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Your weekly enewsletter 12.5.13     Quick Links Home About Food Gal Boutique           Check Out What You'll Find In My New Cookbook   Anise seed semolina cake with pastis by Pastry Chef Melissa Chou of Aziza. (Photo by Carolyn Jung)   Drum roll, please: My debut cookbook, "San Francisco Chef's Table," (Lyons Press) arrives next week.   Available easily on Amazon, it makes for a perfect holiday gift without having to trudge to the mall on Black Friday, too.   The cookbook features spotlights on 54 of the San Francisco Bay Area's top restaurants, along with 70 of their signature recipes.     To rev up your taste buds, I thought I'd tell you about some of the recipes you'll find in the book:   * Anise Seed Semolina Cake with Pastis by Executive Pastry Chef Melissa Chou of Aziza in San Francisco that's a cinch to make and super moist.   * The World's Best Walnut Ice Cream (OK, that's not the real title, but that's how I think of it, having made and tried it) by Executive Pastry Chef Bill Corbett of  Absinthe Brasserie & Bar in San Francisco.   * Sweetbreads, Peas and Tarragon by Executive Chef Chris Cosentino of Incanto in San Francisco that will take the fear out of cooking that organ meat at home.   * Glazed Pork Ribs with Scallions and Togarashi by Executive Chef Stuart Brioza of State Bird Provisions in San Francisco that are beyond finger-licking good.   You'll also find other esteemed restaurants featured in the book, including All Spice in San Mateo, Manresa in Los Gatos, Hopscotch in Oakland, B. Patisserie in San Francisco,  Cotogna in San Francisco, M.Y. China in San Francisco,  Coqueta in San Francisco, Rich Table in San Francisco,  SPQR in San Francisco,  Bar Tartine in San Francisco, and plenty more.      For a schedule of my upcoming book-signing events, click here.           Buy A Dizzying Array of Heirloom Tomato Seeds Buy seeds now to get these in the summer. (Photo courtesy of Gary Ibsen)   Gary Ibsen, an authority on heirloom tomatoes, is hosting his annual TomatoFest Heirloom Tomato Seed sale from now through Jan. 6, 2014. Choose from 300 different tomato varieties -- everything from the Alaskan Fancy to the Amish Red to Britain's Breakfast to the Early Annie. Most are priced at $2 for a pack of 30 seeds, too.   For more information about the sale, click here.     Ibsen's TomatoFest also donates seeds to community and educational non-profit organizations. To find out more about seed donations, click here.        For more musings on food, wine, life and laughter, go to foodgal.com.

 

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