Katie Robbins

Tropical Paradise - With a name like that, you know it's Ghana be good

Despite the wide range of flavors offered around Africa, in the US our exposure to that continent’s cuisine is often limited to Moroccan, Ethiopian, and in the Bay Area, thanks to the popularity of Bissap Baobab, Senegalese. Those...

Oakland's Eat Real Festival: Eating food with a mission

Balancing an overflowing (environmentally friendly) container of skillet roasted padron chilies in one hand and a free-range barbecue chicken sandwich with slaw in the other, I queued patiently in a line forty-people deep for a Korean spicy pork...

Sample "farm-to-cart" ethnic eats at Oakland's Eat Real Festival

The Bay Area food scene is famous for many attributes. Distinctions topping that list are probably the bounty of farm-fresh ingredients, the commitment to sustainable eating on the part of area chefs and diners, and the diversity of...

Restaurants 101 - Where can I grab a cheap pre-dinner snack in the Richmond?

Your work day is winding down. You're meeting friends for drinks in the Richmond, and although you know you'll have dinner later, you're hungry now. You need a pre-prandial snack. Something cheap and...

Hit the streets: San Francisco Street Food Festival is almost here

It's been on your calendar for months. And finally the gustatory safari that is the San Francisco Street Food Festival is here, Saturday, August 22. This is your chance to sample Aziza's Moroccan taco, Chaac Mool...

SF ethnic restaurant recipes - a growing compendium

Going out to eat is one of life's great pleasures, and with a diversity of offerings, the Bay Area's ethnic restaurants could keep you out of the kitchen for years. However, there is that special feeling of...

Julie and Julia and San Francisco's ethnic restaurants: Recipe for Burma Superstar's rainbow salad

A series of recipes from San Francisco's best ethnic restaurants would not be complete without featuring a little something from that stalwart of the Richmond, Burma Superstar. When Bay Area denizens want to impress out- of-town guests...

Julie and Julia and San Francisco's ethnic restaurants: Recipe for Flour+Water crescenza cappelletti

We continue in our Julie and Julia inspired series, giving home cooks the chance to try their hands at recipes from the talents behind some of the Bay Area’s best ethnic restaurants. Today we move from...

Julie and Julia and San Francisco's ethnic restaurants: Recipe for Cafe Colucci's kik alicha

I recently began a series of recipes from the chefs of some of the Bay Area's best ethnic restaurants. Inspired by the excitement spawned by the film Julie and Julia, this collection aims to give homecooks the fodder...

Julie and Julia and San Francisco's ethnic restaurants: Recipe for La Mar's cebiche classico

Last week I offered up a list of cookbooks featuring the bounteous spoils of the Bay Area's ethnic restaurants. In honor of today's release of the much anticipated, extensively publicized film, Julie and Julia, I am beginning...

Tropical Paradise - With a name like that, you know it's Ghana be good

Oakland's Eat Real Festival: Eating food with a mission

Sample "farm-to-cart" ethnic eats at Oakland's Eat Real Festival

Restaurants 101 - Where can I grab a cheap pre-dinner snack in the Richmond?

Hit the streets: San Francisco Street Food Festival is almost here

SF ethnic restaurant recipes - a growing compendium

Julie and Julia and San Francisco's ethnic restaurants: Recipe for Burma Superstar's rainbow salad

Julie and Julia and San Francisco's ethnic restaurants: Recipe for Flour+Water crescenza cappelletti

Julie and Julia and San Francisco's ethnic restaurants: Recipe for Cafe Colucci's kik alicha

Julie and Julia and San Francisco's ethnic restaurants: Recipe for La Mar's cebiche classico

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