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The Cafés of San Francisco: A Guide to the Sights, Sounds, and Tastes of America's Original Café Society (Cafes of San Francisco: A Guide to the Sights, Sounds, & Tastes of)

S. Green, R. Green, A.K. Crump

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San Francisco coffee scenes 4 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

What a great, interesting book! I came across this guide at the counter of a local cafe that is actually featured in the book. The book organizes coffee houses and cafes according to neighborhoods of San Francisco. In each of the neighborhoods are featured cafes, their stories, menus, and even some of the recipes. I know some great cafes must have been missed and omitted since coffee houses in San Francisco come and go and there are a plethora of them (not counting Starbucks, of course) that accentuate neighborhood identity. It would be a strenuous project to keep up-to-date of all the newcomers in the industry (so I'll expect, maybe, a yearly edition?). A great headstart and a perfect coffee-table book for barista connoisseur and just the daily dosers!

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Café culture has long played an integral role in San Francisco's history and cosmopolitan lifestyle. This delightful guidebook leads travelers and residents alike on a deliciously caffeinated tour of over 340 cafés in the city and East Bay. Each listing includes an address, phone number, and short write-up, giving readers a taste of each spot's unique ambience. Nearly all entries are pictured in full-color photos that capture the feel and atmosphere of a café. Some entries come with a story - the Caffe Proust, for example, is paired with an account of Marcel Proust's café experiences. There are also recipes, menus, vignettes, and profiles of local artists, café owners, and, of course, coffee-lovers, including Francis Ford Coppola, comedian Will Durst, and former mayor Willie Brown. Organized by neighborhood, the book offers a lovely walking tour of San Francisco's unique charms.

Campbell's Fabulous One-Dish Meals (Favorite All Time Recipes Series)

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From the back cover 5 out of 5 stars.
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From cover to cover, Campbell's Fabulous One Dish Recipes offers dozens of great tasting recipes ideal for quick family meals and easy entertaining. We've included recipes that feature Golden Corn Soup and Italian Tomato Soup, as well as recipes using our traditional soup varieties, Tomato, Cream of Mushroom, Cream of Chicken and Cream of Broccoli. You won't want to miss serving these M'm! M'm! Good! Favorites from Campbell's.

A LA San Francisco: Restaurant Recipes

Catherine Grady Crabtree

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Weekdays Are Quick Meals: From Speedy Stir-Fires to Soups to Skillet Dishes and Thirty-Minute Stews (Everyday Cookbooks)

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Recipes for busy people 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This is the book to have if you have limited time to cook, but still want to be able to make healthy good dinners. We use a recipe out of this book at least twice a week. Usually the recipes take 30 minutes or less - and make enough to have lunch the next day. There is alot of variety with good vegetarian options.

My essential weekday cookbook 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book is great for making tasty meals from scratch with a minimum amount of time and effort. Also, most of the meals are based on non-perishable or long-storing items so you can shop on the weekends and still have fresh meals later in the week. Some of the recipes are a miss rather than a hit but there are so many that there is bound to be something for everyone. My personal favorites are the Chicken with Chiles, Turkey Bolognese and Linguini with Red Clam Sauce.

A fun and healthy cookbook that you will use again and again 4 out of 5 stars.
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This is one of my families favorite cook books. It has easy to follow instructions, fun recipes, and it is quick from start to finish. It is the cookbook that can take a person who hates cooking and make them love the kitchen.

The New California Cuisine: Great Recipes from the Los Angeles Times

Rose Dosti

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California Wine Country Cooking

Betty Evans

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Monday Is Meat Loaf and Burgers and Pork Chops and Steaks and More (The Everyday Cookbooks)

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Mommy Made and Daddy too 5 out of 5 stars.
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I thought the book was very informative and helpful. Great receipes!

Food Festivals of Northern California: Traveler's Guide and Cookbook (Food Festivals)

Bob Carter

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From abalone to zucchini, from Klamath to Santa Cruz, award-winning travel writer Bob Carter presents the best annual food festivals of Northern California. He guides you through festival events and offers favorite festival recipes that will help you recreate the experience at home. The feastings range from home-grown, small-town finger foods to metropolitan, gourmet restaurant entrees. For more adventures, try Food Festivals of Southern California. Also includes: extensive list of other area festivals; list of nearby farmer's markets; festival calendar for travel planning.

Williams-Sonoma: San Francisco: Spanish-Language Edition (Coleccion Williams-Sonoma)

Janet Fletcher

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Authentic recipes, beautiful photography, and in-depth stories about an incomparable food town mark this exciting entry in the popular series. The book contains dozens of profiles of the people and places that have contributed to San Francisco's renowned culinary reputation, along with recipes for the best of its local fare. The city’s distinctive approach is sampled in such delights as Cioppino with Focaccia Toasts; Beet, Fennel, and Avocado Salad with Ricotta Salata; Meyer Lemon Pots de Crème with Raspberry Sauce; and more than 40 other delicious dishes.

The Sardine Factory : An Insider's Look at the Famed Restaurant and Its Cuisine

Bill Keenan

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The Cooking Club Review of This Book 4 out of 5 stars.
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The Sardine Factory of Monterey, California began in the condemned cafeteria of an abandoned fish processing plant in an obscure neighborhood that had fallen on bad times. Although immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel "Cannery Row", Moneterey's fishing business had, more or less, ended by 1968 when restaurateurs Bert Cutino and Ted Balestreri opened The Sardine Factory. Since then the restaurant has become one of the must-try restaurants. Service is key here, and the owners were quick to tell author Willian Keenan Jr. that if you felt at home in The Sardine Factory they had failed to achieve the level of luxury and service to which they aspire.

You can catch glimpses of the restaurant in the old Clint Eastwood movie, "Play Misty for Me" and may spy movie stars, statesmen and even former Presidents among its patrons. The golf at nearby Pebble Beach is superb and the views of this coastline anywhere along Highway 1 are breathtaking. This is certainly Ameircan fine dining at its finest. Congratulations to the businessmen and chefs who made this restaurant become a standard by which other fine restaurants are judged.

There are a few recipes from The Sardine Factory in the book, but like the others in the series, this book is about the restaurant, and not how to copy its dishes.

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History and fine dining meet at The Sardine Factory, a restaurant created by two busboys with a dream of creating an upscale restaurant in the run-down Cannery Row section of Monterey, California.