Smores cupcake from Kara's Cupcakes at the 2011 Eat Real Fest in Oakland. Photo: Neil Conway/Flickr
Smores cupcake from Kara’s Cupcakes at the 2011 Eat Real Fest in Oakland. Photo: Neil Conway/Flickr

Bites: Sturmfrei, Ippudo, Golden Squirrel, more (Nosh)
Recipe: Pomegranate pumpkin cheesecake (Nosh)
Luka’s for private parties rocks (Chowhound)
Zach’s Snacks opens on Euclid Avenue (Daily Cal)
Rash of new restaurants folding in short order (SF Chronicle)
Everything but the bird (SF Magazine)
Grand opening alert: These restaurants are coming soon (SF Magazine)
Taste-Off: Best holiday eggnogs — and the nastiest (Mercury News)
Foragers without borders (SF Weekly)

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