Jalapeño Girl

Dirty Words: Litquake's Tribute to SMUT!

I'm catering some naughty eats for Litquake on Sunday, August 3rd. Text below is directly from Litquake.
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Sexiness! Ribaldry! Corsets! Books! All for $25.00 with two drinks included!!!

Starring: *Daniel Handler * Ellen Sussman * Michelle Richmond * Helena Echlin * Stephen Elliot * Kirk Read + a fashion show featuring corsets from Stormy Leather and some naughty fun with the Twilight Vixen Review

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Litquake season is coming up, and this is our last fundraiser of the year. So, we want you to come join us at CELLspace on August 3 for Dirty Words: Litquake’s Tribute to Smut.

It will be a giddy Sunday night homage to titillation and obscenity starring Daniel Handler (as himself rather than alter ego Lemony Snicket, reading from Watch Your Mouth, a dirty little comic novel), Ellen Sussman (editor of Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex), Michelle Richmond (author of No One You Know), Kim Addonizio (My Dreams Out in the Street), Helena Echlin (charmer of snakes and author of Gone), and Stephen Elliot (author of My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up and editor of Sex for America).

Emcee Kirk Read (creator of performance piece This Is the Thing and author of How I Learned to Snap) will be on hand to keep things spicy. SOMA-based Stormy Leather will present a naughty fashion show with the buxom and beautiful gals from Twilight Vixen Review doing cabaret and burlesque.

What more do you need?

What: Dirty Words: Litquake’s Tribute to Smut
When: Sunday, August 3 – Doors open at 7 p.m.; readings and show begin at 8 p.m.
Where: CELLspace 2050 Bryant Street (between 18th and 19th streets), San Francisco
Tickets: $25.00 admission includes two drinks and light refreshments; in addition, alcohol will be available for purchase during the evening. Tickets available online at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/38342. Tickets also available at the door. 21 and over.

Special support from Distillery No. 209, Vine Connections, and Flora Grubb Gardens.

Wine.Dine.Donate SF benefit on July 30

Not sure I'll be attending, but this sounds like a worthwhile cause. If you've got the coin.

--Help Feed Thousands By Attending Epicurious.com's Special Farm-To-Table Event--

Join Tanya Steel, editor-in-chief of Epicurious.com, celebrated chefs, and select local farmers and purveyors for an evening of fine wine, delicious farm-fresh creations, and the company of your fellow foodies. Your ticket price will help feed the hungry as proceeds from these events benefit America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest network of food banks.

Wednesday, July 30th
ACME Chophouse with Chef Traci Des Jardins and Citizen Cake's Elizabeth Falkner

Address: 24 Willie Mays Plaza
Time: 6:15 reception, 7:15 dinner
Price: $125

Go to Epicurious.com for more information and to buy tickets

Homemade Habanero Salsa

On a recent morning, my chef brother Josh treated us to some homemade breakfast burritos. We were staying at his place in Benicia to visit relatives in from New Zealand. It was a zippy, filling, tasty way to start the day. I almost forgot the tweaks in my body from sleeping on an air mattress for five straight nights. Staycation never tasted so good.

According to Josh, "The salsa is pretty simple:

-Vine ripened tomatoes
-Red onion
Saute these two with a small pinch of sugar and some salt 'til soft.

-Roasted red bell pepper
-Roasted habanero
-garlic
Puree in a blender and fold in chopped cilantro."

Note the U.S. salmonella scare continues to grow, so be sure your ingredients are from a safe source.

Party Time: Meatpaper & Gastronomica present...

Meatpaper and Gastronomica, two independent-minded magazines exploring the intersections of food and culture, invite you to celebrate the publication of their summer issues with a lively evening of artistic food and food-centric art at Perbacco Restaurant in downtown San Francisco. This event will feature tastings from local chefs, as well as cocktails, an art exhibition, and live music.

WHEN:
Sunday, July 20th
6pm to 9pm

WHERE:
Perbacco Restaurant
230 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
tel: 415-955-0663

TICKETS:
$25 per person, may be purchased online via credit card or PayPal.
A limited number of tickets will be sold at the door.

FEATURED SPONSORS:
Chef Staffan Terje (Perbacco)
Chef Leif Hedendal
Chef Chris Kronner (Serpentine & Slow Club)
Chef Scott Youkilis (Maverick)
The Fatted Calf
Prather Ranch Meat Co.
Verge Syrah
La Fee Absinthe
Rhum Clement
Bluecoat Gin
Trumer Pils
and more

PHOTOGRAPHY BY:
Charlie Grosso

MUSIC:
Gaucho

ABOUT MEATPAPER:
Founded in 2007, Meatpaper is a quarterly print journal focused on art and ideas about meat. Inspired by the current "fleischgeist" that is sweeping the country, Meatpaper publishes lush visuals, provocative articles, and timely reporting. Neither pro nor con, Meatpaper's ambidextrous approach and innovative style have generated international press.
www.meatpaper.com

ABOUT GASTRONOMICA:
Since 2001 Gastronomica has been feeding readers' sensual and intellectual appetites by offering food-focused scholarship, fiction, poetry, humor, and exciting visual imagery. With its diverse voices and eclectic mix of articles, Gastronomica provokes discussion and encourages thoughtful reflection on the history, literature, representation, and cultural impact of food.
www.gastronomica.org

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illustration by Marco Marella © 2008

 

Hot Stuff Food Section Round Up

Grilling and other noshes on this week's food section round up on SFist.

Wagyu Beef grillin' and chillin'

The marbled, rich texture of Wagyu beef is pure juicy goodness. We recently grilled some Wagyu at my folks place, in Benicia.

While the $29 per pound wholesale price is steep, the beef's smell and flavor make it a worthy purchase for any serious carnivore.

Recommended side dishes: chunky herbed mashed potatoes (go smooth if that's your preference, of course!), grilled asparagus, and buttery San Francisco sourdough bread. The only dessert you may have room for after feasting is a piece of chocolate or nibble of a fruity tart.

Qin's Asian Bistro & Bar Grand Opening on Saturday

Press Release alert! Can't make it, but this sounds like a fun one:

QIN'S (CHIN'S) ASIAN BISTRO & BAR GRAND OPENING

Noon to Midnight Party Offers

"A New Dynasty of Flavor in Antioch "

What:    Grand Opening Party for East Contra Costa County's hottest new restaurant and lounge with

free hors d'oeuvres, specially priced drinks, and live entertainment

 

Where Qin's ( pronounced Chin's ) Asian Bistro & Bar

5007 Lone Tree Way, Antioch California 94531

On the corner Hillcrest Avenue in the Lone Tree Landing Shopping Center.

925-754-8888

 

When:  Saturday, June 21 ; Noon- Midnight

All Day and Night  "Social Hour" Drink Prices- $3 beer and well drinks; $5 select house wine specials

11am- 8pm Free passed Hors D'ouevres

Who:

1-2pm- Eden Aoba Taiko Drummers on the patio

4-8pm- Live Jazz with vocalist Gina Harris, Jason Martineau on piano and Lorenzo Farrell on bass

8pm-10pm Light House Electronic Music

10pm- midnight- DJ Sounds with top Bay Area favorite Greg Eversoul.com

 

About Qin's Asian Bistro & Bar

 

Qin's Asian Bistro & Bar is a giant leap for restaurants and lounges in East Contra Costa; connecting the cuisines of the exotic East and the innovative West. From creative cocktails at the circular "blue light" bar to appetizers, entrees, contemporary sushi specialties and enticing desserts, Qin's menu fuses ingredients from Japan, China, Vietnam and Thailand with California style presentations that will tantalize your taste buds.

 

Drawing inspiration from the life size signature terra cotta warriors that represent the greatness of the Qin (pronounced "Chin") dynasty, the thoroughly modern ambiance is designed to take you away to a world of culinary adventure.

Hot Stuff Food Blog Round Up

Where have all the kitchen towels gone? What is that on the grill? All answered on this week's SFist Food Blog Round Up. Follow the link.

CCA President responds to questions on tipping

Salad pic from last week's visit to the Careme 350 Restaurant at the California Culinary Academy.

Hello Ms. Ladd,

I am so glad that you enjoyed your experience at CCA’s new restaurant.  The students running the kitchen and dining room were excited to hear such great feedback about their work.

To address your concern about how we handle gratuities at Carême 350, I thought I’d offer a brief explanation.  As you know, CCA is a culinary school whose mission it is to train students in the culinary arts and hospitality fields.  Our student-run restaurant exists to provide a real-life laboratory for these students and those who work there are actually doing so as part of the curriculum.  This six-week course teaches students how to operate in a real restaurant environment, with 3-week rotations in each the front and back of the house.  The students working in our restaurant classroom are just learning the skills necessary to serve clientele in a fine dining establishment and therefore leaving a tip is not required at Carême 350.  Still, some patrons choose to do so, which led us to come up with a way to see that those funds ultimately benefit our students, but in a manner that doesn’t taint the learning environment we strive to maintain.  Therefore, all gratuities at Carême 350 are donated to the institution’s scholarship fund.

Periodically, we must hire additional students to fill in when a class is too small to keep the restaurant running on its own.  To make up for the fact that tips are not part of their compensation, we pay such individuals at a rate approximately 50% higher than the hourly wage of the average restaurant server in San Francisco .

I hope I’ve been able to clear up this issue for you and look forward to welcoming you back to Carême 350 in the near future.

Sincerely,

Jennifer White

President

 

 

Jennifer White | President

California Culinary Academy| Le Cordon Bleu

350 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco , CA 94103

Is there a Bourdain Brunch in Your Future, SF?

Late breaking brunch news: Tony Bourdain will not be making "cobra-heart omelets and fermented shark waffles" with Chef Erik Hopfinger at Circa Restaurant in the Marina tomorrow. I received email speculation that that was potentially happening. So I had to find out the truth and sent Tony an email. Yes, he is in town. But it's only for one day, to interview Hopfinger for a project he's working on. Tony is adamant that "if anybody believes I'm EVER working another brunch shift," they are mistaken. Ow. The Bay Area mourns a missed culinary opportunity.

Circa Restaurant
2001 Chestnut Street
SF, CA 94123

415.351.0275