by Kate Brunotts Listen, I love the holidays as much as anyone else, but there’s no denying that with them comes the “season’s greetings” of a lighter wallet. Those artisan cat socks you got for your great Aunt Jackie are expensive, and I totally understand being fed up with ramen. 

  It’s LumpiaPalooza! October is Filipino-American History Month, giving you the perfect excuse to nourish your passion for local Filipino culture and community in the most delectable way possible: with crispy, flaky, buttery, deliciously-stuffed, and perfectly-golden LUMPIA! Indulge in a variety of savory classics like garlic, kare kare, and chicken afritada lumpia.

A galactic lineup of mouthwatering, eye-catching, Instagram-worthy ube eats are returning to SoMa StrEat Food Park at the second annual UBay: SF Ube Fest! Ube continues to take the food-scene by storm and we’re going to make it purple rain (again). Grab your little sweet potatoes and ubaes and head

Ed Levine, Founder, SeriousEats.com; Author, Serious Eater: A Food Lover’s Perilous Quest for Pizza J. Kenji López-Alt, Chef; Chief Culinary Consultant, SeriousEats.com; Columnist, “The Food Lab” Founded in 2006 by former New York Times food contributor Ed Levine, food blog Serious Eats has combined storytelling and culinary expertise to become one of the

Cooking with Carpenter is a three-part film series that explores some of director John Carpenter’s finest (and most fun!) cinematic achievements. Ticket includes a themed three-course meal and a screening of the film. In addition, you’ll be delighted by a robust list of specialty cocktails, a costume contest, and much

Kevin Law and Rum Chicharoen, two chefs who’ve previously worked at some of San Francisco’s finest establishments like State Bird Provisions, have teamed up to create a new neighborhood food pop-up called immi.  immi is dedicated to the immigrants who raised our generation, and the menus they create pull from

Ruth Reichl is the bestselling author of the memoirs Tender at the Bone, Comfort Me With Apples, Garlic and Sapphires, andFor You, Mom, Finally; the novel Delicious!. She was editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine for ten years. Previously she was the restaurant critic for The New York Times and served as the food editor and restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times.

Join Swedish chef and photographer Magnus Nilsson, featured in the Emmy-Award winning The Mind of a Chef and Chef’s Table, as he shares his explorations and images of the rich food traditions and landscapes of the Nordic region. Nilsson has traveled extensively throughout Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden