full sweep happening from division and isis wrapping around harrison down to 10th. dont think ive seen such an extensive one in some time.

ah yes, cutting up calabrian chilis and then immediately rubbing your eyes, king level shit right here.

warren pears, hawaj spiced streusel, and a spelt-cream cheese base, because its good to have a coffee cake ready for folsom weekend — you never know who’s going to drop in.

SF’s mayor will use “operator shortage” to dismiss questions about bus service restoration, as if it’s an immutable force. but for cops? her latest update boasts funding for recruitment and retention bonuses to address a supposed officer shortage. where is this for bus drivers?

i do love making pepper jelly, but every time i crush the peppers i go in to take a whiff…and every time i teargas myself in the most aromatic and floral way possible.

A year ago I boarded a train in #Istanbul to investigate one scientist's claim of rediscovering Silphion, a legendary herb thought to have gone extinct 2,000 years ago. It still grows in the heart of #Turkey—and it's delicious. More in my @natgeo feature: nationalgeographic.com/history/articl…

As part of the deal to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, Manchin and Schumer are introducing legislation that would remove life-saving protections for front-line communities while pushing fossil-fuel projects. (1/2)

tomato candy

to the lady with child who lives on Dore and runs down the streets of SoMa with her stoller tank demanding people get out of the way or ramming them on narrow pedestrian streets: your child ≠ human shield (we know you object to FSE, and kindly, where do you think you moved to?)

Proposition Cancel Fleet Week, use money to make Soma\Castro Bars All Inclusive for the weeked i beg you.

all of the yuzu projects happening now: yuzu-infused mezcal, sancho-infused candied yuzu peel and syrup, and the yuzu meyer lemon marmalade.

Farmworkers deserve better than the anti-labor Farm Workforce Modernization Act. The FWMA would expand the harmful H-2A program and tie citizenship to exploitation. Make a call to your Senator here. bit.ly/NoToFWMA

this is forever at issue: the 30 year decline in real wages, in building communal wealth, means that the slice of the dining out pie diminishes, the kinds of markets it plies to and can access the true cost (if it even reflects it) less likely to be regular, in turn sustaining

ah yes glad were having another zero sum game discussion about culinary diasporas, cosmopolitan and polemica national cuisines, and the cludgel of culinary indigenaeity, weaponized to a point as to be nothing more than emotivist, ahistorical mythmaking. maybe, things are complex

Hmmm.... Breed's state of the city speech sounds like it was written by the Chamber of Commerce: immediate biz tax cuts in certain sectors, a 2024 tax "reform" ballot measure, a tax holiday for new companies opening up in the next 3 years, de-regulation of new construction...

the four facets of macapuno and hojicha ice cream awesomeness

if theres a reason i roll my eyes at a lot of food pubs, its mostly because, whether old guard or new, almost all lacked any sort of wherewithal to ask questions or be inquisitive. esp newer ones, snark and dunking took more work than any sort of hard look into topics.