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Cafe Jacqueline’s White Corn & Ginger Souffle Serves 41 teaspoon, plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter2 tablespoons all-purpose flour2 cups milk, warmedKosher salt and ground white pepper to taste4 large eggs, separated, at room temperature1 cup grated Gruyere cheeseKernels from 1 ear white corn, about 1 cup1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger2 garlic cloves, mincedInstructions: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

World of Beer set to bring taverns with 500 beers, 50 taps to Bay Area Tacos available at most World of Beer locations. Tacos available at most World of Beer locations. A flight of beer at World of Beer in Michigan. A flight of beer at World of Beer in Michigan. The rate at which beer news in the Bay Area seems to be break these days is less a slow drip and more a heavy-handed pour.

Cloudland Rice Noodle in Newark offers one snapshot of Chinese food in the Bay Area today: Order the restaurant’s signature crossing-the-bridge noodles, and a waiter will tip a plate of fat noodles and thinly sliced meats into scalding chicken soup at your table, sometimes setting down a plate of fried Yunnanese cheese next to the bowl.

Nik Sharma's Chronicle column, A Brown Kitchen, is a finalist for the 2018 International Association of Culinary Professionals Awards. Nik Sharma's Chronicle column, A Brown Kitchen, is a finalist for the 2018 International Association of Culinary Professionals Awards. Nik Sharma’s Chronicle column, A Brown Kitchen, is a finalist for the 2018 International Association of Culinary Professionals Awards.

Ayesha Curry and Michael Mina are opening yet another International Smoke outside of the Bay Area, this time in the upscale, coastal neighborhood of Del Mar Heights in San Diego .For anyone keeping count, the new venture brings the International Smoke tally to four, all of which have either been announced as projects or have opened as concepts within the last 10 months.

Almanac Beer Co. has been the talk of the Bay Area beer world since opening its new brewery and taproom in Alameda last weekend. The new venture means that for the first time since it was founded back in 2010, Almanac can sell beer directly to its customers.On Wednesday, Feb. 7, Almanac will continue doing just that, but with a new (and pretty significant) addition to its tap list.

Honey and almond frozen dessert with beeswax and orange blossom, a dish that has been on the menu since Mourad opened. Honey and almond frozen dessert with beeswax and orange blossom, a dish that has been on the menu since Mourad opened. Chicken dinner with four sides (serves two to four) at Mourad. Chicken dinner with four sides (serves two to four) at Mourad.

One of SF’s most romantic restaurants to close days after Valentine’s Day Bartender Seth Laufman (right) passes a drinks menu to customer Tom Bostock in the bar at Gitane. Bartender Seth Laufman (right) passes a drinks menu to customer Tom Bostock in the bar at Gitane. There’s a cruel irony that exists in one of San Francisco’s most romantic restaurants closing around Valentine’s Day because of a broken (landlord-tenant) relationship.

Spring gardening classesWill this be the spring you plant a successful edible garden? Or will you rethink your ornamental garden to make it more sustainable? Garden for the Environment, at 1590 7th Ave. (at Lawton Street), in San Francisco’s Inner Sunset neighborhood, is offering two series of weekly classes this spring that are sure to get you digging.A six-session class will teach you to create and grow a vegetable garden. The series, called Dig In!, costs $150 and runs March 31 to May 5.

Without much fanfare, Starbucks opened a “Reserve” bar in SoMa last month, a sleek new shop at 201 Mission St., which, as it turns out, is the first such Starbucks location in San Francisco. Similar “coffee bars” already exist in Los Gatos and Redwood City.For the uninitiated, a Starbucks Reserve bar sells some of the company’s rarest beans (like Jamaica Blue Mountain) brewed in small batches, alongside regular Starbucks coffees.

In the back of an intimate bar in the Mission District, in the last place you’d expect, Janice Dulce is quietly cooking some of the best Filipino food in the Bay Area. I’m at FOB Kitchen, her pop-up at Gashead Tavern since 2015, which will close Friday, Feb. 2; a brick-and-mortar location is in the works. We are nestled in a kitchen so small that more than two people feels like a crowd.

Last year I embarked on a search for a mysterious sparkling wine. I’d gotten a taste of the 1992 Chateau Beaux Hauts En Tirage Extra Brut at Commander’s Palace in New Orleans, fell in love with it and spent years trying to track down its maker, Don Baumhefner.That 1992 edition, which spent a remarkable 18 years en tirage (meaning the wine rests in bottle with dead yeast cells, developing an amazing set of rich, flavors and texture), was of an endangered species.

Hooman, owner of the Pizza Guys in Santa Rosa, Calif., is seen on November 19th, 2017. Hooman, owner of the Pizza Guys in Santa Rosa, Calif., is seen on November 19th, 2017. Donuts at A's Donuts in Santa Rosa, Calif., are seen on November 19th, 2017. Donuts at A's Donuts in Santa Rosa, Calif., are seen on November 19th, 2017. Danit Lean, son of the owner of A's Donuts near the decimated Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa, helps a customer.

The In Situ salad with fine herbs and lavash embedded with zucchini, carrots and other root vegetables. The In Situ salad with fine herbs and lavash embedded with zucchini, carrots and other root vegetables. In his Between Meals column, Chronicle restaurant critic Michael Bauer writes about the restaurants he visits each week as he searches for the next Top 100 Restaurants. His main dining reviews, written after three or more visits, appear in the Sunday Food + Wine section.

Chel GillaOwner, Tselogs, Daly City (plus Colma and San Francisco)I grew up in the Philippines and came to the States when I was 16. Growing up, Nochebuena (the night before Christmas) is more celebrated than Christmas Day. For my family, in particular, it's a more intimate celebration.In my family, we have two particular foods that we eat — and if one isn't there it's not Nochebuena. Hamonado is one.