"Sure, athletes have tryouts, and actors have auditions. A stage is both. It lasts many hours, is physically and mentally draining... It's the culinary equivalent of getting jumped into a gang." — Richie Nakano, sous at NOPA and a.k.a. Linecook,...
Watch how to properly shake a drink and extract the pint glass, as well as how to muddle and make twists.
• In response to the Angostura shortage, Neyah White at NOPA unveils five new house-made batches of bitters to flavor your Manhattan, including Birch Beer Bitters, and Panhandle Bitters with eucalyptus, lavender, and mint. [OH Group] • Pim Techamuanvivit of...
Unrest in Trinidad results in a bitters shortage in the U.S.
What Bay Area servers are sick of serving.
A potential strike at the Angostura facility in Trinidad threatened to create a bitters drought.
This was the year of the portable restaurant, but it was also the year of biodynamic wine, D.I.Y. canning, and farmers' market cocktails.
• The organic, local, virtuous food movement still hasn't figured out how to include poor people or benefit workers. [SFBG] • Some restaurants, like NOPA, capture the "soul" of their neighborhoods. [Between Meals/SF Gate] • Thieves who broke into an...
Follow the Apple Farm's Philo Golds from the orchard to the restaurant table in our new feature.
Admire 25 of the city's most important hamburgers, right here in one place.
