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Nine Innings of Ballpark Food

On March 22, 2012 By

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.
Since I went to Arizona primarily for spring training baseball, I thought I should do a post about the food I ate at the various ballparks I visited.

One of the reasons spring training is so popular is that you can see your favorite hometown team and a whole bunch of others [...]

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On a warm springlike day in San Francisco, the only reason that would keep me indoors is the promise of chocolates, and lots of it.

The annual San Francisco International Chocolate Salon took place today, and while others biked or jogged around the Marina or played volleyball and laid in the sun near Fort [...]

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It’s award-season weekend, and while some of you were celebrating all things golden, a few award winners gathered at the San Francisco Ferry Building to celebrate some of the best foods produced in the country.

The second annual Good Foods Awards were named this weekend, celebrating hand-made food products in the categories of beer, charcuterie, [...]

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Some of you might have been on a pub crawl. That is, if you can remember the night. But how about dropping in on four restaurants in one night?

That’s the concept behind Dishcrawl, a social dining experiment that gathers a bunch of food lovers together to roam a neighborhood and visit four (undisclosed) [...]

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Taste of Home with Chef Alan Wong

On October 31, 2011 By

It’s only been a few weeks since my return from my Hawaii vacation, but the islands are still on my mind – especially last night when I went to a Taste Hawaii Tour event at San Francisco’s Japanese Cultural Center.

The tasting tour is led by celebrated Chef Alan Wong, the dean of Hawaiian regional [...]

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HONOLULU
The food truck phenomenon has rolled into many cities and towns across the country, but who knew it could reach all the way to the Hawaiian islands? I mean, there’s no way for trucks to make it across the Pacific.

But food trucks have arrived in the 50th state, which puts a local [...]

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Hunting for New Food at Eat Real

On September 25, 2011 By

Thousands showed up for this year’s version of the Eat Real Festival – everyone except the sun, that is.

After two years of perfect late summer weather along Jack London Square’s waterfront, where this smorgasbord of food truck and street food love takes place, this year was overcast skies and quite a bit of wind.

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