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11 months ago
San Francisco

"Back to Back" and "Xica": Two new restaurants you don't know, but should

Food & Drink
By Virginia Miller One restaurant, a buzzy pizza-meets-global-plates and natural wine spot on Nob Hill; the other, a sunny Mexican newcomer on peaceful Levi Plaza.They may have slipped your notice, but don't let them.They may not be getting a lot of press, but they're two delightful new San Francisco neighborhood restaurants.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Richard Harris's legacy to be preserved in new archive exhibition in Cork

Richard Harris's son has said he is excited for people to see how his father was a renaissance man when his new archive collection opens at the University College Cork (UCC).
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1 year ago
San Francisco

Fort Point Valencia's Playful Take on SF-Style Seafood & Historic SF Dishes

In February 2022, I visited and reviewed Fort Point Valencia as it reopened.
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1 year ago
San Francisco

Idyllic new Marina neighborhood oyster bar: Popi's Oysterette

Food & Drink
San Francisco's history is interlaced deeply with seafood.Dungeness crab, local halibut, anchovies, Tomales Bay oysters; it's in our blood and roots.SF's style of seafood oyster bars is a distinctive one all its own.Popi's Oysterette, just opened in the Marina from chef and partner Melissa Perfit, a former "Top Chef" contestant who cooked at my beloved Bar Crudo since back in 2005 in its original space (which I still miss).
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1 year ago
San Francisco

Bansang Brings (More) Modern Korean Cuisine to San Francisco

Opening a more upscale, untried concept on a block that already holds three Michelin-starred restaurants - State Bird Provisions, The Progress and Avery - is ambitious, to say the least.
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www.npr.org
1 year ago
Books

Steve Martin tells the story of his career through cartoons

The cover of Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss.Copyright (c) 2022 by the authors and reprinted with permission of Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC Steve Martin has been a renaissance man for decades.His career has ranged from stand-up, to Saturday Night Live, to banjo playing.
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