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How to Make One of the West Coast’s Most Beloved Chicken Sandwiches at Home

The Bay Area’s top pitmaster shares his superior fried chicken sandwich

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A view of the Transamerica Pyramid and Downtown San Francisco

20 Things We Can’t Wait to Do in and Around the Bay Area in 2022

The best-in-class patio at Waterbar under the lights

The 10 Bay Area Restaurants and Meals We Loved Most in 2021

American chef and restaurateur Alice Waters stands outside of Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1982

Six Chez Panisse Alums Reflect on the Job of a Lifetime

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Krampus Shots at Deck the Halls

The Story Behind SF’s Best Loved Pop-Up Holiday Bar

Yellow Snow, the Baby Jesus and more, in North Beach

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8 Superlative Gifts That Were Made — and Can Be Bought — in San Francisco

The best Bay Area prezzies from $5 to $999

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Restaurants & Bars

The 5 Best Restaurants That Opened in SF This Fall

From a new Korean barbecue joint to a steakhouse made for a Wolf of Wall Street reboot

In the reading room at Letterform Archive

The World’s Greatest Typography Instagram Now Has a Gallery in San Francisco

The inimitable Letterform Archive debuts its new Dogpatch space

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This classic tagliatelle Bolognese is a staple at new San Francisco restaurant Penny Roma.

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City Limit sign for the Central Valley.

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A view from the Ritz Carlton in Lake Tahoe

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General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park

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The Oasis at Death Valley reopened after a $100 million renovation.

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A photo of Carrie and Rupert Blease's high-end take on chicken wings at their beloved, Michelin-starred Turntable [at Lord Stanley].

How a Michelin-Starred San Francisco Restaurant Makes Chicken Wings

"Bouquet" by J. John Priola

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The Workwear Brands That America’s Best-Dressed Electrician Swears By

The first furniture collection from Oakland design company BASE

Meet the Oakland Design Duo Turning Sheet Metal Into Objets d'Art

Nicoise Tartine

The 5 Best New Restaurants That Opened in the Bay Area This Summer

Carrie Scoville, Jeff Gunderson, Charles Stephanian, Sharon Chickanzeff and Robert Allen in the SFAI Library, c. 1982

Is There Room for Art in the World’s Most Techified City?

The new Wylder Hope Valley is set on a postcard backdrop in the high Sierras

The New Wylder Hope Valley Is the Platonic Ideal of a High Sierras Lodge

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