My interview for the position of food runner (a.k.a. all-purpose kitchen bitch) was quite brief. It was clear they were in need of any warm body possible to fill the role, because the restaurant was dangerously understaffed. I was also desperate for a job....
“Every place has a story”...
There are plenty of women in the restaurant industry — they’re just harder to see....
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When I hear the words “prix fixe,” my first thought is not “multiple courses,” but rather “multiple price tags.” Prix...
By Tamara Palmer Being a food journalist in San Francisco means that vats of alcohol are thrown at me on...
By Christina Spittler Do you have a food allergy? A food sensitivity, perhaps? I may owe you an apology. I’...
By Tamara Palmer Burmese Kitchen was one of last year’s sad local casualties — or so we thought! Though the...
By Tamara Palmer The Progress is a brand new restaurant that debuted last night behind an unmarked door at 1525...
By Caleb Pershan When a mainstay like Mission’s Sunflower Vietnamese Restaurant shuts its doors — even briefly — a pall is...
