34 | EDIBLE SF SUMMER 2025 With summer in San Francisco in full swing, it's the best time to get out there and enjoy a diverse slate of food and drink-centric events in the city. As we celebrate the New Guard with this latest issue of Edible, our event picks are centered around exactly that: street festivals, music festivals with excellent food and drink, collaboration dinners, book signings, and cooking classes that all center on what's marking food culture in San Francisco today. JUNE GLOW UP AT THE RADIANT TABLE June 1, 5, and 8 New to San Francisco, The Radiant Table is an immersive, visually-charged dinner party series presenting a veritable who's who of new guard chefs in a storytelling-centric format. June's slate features Chef Celtin Hendrickson-Jones of FiDi Southern-fine dining newcomer Prelude on June 1, Chef Pujan Sarkar of the Marina's immediately illustrious modern Indian restaurant, Tiya, on June 5, and Chef Azalina Eusope of TL Malaysian scion Azalina's on June 8. Along with intimate stories from these chefs throughout the evenings at One Market Plaza, Radiant Table also presents a projection mapping component on the tables that morphs with each of the four courses, to turn the table into a blossoming, ever-changing canvas for the experience. theradianttable.us CRAFTY FOOD AT WEST COAST CRAFT June 6 - 7 Over 275 of the finest art and design craft makers will descend upon the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason for West Coast Crafts' marquee summer event. And that craftiness definitely extends into the world of food and drink with a bevy of notable vendors. Get live-fired CaliOaxacan fare from Provecho or a Quik Dog burger from Trick Dog. Or take home kojipowered misos and seasonings from Shared Cultures, artisanal salsa matchas from Kuali, Taiwanese teas from Teappo, and lots more. westcoastcraft.com LEARN TO MAKE JAPANESE IZAKAYA AT HOME AT SALUHALL'S COOKERY SKOLA June 7 Saluhall's IKEA-adjacent food hall on mid-Market Street is not just a destination for a globally-inspired meal or a drink. There's also the on-site Cookery Skola, which hosts accessible cooking class functions for singles, couples, and groups alike. On June 7, you can learn how to whip up izakaya faves like okonomiyaki pancakes, chicken tsukune skewers, or chilled soba noodles with dashi dipping sauce. There's also a Vietnamese summer roll class on June 26th. saluhallmarket.com/cookery-skola SIP HIP AT SF JAZZ FEST June 13 - 15 Hayes Valley's decorated SF JAZZ Center has introduced a new format for its yearly festival in 2025. Along with big names in the genre playing at the center's two venues, there's a new outdoor festival stage and street market taking place on a closed-off portion of Oak Street between Franklin and Van Ness. In addition to modern jazz fusionists like drummer/rapper Kassa Overall, singer/sax player Braxton Cook, and keyboardist/singer Salami Rose Joe Louis, you'll be able to sip fresh brews at a Cellarmaker Brewery beer garden, wines from Hammerling, and eats from Off The Grid food trucks alongside a vinyl records, art, books, and fashion vendors. sfjazz.org CULTURE CALENDAR Writer—Adrian Spinelli The Radiant Table's guest seating. Photo—Aubrie LeGault. Live performers on stage at SF Jazz. Photo—SF Jazz.
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