Quick KimchiServes 6 to 8 2 heads Napa cabbage, about 6 pounds ¼ cup coarse Korean sea salt or kosher salt, plus more as needed 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped 1 Asian pear, peeled, cored and chopped 8 cloves garlic 2-inch knob of ginger, peeled and sliced ½ cup coarse Korean chile powder 1 tablespoon sugar 1½ tablespoons fish sauce 2 teaspoons rice flour 1 pound Korean radish or daikon, julienned into match sticks 8 stalks scallion, cut into 1-inch segments 1 cup garlic chives, cut into 1-inch segments Pine nuts to garnish, optional Instructions: Quarter the...

Shrimp Hush Puppies in the bar lounge of 1300 Fillmore Restaurant in San Francsico photographed on Friday, December 30, 2009. Shrimp Hush Puppies in the bar lounge of 1300 Fillmore Restaurant in San Francsico photographed on Friday, December 30, 2009. Succotash is seen at 1300 Fillmore Street on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, in San Francisco, Calif. Succotash is seen at 1300 Fillmore Street on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, in San Francisco, Calif.

I remember the first time I saw my father. It was summer. I was 5 years old. My mother had just given me a bath in a tin tub outside our one-bedroom casita and I was sitting on the hood of her ’76 Buick Regal. Even though I had never seen him in person before, I had seen photos of him, so I recognized him from the moment I laid eyes on him He asked my mother if he could take me out for an hour. She agreed. He bought me an ice cream from a truck and then we went over to Mrs.

Silvia Ortiz stirs wine in the barrels at the end of her workday at Lewis Cellars in Napa. Silvia Ortiz stirs wine in the barrels at the end of her workday at Lewis Cellars in Napa. You didn’t want to come here in the first place. You didn’t have a choice. He tricked you: He promised you could finish high school. Otherwise you swore you wouldn’t have married him. You were so close — just a year and a half to go.

Jeanette Scroggins pauses while searching for signs of her aunt, Karen Aycock, who has been missing since the Tubbs fire roared through her Coffey Park neighborhood in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. less Jeanette Scroggins pauses while searching for signs of her aunt, Karen Aycock, who has been missing since the Tubbs fire roared through her Coffey Park neighborhood in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 10, .

Welcome to the 2017 edition of Bargain Chronicles, wherein we explore some of San Francisco's most delicious neighborhoods and choose our favorite meals that can be enjoyed for $20 and under. See also: The Bayview, Chinatown, the Inner Richmond, the Tenderloinand the Mission's 24th Street. Japanesehot dogs at Ichi SushiWhat: Kimchi Dog ($8) or Mapo Dog ($9)When: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Wed.-Fri.; 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Dinner also offered nightly.