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I’ve been looking for a really good sandwich joint in Sacramento for a long time. There’s a bunch of just good places. But I’ve been looking for really good, something that goes beyond the Togo’s or Subway variety.

There are three that I love.

One is chef Daniel Pont‎’s La Bonne Soupe Cafe in Downtown Sac. An incredible hole in the wall with long waits – that just happens to have a great Zagat review.

The other is the deli at Corti Bros. Work with them to build your own hero and they’ll set you up with something great.

My third is The Sandwich Spot. They have a few locations in the area – one near where I teach. And they get it right. I’m always happy to have one of their creations (above) on a toasted sourdough roll.

Their secret is good ingredients, good prep (they even do an extra slice on the meats to order – so you’re not biting thru a huge chunk) and great mixed sauces (‘The Bomb’ is quite the bomb). Since I’ve been up here I’ve been missing the wonder that is Little Lucca in South San Francisco. But this really does the trick.

(and someday, I’d really like to take on the challenge of updating their logo. I have a few idears.)

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Here’s a little piece of San Francisco that only a local would know about.

Riviera ‘Authentic San Francisco’ Minestrone has been around since 1934. The green cans used to show up in drug stores and markets. Made from an old Italian family recipe.

It’s a rustic, bean-based soup with Swiss chard, noodles and a deep meaty flavor. It’s owned by the Birds Eye food company – and recently, they were even carrying it with a Nalley label (above, right).

Unfortunately, any form of the Riviera ‘Original Recipe’ Minestrone has been off the market for a few months now – and the Riviera ‘Authentic San Francisco Soup’ brand is now selling more mainstream canned soup flavors.

Luckily, I have a recipe of my own. [Read more →]

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The out of context photography of Matt Stuart.

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‘a side dish that gave Kraft Macaroni & Cheese a run for its money in the 1950s’

Pailadzo Captanian and her Armenian rice pilaf became ‘The San Francisco Treat.’

Here’s NPR taking a look at where this Armenian/Italian treat comes from. Original recipe included.

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‘Blue pictures are by locals. Red pictures are by tourists. Yellow pictures might be by either.’

Where everyone hangs out in San Francisco. According to photos posted on Flickr. More cities here.

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The corner of Font and Tapia in San Francisco.

Photo by mehallo

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Thursday evening I saw a Tweet come in. It said there was an airplane crash in San Bruno.

I grew up across from the San Francisco Airport and my dad used to always joke that an airplane – someday – would come crashing thru the front window. And now I’m – allegedly – reading about it on Twitter. [Read more →]

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‘A German, Jewish gynecologist, artist, and popular science writer extraordinaire, Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) is considered by many to be the founder of conceptual medical illustration.’

The influence of Fritz Kahn’s Der Mensch als Industriepalast (Man as Industrial Palace) was far flung.

Here’s a sum up of the work of Kahn by Vanessa Ruiz at Street Anatomy.

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