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New Desserts at Hopscotch, Your Chance to Stomp Wine Grapes & More

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Peach melba at Hopscotch in Oakland. (Photo courtesy of the restaurant)

Peach melba at Hopscotch in Oakland. (Photo courtesy of the restaurant)

New Sweets at Hopscotch

Hopscotch, the upscale diner in Oakland famed for its fried chicken, aims to satisfy your sweet tooth, too.

The restaurant, which serves American classics with Asian influences, just debuted a new dessert menu.

Among the treats to enjoy are: Peach melba with Greek yogurt sorbet, fresh raspberries and chervil; fig and almond tart with red wine sauce; and chocolate ganache cake with arare rice crackers and caramel sauce.

All desserts are $8.

Chocolate ganache cake. (Photo courtesy of Hopscotch restaurant)

Chocolate ganache cake. (Photo courtesy of Hopscotch restaurant)

The Mandarin Oriental Celebrates the Upcoming Moon Festival

Join in the commemoration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, typically held during a full moon close to the autumnal equinox, at a special event at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 20.

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Dog Days of Summer at SusieCakes, Alcatraz Prison Fare & More

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SusieCakes salutes man's best friend during August. (Photo courtesy of SusieCakes.)

SusieCakes salutes man’s best friend during August. (Photo courtesy of SusieCakes.)

SusieCakes Salutes National Dog Day

Throughout the entire month of August, SusieCakes bakeries in the Bay Area will be hosting the “Dog Days of Summer.”

Just donate any new pet accessory during that time-frame and receive 2-for-1 cupcakes (limited to two dozen).

The bakeries will be accepting donations of items such as dog toys, dog beds, leashes, collars, unopened bags of dry dog food, blankets and towels. They will all be given to local pet shelters.

LYFE Kitchen Offerings Available on New Delta Airlines Route

If you’re a fan of LYFE Kitchen’s healthful fast-casual dishes served at its Palo Alto restaurant who flies to Los Angeles regularly, you’ll be glad to know you can satisfy your cravings on the new Delta Shuttle service that starts up Sept. 3.

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Dessert Tasting Menu, Food Trucks to Gather at Valley Fair & More

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Blueberry souffle from the Fifth Floor. (Photo courtesy of the restaurant.)

Blueberry souffle from the Fifth Floor. (Photo courtesy of the restaurant.)

The Fifth Floor’s Dessert Tasting Menu

For those of you who favor the sweet over the savory, you can’t miss the new dessert tasting menu featured at the Fifth Floor in San Francisco through the end of summer.

Executive Pastry Chef Francis Ang offers up a four-course tasting menu for $35 per person (or with wine pairings for $60 per person).

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Scenes From SF Chefs 2013, Part II

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William Werner of Craftsman and Wolves at his demo at SF Chefs.

William Werner of Craftsman and Wolves at his demo at SF Chefs.

 

Not all the action of SF Chefs was going on underneath the tent on Union Square in San Francisco.

One of my favorite parts of the three-day food-wine-cocktail extravaganza was “Industry Day,” when food professionals got to sit in on panel discussions and cooking demos featuring some of the Bay Area’s most talented chefs.

*William Werner of Craftsman and Wolves of San Francisco showed how he makes his best-selling “Rebel Within.” The savory cake studded with Boccalone sausage hides an oozy egg inside. But did you know that was an accident? Werner admitted he originally intended to put a hard-boiled egg inside, but took the pan out too early. Just goes to show the most successful creations often are “mistakes.”

Werner's famed "Rebel Within'' is breakfast all in one.

Werner’s famed “Rebel Within” is breakfast all in one.

The lovely runny egg hidden inside.

The lovely runny egg hidden inside.

*Evan Rich of Rich Table in San Francisco demonstrated his famed sardine chips. He is rather astounded how popular they’ve become. It’s the only item on the menu that has never been taken off. His kitchen turns out 600 of these crisp potato chips that have a whole sardine woven through. He’s around sardines so much, he joked, that he can’t even bring himself to order the fish if he sees it on someone else’s menu when he’s dining out.

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Scenes from SF Chefs 2013, Part I

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Would you believe this is a cake? Yes, made by the Ahwahnee Hotel.

Would you believe this is a cake? Yes, made by the Ahwahnee Hotel.

 

It’s hard to believe that SF Chefs, that deletable extravaganza that celebrates the Bay Area’s singular food scene, is five years old already.

Last Friday was the official start of the weekend-long affair, when the mega tasting tent on Union Square in San Francisco opened with a dramatic cake-cutting with chefs Tyler Florence of Wayfare Tavern and Dominique Crenn of Atelier Crenn joining Mayor Ed Lee in the honors.

Enjoy some scenes from the first day:

Inside the tent, just before the festivities were to get underway.

Inside the tent, just before the festivities were to get underway.

 

Take one guess as to which chef this food station belonged to.

Take one guess as to which chef this food station belonged to.

 

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