Barley, Coffee and Anti-Microbials - The San Francisco Chronicle in 60 Seconds

by Monika Bartyzel, Posted Jun 22nd 2009 @ 12:00PM

A stalk of barley. Photo courtesy of Pardesi*/Flickr

Barley inspires delicious obsessions, and a recipe for Barley with Walnuts and Roasted Spring Vegetables.
Lies in advertising: Anti-microbials are slipping into our antibiotic-free meat.
Coffee can kick food, like sleepy humans, into high gear. You can braise, rub and sauce with it -- and that's just for starters.
Ducca's gets a new executive chef in Erica Holland-Toll, previously of Lark Creek Inn.
A whole lot of love for the hot eateries and bars of San Francisco: Fly Bar gets a second location on Divisadero; Pleasant Hill's Sichuan Fortune House offers a plentiful menu of good eats; Outerlands dishes great food if you get there before it runs out; Foreign Cinema offers family fare with foreign flicks; Town Hall still rocks with notable service and Southern flavor; and Michelle Mah goes European with Midi.