As most of you are aware, I continually update the 2021 Cookbook Preview post with additions each week. Working on the EYB Library and adding new cookbooks is one of my favorite jobs. Adding these soon-to-be released titles to our preview post gives me the same feeling of excitement as Christmas morning to a child.
Today, I’m going to share a deeper look into some stellar titles coming in the months February through May that I have had the pleasure of reviewing a galley. The 2021 Cookbook Preview shares a detailed listing by month of most worldwide cookbook releases (so many great books this year, again) but the following provides a taste of what we have to look forward to this year.
. 2021 s Hearts in San Francisco are on display in Union Square this week. (Courtesy of @sfghfoundation) 25 Fun Things to Do This Week (2.8.21)
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Feb 07, 2021
There s Valentine s programming galore this week with wine and cookie tastings, cooking class for two with Brandon Jew, and this year s crop of Hearts in San Francisco making their Union Square debut.
Plus, get takeout from a couple of cool new spots, watch SF Ballet s latest digital performances, or head to Healdsburg for an epic outdoor meal at SingleThread in a Ken Fulkâdesign setting.
Nosh on wood-fired meats from Jaranita SF. Housed in Bistro Aix s former Marina digs, this new Peruvian eatery from the restaurant group behind La Mar offers empanadas, grilled beef heart, rotisserie chicken, and an entire roasted cauliflower. // Order online at jaranitasf.com.
Lion’s Den Will Be Chinatown’s First New Nightclub and Live Music Venue in Decades
The bar aims to bring back the glamour of 1940s San Francisco Chinatown, the heyday of the Chinese-American bar-nightclub
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By the time Steven Lee arrived in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the mid-1970s, he was coming onto a scene that was already dying. It’s not that Chinatown wasn’t still full of bustling shops and vibrant neighborhood restaurants. It was. But in the 1940s and 1950s, Chinatown had also been one of the city’s great nightlife destinations, where Chinese-American nightclubs with names like Forbidden City and Chinese Sky Room would put on floor shows spectacles of song and dance that attracted tourists from around the country, as well as A-list celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Ronald Reagan.
. In his debut cookbook, Michelin-starred chef Brandon Jew shares recipes and techniques interwoven with stories about their roots in San Francisco s Chinatown and in Jew s own family history. (Courtesy of Lizzie Allen) 5 Bay Area Books to Read This Winter
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Jan 18, 2021
Resolved to read more in 2021? Whether you choose your books for distraction, entertainment, or education (or all of the above), this winter is a delightful time to discover new titles by Bay Area authors.
Curl up on the couch with Vendela Vida s lush coming-of-age novel set in San Francisco s Sea Cliff, Katherine Seligman s incisive look at homelessness in the Haight, or Brontez Purnell s deadpan reveal of the lives of queer men. Then, head into the kitchen with Mister Jiu s chef Brandon Jew, whose debut cookbook hits shelves soon.
California’s Bay Area is home to some of the country’s best restaurants, and many global food trends – from the sourdough craze to the farm-to-table movement – can trace their roots back here.
But with the pandemic upending the restaurant world, Bay Area chefs have been doing what we’re all doing: cooking and eating more at home, and turning to food as a source of comfort, nostalgia and creative relief.
We caught up with our favorite chefs, some of whom have been driving the Bay Area’s scene for decades, and others who are shaping its future: Alice Waters, the doyenne of seasonal eating and founder of Chez Panisse; Gilbert Pilgram, the exuberant head chef of the longtime San Francisco favorite Zuni Cafe; Sarah Kirnon, the founder of Oakland’s beloved Caribbean restaurant Miss Ollie’s; Brandon Jew, the founder of the boundary-pushing Chinatown eatery Mister Jiu’s; and Reem Assil, whose California-inspired take on the traditional Arab bakery has won Reem’s nationa