The Worst Meat I Ever Ate:

You were really hungry. You were really polite. Perhaps too polite. It got easier when you closed your eyes, but not by much. It was arranged on the plate as though it were still alive, and trying to run away from you.

For Issue Thirteen, the theme for Meat Up (our short essay section) is “The Worst Meat I Ever Ate.” Do you have a sweet, funny, terrifying, gross, or otherwise completely indelible story of meat eating? Send your three hundred word essays to Meatpaper, and share those stories that you can’t forget. It will be a profound and healing experience, because you will be passing your story on to an audience that will then not be able to stop thinking about it either. Like a chain letter, but more literary. Send your stories to stories@meatpaper.com.

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The Sandwich That Changed My Life:

Has a sandwich ever changed your life? Destabilized your world? Formed a critical pivot upon which your world view was fundamentally altered? Meatpaper is collecting tales of sandwich-focused bildungsroman for SANDWICH, a new occasional supplement to Meatpaper. Send us your true stories (300 words maximum) to stories@meatpaper.com.

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It was a treat to celebrate summer (such as it is in San Francisco) with edible flowers on the roof of SFMOMA.

Meatpaper’s Alex Holey and Maria Gould

Big thanks to SFMOMA and Blue Bottle for hosting another lovely event! And more thanks to our collaborators and sponsors: Morgan Maki & friends from Bi-Rite, Chris Kronner from Bar Tartine, Leif Hedendal from Cooking with Leif, Leah Rosenberg from Blue Bottle, Trumer Pils, and Scribe Winery! Everything was delicious.

Claudine Gossett photographed the event. See the whole set here.

Chris Kronner from Bar Tartine made prosciutto flowers with County Line arugula.

Leif Hedendal’s nasturtium, garbanzo, sheep ricotta, and strawberry offering.

Leah Rosenberg from Blue Bottle made lemon verbena snickerdoodle chamomile
ice cream sandwiches.

It has been an honor to collaborate on these events on the SFMOMA rooftop.

Meatpaper and Blue Bottle meet up again at SFMOMA’s Rooftop Garden café for a tasting as part of the museum’s third Thursday springtime event series, SFMOMA: Now Playing.

WHAT
Local chefs create dishes and desserts featuring edible flowers.

Dishes and desserts by:
~ Morgan Maki and Linh Phu of Bi-Rite
~ Chris Kronner of Bar Tartine
~ Leif Hedendal
~ Leah Rosenberg of Blue Bottle

Complimentary beverages:
~ Wine by Scribe Winery
~ Beer by Trumer Pils

INFO
Rooftop Garden & Cafe at SFMOMA
Thursday, June 17
6-8pm

COST
The rooftop event is free with half-price museum entry. (Free for SFMOMA members.)
Tasting plates $5

We were fortunate to attend an Outstanding in the Field farm dinner on May 16.

Thank you to all the good folks at Outstanding in the Field for a truly remarkable dinner! Melissa Perello of Frances, and Sharon Ardiana of Gialina (below) collaborated on a fantastic dinner at County Line Harvest in Petaluma.

There was Bellwether spring lamb (and Bellwether’s beautiful cheeses), Liberty duck sausages, Scherrer wines from Sebastopol, County Line strawberries, among many other delicious treats. All of the producers were in attendance.

Apparently it was the chilliest Outstanding in the Field ever. But we wrapped ourselves in blankets and had a great time getting to know the other folks at the long table.

Photographer Claudine Gossett documented the afternoon. A selection of her photos is here.

Organizer Jim Denevan (below) strolled among the diners, sharing photos of his other endeavor, creating giant, temporary drawings on sand and earth.

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Thank you to the good people who made it possible: SFMOMA and Blue Bottle Coffee; Leah Rosenberg of Blue Bottle; Morgan Maki, Linh Phu and friends at Bi-Rite Market; Peter McNee of Poggio; Chris Kronner of Bar Tartine; Scribe Winery; Trumer Pilsner; our photographer Claudine Gossett; and all the volunteers who made it possible.

See more of Claudine Gossett’s photos here. Above: SFMOMA rooftop panorama. Left: One of Leah Rosenberg’s spiral desserts. Below: Morgan Maki from Bi-Rite serves mini steaks and iceberg wedges.

We’ll be hosting another party on the SFMOMA rooftop on June 17th. Stay tuned!

Meatpaper and Blue Bottle meet up again at SFMOMA’s Rooftop Garden café for a tasting as part of the museum’s third Thursday springtime event series, SFMOMA: Now Playing.

WHAT
Local chefs create dishes and desserts inspired by Vertigo, Hitchcock’s 1958 classic set in San Francisco

Dishes and dessert by:
~ Peter McNee of Poggio
~ Morgan Maki and Linh Phu of Bi-Rite
~ Chris Kronner of Bar Tartine
~ Leah Rosenberg of Blue Bottle

Complimentary beverages:
~ Wine by Scribe Winery
~ Beer by Trumer Pils

INFO
Rooftop Garden & Cafe at SFMOMA
Thursday, April 15
6-8pm

COST
The rooftop event is free with half-price museum entry. (Free for SFMOMA members.)
Tasting plates $5

More info is here

Big thanks to the folks at Blue Bottle Coffee and SFMOMA for hosting a delectable charcuterie/coffee party! And thank you to the chefs: Staffan Terje, Morgan Maki, Chris Kronner, and Leah Rosenberg. The coffee-inspired charcuterie and meat-inspired desserts were delicious.

Breakfast for dinner by Morgan Maki of Bi-Rite Market.

The SFMOMA rooftop café.

Staffan Terje of Perbacco & Barbacco (center) and Chris Kronner of Bar Tartine (right).

Photos by Claudine Gossett. See more event photos here.

Meatpaper would like to thank our collaborators and all who attended East Meats West Two, a rabbit dinner at Bar Tartine.

On February 22, Meatpaper co-hosted a special event with Bar Tartine, our friends from Diner and Marlow & Sons in Brooklyn, and Sam White from OPEN restaurant. The event was a benefit to help Devil’s Gulch Ranch send aid to a community they serve in Haiti. It was a beautiful dinner, and Eric Wolfinger documented the evening in photographs. See the whole photo album here.

Chefs Sean Rembold from Diner and Marlow & Sons (left) and Chris Kronner from Bar Tartine collaborated on the 5-course menu, featuring Devil’s Gulch rabbit.

The food was outstanding.

We are humbled by and grateful for the energy, generosity, and talent of our food families in the Bay Area and Brooklyn who came together to create a delicious expression of local food and community.
photos: Eric Wolfinger