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The Ten Hottest Italian Restaurants in San Francisco
Over the past few years, a host of new restaurants has returned to the roots of regional Italian cooking. Here are our favorites.
05.29.08
- Keywords
- laura fraser,
- restaurant notes,
- san francisco,
- italian
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Blue Bottle Café
Blue Bottle Coffee has a radical cult following. Its beans (which are organic, pesticide-free, and shade-grown) are superbly roasted in small batches.
02.07.08
- Keywords
- peggy knickerbocker,
- first taste,
- san francisco,
- beverage
wine + spirits + beer
First Sips: Terroir Natural Wine Merchant
"A less convenient place for a wine bar I can't even imagine," my friend Richard said when I told him about Terroir.
01.15.08
- Keywords
- wine,
- san francisco,
- shopping,
- bars
chefs + restaurants
America’s Best Farm-to-Table Restaurants: Menu Changes Daily/Often
July 2008
- Keywords
- restaurants,
- farm-to-table restaurants,
- santa fe,
- san francisco,
- atlanta
chefs + restaurants
America’s Best Farm-to-Table Restaurants: Local Pioneers
When many chefs were still sitting in their high chairs, Alice Waters was begging farmers to grow special produce for her restaurant.
July 2008
food + cooking
It Takes a Lot of Bread to Make Bread
It always seems to me that while food lovers wildly applaud the idea of raw organic foods and artisanal products they grumble just as loudly about the price.
08.13.07
food + cooking
Running Into an Old Flame
A chef at Chez Panisse offers to make paella for anyone with access to an outdoor fire.
08.01.07
- Keywords
- peggy knickerbocker,
- san francisco,
- spanish,
- seafood,
- poultry
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Nick's Cove
It’s a destination to city and Marin County types and to
locals who are showing up for the bar scene and food.
08.01.07
- Keywords
- first taste,
- san francisco,
- peggy knickerbocker,
- seafood
food + cooking
Cooking Asian in the Napa Valley
07.25.07
- Keywords
- peggy knickerbocker,
- asian,
- san francisco,
- california,
- wine
food politics
Slow Food Festival Fires Up
Alice Waters announced a huge public celebration to be held in San Francisco next May 1-4 (that's 2008), to be called Slow Food Nation.
05.15.07
- Keywords
- peggy knickerbocker,
- cookbooks,
- san francisco,
- slow food,
- alice waters