Chef Obsessions: Seaweed

Saison's Joshua Skenes plays with marine vegetables

Few American chefs pay the kind of attention to seaweed that Joshua Skenes does at Saison. Depending on the season--yes, seaweed gathering has a season--a local diver brings...

Sharing Is Caring

Tapas you won't need to hog

There are small plates designed like miniature hors d’oeuvres: pretty to look at and impossible to share. Not at Duende, Paul Canales’ month-old restaurant, where...

Classic Tables: Buckeye Roadhouse

For those nights when you want a steak and a Zin

Buckeye Roadhouse, which opened in the same year as the nearby Golden Gate Bridge, has held up as well as another contemporary: Robert Redford. With handsome wood paneling and...

Oh Say Can You Sisig

A young Filipino-American chef makes his own way

Andres Matillano’s first cooking job was working under Mr. Pollo’s Manny Torres Gimenez, where he absorbed the can-do restaurateur’s M.O.: Rent a tiny space, keep...

Cookie Time

Local cookies we'll eat any time of year

We love our Thin Mints. But should you be unable to find a cookie-laden Girl Scout in your neighborhood, we found a few local treat we love just about as much: If you’re a...

Secret 'Wiches

Go beyond the deli for lunch

The quest for a great sandwich should never stop at your favorite deli. Izakaya aren’t known for their sandwiches, but Nojo is no ordinary izakaya. At the restaurant’s...