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Elena Kadvany

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Food reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle. Email: elena.kadvany@sfchronicle.com

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 15/09/2025
As the class clowns of local media, alternative newsweeklies were smarter than they looked: They fearlessly called out corruption, launched artists’ and writers’ careers, and made journalism fun. Can COYOTE bring that energy back? Read more from @emmaruthless.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/2w4jj9vk
A collage of different covers from the now-defunct San Francisco alt-weekly the Bay Guardian. Covers have headlines like "Downtown Highrises: the monsters that ate 12,000 jobs," "Bette Midler Up Close," "Queer Youth: Did It Get Bettter," and "Nude beaches."
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
More women are turning to psychedelics to treat postpartum depression. Yet it remains a taboo, under-studied topic. www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
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This unorthodox treatment could help new moms: ‘The tipping point is coming’
Demand is surging among new moms for this once-taboo treatment, and the first trials of a new drug have shown promising results.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I talked to chefs and influencers about the Kis Cafe drama, and unpacked the power dynamics and logistics of their dynamic www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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How a viral feud revealed the complicated rules for Bay Area restaurants and influencers
The speed and reach of the Kis Café drama stunned both chefs and influencers, and showed how precarious the dynamic between them can be.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This story has it all: A woman pulling rotisserie chicken out at a vegetarian restaurant. Purse tuna. An egg salad influencer. Bodybuilders. www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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People are bringing their own food to Bay Area restaurants. Is ‘purse tuna’ ever OK?
Bay Area chefs say they see people sneaking bites of homemade salads, spring rolls and even entire pizzas while dining at their restaurants.
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Here’s a link to our ongoing tsunami coverage at @sfchronicle.com No major damage at first light in California but tsunami is still ongoing and strong currents threaten harbors and marinas. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
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Tsunami updates: 4-foot waves could hit California coast; Hawaii escapes major damage
Parts of the Northern California coast could expect to see waves of around 4 feet Wednesday while Hawaii escaped major damage after an 8.8 magnitude quake in Russia.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Some of the Bay Area's best matcha is finally back 🍵https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/forest-tea-bar-berkeley-20769147.php
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The Bay Area gets a serene temple to exceptional matcha
A Berkeley matcha popup with a loyal following has opened a café dedicated to the art of tea-making.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
We blind tasted 17 rotisserie chickens to find the Bay Area's very best! www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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We blind tasted 17 rotisserie chickens from Bay Area restaurants. Here’s how Costco ranked
The Chronicle conducted a blind taste test of rotisserie chickens from restaurants, butchers and grocery stores — including Costco — to find the Bay Area’s best. Here’s our list of the top...
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This ice cream is suuuper stretchy and hard to find in the Bay Area 🍨 www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Esther Mobley takes us inside the selling drama at Toronado www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/ar...
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"What I see in Fruitvale's street food scene is raw talent — a preview of future Bay Area restaurants. But I’ve often worried about the future of this corridor." www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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The most exciting street food in the Bay Area is on this one block
The Fruitvale area in Oakland is the home to some of the best Central American food in the Bay Area, like Shucos Magi, Pupuseria Fatima and El Sazon K-Tracho.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
What a honor, thank you @wearesfj.bsky.social!
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Demian Bulwa @demianbulwa.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
MUST-READ: Thomas Keller asked me to leave the French Laundry. It turned into my most extraordinary night as a critic By MacKenzie Chung Fegan www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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This is what happened when Thomas Keller asked me to leave the French Laundry
Thomas Keller is a legendary chef. Chronicle critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan hadn’t met him, until she went to the French Laundry and he asked her to leave.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
As someone who grew up in *sleepy* Menlo Park, it's wild to see this many new restaurants opening there. www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Forget San Francisco. Restaurants see ‘huge opportunity’ in this quiet suburb
A wave of new restaurants are bringing energy to Menlo Park, a quiet Bay Area suburb that is perpetually labeled as sleepy.
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🎧 Listen to the podcast! SF Chronicle food reporter @elenakadvany.bsky.social and restaurant and bar owners Paul Iglesias, Christ Aivaliotis and Stelle Dennig spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the successes and struggles of Oakland’s food scene. 🔗:
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Oakland’s Restaurant Scene Is Swimming in Praise, But Struggling to Stay Afloat
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
MON at 9AM SF Chronicle food reporter @elenakadvany.bsky.social and restaurant and bar owners Paul Iglesias, Christ Aivaliotis and Stelle Dennig join to discuss the successes and struggles of Oakland’s food scene. ❓ If you’re in the Oakland restaurant industry, what has your experience been like?
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It’s America’s hottest food city. Restaurateurs say they can’t survive here
Oakland is home to nationally acclaimed restaurants, but it's harder and harder for them to survive, owners say.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
If you love Kukje in Daly City, get excited www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Beloved Bay Area market to open Korean bakery
Kukje, a longtime Bay Area Korean market in Daly City, is starting its own bakery.
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Waxxy @laura-waxmann.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Scoop: A century-old #SanFrancisco building two blocks from Union Square that last housed controversial French-Vietnamese restaurant Le Colonial has been sold to a pair of local bar operators. Reporting with @elenakadvany.bsky.social for @sfchronicle.com
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Downtown bar owners will breathe new life into 100-year-old S.F. building
The SF restaurant space at 20 Cosmo Place, previously Le Colonial and Trader Vic's, has been sold to new owners behind Persona bar.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I have not stopped thinking about this dessert since I had it a few months ago www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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How one magical dessert is made at this S.F. Top 100 restaurant
San Francisco's Verjus, one of the Chronicle's Top 100 restaurants, makes an exceptional version of pain perdu, French toast, topped with gelato and caramel.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
these sandwiches, this bread 😍 www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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This S.F. bakery is throwing incredible sandwich parties with made-to-order bread
Loquat, a bakery in San Francisco, hosts a monthly event centered around exceptional, freshly made laffa bread and sabich.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Restaurants that rely on imported goods from China, from tea to Sichuan peppercorns, are bracing for price hikes www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Raise prices? Remove dishes? Tariffs rattle Bay Area Chinese restaurants
The price of dishes at Bay Area Chinese restaurants could be increased due to President Donald Trump's staggering tariffs on China.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Can this Bay Area restaurant and farm disrupt the way we eat chicken in the U.S.? www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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This new Bay Area restaurant wants to change how America thinks about chicken
Cafe Vivant, opening soon in Menlo Park, will serve heritage chicken raised exclusively for the restaurant on a Pescadero farm.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The full Top 100 drop!! 🎉 www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
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100 best restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, ranked
The San Francisco Chronicle’s restaurant critics rank the best places to eat in the Bay Area, from 100 to No. 1. See what’s on the list.
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
INVESTIGATION: A broken system is keeping California homes underinsured. Millions have no idea they’re at risk My colleagues @meganmunce.bsky.social and @susien.bsky.social have worked on this story for months. If you're a homeowner in California, please read this story.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Top 100 is BACK! www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
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100 best restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, ranked
The San Francisco Chronicle’s restaurant critics rank the best places to eat in the Bay Area, from 100 to No. 1. See what’s on the list.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
s/o to the people with camping chairs and snacks (I got in line around 8:15 a.m., long after some of the early birds) www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Customers brave epic lines at opening of Bay Area Korean market
Customers at Jagalchi, a new Korean market in Daly City, waited in massive lines on opening day.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Jagalchi is almost here! (and there will almost certainly be long lines) www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Here’s a first look at the Bay Area’s huge new Korean food complex
Jagalchi, a huge new Korean food complex in the Bay Area, brings groceries, a restaurant, bars, a bakery and more to Daly City.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Meet the meticulous, quietly funny and misunderstood man who powers this tiny Bay Area pizzeria www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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One chef. 30 pizzas a night. Inside the Bay Area’s most eccentric pizzeria
Emilia's Pizzeria in Berkeley, a one-man pizza sensation, has been selling out for 15 years in the Bay Area.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🚨 new pastries alert 🚨 www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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S.F.’s newest pastry popup brings rare flavors downtown
A line cook turned baker is behind Tano, San Francisco's newest pastry popup, focused on Filipino and Guamanian flavors
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Oakland's Daytrip is back, with juicy rotisserie chicken and a new business model www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Celebrated Bay Area restaurant reopens with a new plan: juicy, affordable roast chicken
Oakland's popular Daytrip is reopening with a new model and menu focused on affordability and roast chicken.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The chefs of the Michelin-starred Maum are finally back with an exciting, personal new restaurant www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Their first Bay Area restaurant won a Michelin star. Here’s what they’re opening next
The chefs of the now closed, Michelin-starred restaurant Maum are opening a new Korean-Taiwanese restaurant in Menlo Park called Yeobo, Darling
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover. Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment." WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
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Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"hauntingly good madeleines" and a reminder of San Francisco's magic www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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A stunning new French bistro is one of the hippest places to be in S.F. right now
Bon Délire is a stunning new French restaurant on San Francisco's Embarcadero with scenic views and immaculate vibes.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The Top 100 is BACK 🎉https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/top-100-returns-20187967.php
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Get excited: Our Top 100 restaurants list is coming back
We’ve been furiously working on our first-ever ranked list of the Top 100 restaurants in the Bay Area. And we’re throwing a party to celebrate.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Tyler Florence's Union Square cafes were billed as part of downtown's revitalization. Yet they lost money and closed long before the end of the lease. What happened? www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t...
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Free rent. A city grant. This celebrity chef’s downtown S.F. cafe still lost $300K
Tyler Florence’s cafe in San Francisco's Union Square was supposed to be a success story. It closed despite free rent and a generous grant from the city.
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Tara Duggan @taraduggan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Shattering and beautiful - please read this new investigation by Joaquin Palomino and Cynthia Dizikes, with photos by Gabrielle Lurie. I'm proud to sit next to the journalists who poured themselves into this project for more than a year. www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
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The mystery shocked San Francisco. What led to the death of a girl found in a driveway
Jázmin sought care in California's for-profit psychiatric hospitals. But rather than help, they subjected her to chaotic conditions.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Jagalchi, with 75,000 square feet of Korean food, groceries, a restaurant, bakery and more in Daly City, is almost here www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Exclusive: Hotly anticipated Korean food complex announces Bay Area opening date
Jagalchi market, a huge Korean food complex, announces opening date at Serramonte Center in Daly City.
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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
California almond farmers and beekeepers have been shocked to find that up to 70% of the beehives used to pollinate orchards are dead. Experts say it’s the biggest loss of honeybees in 20 years and will be catastrophic for the season. Watch here to learn more @sfchronicle.com
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‘Catastrophic’ honey bee losses threaten California’s almond crop
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
run don't walk for these fried chicken sandwiches from Hina Yakitori's chef www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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A master of Japanese chicken is back in the Bay Area
Tommy Cleary of the acclaimed, now-closed Japanese fine dining restaurant Hina Yakitori, is popping up in Berkeley at Berkeley Bowl West.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
the milk deep dive we needed www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/d...
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Milk Takes Center Stage in 2025
America has long had an unsettled relationship with milk. Another upheaval is underway.
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Sara Libby @saralibby.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
LFG!!!! If you haven't read this incredible investigation, please take some time with it. Deep accountability reporting like this is as important as it's ever been.
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Rebecca Jennings @rebeccajjennings.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
i wrote about IT-GREDIENTS www.vox.com/culture/3973...
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The salty, briny, lemony, garlicky rise of “pick me” foods
How pickles and olives became the avocado for Gen Z.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
"It’s a famously grim time for the California wine industry." Yet at least 16 wine bars opened in the Bay Area last year. And they're thriving. www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/ar...
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California wine sales are tanking. But not at these Bay Area wine bars
While alcohol consumption plummets in the U.S., new wine bars keep opening in San Francisco, Oakland and the Bay Area. What's more, they're thriving.
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
“The Chronicle’s relocation from its iconic 901 Mission St. headquarters, which is also owned by Hearst and has housed the Chronicle for the past century, is expected to take place this summer.”
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The prepared foods spots that save me when I absolutely cannot muster the strength to cook dinner www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Don’t feel like cooking? Try our favorite spots for prepared foods in the Bay Area
The Bay Area's best prepared food options, from markets selling takeout sushi to frozen lasagna
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Chefs reflect on the lasting influence of Charles Phan of Slanted Door fame, who died suddenly on Monday. www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Chefs mourn S.F.’s Charles Phan, the ‘founder of modern Vietnamese cuisine’
Chefs, colleagues and friends reflect on the influence of Charles Phan of San Francisco's the Slanted Door.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Back on the milk beat: where to find luscious desserts made with this special Japanese dairy www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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The secret to some of the Bay Area’s creamiest desserts? A prized milk from Japan
Where to find Bay Area soft serve and cakes made with Japan's prized Hokkaido milk.
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
"I fear that this is going to be the final nail in the coffin for a lot of restaurants." Interviews with 16 owners and chefs about the impacts of the L.A. wildfires: la.eater.com/2025/1/17/24...
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"Customers Are Not Coming In": LA Restaurants Reach a Breaking Point Due to the 2025 Wildfires
Los Angeles restaurant operators and chefs share the dramatic collapse in business due to the wildfires and evacuations
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
My wonderful colleague Jess Lander lost her home in the 2020 Napa wildfire. Her essay on what helped her the most in the wake of it (and what didn't): www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...
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I lost my home in a California wildfire. Here’s what I wish others knew
As people look for ways to help displaced loved ones, they should know that some gestures are more helpful than others. Some, though well-intentioned, can even
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
a very big come-up for Menlo Park: the newest restaurant from the owners of Copra and Ettan www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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They serve some of the Bay Area’s most acclaimed Indian food. Their new spot is finally here
The owners of Copra and Ettan are opening yet another Indian restaurant in the Bay Area, Eylan in Menlo Park
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Elena Kadvany @elenakadvany.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
If you're in the Bay Area and want to support fire relief efforts, here's a running list of local restaurants and bars hosting fundraisers and more www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Want to support L.A. fire relief efforts? These Bay Area restaurants are fundraising
A running list of Bay Area restaurants and bars that are fundraising for Los Angeles fire relief efforts
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