SF Restaurants, Food & Drink ''Like A Form Of Torture,' Says Food Critic Over French Laundry Recalling their meal at French Laundry, the Bay Area's other three-Michelin star restaurant, a food critic in the February issue of Vanity Fair says, "The meal felt like a form of torture." The
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Two Stuffing Recipes From Sarah Rich And Thomas Keller What's better than really good stuffing? Not much, really. So, in an effort to help out last-minute cooking, SFist asked two of the Bay Area's most esteemed chefs, Thomas Keller of the French
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Black Truffles Are The New Foie Gras, Says The French Laundry Despite reassuring reports that fattened duck liver would still find its way onto plates across California even as the state's ban on the stuff went in to effect July 1st, noted French Laundry
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Video: Thomas Keller's American Express Ad Makes Us Want To Visit Yountville, Plant Trees Inside Scoop's Paolo Lucchesi brings our attention to a new ad for American Express featuring French Laundry founder and Reese's Peanut Butter Cup lover, Thomas Keller. The commercial, drenched in music written by
SF News Occupy SFist: Reporters Arrested, Post-Election Fears, and Taking an Occupier to Dinner A roundup of newsworthy items from Justin Herman plaza, the aftermath of the Oakland general strike and, of course, how this all affects the local restaurant industry. Down on Justin Herman Plaza, members
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Thomas Keller Creates, Sells New Gluten-Free Flour Noted French Laundry chef Thomas Keller's philosophy goes something like this, "To make people happy...that’s what cooking is all about." Which is why, in part, he now has his own brand
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Thomas Keller, NY Giants Shortstop? Instead of concocting the world's best fried chicken (and, let's face it, any kind of food product his hands touch), Thomas Keller could have been chewing spit tobacco and rearranging his crotch in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Thomas Keller Heading to London for French Laundry Pop-Up Yes, we know. Pop-ups are over, but as with most things at Thomas Keller's exemplary French Laundry, this tidbit is of a slightly higher quality than most. Today's update from the Keller-verse comes
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink French Laundry Booted From Sparkling Water's Top-50 Restaurant List San Pellegrino, the fizzy bottled water located below the Vitamin Water and Lipton Brisk at our nearest corner store, revealed their annual World's Best 50 Restaurant awards today. The kicker? Annual favorite the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink View Sacred Images From French Laundry's Holiday Fete Did you attend the French Laundry's epic holiday party last night? Of course you didn't, you plebeian. Neither did we. Bunrab, however, did. They have loads of photos from last night's gastronomic gathering
misc Day Around the Bay Ed Jew resigns today. [Examiner] Miraculous reservations at French Laundry. [Chowhound] Protecting the Presidio from Don Fisher. [FCJ] Dede, will you buy us this house, then? Come on! [Curbed] Tiger victim claims, " 'We
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Thomas Keller Still Kicks Alice Waters's Michelin Ass! The bay area Michelin Guide 2008 is out, and there’s not much changed from last year: the French Laundry is the only place with 3 stars (the most) in the wider bay
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Thomas Keller Kicks Alice Waters's Michelin Ass!* Every food critic is shocked, shocked!, to discover that a bunch of out-of-town restaurant reviewers disagree with their own taste. The Chron's Michael Bauer does not understand why the Michelin did not reprint
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Combing the Beard's Results. Our side of the country still hold its own in the award count. Running in the 100m dash of these Olympics, Thomas Keller won a gold medal for Outstanding Restaurant. That means the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Bibendum to the Rescue. If obnoxious and smelly French people show up in your restaurant and make a scene, just accommodate them kindly. It might not be the Michelin reviewer, but it might be us all the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads, Late Edition: The Boulevard Cookbook. It is not a surprise that such a successful restaurant spawned a cookbook, aptly named Boulevard, following the path of many of the top restaurants in the Bay Area: Chez Panisse, Zuni Cafe
SF News Mouseketeer Gets Married Reading that Daily Dish feed on the 'gate is always such a guilty pleasure. And today is no exception! Top on the Dish is the revelation that Not Britney Spears (i.e., Christina
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Soup in the 'Fly It is no wonder that, when stealing the word amuse-bouche from the vocabulary of French cuisine, Americans commonly take only the first part, and unceremoniously dump its trailer. The First Amendment covers the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Mangeurs d'ail, et fiers de l'être. Bouchon is Keller's other restaurant, the French bistro sidekick to his French Laundry's and his Per Se's haute cuisine. The French Laundry, in Yountville in Napa, is arguably the best restaurant in the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bay Area Represent: Three World Class Restaurants! Of course, our first thought was how did we do against the other 'ists? Well, we beat the crap out of LAist, with a series sweep at three to nothing, and that's what
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist In The Kitchen: Dried Mandarins We particularly liked this dust as a coating for Cointreau-flavored chocolate truffles, but we also enjoyed combining the Tang-colored spice with cayenne pepper to make a rub for seared ahi tuna, which we
