Bagel Mondays @ Sour Flour Lab

Danny from Sour Flour has a great passion for baking. He is working on giving away one thousand loaves of free bread baked fresh from his home kitchen. He also gives free baking classes. I spent a couple of Monday mornings in the Sour Flour lab baking bagels with Danny. The bagels are very good. He is steady honing his system everyday in the Sour Flour Lab.




Sour Flour gives away free bagels every Monday. Contact for more info. info@sourflour.org

Tune: Cracklin' Bread by Dave Hamilton

Tune: I'm Gonna Be A Fool Next Monday by Kitty White

Tune: La Dieta Del Pan by Temperamento Feat Kufa Castro

Tune: Ya Viene El Lunes by Coco Band

Free Murat

FREE MURAT

Tunes: Freedom 4 pack

Agua del Rio

Bridging the gap from Oakland to Senegal via Cuba and Centroamérica
Santero's new video

Agua del Rio by Santero ft Krudas Cubensi, Femi & Omega

From the album El Hijo de Obatala


Behind the scenes at the video shoot

these are a few of my favorite things

Tune: My Favorite Things by John Coltrane

brussels sprouts
tajines cooked in tajines
hard knock radio
jj on the radio
Cover to Cover with Jennifer Stone
grinders grooveyard
slim and slam
old school hip hop
new hip hop that doesn't suck
brown butter
phirni
homemade ice cream sandwich
Django Reinhardt
old records
old radios
old record players
hand made tortillas
old cufflinks
figs
persimmons
slow braised ras al hanout lamb
pizza
avocado shakes
fresh coconuts from the tree
big waves
giardinaire
burdock tea
chai
genmaicha tea
fried plantains
tom waits
dancehall
Cafe Siam and the Dragons Den
tea leaf salad
24th street
bernal hill
el barrio de Triana, Sevilla
Chimayo, New Mexico
Sasoon docks, Mumbai
Malvan coast of Maharashtra
Thelonious Monk
dried mango
Moped rides through rice fields of Goa
high dives
Dim sum that is not greasy
pizza that is greasy
cheap pizza
fancy pizza
Yumma's Jerusalem wrap on Irving street
Monterey market
shazam iphone app
de la soul
penguins
bademiya and thumbs up
balmy alley
The Graue Mill
Absinthe
Earl Grey
Camaron de La Isla
hats
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
snorkeling
pea shoots
Theme for the Eulipians
The Italian citrus grower stand at the Alemany Farmers Market
Pupusas at Alemany Farmers Market
Pambazos at El Huarache Loco


Tune: My Favorite Things (Acapella) by The Supremes

Tune: My Favorite Things by Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society

Tune: ??Roland Kirk Dedication?? by ???? via the singleman affair

Tune: Theme for the Eulipians by Rahsaan Roland Kirk is a very very very nice song.
Tune: Haunted Feelings by Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Tune: Echoes Of Primitive Ohio And Chili Dogs by Rahsaan Roland Kirk



Don't forget to swing by The Secret Alley's Between the Streets party this weekend. I will be making food outside on Friday alongside the Pizza Hacker and on Saturday night I will be taking over the kitchen for some very special creations.

Favorite Things

Best defunct restaurant of all time: Flying Saucer
Places I am excited to try out: Coi, Aziza, Contigo, Neela's
Favorite neighborhood eats: Blue Plate, Front Porch, Emmy's Spaghetti Shack, El Zocolo, Angkor Borei
Place I am embarrassed to say I have never been to after nearly ten years in Bernal Heights: Liberty Cafe. {but Liberty Bakery's back cottage has been my peaceful retreat for years}
Pizza:
~quick: Arinell and Marcellos
~relax and enjoy: Pizzetta 211, Pizzeria Picco, Pauline's Pizza, Pizza Hacker
Mexican: Deja Vu, Poc Chuc, Nopalito, Pancho Villa, Papalote, La Oaxaquena
Outdoor beer garden that isn't Zeitgeist and used to be a waky sushi place: Cafe Parague
Best place for maduros, thick tortillas and black beans: Palacio Latino
Food for the soul: Minako

Tune: My Favorite Ladies by Clutchy Doom

Nicole LoBue at Mission Street Food

Unless you are a fancy pants big wig or close friend, you probably have never had the chance to sample any cuisine from LoBue Events {I happen to be both, haha}

Well now is your big chance.

Don't miss Nicole at Mission Street Food this Thursday.

Tune: Fancy Footwork (Toy Selectah Raverton remix) by Chromeo

Upcoming events:

Saturday October 17th Indian Cooking Class Jharna's Kitchen

October 23rd and 24th Secret Alley "Between the Streets"
Look for the Soul Cocina Bhel Puri stand on Saturday at the San Francisco Lit Crawl

Got Free?

Free Farm Stand in the Mission.
Free Bread
Free Bhangra Classes {a little late on this one}
Mandeep Sethi from the Non Stop Bhangra crew reppin the Bay.


And get ready San Francisco as the most beloved dapper Desi dancefloor dude, the homie Deepak, along with some other local cool cats kick off a party in the city for all the people. Dhoom Unlimited

Tune: Freedom Blues by Little Richard

Tune: Freedom by Jurassic 5

Tune: This Feeling by Julius Brockington

Tune: Free Tempo - ?

Tune: Meta Guacha by Damas Gratis


And here is a free mix from DJ Rajah

Tune: Ensalada Tropical Mix by Rajah

Barbwire - Nora Dean
La Perra - Alejo Duran
Madame Calalu - Cortijo y su Combo con Ismael Rivera
El Costo E'La Vida - Kimia Eve
El Costo De La Vida - Juan Luis Guerra
La Vida Vale La Pena - Petrona Martinez
La Vida Vale La Pena - Uproot Andy mix
Cuka Isso - Batida f. Ikonoklasta
Etnico Style (Original bimix) - Dj Koos y Makency DJ
Manuelita [Uproot Andy & Geko Jones Remix} - Etelvina Maldonado
Cuando Hay Guerrapella - Los Rakas & Stereotyp
Pon Lo Patra - El Chireno
Ze Bula {Chief Boima Remix} - Figura
Kuff Kumbia - Shelly Thunder {Sabo Cumbia Mix}
Can't Stop Now feat. Mr. Vegas & Jovi Rockwell - Major Lazer

Etelvina Maldonado singing in the kitchen

Cupcakin' w/ Mandy

Tune: Ice C.R.E.A.M. Paint Job (b.cause wu-mix) by Wu Tang vs Dorrough Music

Got Soup?

Photo courtesey of missionlocal.org

Call to Flavor

Taco bar in the park tomorrow. Birria de chivo or carnitas with fresh corn tortillas, and soul cocina salsas.

at Call To Flavor




Carnitas
4 pounds pork shoulder cut into big chunks, salted
1 quart pork fat manteca
1/2 cup Guiness stout
1/2 cup Mexican Coca Cola
1 small piece piloncillo, broken into tiny pieces
1 jalapeno cut in half, lengthwise
2 bay leaves
1 head of garlic cut in half
1 orange cut in half
2 onions cut in half
1 cup whole milk
1 stick cinnamon

Heat the manteca in a big pot until hot. Fry the pork over medium high heat until seared to golden brown. Lower the heat to medium low and fry for 45 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and cook over low heat for at least another hour until tender.

Serve with fresh tortillas and a salsa made from tomatillo, jalapeno, cilantro, lime and avocado.

Tune: Mama Call by Manu Chao
This chune happens to be the ringtone on my baby momma's phone

Tune: Unknown Number by Busy Signal

Tune: Calling All Absentees by Kid Gusto

Tune: He Called Me Baby by Candi Stanton

Tune: Call Mi (Dave Kelly's Hold The Line Remix) by Major Lazer feat Baby Cham



Rajah's Brunch Under the Spaceship mix from earlier this year. and vid

Fresh

Tune: Get Fresh Crew by Roxanne Shante and Biz Markie

Azucar, jamaica y agua

Nice Creole/Caribbean music.


And Bay Area, get ready for some great Creole/Caribbean food. Hibiscus

Tune: Sugar Bum Bum by Lord Kitchener

Tune: Ants in Yuh Sugar Pan by Jamesy P

And I am re-posting this wonderful Caribbean music from the Soul Cocina Vaults in case you missed it.

Tune: Cabane Choucoune by Le Super Choucoune 70 from Ca Chauffe a Cabane Choucoune

Tune: Toutt Coucou also from Le Super Choucoune 70's Ca Chauffe a Cabane Choucoune
I really like the hand clap and horn break at 1:24 on this song.


The next tune is from a real groovy group from Guadeloupe called Les Aiglons.

Tune: Pas Malpaler Michou by Les Aiglons on Disque Debs International Records from 1974

September 27th, Call to Flavor

Eat the rich, feed the poor.
mark your calendars.
Sunday September 27th 12Noon to 3pm
For Exact Location check Soul Cocina on Twitter
A benefit for St Anthony Foundation

Bacon Potato Chips
Toasty Melts
The Gumbo Man
Adobo Hobo
Pizza Hacker
Bike Basket Pies
Wholesome Bakery
Gobba Gobba Hey
The Sweet Cart
Lumpia Cart
Urban Nectar
Magic Curry Cart
Brazilian Bites
Smiten Ice Cream
& Soul Cocina

Plus Yoga For Kids at 1pm

Tune: Don't Joke With a Hungry Man by Quantic

Tune: Hungry Ghosts (feat. Wire MC & ECD) by Filastine

Tune: Belly Full feat. Kardinal Offishall, Steele & Baja (Dry Eye Crew) by J. Period and K'Naan

Check out some great art here.

The event should be as fun as my debut with the SF street carts at "Street Food for Singles"


....or as fun as pizza in Dolores Park.

Happy BDay BB

B.B. King (born September 16, 1925)
I am who I am today because of BB and others like him.

Today was another long day in the kitchen and a fun night taking the food to the streets. I couldn't have made it with out BB. This is the kind of music I liked as a kid. I still like it as an adult.

I used to stay up all night liong with my radio walk-man in the eighties listening to "Blues Before Sunrise" and "Red Rooster Lounge" where BB and other more obscure artists were played.

Tune: Wory, Wory by BB King from Live in Cook County Jail 1971

As well as a bluesman, I was also a breaker [no pro, but tons of heart (-:! ] Cardboard box, boom box, Nucleus tape and music like this:

Tune: Funk You Up [long version] by The Sequence



~a pizza in the pizza hacker oven


Check the new Uproot Andy and Geko Jones Mini Mix here.
And find them next week in SF alongside my favorite local DJs, Santero and Boima.

Relleno Negro

Achiote, Cumin, Allspice, Black Pepper, Clove for the Recado Negro for Relleno Negro

Roasting Chilacas and their seeds until charred.

Coagulated sangre for moronga

Tune: Canto Negro by Andres Landero

Tune: Homenagem Ao Fogo-Negro w/ Tiao & Jo Maka by Bonga

Tune: Mambo Pa' Los Negros by La Union Colombiana

Tune: Que Quemen A Esa Negra by Sonora Nelson Ferreyra

Tune: La Negra Saramuya by Afrosound

Tune: La Negra Carolina by also by Afrosound

Tune: La Negra Chola by Sexteto Tabalá

Tune: La Negra Celina by Cristóbal Pérez

Tune: La Cumbia Negra by Lisandro Meza

Tune: Navidad Negra by Unknown Artist [lita nelson cover]

Tune: La Camisa Negra (Juanes Cover) by Grupo Control

Tune: Ojos Negros Nunca Engañan by Los Tigres del Norte

Tune: Negra Mia by Fefita La Grande

Tune: Negra Brecho by Conjunto Aiymuth from Azambuja & CIA

Tune: La Sombra Negra by Astrid Hadad

Tune: Negra Ron y Velas by Luis Ornelas

Tune: Negra Yo Soy by Maria Alba

Tune: Mi Negra by Banda Gorda

Tune: La Negra Nelly by Celso Piña {this is my favorite Celso Piña song}

Tune: La Negra Tomasa by Trio Matamoros

natural sound

corn

Promise to build a Soul Jardin

Our pot of mint from Cole Canyon Farm for green chutney. Plant to blender cuisine!
Tune: Cadillac Funeral by Peppermint Harris

Above pic via MsWine on Flickr

This Parrot ate one of our chillies for the Bhel Puri at the Eat Real Fest.

And here is La Reina de Los Jardines


Tune: La Reina de los Jardines by Batata Y Su Rumba Palenquera

Tune: La Reina de los Jardines (son fúnebre) by Sexteto Tabalá

Tune: Jardin De Amores by Los Destellos

Tune: El Jardin De Juana by Juancho Polo Valencia

Tune: Garden Of Four Trees by Explosions feat. Juanita Brooks

Tune: In The Garden by Bob James

Tune: A Tree Never Grows by Mos Def

If you missed us at the Eat Real Fest, you can find Soul Cocina cooking up Indian Lamb Meatballs in tomato sauce made of black pineapple tomatoes and Dark Cherokee Tomatoes with hand tossed rumali roti as well as fresh juices and Green zebra gazpacho alongside an all star line up of SF street food vendors at Precita Park from 6:35 pm till 8ish tinight, Tuesday.

Eat Real Fest

Don't miss Soul Cocina at the Eat Real Fest in Oakland's Jack London Square this weekend. Vegan Bhel Puri with three homemade chutneys and heirloom tomatoes. And tune in to KQED's radio newscast at 5:30pm Friday to hear Soul Cocina.

On Your Marks, Get Set, Eat Real!

It's time to celebrate good food

Four full city blocks stocked with 50 authentic street food vendors on wheels; 50 farmers and local food purveyors; 30 micro-brews on tap; 15 films; 18 From Scratch Kitchen Demos and talks; 12 bands; and four special programs including Ice Cream Friday, Yes I Canned Competition, Edible Pursuit and the Flying Knives Butchery Contest.

Get organized: for your trip to Eat Real tomorrow, Saturday, or Sunday, check out all your different parking and public transportation options on this downloadable map or this interactive map. Parking on site all day is $5 in a covered garage, but you can also take a scenic ferry, BART it, or hop on Amtrak. It’s looking to be a beautiful Oaktown weekend, with three days of glorious sun all day followed by cool breezy evenings. Get your degrees here.

The deets: the event is free of charge, all food is priced under $5, and tickets to the Eat Real Beershed can be purchased on site ($25 for 8 4-oz glasses of NorCal's best microbrews).

More on the plate

Join James Freeman of Blue Bottle and visit his new Oakland roastery from 10 to 11 am on Sunday 8/30. Meet at the Eat Real Info booth on Sunday at 10 am, the tour is free and total walk length is less than half a mile. Please RSVP by sending us an email.

Prizes for our two competitions are official: vacuum packers and Whole Foods gift cards for our champion canners (Friday's Yes I Canned Competition) and St George Spirits for our winning butchery team (Saturday's Flying Knives Butchery Competition). Yes you can enter our canning competition or just bring some goodies to trade, check out the categories here.

Our Partners

Good food for all means good food for the schools. Join Slow Food Berkeley or Slow Food San Francisco on Labor Day for a grand community potluck to demand healthy lunches for kids, all part of the Time for Lunch campaign. Speaking of our non-profit partners, Chipotle is hosting a fundraising day our partner, CAFF on September 1st - join in.

A word from our presenting sponsor: "One of the ways we keep it real at Whole Foods Market is by supporting our local producers. We have a Local Forager dedicated to finding the best food from around here, and we offer low-interest loans to independent companies in our communities to help them thrive. Come eat real with us at our tapas truck and then visit our stores for more treats made and grown in your backyard!" Thank you to Whole Foods for making it possible for our event to be free of charge! We are looking forward to noshing on some crunchy fried anchovies from your tapas truck this weekend.

Some special shout outs to those who have helped with in-kind donations in the final countdown to the event: Magnanimus Wines, Dashe Cellars, Daylight Foods, Oliso, Vignette, St. George Spirits, and many many more. In addition, Eat Real is proud to be supported by a grant from the California Health Care Foundation.


Tune: La Réalité by Amadou & Mariam

Tune: Yo Vivo Enamorao by Camaron de La Isla from Calle Real

Tune: Yo Vivo Enamorao by Maria Jose and Adalberto Alvarez {salsa version of Camaron tune}

Tune: Romance De La Luna by Camaron de La Isla from Calle Real

Tune: Real Thing (Music is everything) by Erykah Badu

Tune: Real Thang (Process Rebel Metaphysical Remix)

Tune: Standing In The Grit Line by Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band

There will be lots of tasty treats at this fest. But you probably will not find any microwaved mayo.
Tune: Microwave Mayo by MF Doom

Adobo Hobo

The homie Adobo Hobo bringing Filipino culture to the streets.

I gotta catch up on my Filipino music collection. Any Soul Cocina readers out there with recommendations, drop em in the comments.

Sammy Samosa

POTATOES, they make great samosa filling.

Tune: Diggin My Potatoes by Big Bill Broonzy and Washboard Sam

Soul cocina Samosas at Dolores Park.

Yukon Gold potatoes are boiled in salted turmeric water. They become golden.

Potato flowers in June at Eatwell Farm. Photo via

My garam masala blend for samosas is about 1 part cinnamon, 1 part star anise, 1 part green cardamom, 3 parts brown cardamom, 5 parts cumin, 6 parts fennel seed, 8 parts coriander seed, a tiny pinch of asafoetida, a big pinch of amchoor and a few dried kashmiri chilies. I slowly toast all the whole spices and dried chilies. When they are nicely toasted, I let them cool down and grind to a fine powder. Then I fry lots of garlic and ginger in ghee [lately I have used rice oil to keep them veggie] along with fresh green chillies. Then i add the garam masala to this mix and cook for another few minutes as the spices cook and infuse into the ghee or oil. Then I pour this mix over the potatoes. I mix together all the ingredients and roughly mash the potatoes.English peas are shucked and blanched before mixing with spiced potatoes. When cool, chopped cilantro aka fresh coriander is folded into the mix along with a squirt of lime juice.

Filling and forming the samosas.
The dough is made of 9 parts all purpose flour to one part rice flour. A little ghee or vegetable/ rice oil. water, saqlt and ajwain seeds.

Samosa vendors on the streets of Calcutta.

Soul Cocina Mission Street Samosas with three chutneys.Tune: La Batata de Tata by PapoRap Y Juanito

Tune: L Pacheco's Cumbia Squares RMX by Dj Lengua

Tune: Tope also by DJ Lengua from Discos Unicornio is a dubbed out trippy cumbia
Hear more dubby Lengua beats on the ones and twos mix here [recomended slept on late night listening] complete with chicha, mexelectrodisco, classic cumbia, cumbia beats, central Peruvian highlander music. Big up the sonideros around the world.

Tune: Sonaremos El Tambo by Celia Cruz & La Sonora Poncena

Tune: El Carrito De Mi Compadre by Alcides Navarro Cuarteto Del Monaco via Africolombiablog@sweetcart @ Dolores Park with her famous red velvet cupcakes and cheesecake.

Find some great SF street food carts, stands, bikes and a truck at the SFBC Bike-in Movie Night, Wednesday.