A Look Back at the Second Annual Good Food Awards


Updated 01/16/12 11:42 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 2 comments

Good Food Awards Pictures

Food artisans from around the country were honored at the second annual Good Food Awards, which celebrate American food producers, who enhance the country's agricultural landscape and help to build community. On Friday, we hit up the awards ceremony, where a veritable who's who of the food industry, from Alice Waters to Ruth Reichl, spoke to the importance of heirloom products, and where we had a Read more

Judging a Culinary Competition: It's Not as Easy as You Think


Updated 11/04/11 2:13 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Judging a Cooking Competition

I've always envied the chairman and all the judges on Iron Chef America. After all, who doesn't want to sit down to live entertainment and not one, but two, incredible dinners made by star chefs? Naturally, when I was recently approached to judge the Macy's Mystery Basket Battle in San Francisco, I couldn't say no. The event featured two local celebrity chefs, Staffan Terje from Perbacco and Read more

Star Chef Craig Stoll on Expansion, Favorite Eateries, and the State of Dining


Updated 08/29/11 12:20 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Delfina's New Chef Is Dylan Montano

It's hard to keep a restaurant that's been open over a decade perennially packed, but Craig Stoll makes it look easy. The chef-owner's flagship restaurant, Delfina, has been open for 13 years, yet remains one of San Francisco's top dining destinations. Stoll and his wife, Annie, have a new Roman restaurant, Locanda, as well as two locations of the absurdly popular Pizzeria Delfina, which was Read more

How to Cook the Perfect Steak


Updated 08/26/11 11:59 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

How to Cook Steak

Before Summer is over, why not enjoy a piece of meat at its purest? I'm talking about a perfectly grilled steak! Grilling steak may seem like a no-brainer: you season it and throw it on the barbie, but with a little extra care you can take your steak-making skills to a whole new level. I asked Chef Mark Richardson, of Seasons, the restaurant at The Four Seasons in San Francisco, to show us how Read more

Scenes From the San Francisco Street Food Festival


Updated 08/22/11 4:48 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

SF Street Food Festival

This past weekend saw the third annual San Francisco Street Food Festival, a gathering of San Francisco's most sought-after street merchants, food trucks, and restaurants, organized by nonprofit incubator kitchen La Cocina. The occasion — "a celebration of vendors and entrepreneurship," according to the organization — helped increase awareness (and funds) for up-and-coming food businesses. Read more

Can You Match the San Francisco Chef to the Restaurant?


Updated 08/10/11 2:29 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

San Francisco Celebrity Chefs and Their Restaurants

What are you up to for the rest of this week? We'll be busy attending the third annual SF Chefs, a gathering of chefs, restaurateurs, and other individuals respected in the food industry. To get you excited for our upcoming coverage of the festival, I thought I'd quiz your knowledge of Fog City's top chefs and dining establishments. I'll name the celebrated chef, and I want you to try to guess Read more

Pairing Tea With Pastry at a Modern Pop-Up


Updated 07/06/11 9:22 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Pairing Tea With Pastry at San Francisco's Kettle Whistle Pop-Up

From community-conscious eatery Mission Street Food to Dale Talde's Bodega, pop-up shops — roving restaurants open only during select dates and times — have become all the rage. In fact, they're a dime a dozen, especially in food-centric metro areas like the San Francisco Bay Area. Last weekend, however, saw the debut of Kettle Whistle, a high tea service pop-up and a joint venture between a Read more

Tony Tuna Salad at Bar Jules


Updated 07/04/11 3:15 AM · Posted by OnSugar Blog · 0 comments

Bar Jules Preserved Tuna Sandwich

Tired of the same ol' lunch? Between the Bread offers some fodder for brown-bag inspiration with her review of one San Francisco restaurant's preserved tuna and piquillo sandwich. On several leisurely weekend afternoons, I've found myself at Bar Jules in Hayes Valley for lunch, and I'm never disappointed. I love the handful-and-a-half of simple brunch and lunch items; I love how the chalkboard Read more

Meet the Bill Burger, a Burger in a Hot Dog Bun!


Updated 07/06/11 9:44 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

The Olympic Club's Bill Burger

There are many famous burgers out there: the juicy Lucy, the Shake Shack burger, the In-N-Out Burger. But until recently, I had never heard of the Bill Burger. Famous in the golf world — it's found at San Francisco's Olympic Club — the Bill is a burger that's shaped like a hot dog and served in a hot dog bun. Read on to learn more about this all-American delicacy! Read more

A Day in the Life of Traci Des Jardins


Updated 06/27/11 9:55 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 0 comments

Traci Des Jardins Daily Life

Traci Des Jardins is a San Francisco based chef and restaurateur. She has three very different eateries: upscale Jardinière, Mexican Mijita, and ballpark-based Public House. Her fourth restaurant, Manzanita, is in Lake Tahoe at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. You may recognize Jardins from Top Chef Masters, where she made it to the final episode. Here is what she did yesterday, Sunday, June 26. 7:00 Read more