Glide's Annual Bringing Down The House, The Warfield, Downtown, SF.

Little goodie bags at Glide's Bringing Down The House! I was promoting this event this week on the SF Station Arts page, but didn't put in a request to go.. Then my friend Edric asked if I wanted to go so it all worked out!

That's Robin Williams in the middle! The whole show was a lot of singing and comedy and was good fun, but it was particularly cook to see Robin Williams in SF! He had a pretty funny set and his style is so old-school now for comedy so that was cool to experience, too.

I have to say, Glide really knows how to put on an event! The show was about an hour, which is the perfect length, and then it was food, food, food!

There were so many different stations and the place was absolutely packed so I didn't get to take any food photos, but there were so many yummy dishes! Here is Edric getting his guacamole! Thanks so much for taking me, E! :)

Dishcrawl & Jersey Tomatoes' Chef Battle: Jewtalian tonight at the Cova Hotel, Tenderloin, SF.

I get to go to this tonight and I'm SO excited! A HUGE thank you to Christian and Jersey Tomatoes/Split Pea Seduction and to Dishcrawl! It's going to be an epic culinary evening!

Here's a sneak peek look at the menu:

-Round 1-
Gagutz
House Cured Baccalà Salad with Hand-Shucked Ceci Beans, Roast Gypsy Peppers, Shaved Celery, Lemon and Arugula

BBC Elite pouring: The Harvest Negroni-
Gin, Campari, Sweet Vermouth, and Crushed Grapes...

vs.

Big Blue
Cured Sockeye Salmon and House-Smoked Whitefish Salad w/ Heirloom Tomato, Half Sours, Caper Relish and Pumpernickel


-Round 2-
Gagutz
Escarole and Baby Meatball Soup with Shaved Parmesan and a Poached Farm Egg

vs.

Big Blue
Free-Range Chicken and Fall Vegetable Soup with Kreplach

BBC Elite pouring: Dvash Frizzante, (a true blending of Italian and Jewish) - Fresh pear, honey, sage and lemon with sparkling wine


-Round 3-
Gagutz
Cherrystone Clams with Herbs, Crusty Bread and Mlinzi

BBC Elite pouring: 2009 Ruffino Orvieto Classico

vs.

Big Blue
Matzah Brei w/ Carmelized Onion, Leek, Chantrelle Mushroom, Micro Greens, House Ketchup and a Six Minute Egg

BBC Elite pouring: 2008 Francis Ford Coppola, Sonoma Chardonnay, "Directors Cut"


-Round 4-
Gagutz
Manicotti with Hand-Rolled Braciole and Pork Ragu

BBC Elite pouring: 2008 Bolla Chianti, Tuscany

vs.

Big Blue
Vidalia Onion Braised Brisket with Fingerling Potatoes and Chantenay Carrot Tzimis

BBC Elite pouring: 2004 Semler, Saddlerock Malibu Estate Grown, Cabernet Sauvignon


-Dessert-
Fennel, Gravenstien Apples and Toasted Nuts

Pig Out at The Park 2009, Riverfront Park, Spokane.

Pig Out is a key foodie event in Spokey! :)

Sooo many options--but we saw these noodles and knew we had to have them.

And you can't only try one thing.. so we shared the noodles and this BBQ pulled pork!

But we didn't finish the noodles and were still hungry, so we got a sausage! Check out those amazing sausage pinwheels!

UHHH.. YUMMY!

I wanted these, but my body wouldn't let me have them.

SO Spokane. :) I heart huckleberries, but we opted for a different dessert..

Crepes! Definitely not my favorite crepes--they used chocolate sauce, but I much prefer Nutella. I know it's different, but I'm just saying--I like Nutella in my chocolaty crepes.

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SF Iron Chef Grill Off Burger Challenge, Ferry Building, SF.

KM and I went out to the 2nd annual SF Iron Chef Grill Off at the Ferry Building. The Ferry Building is always busy on Saturday mornings with the street fair and the Farmer's Market, but it was particularly crowded this morning! That paired with the fact that this event wasn't very well organized made things a little annoying. I wanted to stay and try some burgers, but it was just impossible to figure anything out and you really couldn't see much either.

The chef on the left is Elizabeth Falkner of Citizen Cake and now Orson. She was recently on Top Chef Masters, where she received the lowest ranking score for her round. I think her restaurants are just okay, but whenever I see her on the Food Network she seems a lot more impressive than I would think from her restaurants.

Comfort bites at Timbuk2's 20th Anniversary party, Potrero Hill, SF.

Timbuk2's 20th Anniversary was wonderful! Seriously, soooo much fun.

The anniversary edition SF street map Timbuk2 bags. We LOVE.

And, of course, the food and drinks! Haha, it was great--they had little PB&Js with chips and with bananas. They were delicious. And then they had cookies and chips and watermelon wedges and carrots and mozzarella sticks and all sorts of yummy things! Haha. The drinks were way good, too. Great food makes for a great party, right?

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At Maker Faire 2009, San Mateo, CA.

So true.

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SF International Chocolate Salon, Fort Mason, SF.

SF International Chocolate Salon 2009 at Herbst Pavilion! Our Food Editor at work, couldn't be a panelist, so I went in her place! Yaaaay.

Oh my goodness, there was so much to try. A lot of it eh, a lot of it delicious. I had to turn in my sheet with notes, so I can't remember where all of the photos are from, but I'll do my best...

Definitely not my favorite although I remember they had a really nice white.

Chocolate truffle and chai.

Mr. Philippe Lewis of Edible Love Chocolates. The first very stand out chocolates we tasted. I voted them Best Truffles. Fantastic absinthe truffle.

Chocolate art, yooo! There were these darling little boxes that looked like cakes, but the lady wasn't allowing photos. I'm going to email her to try to get a photo though. :)

William Dean of Florida! Yummy and very pretty. They had a peanut butter and jelly chocolate that I just loved. They also had amazing pate de fruit assortments!

Happy Chocolates.

I want to say this place was Divine Chocolate.

LOFT Liqueurs. Very tasty cellos and apparently the first certified organic liqueur in the US.

Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur.

Sterling Confections. They had these beautiful truffle logs that I voted for for Best Presentation & Packaging.

Kika's Treats. Super, super yummy candied graham cracker chocolates!

Two unphotographed, but notable chocolatiers: Rushburn Toffee Co. and Coco Delice.

Gosh, what a fabulous event! Everyone was very kind about sampling all of the different chocolates. Some places were even giving out full chocolates and confections!

We were chocolated-out by half way through. It was crazy. We did finish though, and hit every booth, but had to be choosy about what we tried at each booth. Here's Audrey with our bag of chocolates we couldn't finish! :)

Hepatitis B Fundraiser at South Sea Seafood Village, Outer Sunset, SF.

Everyone, please get tested for Hep B and get vaccinated! There are no severe symptoms!

South Sea Seafood Village restaurant was kind enough to do this 9-course meal for $25 to help out the event! It was a very nice restaurant and a good meal!

Minced chicken and shrimp in lettuce cups. I love lettuce wraps.

Cream corn soup with chicken. This was fine, nothing special.

Peking duck with buns. One of my favorite dishes! We know how I heart Asian duck. ;) Very tasty. I've never seen the skin served separately, but it was interesting. I actually prefer to eat the duck without the buns though.

Walnut prawns. Another one of my favorite Chinese dishes! Very tasty. I would say there could have been more walnut though. ;)

Mapo tofu with pork. Not as spicy as I like it, but it was good.

Beef and greens. Not the best, but fine.

Black mushrooms & greens. I'm very particular about my mushrooms so this wasn't my favorite dish..

Salt baked chicken. This was very tender and tasty.

Ahh! Gross, gross. Sad.

Coconut jello-like dessert. It didn't look the most appetizing to me, and we were going for fro-yo after so I didn't try this. I hear it was pretty good though.

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Yelp

Catered finger food at Warhol Live, de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, SF.

I was stuffed, so didn't try much, but it was good.

Desserts. It was cute, they had Pop Tarts for the pop art. ;)

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