Search for Soul Cocina this Saturday in Napa at Scavenge di Rosa
Tune: Searching For Soul Pt. One by Jake Wade And The Soul Searchers
Tune: hunters harp by dirtwire
DJ Zeph's Sunset Scavenger LP from 2004 had to be renamed to Sunset Salvage after the SF garbage with the same name complained. The album cover had to be changed too. I'm glad I copped the OG LP before it was changed. But I did sleep on the OG Coup LP Party Music with the twin tyowers blowing up with a release date that predates 9/11.
Here is Boots Riley from the Coup on the second track from DJ Zeph's Sunset Scavenger
Tune: Shake it on Down by DJ Zeph feat. Boots Riley
Boots has a new project with the guitarist from Rage Aginst the Machine called the Street Sweeper Social Club and they have a new EP that is out today called The Ghetto Blaster.
DJ Zeph has a recently released project called Batidas Latinas check the tracks here. cop the mix here.
Check Azeem above as he rolls past La Victoria Bakery!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Hunters and Scavengers
Monday, July 26, 2010
Indian {and Succatash} Soul Supper
Soul Supper Wednesday Aug 28 and Thursday Aug 29 at La Victoria 6pm-9pm
~vegan items in green
Green Tomato Pakora with Early Girl Tomato Chutney ~7
Unda Kari - Soft boiled pasture raised eggs in mustard yogurt w/ coconut fried curry leaves ~8
Baigan Bhartha w/ Saffron Basmati Rice, Hand Rolled Chapati & Cucumber Mint Raita ~12
Sweet Potato Tortellini in Succatash Corn Broth ~14
Goat Curry w/ Rumali Roti, Soul Cocina Lemon Pickle, Saffron Basmati Rice & Tamarind Chutney ~18
Green Indian Garbanzos in Garam Masala Mustard Greens w/ Cumin Papadam and Saffron Basmati Rice ~13
Panch Phoran Daal w/ Bottle Gourd and Saffron Basmati Rice ~9
La Victoria
Tune: Kitchen Man Blues by Sara Martin
Tune: Phoolon Se Hai Meri Dosti composed by Sonik-Omi {uncle-nephew composer duo}& vocals- Muhammad Rafi from Heeron Ka Choor
Also from the Sonik-Omi duo, these videos show the kind of fun we have at the Soul Suppers at La Victoria.
I will be eating ramen w/ these
tonight at Ken Ken Ramen
Help us kickoff the debut of The Original Afterhour Street Party "Medianoche" for Outside In #6
this lemonade stand got busted last weekend {via Mission Mission}
Monday, July 19, 2010
Seeing Double
Tune: Colegiala Pon De Floor (Copyflex Mixup) by Copia Doble Systema vs Major Lazer
Mandeep's new video about to drop this week.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Still July
Enter The Won Ton Clan
Tune: The Optimist by Gza Vs Tom Waits: Round 3
Tune: Arbol de Julio by Eunice Kathleen Waymon
Tune: The Secret Version by Deeproots & Bean
Tune: Hype Bike by Mad Anju
but turns out Mad Anju was talking about these kinda bikes.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Cooking Class July 7th at Sur La Table
TOMORROW!
There is still time to sign up for this fast approaching cooking class at Sur La Table, Union Square in San Francisco.
~Join us for this very special class led by Roger Feely of Soul Cocina. A local chef who is part of the street food scene, Feely’s Mexican menu isn't your run of the mill fare. You’ll learn how to prepare authentic and easy to make dishes that will give you and your guests a new appreciation of the wonderful flavors found throughout real Mexican kitchens.
MENU
Homemade Green Chorizo Sopes with Homemade Queso Fresco -
Hot and Spicy Chile de Arbol Totopos
Cactus-Black Bean Huaraches - Roasted Mexican Squash in Mole Pipian & Purple Potatoes
Mexican Meatball Soup
Mini Tres Leches Cakes and Fresh Strawberries
Cactus-Black Bean Huaraches topped w/ Roasted Mexican Squash in Mole - Pipian and Purple Potatoes
3# masa de nopal {fresh corn masa mixed with cactus juice}
refried black beans
1 ¼ cup black beans soaked over night
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic
2 pieces epazote
2 pieces avocado leaf
1 guajillo chile
2 T rice oil
salt
-Slowly simmer beans with herbs, chile and ½ the onion and ½ the garlic. When cooked add salt to taste. Fry the remaining garlic and onion in oil. Add to cooked beans and process with stick blender until smooth.
-Fill 3 oz balls of masa with 1 Tablespoon each of refried beans and form into huaraches.
Mole Pipian
1 bunch cilantro
½ bunch epazote
½ bunch hoja santa
½ bunch quelite
½ bunch papalo
4 tomatillos
4 serrano chillies
5 cloves garlic
1 ¼ cup lime juice
1 Tablespoon coriander, toasted, ground
1 Tablespoon cumin, toasted, ground
3 Tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted, ground
½ cup pumpkin seeds, toasted, ground
-Grind the herbs, garlic, chillies and Tomatillos with lime juice in a blender. -Mix in the toasted spices and seeds.
3# Mexican Squash
“roll cut” and roast the squash at 35O degrees with salt and pepper for 12 minutes.
-Toss the roasted squash in the mole pipian.
3# purple potatoes, cubed and boiled
1 T minced garlic
1 T whole cumin seeds
1 T rice oil
learn this recipe and the rest of the menu at Sur La table Wednesday night.
Tune: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by Slim Smith
So no Soul Supper at La Victoria on Wednesday this week. But thursday's menu is killer. And as it is the second Thursday of the month, we will be joined with music by GAUCHO!
Menu for Thursday night Soul Supper.
Low Country Boiled Peanuts
Fried Okra & Hot Sauce!
Collard Green, Tasso, Chicked Egg Roll with Hot Mustard Sauce and Hot Red Pepper Relish
Nettle Ricotta Ravioli in Corn Broth with Bacon Sucatash
Braised Shortribs ~ Pickled Watermelon ~ Candied Jalapeño - Hoppin' John
Corn Bread Panade, Caramelized Onions, Roasted Garlic, Wild Mushrooms
Thursday, July 01, 2010
summer is time for ice cream, ra ra & the s'more bike
There's always someone selling something on 24th Street near Alabama.
Just got the inside scoop from the gal behind the wizardry of Kelvin from Smitten Ice Cream. Well now it's no longer just the gal and the machine on the streets... Smitten IC has a whole team and they plan to bring a whole new artisan ice cream experience to the Bay Area... starting with Hayes Valley... specifically the Hayes Valley "Proxy" Project on Octavia at Linden. 
I wonder if the "bike kitchen" will be a new home or an exstension of the Bike Kitchen in the Mission on Florida Street, the cooperative, do-it-yourself bike repair shop or will it be a kitchen powered by bikes ala Rock The Bike?Could this be a good spot for a future Outside In event? lol
Outside In #5 photos taken by local bloggers and twitterers @TMoney, @RoamingHunger, @marezone, @iHeartGoodEats and more. last summer was the summer of Gaga and Rara. I searched high and low for new and old Dominican Gaga and Haitian Rara tunes until I could find no more. Well I found a great Ra Ra tune on a record I picked up at Grooves yesterday.
Tune: Ra Ra #2 by from Bomba!
it's a beautiful track that rolls along nicely. It would be a glorious track to be reworked by Uproot Andy or Cheif Boima w/ vocals added by Los Rakas. But the OG track is beautiful as it is too. You can picture the session once you understand what's going on.. from the liner notes of Bomba!
~The VACCINE is another recent invention of the inventive Caribbean music makers. Each instrument is a tube of bamboo several inches in diameter and up to three feet long. It is blown like a trumpet, through a hole in one end, and each instrument has just one low hooting note. Each player must therefore blow at the correct instant to help create the complex rhythm. He also taps the barrel of the instrument with a stick, and a regular drummer may be on hand to help out. The rhythm played by vaccines on the record is called the Ra Ra.
"recent invention"!? seems like the record is from the early 70's/ late 60's, but it is hard to tell for sure.
When I was in Triana, it seemed like summer all year long.
Tune: Promesa Del Camino by Isabel Pantoja from ¡Viva Triana! -Por Sevillanas
Should I tackle a Virgen del Rocio post next
Monday, June 28, 2010
Tropicana
I will be serving a special tropical menu this Wednesday and Thursday at La Victoria featuring panuchos, arepas, yucca, plantains... and vegan too! Followed by a tropical set across town at Madrone featuring cumbia, salsa, merengue and reggae en español.
Vegan moqueca anyone?
La Victoria Vegan tropical Feast Wednesday and Thursday June 30th & July 1st
Steamed Green Garbanzos in House "Sazon Criollo" ~$4
Guacamole de Molcajete w/ Plantain Chips ~$7
Bhel Puri w/ Mango ~$6
Arepas filled w/ Roasted Red Palm Platano Maduro, Black Beans, Pickled Onion ~$13
Vegan Moqueca over basmati rice w/ garlic farofa ~$12
Huarache de Buddha ~$14
El Combo de Plata-DJ Don Bustamante by DJ Don Bustamante
Friday, June 25, 2010
Off The Grid
Dezys Drinks and Soul Cocina will be serving it up at Off The Grid tonight.
If you have not checked out the sounds of Maga Bo lately. Now you should. Top sound wizzard that works Off The Grid.
MAGA BO Mixes
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Soul Supper this week
via @troubleww
Menu for June 9th and 10th at
La Victoria
2937 24th street @ Alabama
6pm-9:30pm
Huaraches De Buddha
~handmade cactus tortillas filled w/ black beans and topped w/ seasonal local veggies
Sabudana Vada w/ Apricat Hot & Sweet Sauce
~tapioca cashew potato fritter
Fried Squash Blossom filled w/ Brazil Nut "Cheese" over Green Mole w/ Radish Salad
Awesome Guacamole w/ Plantain Chips
Halibut Ceviche w/ Plantain Chips
Birria de Chivo
~Mexican Goat Stew
Tostada de Pollo Pibil w/ Habanero Salsa and Pickled Vegetables
Baked to Order Flourless Chocolate Cake w/ Cactus Pear Sauce
*green items are vegan
With Live Gypsy Jazz from Gaucho
Monday, June 07, 2010
The Heart Beat
One reason to subscribe to "The Heartbeat" is to get the inside scoop on the SF food scene.
Here is the news from this mornings newsletter:
June 29: We Heart Japanese with Hapa Ramen
hapa ramen japanese takeout @ heart
tuesday, june 29, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
For one night only, San Francisco's Hapa Ramen will be hustling its bowls of gold from our 24th & Valencia street pop-up Ramen house.
We're not leaking the specifics just yet, but if they were to leak, they'd probably taste like miso, pork and sea vegetables with a dash of izakaya-style Japanese food (which will also be on the menu, provided by ours truly, Kitchenette).
Oh, and we're bringing in sake. Lots of sake.
For more information, email us at info@heartsf.com
You can also check out exclusive pictures from the last Outside In event that was held at Heart on the "Heartbeat"
The next Outside In event will be on June 26th in The Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco, so Mark your calendar.
You will be able to try a slice of pie from PieTisserie at the next Outside In. You can just order through the Provencial Pie Window.
Above and below photos via ode to goodness blog
Summertime has arrived, so go get some wholesome treats from Wholesome Bakery at 331 Cortland and an Rose Chai or Thai Strawberry Refresher {Strawberry Juice scented with Thai Basil, Keffir Lime Leaf, Lemongrass...} from Dezys Drinks, and if you're lucky you might end up there on a day that Sour Flour has some oven fresh bread.
You can vote for Dezys Drinks for the best cup of tea in the Bay. Vegan Almond Chai, Original Masala Chai or Rose Chai. Hope she makes the Bay Guardian Best of the Bay
This Summer, find yourself a cherry tree and get to pickin'
check out my comments on the Mission Local Article
apparently the new mural celebrates the oppening of the new Mission Community Marketpics below from unrelated neighborhood street art
WHAT'S THIS BELOW?
Tune: Mind vs. Heart (J.Period Dubplate) f. 2Pac by J.Period & Nneka from The Madness (Onye-Ala)
Tune: In the Heart of Man (J.Period Exclusive) also from The Madness (Onye-Ala)
Friday, June 04, 2010
Kids Weekend
Saturday, June 5th
Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell Street (between Vanness and Franklin)
San Francisco
Time: 12:00pm-3:00pm
Bhangra Lesson: 1:00pm
Followed by Performances and Dancing
Cover: $5/kids-$10/adult
Then on Sunday come to Fabric8 for THE kids hip hop party of the summer RATED G!
B. Cause will be on the 1's & 2's {& the ABC's} alongside a crew of other top Bay Area selectors, Similak Chyld, Sonny Phono, Me & Dom Swinn.
Here B.Cause's Rated G kids mix from last year
Rated G Kids Hip-Hop Mix 2009
Tracklist:
Intro/Hard Knock Life
Sir Mix-A-Lot - My Posse's On Broadway
Joeski Love - Pee Wee's Dance
Spread Love Break
Tupac/Roger - California Love interlude
EPMD - The Steve Martin
DJ Day - Four Hills
Fergie Break
Mary J Blige - Family Affair
Biz Markie - Pickin' Boogers
Special Ed- I Got It Made
Doug E. Freah - Keep Risin' To The Top
Time Zone - Zulu War Chant
Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour/Pharcyde Runnin break
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle
Run DMC - My Adidas (hey ladies rmx)
Bob Dorough/De La Soul - Three Is The Magic Number
And here is a video for the kids:
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Rasquachismo
Tune: Ain't Nothing But Something to Do by Tyrone Thomas & The Whole Darn Family
Get hip to the sounds of Matt Shadetek from Dutty Artz w/ a new Podmix on XLR8R
01 Mosholu Park "Dance In Your Blood" (Dutty Artz)
02 Rita Indiana "Los Poderes" (Dutty Artz)
03 DJ Cleo "Phase 4" (Will of Steel)
04 Sticky feat. Natalie Storm "Look Pon Me" (Mixpak)
05 Matt Shadetek "Wonton Garden" (Dutty Artz)
06 Mavado "So Blessed (De Tropix Soca Remix)" (Mad Decent)07 Chief Boima "Shake Dem Dreads" (Dutty Artz)
08 Matt Shadetek "Light Falling" (Dutty Artz)
09 Cero39 "KZ Stereo (Merengon)"
10 Contakt & Mayster "Korak"
11 NGUZUNGUZU "El Bebe Ambiente" (Shade Business)12 Chief Boima "Techno Rumba (Uproot Andy Remix)" (Dutty Artz)
13 Lil Silva "Night Skanker" (Night Slugs)
14 Contakt "Not Forgotten"
15 Maxwell D "Walked Away"
16 Cero39 "Pa Las Leas"
17 Mosca "Nike (Club Edit)" (Night Slugs)
18 DRT "Rising Sun (Boogaloo Crew Remix)"
19 DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek "Horchata" (Dutty Artz)
20 Ultravid "Clan of Wow (Kingdom Remix)" (Silverback)
21 Zomby "Rumours & Revolutions" (Brainmath)
22 Matt Shadetek "Church Avenue" (Dutty Artz)
23 Matt Shadetek "iHop" (Dutty Artz)
24 Timeblind "Coltan & Cassiterite" (The Agriculture)
25 Matt Shadetek "Moving Reflections" (Dutty Artz)
26 Marcus Visionary "St. Vincent" (Liondub International)
27 Matt Shadetek "Spirits" (Dutty Artz)
28 Jahdan Blakkamoore "Never Gonna Stop" (Dutty Artz)
Get ready for a new release from Matt Shadetek titled Flowers out June 8th
1. Slice Lotus root thin and soak in cold water for thirty minutes. Deep fry in rice oil to make lotus chips.2. Blanch shucked English peas in salted water with a few drops of agave for 2 minutes then shock in ice bath. Puree with mint and lemon juice and season with salt and agave to taste.
3.Dice bacon and cook bacon. Save bacon fat. Cook sugar in a pan until caramelized. Add cooked bacon and a little bacon fat. Pour a thin layer of the bacon caramel onto a pan to cool to room temperature to harden.
4. Season sea scallops with salt and pepper. Sear both sides of scallops over high heat with minimal oil.
5. Place scallop on lotus chip, top with pea puree then bacon candy, mint and toasted sea fronds.
6. Squeeze lemon over everything. Finish w/ sea salt.
I picked up a Nicomedes Santa Cruz album a few weeks ago at a record swap in town from Sake One.Tune: Mam Luchita by Nicomodes Santa Cruz
Tune: Samba Malato by Nicomodes Santa Cruz
Monday, May 31, 2010
Cali Way
Vegan Indian Feast {The Cali Way} at La Victoria
June 2nd & June 3rd
2937 24th St @ Alabama St
San Francisco, CA 94110
Steamed Fresh Green Garbanzos Spiced w/ Garam Masala ~$4
Pakora of Asparagus, Morel Mushrooms & Squash Blossom ~ Mint Chutney ~$10
Sabudana Vada {tapioca-potato fritter} ~ Cashew ~ Apricot Sweet & Hot Sauce ~$11
Panch Phoran Masoor Daal ~ Payala Kura {purslane} ~ Soul Cocina Lemon Pickle ~ Garlic Curry Leaf Poha ~$12
Plantain Curry ~ Chapati ~ Pickled Vegetables ~ Gunpowder Podi ~$13
Braised Indian Spiced Dandelion Greens ~ Kala Chana {Black Indian Garbanzos} ~ Papadum ~ Tamarind Chutney ~ Coriander Root vegetable Salad ~ Saffron Rice ~$15
Global Cuisine featuring Local Ingredients
Farm Fresh ~ Vegan ~ Hand Made ~ Hyphy
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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Wednesday * ThursdaySoul Cocina Vegan Feast at La Victoria June 2nd & 3rd
Vegan Indian Feast {The Cali Way} at La Victoria
June 2nd & June 3rd
2937 24th St @ Alabama St
San Francisco, CA 94110
Steamed Fresh Green Garbanzos Spiced w/ Garam Masala ~$4
Pakora of Asparagus, Morel Mushrooms & Squash Blossom ~ Mint Chutney ~$10
Sabudana Vada {tapioca-potato fritter} ~ Cashew ~ Apricot Sweet & Hot Sauce $11
Panch Phoran Masoor Daal ~ Payala Kura {purslane} ~ Soul Cocina Lemon Pickle ~ Garlic Curry Leaf Poha $12
Plantain Curry ~ Chapati ~ Pickled Vegetables ~ Gunpowder Podi ~$13
Braised Indian Spiced Dandelion Greens ~ Kala Chana {Black Indian Garbanzos} ~ Papadum ~ Tamarind Chutney ~ Coriander Root vegetable Salad ~ Saffron Rice ~$15
Global Cuisine featuring Local Ingredients
Farm Fresh ~ Vegan ~ Hand Made ~ Hyphy
green garbanzos
from Tacolicious Blog
from Chef StevO of HOG Blog
from Anissa's Blog
Also check out the camel hump on Anissa's blog.
Tune: Camel Walk by The Ikettes
Anissa's Mediterranean Street Food book is on my wish list.
Summer is here. Do yourself a favor and download the Uproot Andy Remix of Los Rakas' Abrazame.
This time the market will be split into two shifts. The first will be focused on "take-homeables" -- jams, produce, soaps, desserts etc. If you want to avoid the crowds, this is a good time to go.
The second shift will be mainly hot food that's ready to eat. We'll have music, drinks for sale, and workshops. If you want to drink, eat some food, listen to some music and hang out, come at night!
The whole day will be mixed, with some jams at night and some BBQ during the day, but will mainly hew to the above.
We've got some really great stuff lined up for this market. As always, there'll be tons of new vendors, including Mission Cheese with amazing raclette heated with the coolest cheese heating contraption you've ever seen. You've got to see it to believe it.
Music by The Brothers Comatose from 8:30-10pm, a really great Blue Grass band that recently played Hardy Strictly Bluegrass Festival.
11am-4pm: Day market: "take-homeables"
4-6pm: Intermission. The indoor market will be closed for the vendor changeover. We'll have drinks and some hot food outside.
6pm-midnight: Night market: drinks, music, and hot food
How: Sign up for a free membership here
+ $2 admission: gets you in a raffle for 2 tickets to a Wild Kitchen dinner ($160 value)
9 pm Home Made Sourdough with Danny from Sour Flour :Tickets
Saturday
Brett Cook’s SUPERNATURAL at Guerrero Gallery
I'll be cooking up some treats at this event alongside Bryant Terry
come check it out
Thursday, May 27, 2010
lights, camera, action
Tune: Wozani Mahipi {Hippies Come To Soweto} by The Mahotella Queens {1975} from Soweto Never Sleeps - Classic Female Zulu Jive
Tune: Voracite by Super Combo de Nemours Jean-Baptiste from Gacon Nan Ka
Join Soul Cocina TONIGHT! at La Victoria Bakery on 24th street and Alabama Street for Thursday Night Soul Supper w/
Live Music by Gaucho Gypsy Jazz Trio 6:30 - 8:30
Dinner by Soul Cocina 6pm - 9:45pm
Cajun Spiced Green Spring Garbanzos
Roasted Red Palm Oil Organic Platano Maduro – Slow cooked Black Beans – Pickled Green Beans & Red Onions
Tempura of Morels, Young Squash Blossom, Asparagus, Back Yard Lemon - Muhamarra - Pimenton Aioli
Seared Sea Scallops - English Pea Mint Puree - Garlic Steamed Pea Shoots - Sea Beans
Walnut Pomegranate Goat - Persian Cucumber Raita - Young Sour Plums - Preserved Lemon - Saffron Basmati Rice
Shakshuka - Maftoul - Soul Food Farm Egg - Merguez - Zataar Lavash
Mini Dandelion Green Fatayer - Mixed Green Salad - Pickled Fiddlehead Fern & Rhubarb - Rose Coriander Vinaigrette - Fresh Young Coriander Seeds from Gastronomer Garden
Coconut Mochi Crepe Filled w/ Flourless Tcho Chocolte Cake {baked to order} - Fresh Organic Cherry Compote - Coconut Poky Stick
Special Vegan Dessert
Another version of a classic.
Tune: La Negra Tomasa this time by Los Guaracheros de Oriente
