Cookbook Review: Kondo’s Coastal Harvest: Fish – Forage – Feast
Taku Kondo’s cookbook offers an outdoorsman’s-slash-sushi chef’s approach to food and cooking. It’s high-spirited, perfect for anyone considering preparing fish and seafood caught with their own hands. Exploring and enjoying the bounty of the American West Coast is a gift we all can benefit from.
Elegant, Every Day Recipes from Designer Peter Som
“Family Style,” Peter Som’s cookbook, radiates with innate spirit while casting an eye to his upbringing in Northern California. Som grew up in the town I call home. (I discovered this in his headnote for Fresh Strawberry Pie with Chamomile Miso Graham Cracker Crust.) He understands the cultural power of crisp chicken skin and peak-season green beans. His recipes line up perfectly with how my family likes to eat.
Best Bites: 10 Places to Eat Now
Here are just a few restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area I visited in May. Perfect gribenes, a savory espresso tonic, fresh pupusas and more….
You Can Never Go Back: Californios Fails the Memory Test
The first time I visited San Francisco’s Californios in 2015, I left awed by chef Val Cantú’s flavors. After a recent visit, I left disappointed. What went wrong at the Michelin 2-star?
The Time for Compostable Cutlery is Now
Time for certified compostable knives, forks, spoons and straws made from sugarcane, coffee grounds and corn. And no toxic chemicals.
Three of San Francisco’s Best Burgers
In this weird moment, comfort food is making a comeback in plenty of places. I’ve got my eye on burgers. Beef burgers.
A Dad Cookbook from Che Fico Chef David Nayfeld
A family meal has to be delicious, it has to be cheap, and it has to be easy enough to cram into the time you have for cooking that night. So sayeth Che Fico Chef David Nayfeld, whose recipes make up a cookbook shared from his perspective as a dad.
Three Cookbooks to Make Pizza at Home
Three pizza cookbooks. Three different approaches to make the most of Pizza Night.
The Taste of Mendocino: Elk’s Harbor House & Greenwood Restaurant
What does Mendocino taste like? If pressed to define the essence of this rugged scrap of land in California’s northern reaches, do your senses evoke cypress and bay trees? Cow manure? Fog and salt water? The region’s climatic distinctions are not lost on Chef Matt Kammerer of Elk’s Harbor House, a Michelin two-star restaurant.
Seasons of Greens Cookbook Refreshes a San Francisco Icon
A cookbook updates an iconic San Francisco restaurant’s vegetarian idyll with global flavors while honoring its farm-to-table roots.