered up their vegetarian dish with carrot hazelnut pate, labne, beet salad, and of course, their delicious flatbread made right in their truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/vegetarian-mezze-vesta5601.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33651\" title=\"Vesta Flatbread Vegetarian Mezze. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/vegetarian-mezze-vesta5601.jpg\" alt=\"Vesta Flatbread Vegetarian Mezze. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/vesta-flatbread400.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33620\" title=\"Making Vesta Flatbread on truck. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/vesta-flatbread400.jpg\" alt=\"Making Vesta Flatbread on truck. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"400\" height=\"598\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We said hello to Steven Gdula of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/07/gobba-gobba-hey/\">Gobba Gobba Hey\u003c/a>, who had his new cookbook and cool Indian-inspired Ganesh t-shirt for sale along with his fantastic treats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/gobbagobbahey560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33644\" title=\"Gobba Gobba Hey. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/gobbagobbahey560.jpg\" alt=\"Gobba Gobba Hey. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We also popped by to chat with Ryan Farr of \u003ca href=\"http://www.4505meats.com/\">4505 Meats\u003c/a>, who showed us his fresh-off-the-presses galley copy of his new cookbook that's due out in November. He was slapping cheese on his burgers in rapid fire -- \"it's like dealing cards\" -- while extolling the virtues of his immensely popular \"bacon-studded hot dog on a stick.\" Ryan serves up these crowd-pleasers at festivals because, \"Who doesn't love food on a stick?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/ryan-farr-4505-560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33664\" title=\"Ryan Farr with his new book Whole Beast Butchery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/ryan-farr-4505-560.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Farr with his new book Whole Beast Butchery. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/ryan-farr-meatonstick-4001.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33631\" title=\"4505 Meats - Meat on a Stick - Ryan Farr. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/ryan-farr-meatonstick-4001.jpg\" alt=\"4505 Meats - Meat on a Stick - Ryan Farr. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"400\" height=\"598\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was Iso Rabins' (\u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/\">ForageSF\u003c/a>) third time at Eat Real, but this year he decided to \"go for it\" and cook this year. Preparing food for \"over a thousand people was taking it to the next level\" (thus he'd had only 2 hours of sleep the night before), but he was thrilled with selling food made on the spot as opposed to pre-made goods in the craft market. Iso was serving up deep-fried smelt (which he personally deep-fried himself) because he \"loved bait fish such as mackerel, sardines and anchovies.\" A colleague told him that he was taking a risk with selling this unfamiliar fish, but he wanted to take a gamble and \"introduce people to new food.\" Iso flirted with the idea of calling them, \"fries with eyes,\" but thought it might be \"off-putting\" to the masses. (I think it would have worked like a charm, personally.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/iso-rabins560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33637\" title=\"Iso Rabins - founder of ForageSF. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/iso-rabins560.jpg\" alt=\"Iso Rabins - founder of ForageSF. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We took another food break and listened to part of the Q & A session with Heidi Kooy of \u003ca href=\"http://ittybittyfarminthecity.blogspot.com/\">The Itty Bitty Farm in the City\u003c/a>. Heidi and her husband have a contracting business, but they're also urban homesteaders in San Francisco who raise chickens, bees and goats -- one of which she was milking onstage as she answered questions from the audience. The other one was gamely allowing adoring fans to pet her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/goat-milking-demo560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33624\" title=\"Goat-Milking Demo. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/goat-milking-demo560.jpg\" alt=\"Goat-Milking Demo. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all of this gorging, did I have room to eat any more food? Apparently so. I'm a sucker for a good grilled cheese sandwich, so GBD (which stands for Golden Brown Delicious) was my last food order for the day. \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pointreyesfarmersmarket\">The Point Reyes Farmers' Market \u003c/a> was on the lookout for some prepared food vendors to augment their produce stands, and \u003ca href=\"http://osteriastellina.com/\">Osteria Stellina\u003c/a>'s chef-owner Christian Caiazzo thought grilled cheese sandwiches would be the perfect item. He knew there were plenty of great cheesemakers in Marin to source the main ingredient, such as \u003ca href=\"http://pointreyescheese.com/\">Pt. Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/\">Cowgirl Creamery\u003c/a>. The Eat Real edition of GBD grilled cheese sandwiches were made with Estera Gold cheese from \u003ca href=\"http://www.valleyfordcheeseco.com/\">Valley Ford Cheese Company\u003c/a> and generously brushed with butter from \u003ca href=\"http://www.strausfamilycreamery.com/\">Strauss Family Creamery\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://www.metropolisbaking.com/\">Metropolis Bakery \u003c/a>of Berkeley provided the delicious sourdough bread (normally Christian bakes his own bread, but he couldn't handle the volume required for the festival). I ordered the \"The Bill From Bo,\" the grilled cheese made with brisket prepared with beef from \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/dining/15goat.html\">BN Ranch\u003c/a>, Bill Niman's illustrious new company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/GBD560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33628\" title=\"GBD Osteria Stellina's chef-owner Christian Caiazzo on right. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/GBD560.jpg\" alt=\"GBD Osteria Stellina's chef-owner Christian Caiazzo on right. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/GBD-sandwich560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33629\" title=\"GBD sandwich. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/GBD-sandwich560.jpg\" alt=\"GBD sandwich. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy and I were ready to call it a day after over 5 hours of snacking and sampling (Shawn had already reached his crowd saturation point several hours earlier). On my way back to the bike valet, I realized I was a) terribly thirsty and b) passing by the opulent and vaudeville-esque booth belonging to \u003ca href=\"http://taylorstonics.com/\">Taylor's Tonics\u003c/a> of San Francisco and Santa Cruz. We stopped to talk with the nattily dressed Aaron Dolson, one of the co-founders, while his equally dapper partner Taylor Peck handed out samples and sold bottles of their \u003ca href=\"http://www.taylorstonics.com/chai_cola.html\">Chai Cola\u003c/a>. This was their first visit to Eat Real -- and it had been quite successful, as they had sold out of everything but their cola. Aaron's background included working with a raw juice co-op based in Eugene, Oregon, while Taylor was an experienced chai barista (read more about his \u003ca href=\"http://www.imbibemagazine.com/Characters-Taylor-Peck\">eclectic background here\u003c/a>) before they launched their successful enterprise. Aaron's a firm believer in the health benefits of tea and they use only natural ingredients in their drinks. They keep the sugar content low (and no high-fructose corn syrup), add medicinal herbs such as nettle and ginger, and use pasteurization and citric acid to preserve the drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tailors-tonics560.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33603\" title=\"Tailors Tonics. Photos: Wendy Goodfriend\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/tailors-tonics560.jpg\" alt=\"Tailors Tonics. Photos: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spicy, sparkling Chai Cola was a refreshing way to end the day, and I was ready to roll home -- literally and figuratively. Tired and sated, we bid farewell to the event until next year, when we'll be ready for another round of the East Bay Eat Real Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Check out BAB's Eat Real Fest slideshow to view more of the festivities.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/IMG_8025.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/IMG_8025.jpg\" alt=\"pie\" title=\"pie\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32901\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nWhen you spend time at the \u003ca href=\"http://threebabesbakeshop.com/\">Three Babes\u003c/a> kitchen in South San Francisco, you'll inevitably see a lot of pie. An employee is shaping dough, the mixers are whirring, a friend is making streusel, family members are slicing fruit, rap is playing from the ipod, and there's a certain controlled chaos that makes it feel like one big ol' pie party rather than an obligatory baking production. I went to interview the Three Babes to find out how the business started, how they got such a kick-start so early on, where they find inspiration, and what keeps them going as new business owners in an expensive and competitive city. What I found out: they're driven by late nights, a strong friendship and admiration for each other, close and supportive families, and heart. Lots of heart. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/babes-ingredients.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/babes-ingredients.jpg\" alt=\"ingredients\" title=\" ingredients\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32429\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Ingredient Prep at the Three Babes Kitchen\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anna Derivi-Castellanos, Lenore Estrada and Katrina Svoboda are the gals behind the booming pie business that specializes in a pie subscription service, deliveries, and fantastic pop-up cafe on Saturdays and Sunday as \u003ca href=\"http://stablecafe.com/\">Stable Cafe\u003c/a>. You'll also find them soon at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hocfarmersmarket.org/\">Civic Center Farmers' Market\u003c/a> on Wednesdays and Sundays. They're a busy bunch. Most strikingly, they're a busy bunch that just started the business in March of this year. March! They're gaining new pie customers and fans each day, and are making anywhere from 65-85 pies each week. That's a lot of pie for a company that's barely six months old. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I visited the kitchen on a Thursday evening in August, the babes were in full pie-baking mode. Lenore's family was having a big reunion that weekend, so her brother was in the kitchen helping along with a few friends. Lenore was whipping up a chocolate custard, stopping frequently to ask for taste-testers: \"Okay, what does this need? What does this need?\" She and Anna debated about whether to add honey or a little more sugar. This was all happening as Anna was preparing a simple staff meal of sausages on wheat rolls with sauerkraut. She cut them in half and laid them out for everyone, and in unspoken agreement, the kitchen stopped and everyone shared a bite to eat. Rolling pins down, knives down, mixers stopped. Anna said at first she was a little nervous about how to feed the kitchen, but now it's almost natural. She had to buy sausages for the week's savory pie as it was, so she just folded it in to the kitchen meal. It was important. They work together, they eat together, they tell stories and share jokes together. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/In-the-kitchen.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/In-the-kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"in the kitchen\" title=\"In the kitchen\" width=\"500\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32430\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Lenore, Anna, and Lenore and husband Cesar\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This teamwork and reliance on one another is really how the business began in the first place. Anna and Lenore have been friends since grade school in Stockton, CA, and Katrina and Lenore attended college together and went on to work at the same company. After a few years of struggling to feel at home in a career and feel truly happy with what she was doing, Lenore started thinking about pie. Anna had finished pastry school and had helped open a restaurant and Katrina had always been an avid baker and was blogging about food on the side. It seemed like good timing. The rest is history. Lenore decided to move from Boston to the Bay Area and begin working with the gals full-stride to help make the pie business a reality. Now, they just needed a name. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The girls decided on the name \"Three Babes Bakeshop\" over the phone. It had been quite a long process that involved three families, numerous friends, and one growing Google Doc. And a lot of head scratching. Finally, one day we just laid it all out and started fresh: \"What do we all have in common?\" we asked ourselves. To get the ideas rolling, the conversation started out with: \"Well, we're three babes who...\" That was it. A name had been cemented. If fit perfectly. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three women knew that they could make some mean pie, but they obviously needed somewhere to sell it. They pounded the pavement looking for a spot with good foot traffic that would allow them to sell their wares in some mutually beneficial arrangement. When they approached \u003ca href=\"http://stablecafe.com/\">Stable Cafe\u003c/a>, the timing was just right: they made arrangements to essentially lease out the shipping container in the garden/courtyard each weekend. Customers come and buy a slice of pie from The Babes, a cup of coffee at Stable, and everyone is happy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/threebabesmenu.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/threebabesmenu.jpg\" alt=\"three babes menu\" title=\"three babes menu\" width=\"500\" height=\"461\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32433\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Lenore with the Sunday menu\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I asked the gals why they chose pie, they mentioned how they grew up in Stockton constantly surrounded by fresh, seasonal fruit. \"We always knew we wanted to do something homey--something all-American. We thought for awhile about doing biscuits, but Anna's always been known for her pies and growing up we always had birthday pie instead of cake,\" Lenore said. Pie was just the obvious choice. Anna's great-grandfather was a pastry chef and Anna and her mom frequently bake pies together. Lenore's mom bakes as well, and Lenore began playing around in the kitchen when she was five.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So do they wish they had started with something easier and more cost effective like cupcakes? \"No way,\" Lenore answers. Looking around the kitchen at all of the beautiful figs that Lenore's dad had just picked that morning and her brother and husband were so carefully chopping -- you could see why. With their pies, they're paying homage to the seasons, to their families and where they came from, and to the one dessert that truly nourishes in a way that others just can't. What really struck me was the variety of pies and the fact that, with a few exceptions, they're all new flavors each week. This takes a great deal of planning, creativity, and innovation. When you're in the midst of building a business from the ground up, this isn't easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the rest is pie making history, then? Not really. Anna and Katrina both work full-time jobs, so Lenore and her younger sister do a lot of the daily errands, farmers' market runs and deliveries throughout the week. Anna tests and plans out the week's recipes in her (not so) free time and puts in long days Thursdays and Fridays transitioning from her day job into Babe baker at night. I asked Lenore and Anna how they keep each other going and if they ever look around and ask themselves, \"what are we doing?\" Do they ever have doubts?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my own business, \u003ca href=\"http://www.margebakery.com/\">Marge\u003c/a>, I've definitely had days, particularly after a difficult, rainy week without earning a profit, when I wonder why I'm not working a traditional job with great health benefits and reliable pay. Anna says she thinks about this issue frequently and there are moments when she suffers from a significant lack of sleep and wonders, \"Is this what I really want?\" But the answer always comes up with a resounding \"Yes.\" \"The cool thing is, it's up to you. I wouldn't have it any other way,\" she says. Anna's doing what she loves, working for herself, and getting to spend more time with Lenore in the kitchen. The two women haven't had the opportunity to really spend time together as adults in this way and their friendship just continues to grow and strengthen as they rely on each other not just as childhood friends but as adults, confidants, and business partners. Lenore agrees, noting \"The finances scare me, sure. But I actually don't have those 'what am I doing' moments. Even when we were staying up all night; I'm still so excited!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/threebabestable.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/threebabestable.jpg\" alt=\"three babes at stable\" title=\"three babes at stable\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32434\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Anna serving up pie at Stable Cafe\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what's up next? The gals are interested in having a storefront at some point and know that they can't live at Stable forever. They're constantly inspired by local bakers like Gillian from \u003ca href=\"http://www.blackjetbakingco.com/\">Black Jet Baking Company\u003c/a> who just secured a sweet kiosk in The Ferry Building. They find inspiration for pies from old Southern cookbooks and their mom's stash of family recipes. The week I visited, they were featuring a new Pink Lemonade Pie that was one of Lenore's mom's favorites. As written it was made with a can of pink lemonade and cool whip, so they knew that wasn't going to fly. They reworked the recipe to include mascarpone cream, fresh raspberries and plum pulp. It sold like crazy. On a sleepy Sunday morning, I tried the Lemon Lavender Custard with Green Figs and their signature Salty Walnut. The custard pie is perhaps the most perfect late summer pie: the figs were sweet and tender and the custard was oh-so-lightly scented with lavender and lemon. The Salty Walnut was heartier with plenty of chopped local walnuts and little-bit-gooey filling. Not too sweet like so many nut pies with the perfect amount of salt. I can see why there were so many regulars. The couple sitting next to me in the Stable courtyard recounted some of their favorites this past summer. So far, the winner was the Red, White, and Blue Pie the gals did for the Fourth of July although to come to this conclusion, there was some major debate: \"No remember that Berry Crumble one they did? Oh, wait what about that Lemony Custard?\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For these women the weeks start to run together. Weeks that are filled with slices of pie--a feeling the Three Babes can obviously relate to. But for The Babes, the pie flavors and the weeks don't so much run together as create a very full picture of a successful spring and summer that they're ready to grow from and build upon. As their production numbers keep rising and they question what their next move will be, they continue to make deliberate decisions in the kitchen not to grow too quickly. When I asked about saving time and using a sheeter instead of hand-rolling each pie, Lenore told me that just wasn't an option. It resulted in an inferior crust--something they're not willing to sacrifice for speed or greater production numbers. While they're looking ahead towards future opportunities, it's always with one foot firmly planted in place to remind them of the families that support them, the town that they came from, the farmers that supply their fruit, and the city the call now call home. From an outsider's point of view, regardless of the direction, it's looking bright and sunny for these women every which way. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This teamwork and reliance on one another is really how the business began in the first place. Anna and Lenore have been friends since grade school in Stockton, CA, and Katrina and Lenore attended college together and went on to work at the same company. After a few years of struggling to feel at home in a career and feel truly happy with what she was doing, Lenore started thinking about pie. Anna had finished pastry school and had helped open a restaurant and Katrina had always been an avid baker and was blogging about food on the side. It seemed like good timing. The rest is history. Lenore decided to move from Boston to the Bay Area and begin working with the gals full-stride to help make the pie business a reality. Now, they just needed a name. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The girls decided on the name \"Three Babes Bakeshop\" over the phone. It had been quite a long process that involved three families, numerous friends, and one growing Google Doc. And a lot of head scratching. Finally, one day we just laid it all out and started fresh: \"What do we all have in common?\" we asked ourselves. To get the ideas rolling, the conversation started out with: \"Well, we're three babes who...\" That was it. A name had been cemented. If fit perfectly. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three women knew that they could make some mean pie, but they obviously needed somewhere to sell it. They pounded the pavement looking for a spot with good foot traffic that would allow them to sell their wares in some mutually beneficial arrangement. When they approached \u003ca href=\"http://stablecafe.com/\">Stable Cafe\u003c/a>, the timing was just right: they made arrangements to essentially lease out the shipping container in the garden/courtyard each weekend. Customers come and buy a slice of pie from The Babes, a cup of coffee at Stable, and everyone is happy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/threebabesmenu.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/threebabesmenu.jpg\" alt=\"three babes menu\" title=\"three babes menu\" width=\"500\" height=\"461\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32433\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Lenore with the Sunday menu\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I asked the gals why they chose pie, they mentioned how they grew up in Stockton constantly surrounded by fresh, seasonal fruit. \"We always knew we wanted to do something homey--something all-American. We thought for awhile about doing biscuits, but Anna's always been known for her pies and growing up we always had birthday pie instead of cake,\" Lenore said. Pie was just the obvious choice. Anna's great-grandfather was a pastry chef and Anna and her mom frequently bake pies together. Lenore's mom bakes as well, and Lenore began playing around in the kitchen when she was five.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So do they wish they had started with something easier and more cost effective like cupcakes? \"No way,\" Lenore answers. Looking around the kitchen at all of the beautiful figs that Lenore's dad had just picked that morning and her brother and husband were so carefully chopping -- you could see why. With their pies, they're paying homage to the seasons, to their families and where they came from, and to the one dessert that truly nourishes in a way that others just can't. What really struck me was the variety of pies and the fact that, with a few exceptions, they're all new flavors each week. This takes a great deal of planning, creativity, and innovation. When you're in the midst of building a business from the ground up, this isn't easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the rest is pie making history, then? Not really. Anna and Katrina both work full-time jobs, so Lenore and her younger sister do a lot of the daily errands, farmers' market runs and deliveries throughout the week. Anna tests and plans out the week's recipes in her (not so) free time and puts in long days Thursdays and Fridays transitioning from her day job into Babe baker at night. I asked Lenore and Anna how they keep each other going and if they ever look around and ask themselves, \"what are we doing?\" Do they ever have doubts?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my own business, \u003ca href=\"http://www.margebakery.com/\">Marge\u003c/a>, I've definitely had days, particularly after a difficult, rainy week without earning a profit, when I wonder why I'm not working a traditional job with great health benefits and reliable pay. Anna says she thinks about this issue frequently and there are moments when she suffers from a significant lack of sleep and wonders, \"Is this what I really want?\" But the answer always comes up with a resounding \"Yes.\" \"The cool thing is, it's up to you. I wouldn't have it any other way,\" she says. Anna's doing what she loves, working for herself, and getting to spend more time with Lenore in the kitchen. The two women haven't had the opportunity to really spend time together as adults in this way and their friendship just continues to grow and strengthen as they rely on each other not just as childhood friends but as adults, confidants, and business partners. Lenore agrees, noting \"The finances scare me, sure. But I actually don't have those 'what am I doing' moments. Even when we were staying up all night; I'm still so excited!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/threebabestable.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/threebabestable.jpg\" alt=\"three babes at stable\" title=\"three babes at stable\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32434\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Anna serving up pie at Stable Cafe\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what's up next? The gals are interested in having a storefront at some point and know that they can't live at Stable forever. They're constantly inspired by local bakers like Gillian from \u003ca href=\"http://www.blackjetbakingco.com/\">Black Jet Baking Company\u003c/a> who just secured a sweet kiosk in The Ferry Building. They find inspiration for pies from old Southern cookbooks and their mom's stash of family recipes. 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So far, the winner was the Red, White, and Blue Pie the gals did for the Fourth of July although to come to this conclusion, there was some major debate: \"No remember that Berry Crumble one they did? Oh, wait what about that Lemony Custard?\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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We also have Lemongrass Chicken and Vietnamese tacos, which are like a banh mi in your hand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We also work with \u003ca href=\"http://www.leboulanger.com/\">Le Boulanger\u003c/a> to have our bread baked especially for us from a recipe I worked really hard on.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/deli-banh-mi.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/09/deli-banh-mi.jpg\" alt=\"Deli Banh Mi sandwich. Photo courtesy of Nom Nom Truck\" title=\"Deli Banh Mi sandwich. 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People here understand and appreciate our values towards supporting local farms, ranches and dairies, even if this means our products can't be dirt cheap. For us, feeding others is an act of love, and the exchange we have with customers is important. Bay area folks are willing to try new things and explore, they are curious and open-minded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. What have been the highlights of being a small business owner in the Bay Area thus far?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nBecoming part of the vibrant street food and farmers market community. Since becoming mobile vendors we have been able to meet so many wonderful, dedicated and creative people from all aspects of the food business, talk to farmers about their production, learn about their work and challenges and have a much broader understanding of the processes that bring food to the table.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n4. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/woman-eating-crowd560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/woman-eating-crowd560.jpg\" alt=\"The crowds came out for the San Francisco Street Food Festival. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"The crowds came out for the San Francisco Street Food Festival. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32047\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>A sea of humanity at the San Francisco Street Food Festival.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>All Photos: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/wendy-goodfriend/\">Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This writer can report that the weather was beautiful and balmy, the crowds came out in force and the cooks -- heck, let's give 'em credit where credit is due and call 'em chefs -- worked their asses off to turn out mobile food for the masses in the Mission last Saturday at the third annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfstreetfoodfest.com/\">San Francisco Street Food Festival\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 70 trucks, carts and purveyors served up street eats with a smile at the event organized by the nonprofit neighborhood fixture \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacocinasf.org/\">La Cocina\u003c/a>. Booze stations for those over 21 (separated from the main attractions by ugly chain-link fencing) also saw steady traffic at the fundraising event that spanned a strip of Folsom Street between 22nd and 26th Streets, which was closed to cars for the eight-hour-long festivities. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/21-and-over560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/21-and-over560.jpg\" alt=\"The 21+ crowd kicking back spirits were separated from the rest of the festival goers by chain-link fencing. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"The 21+ crowd kicking back spirits were separated from the rest of the festival goers by chain-link fencing. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32039\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The 21+ crowd kicking back spirits separate from the rest of the festival goers. \u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you could have predicted all that, right? What's impressive about La Cocina, the little incubator kitchen that could, is that in six short years the program, sponsored by Wells Fargo and others, has worked with more than 60 budding food businesses, most started by low-income immigrant women of color. Around 30 have gone through the group's incubator program, 10 have graduated and sell their products in markets, stores and online, and coming this fall one will open its very own brick-and-mortar joint. Not too shabby, hey?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/chaac-mool-yucatecan560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/chaac-mool-yucatecan560.jpg\" alt=\"Chaac Mool - Yucatecan Cuisine. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Chaac Mool - Yucatecan Cuisine. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32057\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The Chaac Mool crew making tortillas for the day.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that folks is what this street food celebration is really all about, as far as La Cocina executive director \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacocinasf.org/about-la-cocina/staff/\">Caleb Zigas\u003c/a> is concerned. \"For many of the people we work with, serving street food is the only avenue afforded them to make a living,\" said Zigas, who led a pre-event press tour of vendors on Saturday. \"It's a gateway to running a brick-and-mortar business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/caleb-lam-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/caleb-lam-560.jpg\" alt=\"Francis Lam and Caleb Zigas. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Francis Lam and Caleb Zigas. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32037\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Francis Lam listens up during Caleb Zigas' media tour at the festival.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/Francis_Lam\">Food writer Francis Lam\u003c/a> agreed. Lam is in town from New York to talk mobile food matters at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacocinasf.org/workshops/nationalstreetfoodconferenc/\">National Street Food Conference\u003c/a>, which ends today at Fort Mason Center. He attended Saturday's festivities to get his fill of SF curbside chow like everyone else. (The man is seriously in love with local fruit too. He showed up at the media walk-through clutching a baggie holding two perfect plums. Breakfast.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For consumers, street eats can signal an exotic outing, an edible adventure, or a search for authentic food, noted Lam, an editor at \u003ca href=\"http://www.gilttaste.com/stories\">Gilt Taste\u003c/a>, who has covered the mobile food phenomenon in previous gigs with \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/author/francis_lam/index.html\">Salon\u003c/a> and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gourmet.com/profiles/francis_lam/search?contributorName=Francis%20Lam\">Gourmet\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. But for the vendors, selling street food may not be something they've dreamed of doing all their life, it may be the only work they can do to survive, he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the appeal of street food, Lam added, is that it's really home cooking --not fancy-pants restaurant cuisine or food served up as entertainment -- taken out of the intimacy of the home setting into the public sphere, where consumers can interact directly with the people who make it (not to mention folks in line to order.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/azalinas-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/azalinas-560.jpg\" alt=\"Azalinas booth at San Francisco Street Food Festival. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Azalinas booth at San Francisco Street Food Festival. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32049\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Azalina's Curry Bomb Buns proved popular at the street food festival.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Case in point: Fifth generation street eats seller \u003ca href=\"http://www.azalinas.com/\">Azalina Eusope\u003c/a>. From Penang, Malaysia, Eusope knew mobile food was a tough way to make money and longed to be a lawyer but couldn't afford to go to law school. The legal profession's loss is the culinary world's gain: Eusope won a scholarship to attend cooking school at Raffles Hotel in Singapore, before finding her way to San Francisco, where her spicy street eats and sweet end notes earn rave reviews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cookbook author and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.saveur.com/\">Saveur\u003c/a>\u003c/em> contributor \u003ca href=\"http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/\">Andrea Nguyen\u003c/a> summed up street eats in 5 Cs at Sunday's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfstreetfoodfest.com/conference.php\">conference panel on writing about street food\u003c/a>. Think cuisine, culture, craftsmanship, community and conversation -- to which I would add cash (for vendors) and cheap (for consumers). An aside: People will turn out in the thousands to nosh on curbside chow for under 8 dollars. But when asked to plunk down 50 bucks to hear experts weigh in on the subject on a Sunday afternoon there were far fewer takers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/icecreamvendor560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/icecreamvendor560.jpg\" alt=\"Street Food Ice Cream Vendor. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Street Food Ice Cream Vendor. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32064\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>An under-the-social-media-radar street food vendor.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was talk at the conference too (suspect more today on this matter) about the growing tension between old-time roving food vendors, often immigrants with no access to social media networks, being displaced by the D.I.Y., Twitter-savvy, younger generation of food hawkers, who enter into the nomadic food world with business plans, financial backing and role models.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/3twins-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/3twins-560.jpg\" alt=\"Three Twins Ice Cream guys. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Three Twins Ice Cream guys. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32038\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong> The Twitterific crowd include purveyors like the Three Twins Ice Cream guys.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the festival itself: For those grumbling about the presence of brick-and-mortar businesses like \u003ca href=\"http://www.outthedoors.com/\">Out the Door\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.flourandwater.com/\">Flour + Water\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.commonwealthsf.com/\">Commonwealth\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://oshathai.com/\">Osha\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://berettasf.com/\">Beretta\u003c/a>, Zigas was quick to note that all came from modest, start-up backgrounds and were included in the mix because they represent success stories newcomers can aspire to, whether it's Charlie Phan's family-run restaurant empire, which includes Out the Door, or the sisters who started the growing Osha chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/osha-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/osha-560.jpg\" alt=\"Osha Thai Restaurant. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Osha Thai Restaurant. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32043\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Osha Thai Restaurant crew ready to serve the masses on Saturday.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The downside of the day: Can this reporter state for the record that she doesn't believe in standing in long queues in hot sun waiting to sample global grub on the go, no matter how transformative and tasty these morsels may be? She may well be in the minority on that matter, given the snaking lines for \u003ca href=\"http://pinxcatering.com/\">sweet potato waffles at Pinx\u003c/a>. Impressive lines formed for \u003cem>arepas\u003c/em>, a kind of corn pancake, from \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/22/dining/22VEND.html\">The Arepa Lady\u003c/a>, a former Colombian judge named Maria Piedad Cano who is something of a street eats legend in New York. Ditto at many, many other food booths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/arepa-lady560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/arepa-lady560.jpg\" alt=\"The Arepa Lady - Maria Piedad Cano from NYC. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"The The Arepa Lady - Maria Piedad Cano from NYC. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32040\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The Arepa Lady - Maria Piedad Cano of New York City - one of six visiting vendors on the day.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, this writer would much rather roll up to a truck's regular spot or stumble upon a cart somewhere new and find something satisfying to eat without having to queue like some half-starved Soviet in a bread line. Just saying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A long line, too, to secure pre-ordered passports: What's with that? In the Internet age folks should be able to show up with tix in hand, not wait on the day, surely. But I'd been warned and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/18/san-francisco-street-food-festival-veg-friendly-eats/\">warned readers too\u003c/a> about the need to queue for food and folks who attended the previous two festivals (deemed a bit messy even by Zigas) agreed that things ran more smoothly last Saturday. Still, the area got so congested by mid-afternoon (crowd estimates around the 50,000 mark for the day's event) that organizers are toying with a Mission Bay location for future events, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011/08/street_food_festival_might_lea.php#more\">SFoodie reports today\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/crowds560a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/crowds560a.jpg\" alt=\"The afternoon crowds at the San Francisco Street Food Festival. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"The afternoon crowds at the San Francisco Street Food Festival. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32055\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The crowds kept coming all day long. Did we mention the throng? \u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On occasions like these I'm grateful that media get a chance to sample early and first; methinks the same courtesy might be offered to neighborhood residents within a block or two of the event. Friends who live in spitting distance have never actually eaten at the festival; they've gotten too impatient and hungry to hang around. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same was true around lunchtime on Saturday when a ravenous gang decided to ditch the moveable feast fare in favor of a regular restaurant on Valencia Street where good grub could be had without a wait. On the way some of us, saturated with salt early in the day and feeling thirsty, snagged \u003cem>agua frescas\u003c/em> from savvy store owners and the unTwitterific street food vendors who set up modest tables or stands to catch the overflow crowd. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talk about entrepreneurial spirit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somehow I think Zigas and the rest of the La Cocina crew would approve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Related Stories:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/22/2011-san-francisco-street-food-festival-slideshow/\">2011 San Francisco Street Food Festival Slideshow\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/08/25/at-san-francisco-street-food-conference-entrepeneurs-talk-about-the-biz/\">At San Francisco Street Food Conference, Attendees Talk Food Trucks\u003c/a> (KQED's News Fix)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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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/24/2011/08/chaac-mool-yucatecan560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/chaac-mool-yucatecan560.jpg\" alt=\"Chaac Mool - Yucatecan Cuisine. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Chaac Mool - Yucatecan Cuisine. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32057\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The Chaac Mool crew making tortillas for the day.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that folks is what this street food celebration is really all about, as far as La Cocina executive director \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacocinasf.org/about-la-cocina/staff/\">Caleb Zigas\u003c/a> is concerned. \"For many of the people we work with, serving street food is the only avenue afforded them to make a living,\" said Zigas, who led a pre-event press tour of vendors on Saturday. \"It's a gateway to running a brick-and-mortar business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/caleb-lam-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/caleb-lam-560.jpg\" alt=\"Francis Lam and Caleb Zigas. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Francis Lam and Caleb Zigas. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32037\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Francis Lam listens up during Caleb Zigas' media tour at the festival.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/Francis_Lam\">Food writer Francis Lam\u003c/a> agreed. Lam is in town from New York to talk mobile food matters at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacocinasf.org/workshops/nationalstreetfoodconferenc/\">National Street Food Conference\u003c/a>, which ends today at Fort Mason Center. He attended Saturday's festivities to get his fill of SF curbside chow like everyone else. (The man is seriously in love with local fruit too. He showed up at the media walk-through clutching a baggie holding two perfect plums. Breakfast.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For consumers, street eats can signal an exotic outing, an edible adventure, or a search for authentic food, noted Lam, an editor at \u003ca href=\"http://www.gilttaste.com/stories\">Gilt Taste\u003c/a>, who has covered the mobile food phenomenon in previous gigs with \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/author/francis_lam/index.html\">Salon\u003c/a> and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gourmet.com/profiles/francis_lam/search?contributorName=Francis%20Lam\">Gourmet\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. But for the vendors, selling street food may not be something they've dreamed of doing all their life, it may be the only work they can do to survive, he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the appeal of street food, Lam added, is that it's really home cooking --not fancy-pants restaurant cuisine or food served up as entertainment -- taken out of the intimacy of the home setting into the public sphere, where consumers can interact directly with the people who make it (not to mention folks in line to order.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/azalinas-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/azalinas-560.jpg\" alt=\"Azalinas booth at San Francisco Street Food Festival. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Azalinas booth at San Francisco Street Food Festival. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32049\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Azalina's Curry Bomb Buns proved popular at the street food festival.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Case in point: Fifth generation street eats seller \u003ca href=\"http://www.azalinas.com/\">Azalina Eusope\u003c/a>. From Penang, Malaysia, Eusope knew mobile food was a tough way to make money and longed to be a lawyer but couldn't afford to go to law school. The legal profession's loss is the culinary world's gain: Eusope won a scholarship to attend cooking school at Raffles Hotel in Singapore, before finding her way to San Francisco, where her spicy street eats and sweet end notes earn rave reviews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cookbook author and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.saveur.com/\">Saveur\u003c/a>\u003c/em> contributor \u003ca href=\"http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/\">Andrea Nguyen\u003c/a> summed up street eats in 5 Cs at Sunday's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfstreetfoodfest.com/conference.php\">conference panel on writing about street food\u003c/a>. Think cuisine, culture, craftsmanship, community and conversation -- to which I would add cash (for vendors) and cheap (for consumers). An aside: People will turn out in the thousands to nosh on curbside chow for under 8 dollars. But when asked to plunk down 50 bucks to hear experts weigh in on the subject on a Sunday afternoon there were far fewer takers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/icecreamvendor560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/icecreamvendor560.jpg\" alt=\"Street Food Ice Cream Vendor. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Street Food Ice Cream Vendor. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32064\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>An under-the-social-media-radar street food vendor.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was talk at the conference too (suspect more today on this matter) about the growing tension between old-time roving food vendors, often immigrants with no access to social media networks, being displaced by the D.I.Y., Twitter-savvy, younger generation of food hawkers, who enter into the nomadic food world with business plans, financial backing and role models.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/3twins-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/3twins-560.jpg\" alt=\"Three Twins Ice Cream guys. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Three Twins Ice Cream guys. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32038\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong> The Twitterific crowd include purveyors like the Three Twins Ice Cream guys.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the festival itself: For those grumbling about the presence of brick-and-mortar businesses like \u003ca href=\"http://www.outthedoors.com/\">Out the Door\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.flourandwater.com/\">Flour + Water\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.commonwealthsf.com/\">Commonwealth\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://oshathai.com/\">Osha\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://berettasf.com/\">Beretta\u003c/a>, Zigas was quick to note that all came from modest, start-up backgrounds and were included in the mix because they represent success stories newcomers can aspire to, whether it's Charlie Phan's family-run restaurant empire, which includes Out the Door, or the sisters who started the growing Osha chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/osha-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/osha-560.jpg\" alt=\"Osha Thai Restaurant. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Osha Thai Restaurant. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32043\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Osha Thai Restaurant crew ready to serve the masses on Saturday.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The downside of the day: Can this reporter state for the record that she doesn't believe in standing in long queues in hot sun waiting to sample global grub on the go, no matter how transformative and tasty these morsels may be? She may well be in the minority on that matter, given the snaking lines for \u003ca href=\"http://pinxcatering.com/\">sweet potato waffles at Pinx\u003c/a>. Impressive lines formed for \u003cem>arepas\u003c/em>, a kind of corn pancake, from \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/22/dining/22VEND.html\">The Arepa Lady\u003c/a>, a former Colombian judge named Maria Piedad Cano who is something of a street eats legend in New York. Ditto at many, many other food booths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/arepa-lady560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/arepa-lady560.jpg\" alt=\"The Arepa Lady - Maria Piedad Cano from NYC. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"The The Arepa Lady - Maria Piedad Cano from NYC. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32040\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The Arepa Lady - Maria Piedad Cano of New York City - one of six visiting vendors on the day.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, this writer would much rather roll up to a truck's regular spot or stumble upon a cart somewhere new and find something satisfying to eat without having to queue like some half-starved Soviet in a bread line. Just saying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A long line, too, to secure pre-ordered passports: What's with that? In the Internet age folks should be able to show up with tix in hand, not wait on the day, surely. But I'd been warned and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/18/san-francisco-street-food-festival-veg-friendly-eats/\">warned readers too\u003c/a> about the need to queue for food and folks who attended the previous two festivals (deemed a bit messy even by Zigas) agreed that things ran more smoothly last Saturday. Still, the area got so congested by mid-afternoon (crowd estimates around the 50,000 mark for the day's event) that organizers are toying with a Mission Bay location for future events, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011/08/street_food_festival_might_lea.php#more\">SFoodie reports today\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/crowds560a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/08/crowds560a.jpg\" alt=\"The afternoon crowds at the San Francisco Street Food Festival. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"The afternoon crowds at the San Francisco Street Food Festival. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32055\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The crowds kept coming all day long. Did we mention the throng? \u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On occasions like these I'm grateful that media get a chance to sample early and first; methinks the same courtesy might be offered to neighborhood residents within a block or two of the event. Friends who live in spitting distance have never actually eaten at the festival; they've gotten too impatient and hungry to hang around. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same was true around lunchtime on Saturday when a ravenous gang decided to ditch the moveable feast fare in favor of a regular restaurant on Valencia Street where good grub could be had without a wait. On the way some of us, saturated with salt early in the day and feeling thirsty, snagged \u003cem>agua frescas\u003c/em> from savvy store owners and the unTwitterific street food vendors who set up modest tables or stands to catch the overflow crowd. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talk about entrepreneurial spirit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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