Well, I’ve still got more He’brew to get through, and I figured what better way to do it, than to embrace the Jewish food traditions that He’Brew decends from? I invoked my inner Jewish grandmother (“Honey! you’re too thin! eat something!”) and set about making chicken livers.  I just love ‘em.  One of my [...]

So you know that beer dinner I keep mentioning?  The one for SF Beer Week? We’ve been hard at work on a menu – one that takes great beer and showcases it alongside creative food.  After a few iterations, and a lot of beer tasting, Chef Jen has put together a menu that I think [...]

Mission Street Food was back at it again this week, breaking out a “star-spangled menu of national favorites.”  This was also the week I noticed they had an entirely reasonable five dollar corkage fee, and broke out some good beers (and shared with the kitchen to bribe my way in again to grab a few pictures.  But [...]

Drake’s Brewing has a whole bunch of barrels, with a whole bunch of wild bugs running wild inside. Josh, the brewmaster, showed me around their brewing facilities in San Leandro, before leading me to the barrels to taste a few samples and work on putting together a blend for the Beer & Nosh Dinner.  A [...]

Mission Street Food returned to it’s usual haunt this Thursday, and brought along some neighbors to play.  The line was long, but the weather played along nicely – it was the perfect temperature to huddle in the street with other bloggers.  When we did get seated, the front of house wasn’t a perfectly oiled machine, but then, [...]

  I’ve mentioned Sean’s awesome beer dinners before, but here’s your chance to attend an extra special one.  Sean’s cooking focuses on using beer as an ingredient, and he does it with amazing success – often in very unexpected ways.   I still have dreams about these scones that he made with malted barley at NCHF.  Mmmmm… [...]

I’ve been to a few beer dinners in my day.  I just love them.  The very best ones (such as the dinner that Sean cooked for NCHF) take the food and beer portions of the meal, and intertwine them together, using ingredients, pairings, and flavor profiles to create a symbiotic whole that is more than just [...]

…over here.  Beer and Nosh is getting its SF Beer Week on.  Mark your calendars for the evening of Wednesday February 11th and come hungry and thirsty. More details to come soon.   Here is a sneak peak of some of the planning in progress:     

It’s a good time to live on 24th Street in the Mission (not counting gang violence.)  24th Street has been a hotbed of culinary activity, and seems to just be getting better and better.  Sushi Bistro is looking awfully close to opening and the latest to join in is Phat Philly, a traditional Philly cheesesteak joint.  So [...]

    After a very filling dinner of Rejewvenator Braised Chicken, Zak was ready to show off for dessert.  Like any good dinner guest, he had arrived bearing two bottles of booze, and a bottle of beer.  Except the bottles of liquor weren’t for drinking: they were bound to be lit on fire.  Which is really the best part [...]