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On the California Taco Trail

By SARA DESERAN
Saveur | April 2015

Restaurateur and Mexican-food fiend Sara Deseran eats her way down California's historic tortilla-packed Highway 99.

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More Spice, More Flesh, More Sparkle, More ... More!

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | May 31, 2016  

Drag queen and budding food world star Juanita More lays out the plans for the most fabulous Pride Weekend house party evahhh!

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Kids These Days

By Sara Deseran
San Francisco magazine | MARCH 2015

When a child crosses the line from adventurous eater to budding food snob, parental soul-searching ensues.

* Selected for the 2015 Best Food Writing anthology

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The Quiet One

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | November 2015

Melissa Perello doesn't want to play the publicity game or the gender card. She just wants to cook.

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San Miguel Modern

BY SARA DESERAN
Sunset | November 2016

A new creative class is putting down roots in the tiny colonial town of San Miguel de Allende and giving it some serious cosmopolitan cred.

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God, Guns and Gratuity

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | February 2015

Is abolishing the American diner’s inalienable right to bestow tips a risk that restaurants can really afford to take?

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Are We Glowing Yet?

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | December 2012

With the city swimming in juice cleanses, a food writer's attempt to detox release her inner struggles.

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Contents Under Pressure

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | September 2014

Long waits, bad service, questionable food: New restaurants can be disaster zones. Diners fan the flames by visiting them too soon. 

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Coffee Gone Sour

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | November 2013

After years of blithely brewing up lightly roasted beans, one java enthusiast finally checks in with her taste buds.

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Dining Under the Influence

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | June 2014

With more and more restaurants pushing high-potency cocktails comes a new kind of DUI. 

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Mine, All Mine

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | October 2012

In this age of pass-the-plate dining, sharing is not caring.

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Respect the Beast

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | September 2012

The snout-to-table movement needs to mind its manners.

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From Tech to Table

BY SARA DESERAN
7x7 | July 2011

We all know the recipe for San Francisco's increasingly vibrant food scene: organic farms, enthusiastic chefs, stellar home cooks. But the secret ingredient—the thing truly propelling it—might be a dash of (650).

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Can Chefs Do It All?

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | September 2012

A new breed of super-cook might be asking for trouble.

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Department of Authenticity

BY SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | September 2013

Nostalgia-fueled authentocrats policing San Francisco's restaurants are missing the regional cuisine right under their noses.

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Our Tourists, Ourselves

BY SARA DESERAN
7x7 | May 2011

In the country's No. 1 tourist destination, there's a very basic symbiosis between us and them: San Francisco gives tourists memories and they give us $834 billion a year. But take a look into their camera lens. You'll find it reflects something more.

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Tyler's Refresher

By SARA DESERAN

7x7 | July 2007

When a Food Network celebrity uproots himself from NYC and plants himself in Marin, he discovers the back-to-the-lander within. Run, little rabbit, run.

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Keeping Up with Madame Chiang

BY SARA DESERAN
7X7 | February 2006

Why the ambassador of Chinese cuisine rarely stands still.

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Blue Plate Special

 

BY SARA DESERAN
7x7 | September 2005

Formal dining be damned. Why fine dining chefs are getting back to the basics.

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Epicures of the Rising Sun

By SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | March 2016

One global cuisine is capturing the attention of the Bay Area's best chefs, and it's not French or Italian.

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Dare to Eat a Peach

By SARA DESERAN
San Francisco magazine | June 2012

A seasonal fruit fetish that comes with great expectations.

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On the California Taco Trail

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More Spice, More Flesh, More Sparkle, More ... More!

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Kids These Days

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The Quiet One

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San Miguel Modern

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God, Guns and Gratuity

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Are We Glowing Yet?

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Contents Under Pressure

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Coffee Gone Sour

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Dining Under the Influence

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Mine, All Mine

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Respect the Beast

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From Tech to Table

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Can Chefs Do It All?

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Department of Authenticity

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Our Tourists, Ourselves

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Tyler's Refresher

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Keeping Up with Madame Chiang

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Blue Plate Special

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Epicures of the Rising Sun

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Dare to Eat a Peach

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