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Sara Deseran

Before dinner with friends, a steam room with strangers

Food & Drink

Onsen in the Tenderloin has reopened with an affordable prix fixe that starts with a trip to the bathhouse.

The Standard Staff

Win tickets to an evening with Samin Nosrat

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See the breakout chef and author in conversation with Hrishikesh Hirway on Friday, Sept. 12, at the Sydney Goldstein Theater.

The latest authentic dining experience? A record scratch

With listening bars growing, being tethered to a turntable is now a job of its own. But sometimes, dead wax — and the silence that follows — can be a good thing.

When the PTA wants a piece of the pie

Faced with a flood of fundraising requests for schools, restaurateurs say they are giving until it hurts.

A knife-making wunderkind trusted by one of SF’s greatest chefs

Everett Noel wants his beautiful, handmade knives to “create a little moment.”

Chefs

Before dinner with friends, a steam room with strangers

Win tickets to an evening with Samin Nosrat

The latest authentic dining experience? A record scratch

When the PTA wants a piece of the pie

A knife-making wunderkind trusted by one of SF’s greatest chefs