Internet Savvy Part 2
Online Collaboration -- It's Easy
Online Document Sharing and Collaborating Tools


Do you email documents back and forth among colleagues, filling up your mailbox with replies? Lose track of who has the current version of the documents? Work with colleagues in distant locations or different time zones? The Internet to the rescue!


SFPFS Members Create Top Cookbooks!

Congratulations to SFPFS Member Andrea Nguyen, whose book Asian Dumplings is one of NPR’s 10 Best Cookbooks of 2009!



Congratulations to 3 SFPFS members for being chosen as one of the Food and Wine magazine’s best 25 cookbooks (we’re 12% of the list!)

7. Baking for All Occasions by Flo Braker
13. Mediterranean Fresh by Joyce Goldstein
18. Sweet! by Mani Niall

FOOD & WINE magazine has chosen their the 25 best cookbooks and has published a new book FOOD & WINE Best of the Best Cookbook Recipes highlighting recipes from the top 25.

 

 



Letter from the President
Welcome to March Membership Madness!

You might think that March is all about St. Patrick’s Day and green beer, or about that other March Madness extravaganza focused on NCAA college basketball… but at SFPFS, it’s all about the Membership Drive.

We welcome new members all year long, but
from March 1 – June 15, we have special incentives for current members to recruit new members.



SFPFS Winter Dinner held Friday, February 26 at Nettie’s Crab Shack

By Eileen Savel





When our group arrived at Nettie’s Crab Shack on February 26, our very own Nona Lim greeted us at the door and showed us to three tables at the back of the “shack.” The restaurant is casual and projects a “fun” element that you usually find at small restaurants in beach towns on the East Coast. Nettie (Annette) came by to say hello and welcome us, followed soon after by a very efficient waiter, who made recommendations for our only choices of the evening – the main course and wines to purchase. Along came a bucket of steamers and drawn butter – so sweet and sooo good – and we were all set for a carefree evening.

Sugar, Butter, and Flour on a Mission: SFPFS Members Visit FullBloom Baking Co.
Text and photos by Cheryl Sternman Rule



On February 12, 2010, more than 20 SFPFS members toured the 2-1/2 year old home of Newark-based FullBloom Baking Company. The 95,000 square-foot facility, which is in the final process of being LEED certified, is overseen by CEO and Food Society member Karen Trilevsky. Vice President of Marketing Frankie Whitman, also a SFPFS veteran, welcomed us with still warm, freshly-made cranberry scones.



Annual General Meeting / New Members’ Reception
By Ann Wheeler (abridged from minutes)
Photos courtesy Kelly Burgoyne



As professionals with careers in the creative, challenging food industry, how do we best take advantage of our Food Society membership? We can show up and participate at SFPFS events where we learn, connect, and get inspired and recharge ourselves. We can network with other members. We can be available as resources to benefit our fellow members. We can be a community that stays involved and engaged, giving back to all, and always growing and expanding. “Excelsior!” is the motto, and it holds the promise of forward motion and great things to come- get ready to engage in 2010!







 


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Become a member of the San Francisco Professional Food Society

Spring into a new year with a membership to SFPFS.





Jane St. Claire is the founder of SavorCalifornia.com, a showcase for gourmet foods and beverages from California.

Jane grew up in South America, Asia and Africa. Those early eye-opening eating experiences developed Jane’s wide-ranging palate and curiosity about food. When she moved to Sonoma County in 1988, St. Claire was attracted to the wine business. She was asked to produce the first tasting for a group of California wineries that make Italian varietals.



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NING is a social networking website that allows members to share news, ask each other questions, and generally get to know one another better!

Current NING news:

~ Elaine Corn’s NPR interview about Sacramento's Southeast Asian Farmer’s Market (listen from her link on Ning!)

~ Chef Bruce Patton posted information about his Brewmaster dinner at the Cathedral Hill Hotel on September 18

~ Christina Mueller alerted us to the NYT’s article about the significance of Sheila Lukin’s life

~ Amy Sherman posted a culinary director job on Craigs List




Letters of thanks from 2008 Community Giving Beneficiaries




Baking Instructor
Emeryville

Part Time Nutrition Science faculty member
San Francisco

           
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