Twelve Interesting Christmas Food Traditions From Around the World
Were you aware that KFC is huge in Japan on Christmas Day?
Were you aware that KFC is huge in Japan on Christmas Day?
• Dungeness crab season is tentatively set to open Tuesday, with this year expected to be about as bountiful as last year. [Chron] • Plum Bar bartender Scott Beattie discusses the importance of measuring your cocktail ingredients. "The difference between...
We all say we want healthier food options, but we just keep on ordering Double Downs!
• This is what the former Ike's Place looks like now. [Uptown Almanac, Earlier] • The second of those behind-the-stove pieces from the Chron, this one in the kitchens of Coi and La Folie. [Chron, Earlier] • Hallmark Fisheries up...
Behold the Outback Bareback Steakwich and several other fictional, bread-free sandwiches that the Weekly's Photoshop Department came up with, inspired by the thoroughly blechtacular KFC Double Down. [SF Weekly]...
• Masa's recently reduced the prices of their multi-course tasting menus and added a $65 three-course option. [Eater] • The chefs at S.F.'s installment of Cochon 555, which is coming up on June 6, are paired with their pigs. [SFoodie]...
• The Times today covers the cult appeal of raw whiskey, otherwise known as white dog. For once, the Chron got to something first. [NYT] • Are empanadas the new cupcake? [Food Gal] • Chef "family trees" and which Bay...
• Dwayne Kerry Morgan, the 43-year-old Oakland man who was busted for dining and dashing in Marin, got sentenced to 75 days. [Oakland Tribune] • SF's new anti-smoking rules, which include restaurant patios, took effect over the weekend. [NBC Bay...
• The Chron just launched a new food column called 'The Breakaway Cook' by Marin County food writer Eric Gower. [Chron] • Is the KFC Double Down the new Burger King Quad Stacker? [Uptown Almanac] • Michael Bauer is heading...
• Correction: Barbacco will not be making use of those many hundreds of wine glasses just yet; they're only open for lunch, starting today, until the liquor license arrives. [SFoodie, Thrillist] • The Chron delves into chef Michael Psilakis' "personal...
• Aziza chef-owner Mourad Lahlou is about to make it big, with his upcoming cookbook and PBS series and his recently acquired Michelin star and Iron Chef victory. [SF Chronicle] • Amazon may get rid of its wine-selling business after...
• A Redwood City startup tracks food sources, labeling produce with stickers indicating its origin. [SF Gate] • Dates are expensive, but you can still do romantic stuff on the cheap, like meeting for a beer on a Wednesday. [SF...