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Boudin sourdough bread, Hangtown Fry, Chop Suey, Joe’s Special, Green Goddess dressing, It’s-It, Chicken Tetrazzini, Cioppino, Martini, Boothby Cocktail, steam beer,  Mission burrito and Irish coffee — are you getting thirsty — and hungry?

“These dishes, snacks and drinks shaped the culinary consciousness of the magical city of many hills,” writes Laura Smith Borrman, who has meticulously researched foods made famous in San Francisco.

Several foods have a direct link to the California Gold Rush, which brought thousands of people from different cultures to what became “The Golden State.” French Immigrant Isidore Boudin established his renown San Francisco bakery in 1849. The mother dough was thought to have come from a Forty-niner. Boudin’s widow, Louise became the baker’s savior when she tossed Boudin’s starter into a bucket and fled the burning building during the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.

“Iconic San Francisco Dishes, Drinks & Desserts,” is highly recommended for anyone who loves to eat, loves history, lives in or is headed to San Francisco. Just by reading it, you’ll catch the aroma, taste the goodies and experience the joy and culture of the City by the Bay. Read the book review…>