… McGowan’s culinary career trajectory isn’t typical by any means: Before honing her craft at the California Culinary Academy and Le Cordon Bleu San Francisco, she completed a degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology. After graduating from FIT, she worked as a regional sales representative at Levi Strauss, with territories in Iowa and Illinois. After moving to the Golden State, McGowan obtained yet another degree, this time at San Francisco State University where she received clinical psychology training to counsel disturbed and at-risk children. “I wanted a job that dealt with compassion and humanity,” she says.
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Cafe Colluci scheduled to soft open in larger nearby space on September 6th. A viewable injera making station is planned.
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“There are also plans afoot to produce their own tej (a wine made from honey) and tella (beer made from sorghum and teff) in a few months. They already have the oak barrels to age them in. Tefferi is working to create recipes for these libations incorporating gesho, the brewing hops she grows in Ethiopia that will add a subtle flavor to the drinks.”
Good To Eat Dumplings & Modern Taiwanese Cuisine, soft-opening hours Wed to Fri, 5-8:30pm. 1298 65th St., Emeryville. 510.922.9885. goodtoeatdumplings.com
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Our veggie of the day ($8.50) turned out to be an unfamiliar item, yam stems. I wasn’t prepared for their dark-green splendor. Yam stems don’t tenderize to the same extent that spinach does. But the cooks achieved a flavorful braise, finely wilting the stems and leaves. Someone in the kitchen knew exactly when to remove them from the flame.
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In San Francisco, Kenny Belov is the owner of TwoXSea and is working on building the city’s anchovy market. Through his process, restaurants are able to get fresh anchovies two hours after they’re caught and on the menu that day.
Saturday, August 20 from 11 am -3 pm
SF Chinatown Dumpling Festival 2022
$15
House of Dim Sum – 735 Jackson Street. Food: Siu Mai and Little Steamer Bun
2. iCafe – 133 Waverly Place. Food: WonTon and Mochi
3.Chinatown Restaurant – 744 Washington Street. Food: Gold Fish Shrimp Dumpling
4. Metro Hong Kong Desert – 928 Stockton Street. Food: Vegetarian Dumpling and Chicken Wing
5. G & Y Bakery – 881 Clay Street. Food: French Toast and WonTon
6. Dim Sum Bistro – 675 Broadway. Food: Shrimp Dumpling and Siu Mai
7. Wendy and Moon Grocery – 1321A Powell Street. Food: Pork and Cabbage Dumpling and Tea Leaf Egg
8. Duk Hing Chinese Deli & Meat – 1151 Stockton. Food. Roasted Pork.
9. By Me Boab Tea – 22 Ross Alley. Drink: Fruit Tea and Pearl Milk Tea
10. Lady Luck Cafe – 956 Grand Avenue. Drink: Pearl Milk Tea.
11. Golden Gate Fortune Cookie
Cost: $15*
*$15 (plus fees makes it $17.55) for 15 items plus a drink
From Bloomberg:
“One of America’s Top Chefs Is Leaving His Three-Star Restaurant
David Kinch’s last day at Manresa in Silicon Valley will mark the end of an era.”
The ending era referred to is democratization of fine dining and huge kitchen staff to prep it. Fine dining headed to less formal, or ultra-high end only for wealthy.
… Now, longtime fans of OK’s Deli can savor their favorite sandwiches at its new brick-and-mortar at 3932 Telegraph Ave., in Oakland, starting Sept. 1. … People craved the Sichuan spiced Taiwanese-style fried chicken sandwich served on steamed sesame seed buns made from scratch. They lined up for the Spam banh mi and the cucumber and egg konbini, the latter with its chunky egg salad mixture on soft milk bread. …
Ok’s Deli
3932 Telegraph Ave. (near 40th Street and the MacArthur BART station)
Oakland
This is the 52-minute audio of Luke Tsai and other guests talking about restaurants and how they fit into their communities. The broadcast was on KQED FM 88.5 on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 with host Alexis Madrigal. Reem Assil called into the program about midway.
Jeweled Rice is displayed at Crisis Club Gallery (5887 San Pablo Ave., Oakland) through Sept. 25. The gallery is open Friday to Sunday from 2–7pm.Bademjoonamwill pop up on Sunday, Aug. 28, 3–7pm. Mishmish’s rescheduled pop-up will occur in September. Additional pop-ups will be announced on@KabobKidCrafts. Entry is free.
We still have a viable 1/4 Lb. Giant Burgers in Hayward, on Mission Boulevard near downtown. In fact, it just got renovated and the neon sign was spruced up.
The bill could herald an important step toward sectoral bargaining, in which workers and employers negotiate compensation and working conditions on an industrywide basis, as opposed to enterprise bargaining, in which workers negotiate with individual companies at individual locations.
