August 15, 2020

This Issue:
— As Restaurants Struggle, Bay Area Chefs Create a New Wave of Food Businesses: My latest feature for The Bold Italic on chefs, bartenders and industry folk working creative collaborations and new businesses in pandemic.
— Distiller Bottle Column: Unique canned cocktails from a Copenhagen distiller. Apple brandy from New Hampshire. Small production Cognac. Australian whisky. Italian vodka. 10 spirits reviewed.
— Healdsburg’s Visionary Women: In this Sonoma County town, a high concentration of Healdsburg’s best restaurants, boutique hotels, winemakers and distillers and restaurants are female.

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August 1, 2020

This Issue:
— Spacious Outdoor Patios in San Francisco: Five standout restaurants doing right by outdoor dining, with longstanding patios and rooftops or new gardens, converted parking lots and beer gardens.
—July’s 10 SF Bay Area Restaurants for Outdoor Dining, Takeout or Delivery: Covering a range of cuisines and fast casual to mid-range, as well as Oakland to Napa. Here you’ll find my recommends for Jamaican, Vietnamese, Korean, Middle Eastern, New American and beyond.

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July 15, 2020

— The Best SF Takeout to Celebrate a Special Occasion: Five standout upscale restaurants doing special takeout/delivery in pandemic times, from cheese and champagne tastings, or nigiri sushi feasts to upscale but “real deal” BBQ.
— June’s 10 SF Bay Area Restaurants for Outdoor Dining, Takeout or Delivery: 10 standouts around the Bay Area doing takeout/delivery or outdoor dining, from Jamaican to Mexican vegan, Modern Jewish to old school “red sauce” American-Italian, hip spots to OG classics.
— DISTILLER Bottle Column: This month’s 10 bottle/spirits reviews include organic Cognac, rhum agricole, rock ‘n rye, American fernet, American single malt, gin, amaro and aquavit.

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