Bohemian San Francisco

A tour of San Francisco's legendary eating houses of 1914 — with the actual recipes the famous chefs guarded, from Coppa's to the Poodle Dog.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 pages

The Good Gray City

4 pages

As It Was in the Beginning

1 pages

When the Gringo Came

1 pages

Early Italian Impression

4 pages

Birth of the French Restaurant

2 pages

At the Cliff House

2 pages

Some Italian Restaurants

5 pages

On the Barbary Coast

1 pages

The City That Was Passes

1 pages

Sang the Swan Song

3 pages

Bohemia of the Present

9 pages

A Breath of the Orient

1 pages

Artistic Japan

2 pages

Old and New Palace

4 pages

Amid the Bright Lights

1 pages

Around Little Italy

3 pages

Where Fish Come In

1 pages

Fish in Their Variety

2 pages

Lobsters and Lobsters

3 pages

Clams and Abalones

1 pages

Where Fish Abound

1 pages

Some Food Variants

1 pages

About Dining

3 pages

Something About Cooking

2 pages

Told in A Whisper

2 pages

Out of Nothing

2 pages

Tips and Tipping

1 pages

The Mythical Land

8 pages

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