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Published on August 4th, 2011 | by Greg

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SF Chefs 2011: Decadence (Before And) After Dark

This week­end, we're clear­ing our sched­ules- and not buy­ing gro­ceries. It's SF Chefs 2011, ac­tu­al­ly a week packed full of in­ter­est­ing events. From Au­gust 1st through the 7th, many lo­cal eater­ies (in­clud­ing fa­vorites like Dosa and Le Colo­nial) are fea­tur­ing spe­cials like $20 three-course lunch­es and $35 din­ners. If it's too late for those, or you'd rather change things up even fur­ther, there are al­so plen­ty of sem­i­nars and tast­ings.

The menu (or sched­ule) in­cludes Cock­tail Clin­ics, Culi­nary In­no­va­tion De­mos, a spon­sored din­ner by Anolon which aims to teach you how to im­press a date ("Se­duc­tion in Three Cours­es"), and even a class aimed at im­prov­ing fam­i­ly din­ners. We're sched­uled to at­tend, and will be post­ing short­ly on, two oth­er events: "Gin Blos­soms" on Sat­ur­day morn­ing and "Wake Up Your Palate" or Sun­day morn­ing.

All of this is over­shad­owed by the Grand Tast­ing on Sat­ur­day night, "Deca­dence Af­ter Dark", which will take over Union Square. Chefs like Bran­don Wells from Pizze­ria Del­fi­na and Thomas Mc­Naughton from flour + wa­ter will be pre­sent­ing dish­es, and while we prob­a­bly won't be able to live-tweet from the event it­self, we'll be cer­tain to tell you all about it in our wrap-up.

Though many of the events were al­ready sold out (con­grat­u­la­tions to SF Chefs!), we strong­ly rec­om­mend look­ing close­ly at what is avail­able, and grab­bing a tick­et. Visa Sig­na­ture card­hold­ers can re­ceive spe­cial dis­counts, and for those not from the Bay Area (or who sim­ply maybe want to be able to drink more freely or make an event of it), ho­tel dis­counts are avail­able as well.

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Greg dreamed up the idea for the Truly Network while living in Hawaii, which began with a single site called TrulyObscure. In 2010, when advertisers and readers were requesting coverage beyond the scope of that site, TrulyNet was launched, reaching a broader audience over a variety of niche sites. Formerly the head technology correspondent for the Des Moines Register at age 16, he has since lived and worked in five states and two countries, helping a list of organizations and companies that includes the United States Census Bureau, TripAdvisor, Events Photo Group, Berlitz, and Computer Geeks. He also served as the Content Strategy Manager for HearPlanet, a multi-platform app that has reached over a million users and has been featured in the New York Times, Hemispheres Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, Fox Business News, PC Magazine, and even Apple’s own iPhone ads. Greg has written as a restaurant critic and feature journalist for a number of national and international publications, including City Weekend Magazine, Red Egg Magazine, the Newton Daily News, Capital Change Magazine, and an arm of China Daily, Beijing Weekend. In addition, he has served as a consulting editor for the Foreign Language Press of Beijing, as well as a writer and editor for the George Washington University Hatchet, the school newspaper of his alma mater. Originally from Iowa, Greg is currently living in the West Village of Manhattan.


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