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East West Eats





The deadline for registration has been extended through Tuesday May 30th, so I'm making one last pitch for you to consider attending the East West Eats dinner. Register to attend online.

Some delicious new details:

There will be demonstrations by chef and food stylist extraordinaire Santos Loo from the Food Network!

The roster of chefs has grown!
Kirti Pant of Junnoon
Khai Duong of Ana Mandara
J. Kapur of Maharani
Tommy Toy of Tommy Toy

In addition to the previously announced:
Charles Phan of Slanted Door
Robert Lam of Butterfly
Hung Le of Three Seasons
Peter Pahk of Silverado
Kirk Webber of Cafe Kati
Anjan and Emily Mitra of Dosa
Mutsumi Takhara of Slanted Door
Chris Yeo of Straits

I'm still amazed that I was asked to be on the on the honorary committee!
I share this honor with:
Phil Bronstein, Executive Vice President and Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
Nguyen Qui Duc, Host and Producer, KQED's Pacific Time
Susan Goldberg, Executive Editor, San Jose Mercury News
Sydnie Kohara, Anchor, KPIX
Marion Nestle, Professor and Author of "What to Eat" and "Food Politics"
Patricia Unterman, author "San Francisco Food Lovers' Guide" and chef at Hayes Street Grill
Wilfred Wong, Cellarmaster, Beverages & More! and judge of the Chronicle Wine Competition

If you do come, please do say "hi"!

READ MORE
Over at Bay Area Bites is my interview with Charles Phan of Slanted Door.


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