Eat Your Flowers: Edible Blossoms Are Trending All Over
From Coi to RN74, everyone's using flowers these days as more than just garnish.
Also, the A16 and RN74 chefs are trading kitchens for April Fool's Day.
Also she admits to there being one legitimate use of Velveeta in the world, and it's in that burrito.
One of the nation's leading barmen joins Michael Mina's crew... and other booze news.
The sommelier submits to the SF Diet.
The international travel mag blesses NYC and S.F. restaurants in a new listicle, but ignores all other American cities.
It turns out the Olympic figure skater turned Food Network star is a big fan of Tommaso's, La Folie, and RN74. JetBlue's new San Francisco blog has the details on the rest of Boitano's haunts, including where he gets his...
A phone message states that Aqua is closed "temporarily," but we suspect a longer closure and complete re-concepting.
Jonathan Kauffman finds that "one noontime hot dog seems to keep a gut humming until dinnertime." While that's never been the case for us (Are we gluttons? Don't answer that.), we're happy he's provided a nice guide to the city's...
Rumor has it Michael Mina at the St. Francis will shutter at month's end.
• Joe Eskenazi reports on the perennially precarious position Louis' Restaurant has been in, sitting on federal land out by the former Sutro Baths. [SF Weekly] • A quick tour of Andrew Paul Nelson's intense Spanish wine list at Contigo....
• Michael Mina is considering cloning RN74 in downtown Seattle. [SFoodie] • An obvious answer for making cheap American wines better: we should do more blends. [Gray Market Report] • Everything is wrong with Fillmore Mexican Grill, starting with the...
Some familiar notables of 2009 like Beard nominees Frances, RN74, and Flour + Water are predictable additions; new deletions include Fonda, Kokkari, and Ton Kiang.
San Francisco got beat out L.A. in the Best Chef: Pacific category with three out of the five finalists, and Boulevard lands in the Outstanding Restaurant category.
As his food diary shows, the Chron's stalwart restaurant critic doesn't even eat breakfast at home.