Oakland

Peek Inside Duende's New Casual Bodega

By Molly Gore Wed., Mar. 27 2013 at 1:30 PM
Categories: Food Find, Oakland

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Molly Gore
Paul Canales in Duende's bodega.
"Nothing here was thought out at all," says Paul Canales, sweeping his arm across the massive, airy space of Duende. It's hard to believe. Duende in the mid-afternoon is beautiful--washed in daylight, the walls a raucous mash of beautiful and hectic Basquiat-esque canvases by Raymond Saunders (a friend of Canales), racks of house-pressed olive oil, and the rest an eclectic mélange of exposed brick, reclaimed wood, and roughed up stucco--an accidental byproduct of demolition that Canales loved. And there's something special about Duende, it's available in the daytime in a way few restaurants are. Meet the bodega: Duende's wine bar/café/social space that always feels like you've arrived to a friend's party just a little bit early.

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Mourad Lahlou Unlocks The Art of Moroccan Beghrir Pancakes at Home

By Tamara Palmer Fri., Mar. 8 2013 at 3:40 PM
Categories: Food Find, Palmer

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Tamara Palmer
Mourad Lahlou plays guest chef in the SFoodie home kitchen.
It's not every day that a renowned and dashing chef comes over to make pancakes, certainly not one named an international Culinary Ambassador by Hillary Clinton. But Mourad Lahlou, the owner of San Francisco's Aziza restaurant and author of the New Moroccan cookbook, was happy to make a house call to test out his new Moroccan Beghrir pancake mix, part of a full product line from Williams Sonoma, in a less-than-professional kitchen.

See also: Pancakes Are for Dinner at State Bird Provisions


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Raw Golden Healer Honey Sources Natural Candy From Stern Grove

By Tamara Palmer Fri., Dec. 28 2012 at 4:20 PM
Categories: Food Find, Palmer, Sweet Beat

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Tamara Palmer
Stern Grove Floral honeycomb by Alla's SF Apiary and Raw Golden Healer Honey.
When we think of Stern Grove, we think of concerts and Shakespeare, but it's also a hidden source of some great natural candy. Raw Golden Healer Honey, in collaboration with Alla's S.F. Apiary, offers two sizes of honeycombs made from bees who chill in the park.

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- French Bees Are Producing Blue Honey


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Hodo Soy Beanery's 5-Spice Nuggets Transcend Tofu Concerns

By Tamara Palmer Wed., Dec. 26 2012 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Food Find, Palmer, Vegan Eats

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Tamara Palmer
Five Spice Tofu Nuggets by Hodo Soy Beanery.
Oakland's Hodo Soy Beanery has single-handedly transformed our opinion about tofu being nothing more than a placeholder in a dish. Founder Minh Tsai left a life in finance to start this company after having a deep inspiration to create the kind of soft and versatile tofu he'd get regularly with his grandfather when growing up in Vietnam. This is the gateway company to help tofu skeptics open their minds.

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- Get New Respect for Tofu at Hodo Soy Beanery's Monthly Tours
- Sampling Hodo Soy Beanery's New Soy Milks and Smoothies


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La Palma and Rancho Gordo Collaborate on Heirloom Corn Tortillas

By Tamara Palmer Wed., Dec. 19 2012 at 4:00 PM
Categories: Food Find, Palmer

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Tamara Palmer
Corn tortillas by Rancho Gordo.
These new heirloom corn tortillas are the result of family-owned companies joining forces. San Francisco's La Palma, established in 1953 by the Haro family, makes them for Napa's Rancho Gordo, Steve Sando's farm mostly known for a wide variety of beans. The two are helping to keep a third endeavor on the path of tradition.

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Berkeley Bowl Pasta Uses Beets as Magic Ingredient

By Tamara Palmer Tue., Dec. 18 2012 at 3:45 PM
Categories: Food Find, Palmer

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Tamara Palmer
Uncooked and cooked beet pasta by Berkeley Bowl.
Among the in-house fresh pasta offerings at Berkeley Bowl are two varieties made with purple beets, including a fettucine-sized package and a slightly thicker cut noodle. After road testing them in the kitchen, we're comfortable declaring that this could be a great beet gateway for anyone who is shy on the root.

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Fresh Sugarcane Is On Special at Wah Fa

By Tamara Palmer Thu., Nov. 29 2012 at 2:15 PM
Categories: Food Find, Palmer

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Tamara Palmer
Sugarcane from Wah Fa market.
Sugarcane pops up at various farmers markets around San Francisco, including the Alemany and Heart of the City Farmers Markets, but it's not easy to score at permanent places. Fresh pressed sugarcane juice is even a rarer find. Ingleside Vietnamese restaurant Ha Tien Hut (1109 Ocean) may be one of the only places within city limits to find it following the closure of Irving Cafe & Dessert in the Outer Sunset, a spot that favored the grassy green variety of sugarcane for juicing (there are close to 40 different species in all).

Luckily, Wah Fa (2165 Irving), a tiny Chinese grocery store near the former Irving Cafe & Dessert, currently has burgundy-hued sugarcane on special for 99 cents per pound.

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Macademics Equals Nuts Worth Studying

By Tamara Palmer Fri., Nov. 2 2012 at 2:45 PM
Categories: Food Find, Palmer

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Tamara Palmer
Macademics is more than a catchy marketing name, it's the study of some of the best macadamia nuts available in North America. The 74-year-old Brazilian company has recently set up a local sales office in Belvedere to distribute its fleur de sel-kissed macadamias nationally. Let's just say that, unlike the Hawaiian macadamias that arrive drenched in chocolate, these nuts don't need any extra help.

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Glob Paint Is Loaded With Fruits and Veggies

By Tamara Palmer Wed., Oct. 10 2012 at 1:30 PM
Categories: Food Find, Palmer

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Glob
These paints are made out of plants.
Because there's so much crossover between the worlds of eating and crafting around these parts, here's a food find that isn't actually edible: Botanical paints made out of fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Naturally, this simple-yet-genius product was invented in Berkeley. Glob Natural Paints utilizes ingredients like pomegranate, tangerine, blueberry, and basil for a concentrated powder paint that smells like its namesake. (You're not supposed to taste them but we got a lick of the tangerine and, while not something we'd eat again, it tasted rather natural.)

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- At Buyer's Best Friend, You Can Sample Any Food in the Store

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Morris Kitchen: Sip on Syrup from SF Expats

By Tamara Palmer Tue., Oct. 9 2012 at 3:45 PM
Categories: Food Find, Palmer

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Morris Kitchen
Preserved lemon syrup makes everything better.
For the past year, we've been smuggling home bottles of preserved lemon syrup from Brooklyn's Morris Kitchen. Bi-Rite Market was an early supporter of this company, carrying its ginger and spiced apple syrups, and now stocks the preserved lemon so we don't have to risk exploding liquid in luggage anymore.

The still-young and small company is a collaboration between siblings Tyler and Kari Morris; Tyler works as a sous chef for April Bloomfield at the Breslin in New York, and Kari worked in the front of the house at San Francisco's Foreign Cinema for three years while attending art school.

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