SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Local Chefs To Compete On <em>The Next Iron Chef</em> A few local notables will vie to be the next Iron Chef on the Food Network's aptly named The Next Iron Chef, namely Michael Chiarello (wildly charismatic and attractive chef/owner Bottega) and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Bauer Doles Out Rare Three Stars for Iron Chef's New Napa Effort Renowned for his skills on "Iron Chef" in both the United States and Japan, Masaharu Morimoto's newest Napa restaurant, Morimoto Napa, received a rare three stars from Michael Bauer. A few of the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Interviews: <em>The Next Iron Chef</em> contestant Dominique Crenn by Amy Crocker Like a kid in San Francisco developing a love of fog and fleece jackets, it’s no surprise that Dominique Crenn, born in France to a family of farmers, developed
Arts & Entertainment Craft-Off This lifted our sad, oil soaked hearts. The Craft Gym will be hosting their 2nd annual Craft-Off competition this Friday. Following the model of Iron Chef, there will be a secret 'ingredient' revealed
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV Chris made a juniper-smoked breast of squab marinated with sherry vinegar for his first dish, and a dandelion green salad with red onions, blackberries, and black walnuts for his second dish. The judges
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We'd like to take a brief moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Cazadores, because it's got a deer head! Stylized Sculpture, starting next Friday at the Asian Art Museum. Walk for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight --Salsa and swing dance lessons at Julie's Supper Club, with burlesque performers on the hour. 8-11 p.m., $6 after 8 p.m. (half hour lesson), $10 by 7 (with an hour-long lesson)
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Video Winner Hey, remember a few weeks ago when we mentioned that Noise Pop was sponsoring a one-day make a music video contest a la Iron Chef? Well, here's the winning video! The video's by
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Film Fest This year's Noise Pop Film Fest runs from Feb. 28 through March 4, and is featuring movies like: a documentary about 924 Gilman, a Sonic Youth concert video shot by concertgoers, a Roky
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Liz Hickok Why Jello? It actually started because I had been photographing scale models that other people had made. I’ve been a photographer for a long time. I was in Havana shooting and came
Arts & Entertainment <i>Top Chef:</i> No Clever Headline Needed When Michelle Bernstein Is Involved You may recall a bunch of bitching in our last review -- the short reminder is NOBODY WENT HOME. Well, as some even predicted, this week made up for that (at least in
SF News American Football Spectacular: Wild Card Wknd 2006, 'You're In The Saddle Now' Tampa Bay's hella young Head Coach JonGruden (late of our Oakland Raiders) prefers to run a complex offense with veteran players he can count on, while his Defensive Coordinator Monte Kiffin runs their
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Food Face-Off #1: Battle Oxtail That was, until now. Let the First SFist Food Face-Off begin. While we are building a giant kitchen set to host the battles at the SFist compound, as soon as the funding comes
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Spot the International Superstar No, not that choad in the middle -- dude on the left, Iron Chef Rokusaburo Michiba! Hell, if we'd known you get to fly all-expenses-paid to Japan to meet Michiba-san (and eat at
SF News Starf**ker SFist is the first to admit that we've had a hand in a lot of crappy press releases, but there's something about Godiva's ‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’ Celebrity Charity Auction that