Tag Archives: San Francisco

Recipe: Strawberry Peanut Butter Sandwich

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Burnt My Fingers

A place in our former neighborhood (Castro/Lower Haight) in San Francisco made a nice strawberry peanut butter sandwich. Smooth or crunchy peanut butter and sliced ripe strawberries on toast are a lovely juxtaposition of tastes and textures. To get fancy, … Continue reading →

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Hacking Bi Rite Market in San Francisco

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Burnt My Fingers

Bi Rite Market is a high end mini-supermarket chain in San Francisco with impeccable goods and prices to match. They recently opened a branch on Polk St, near where I stay when in town, so I went exploring in the … Continue reading →

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We tried the Dubai Chocolate Sundae in Ghirardelli Square

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Burnt My Fingers

We happened to be in San Francisco last spring when the Ghirardelli Dubai Chocolate Sundae was dropped at their multiple shops around the square. The lines were endless and though the first 200 got a free sundae there were far … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Acme Olive Bread II (improved!)

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Burnt My Fingers

Today’s Acme Olive Bread II recipe is a step forward in trying to duplicating the original, which we will never completely succeed at because we don’t access to the same olives and marinating brine. We upped the amount of olive … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Thanh Long Garlic Noodles

Posted on February 8, 2025 by Burnt My Fingers

Thanh Long is an upscale Vietnamese restaurant in San Francisco, famous for its garlic noodles. That dish is currently $15 at the restaurant ($43 if you add four grilled giant tiger prawns) but we can make it at home for … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Acme Olive Bread I

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Burnt My Fingers

Acme Olive Bread is an interesting creature. It combines the astringent bite of salt cured olives with a tender, almost fluffy crumb. We have posted several olive bread recipes and they’re all good, but a close rendition of Acme Olive … Continue reading →

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A visit to Educated Palate in San Francisco

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Educated Palate is a bakery operated by the students in the Culinary Arts and Hospitality program at San Francisco City College. It is only open on Thursdays, between 9:30 and 11:30 am, and by chance we were there on the … Continue reading →

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A soup noodle tour of San Francisco

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

The Bay Area Eats (dine-in / take-out) Facebook group came into existence on April 2, 2020, in the very darkest early days of the pandemic. As the world turned upside down it became a culinary lifeline, chronicling what restaurants and … Continue reading →

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Buying crab off the boat in San Francisco

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

On my February trip to San Francisco I was able to buy a live Dungeness crab directly off the fishing boat at Fisherman’s Wharf. This is news: first because the crab season is frequently curtailed by insufficient breeding stock (this … Continue reading →

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The ultimate In-N-Out cheeseburger

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Burnt My Fingers

To experience the ultimate In-N-Out cheeseburger you need to eat in the facility, vs. ordering to go. The public space is jammed, seating on hard plastic benches is uncomfortable and you have to wait for a table. But the presentation … Continue reading →

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