"Young people listen to you if you say fuck!"

That's Mary Risley's assessment of the viral success of her Thanksgiving video after being recognized in public for her YouTube achievement. "Just Put the F*cking Turkey in the Oven" has garnered more than 120,000 views since November for the head of the non-profit organization Food Runners and has encouraged a new instructional just in time for Hanukkah and Christmas.

Her latest is entitled "Fed Up With the Holidays? Just Pound the Peppercorns!" and contains a very-easy looking method for making steak au poivre (pepper steak). She eschews measuring ingredients and instead uses sight, touch, and instinct to cook the meat. Two valuable takeaway tips: "Don't push it around and don't crowd the pan."

Risley needs no gimmickry to ply her trade -- her insight into food is deep and meaningful, and she has an ability to keep it simple for those who might otherwise be intimidated. As a voice off-camera tries to goad her into more profanity on this new video, she hoots, "I can't be the fucking cooking teacher all the time!"

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To a soundtrack of Cake and Led Zeppelin, Brian Kimball provides a window into the reconstruction of his Magic Curry Kart after its dust-saturated trip to Burning Man. It's the first official episode of a new Web series Kimball hopes will illuminate more of his personal story as an unconventional street-food vendor who's inspired many.

While he's still offering his pastes and sauces in local Whole Foods stores, he's unveiling a new product, Magic Salsa, on the streets of the Mission this Friday. Follow @magiccurrykart on Twitter for updates.

You needed Ironman stamina and elbows of steel to navigate SF Weekly's DISH food and drink event last week. Someone who managed to maneuver a camera and a mic: video producer Jason Jurgens. Jurgens and I squeezed through the crowds at the Metreon last week, seeking food diversity with a hit of S.F. flavor.

SFoodie editor John Birdsall reported in January that new South Park eatery the American Grilled Cheese Kitchen was aiming for a March opening, but a recent tweet from owners Nate Pollak and Heidi Gibson indicates that they are now hoping for a May start date. In the meantime, AGCK is a finalist in VerticalResponse's 'New Deal' for Small Business contest, which will award $5,000 to the winner and $2,500 to second and third places, as voted by the public.

Check out Pollak's and Gibson's endearing video above and give 'em a vote. The contest ends Fri., Apr. 9 at midnight.

We're pretty mesmerized by "Eat the Paint," a creative project by artist Mark Alsterlind and chocolatier Michael Recchiuti for the nonprofit organization Food From the Heart. The eight-hour process of composing edible art has been time-lapsed into less than four minutes. No stranger to playing with chocolate in different mediums, Recchiuti has also fashioned Lara Croft-esque haute couture out of cacao for the annual Chocolate Show in New York.

He's also quite the triple threat, since he also composed the original music in the video with pal Jim Fairchild. Read more about this project on Recchiuti's blog.

We invited our friends Gus and Big Jon from We Eating TV to eat some local street food and check out the burgeoning cart scene for the very first time. After stuffing them full of gobs, pizza, adobo, gumbo, and more, these hearty eaters waved the white flag, crept into a food coma, and re-emerged with this special episode dedicated to the day.

On the latest installment of Modern Marvels on the History Channel, the time line of the other white meat is traced from the introduction to America by Spanish explorers to its current genetically super-boosted ride to the plate. But, for us, it's all about the late-in-the-episode appearance of our own chef Chris Cosentino, who opens up his kitchen at Incanto (1550 Church at 28th St.) to prepare a couple of intriguing dishes: Pig brains with chanterelles, capers, and lemon brown butter, and chocolate panna cotta flavored with pig's blood. Fascinating, and not at all for the faint of heart.

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FaltyDL readies his knife for sushi-making.

​For 16 years, the San Francisco-based magazine XLR8R has brought an eagle ear to a stylish, international beat, covering a wide swath of experimental music, art, and culture. But, as one of the latest features on the online XLR8R TV demonstrates, the company also has a good eye when it comes to shooting a cooking show. Check out electronic dance producer FaltyDL's sushi instructional and see if it doesn't motivate you to roll your own -- or at least go out and eat fish immediately.

Adobo Hobo may be famous on Filipino TV, but the Crème Brûlée Cart is a rap icon in the making, apparently. Fatty Boomblatty's "Foodie's Paradise" song and video immortalizes the fiery sugar salesman to the tune of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise."



As it turns out, the video was shot as part of Fatty's insanely dedicated entry in the Go Game Street Food Scavenger Hunt for the S.F. Street Food Festival last month. Competitors were asked to film them rapping for the Crème Brûlée Guy, and "Foodie's Paradise" is the one that has continued to propagate as a (micro) viral offering since then.

Three other teams took on that particular challenge as well, though Team Twin TuTu was very liberal in its use of the term rap. And Cincoamigos -- well, they couldn't even keep a beat. Local chocolatiers the Sôcôla Sisters have also posted their own video and song called "Creme Brulee Man," although this one isn't a rap exactly.

Something like a phenomenon? Watch 'em after the jump.

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Last Wednesday, we told you about the Creme Man and his roving Creme Brulée Cart, and after learning via his Twitter account that he'd be rolling through Dolores Park on this glorious Sunday, I caught up with him to ask a few questions.


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