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Sycamore Kitchen Baked Goods Review | LA

Karen and Quinn Hatfield's new bakery, The Sycamore Kitchen.

TT Rumble Reel

What better way to wrap up our third annual Lobster Roll Rumble than with the official 2012 Rumble Reel? Watch it here to relive the crustacean celebration!

Food Trends: Buckwheat, Grain Du Jour | San Francisco

Although it is technically a fruit seed, buckwheat has become the grain du jour, appearing in San Francisco restaurants in the form of gnocchi, crackers and even ice cream.

The Bruery

Rajdhani

Bread Lounge

Paper Or Plastik Café

This Pico coffee shop holds the rare distinction of having a lunch menu designed by a Michelin-starred chef. That chef is Jeremy Fox, formerly of Ubuntu, and his casual approach includes sandwiches filled with vadouvan-spiced chicken and La Quercia coppa with ricotta and greens.

Elf Café

The kitchen at Elf does wonders with mushrooms, employing different kinds of fungi to create dishes that taste wonderful to vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. The Buffalo-fried oyster mushrooms with harissa are a delicious starter.

Bon Vivant Market & Café

With a coffee bar and baked goods of the high-end junk food ilk, and a full bar with such possible cocktail snacks as deviled eggs crossed with two simmering anchovies fillets, Bon Vivant can sustain you from morning to evening.

Bedford Cheese Shop

This Williamsburg cheese and fine foods shop opened a Gramercy location over the weekend. The shop also houses "the Homestead," a space for classes and private events. See a schedule of upcoming classes.

North End Grill

Bian Dang At Food Gallery 32

Schmackary's

Babbo

Babbo is much the same and completely different at its new lunch service--quieter but with those same gutsy Italian dishes. If you can get out of the office, this one is a treat. Read our previous coverage .

Maialino

Antique Taco

New Orleans Muffuletta Salad Recipe

A pared-down take on the muffuletta sandwich.

Wise Sons Deli

Vega

Golden Flower

Several decades on, this Chinatown restaurant is still one of the best spots in San Francisco for Southern Vietnamese-style pho, with its hints of star anise and roast shallots and its panoply of aromatic herbs. The spring rolls, rolled to order and stuffed with either shrimp or pork skin, are equally wonderful.

Beachside Coffee Bar & Kitchen

Mission Bowling Club

GT Fish & Oyster

Muffaletta Sandwich In Salad Form

Charbay Distillery's American Tequila

Charbay Distillery in California is raising the bar with interesting spirits.

Riesling By Tatomer Wines Is A Pure, Bright Riesling

With the Summer of Riesling in full swing, we've picked out one of our favorites right now: the 2008 Tatomer Wines Vanderberg Riesling, made by a winemaker who trained in Austria. It's being featured at Fifth Floor, paired with suckling pig and compressed fennel.

Flour & Water

In addition to its Dough Room, this Mission restaurant has just opened the Test Kitchen , a second private dining room. Parties of eight to 12 can order an eight-course tasting menu there for $195 a person.