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  1. Lists
    Here Are the 2015 Michelin Stars for San Francisco; Benu and Saison Both Get Chefs Corey Lee and Joshua Skenes join the three-star club.
  2. Lists
    Yet Again, No Women Among theChron’s Rising Stars That would make four years running of no females in the mix.
  3. Chef Shuffles
    Benu Hires Former French Laundry Pastry Chef; Parallel 37 Brings in Charlie Rotondo is a notable up-and-comer who was most recently executive chef at Trotter’s.
  4. Foodies With Benefits
    Coi to Host Hurricane Sandy Benefit Dinner on December 3 With Guest Chefs Corey The dinner will feature seven courses, with others by Evan Rich, Chris L’Hommedieu, and Bill Corbett.
  5. The Other Critics
    NYT Critic Pete Wells Visits San Francisco, Talks About Tasting Menu Fatigue He loves Benu, but is “dazed” by Saison.
  6. Oeno-File
    Meet the Bay Area’s Five New Master Sommeliers Including one woman!
  7. Foodievents
    科里·李,David Chang在Sonom晚餐俱乐部a It’s at Copain Wines in the Russian River Valley.
  8. Trends
    Corey Lee, Danny Bowien Featured In National Trend Pieces on Asian-American Food We were kind of ahead of the curve on this one, here in S.F.
  9. Lists
    SF WeeklyApplauds Benu, Bar Tartine, and Ippuku in Best of S.F. Issue And Best Burger goes to… Fifth Floor.
  10. BNC
    Food & WineAnnounces ‘Best New Chefs’ 2012 Très bien.
  11. Lists
    Corey Lee Among This Year’s ‘F&W’ Best New Chefs [Updated] Editor Dana Cowin has been tweeting her riddles.
  12. FYI
    Corey Lee to Speak on Food and Science Today at UCSF The Benu chef will be discussing the increasingly parallel technologies of cooking and bioscience.
  13. Lists
    Vote Now forFood & Wine’s People’s Best New Chef Though the Bay Area dominates in the California region, L.A.’s Michael Voltaggio is most likely to win this popularity contest.
  14. Celebrity Settings
    Mark Zuckerberg Speed-Dines at Benu
  15. Accolades
    Bauer Upgrades Benu to Four Stars Unsurprisingly, this upgrade only took a year.
  16. Tricks of the Trade
    Corey Lee Fools Cecilia Chiang With Faux Shark Fin She apparently had no idea it was faux, and that was a great compliment.
  17. It’s All in the Stars
    Benu, Coi, and Saison and the Race to Be S.F.’s First Michelin Three-Star A little more national love for San Francisco, this time from the ‘Journal.’
  18. Menu Items
    Check Out the Foie Gras Xiao Long Bao at Benu They’re soup dumplings, but stuff with foie.
  19. Michelin Guide
    Michelin 2012: Benu, Baumé, and Saison Get Two Stars; Sons & Daughters, Also, Michael Mina returns to the guide at one star.
  20. Michelin Guide
    Will Manresa, Coi, or Benu Join the Three-Star Club? O, the drama of it all…
  21. Accolades
    Benu’s Corey Lee Responds to theJournal’s Compliments, and “We’re still in our infancy,” says Lee, modestly.
  22. Food Politics
    Some CA Chefs Lament as Both Shark Fin and Foie Gras Get Set to Be Banned Chefs aren’t too quick to defend the practice of killing sharks for their fins, but when it comes to taking away their foie, they’re pretty angry about that.
  23. Other Magazines
    Today’s Tech Entrepreneurs: Modern Day Patrons of the Food Arts? 7x7 makes the case, others argue against.
  24. Lists
    So, Which Restaurants Have the Best … Doors? Designer David Rockwell has got some thoughts.
  25. The Other Critics
    Alan Richman Hearts S.F. Now, Calls New York Restaurants The ‘GQ’ critic says the Bay Area is now the region to watch for restaurants of ‘ambition and imagination.’
  26. FYI
    So All the Good Caviar Comes From California Now? Owing to overfishing in Russia, the industry has become almost entirely domestic, and 100 percent sustainable.
  27. Mediavore
    Bonobo Monkeys ‘Chat’ About the Quality of Their Food; Cincinnati
  28. The Other Critics
    S. Irene Virbila Says the S.F. Food Scene is ‘On Fire’; Bauer Says The food at Rose Pistola is an improvement on a few years ago, but still not as good as when it opened, Bauer writes.
  29. The Other Critics
    San Francisco Lights Virbila’s Fire; Gold Finds Figs on Plates L.A.Weeklyturns an attempted April Fool’s day joke into its next big review.
  30. Where to Eat
    Fig-Gate Behind Us,Bon AppPays Tribute to the S.F. Restaurant Look out for the tourists to take up a bunch of reservations at these nine restaurants this summer.
  31. Cartography
    Benu Cart’s Short-Rib Burrito Deemed ‘Worth Its Weight in They cost $8, available from about midnight to 2 or 3 a.m., and they’re made with leftover product from the Benu kitchen.
  32. The Other Critics
    Faux Shark Fin vs. the Real Thing: Does It Cut It? The obvious winner is Benu’s.
  33. Lists
    Skenes, Lee, Moore All Nominated forFood & WinePeople’s Choice Food & Wine is doing a poll this year, separate from their editorial choices for Best New Chefs, for “The People’s Best New Chef.”
  34. Lists
    How Many New Restaurants Got Left Off of7x7’s 2011 Big Eat List? Tartine’s on there twice but Una Pizza Napoletana doesn’t make the cut? We call bullshit.
  35. Price Check
    Benu Does $500 Dinner, French Laundry Raises Prices 常规的品尝菜单Benu 270美元including wine, the same price the Laundry just went up to.
  36. FYI
    S.F.Mag Wants Local Restaurants to Stop ‘Eco-Fibbing’ See detailed scorecards for 18 restaurants as to how sustainable the fish they serve really is.
  37. Trimmings
    The Battle Is On for Best Designed Restaurant in S.F. The deadline for voting is January 30.
  38. The Other Critics
    Sens Gives His Take on Benu, Highlights the Chicken Poached Inside a Pig’s It’s called a poularde cuite en vessie.
  39. Lists
    Bauer Blesses Eleven Restaurants As Best Openers of 2010 He couldn’t quite whittle the list down to ten.
  40. Price Check
    A Coffee at Benu Costs Sixteen Dollars Are we shocked? Not really.
  41. The Other Critics
    Benu, Not Surprisingly, Earns Three and a Half Stars from Bauer He says it’s not for everyone, but neither is Mark Rothko.
  42. Cartography
    Eat Some Late-Night Mexican Using Very High-End Stuff From Benu’s Kitchen Using whatever’s left over when they take their Sunday-Monday break, the porters at Benu will be doing a late-night Mexican stand on Hawthorne Lane.
  43. Mediavore
    Michelin Already Digs Benu; China’s Wealthy Dig Scotch
  44. The Other Critics
    Kauffman Goes Haute, Loves Benu; Reidinger Riffs on Radios at Citizen’s Band Kauffman says Benu could use another six months to “evolve.”
  45. The Other Critics
    Unterman Says Corey Lee Has ‘Changed All the Rules’ at Benu; Bauer
  46. Benefits
    Fancy Brown Bag Lunch Auction Starts Today Proceeds go to benefit the San Francisco Community School.
  47. Top Chef Alumni Newsletter
    The Voltaggios Chow Down at Benu, SPQR
  48. Trends
    Steak, Pizza, and Lots More Casual Eating: Our Fall Trend Watch Finally, S.F. is getting a Neapolitan pizza wave, and a steakhouse wave, and a bevy of simpler cocktail menus.
  49. Photo Plates
    The Tasting Menu at Benu, Illustrated See a full slideshow, courtesy of Bunrab, of the tasting menu at Benu.
  50. Openings
    Reminder: Benu Opens Tonight Try to get your reservations on OpenTable each day as the evening two months from tomorrow opens up.
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