local authors

Mission Street Food Cookbook Unveiled

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

While on the topic of local authors, The Bold Italic got a sneak peak of Mission Street Food's new cookbook, set to be released later this month (and potentially available now at Mission Chinese Food):

Mission Street Food is more than your average cookbook. It chronicles the development of Myint and Leibowitz's journey through food, starting from their days of operating a food cart, to their days of hosting Mission Street Food with guest chefs on Tuesdays and Sundays, and finally, to the present, of running Mission Chinese Food.

Read on.

Looks Like Chicken John Has a New Book Coming Out

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Everyone's favorite Mission District activist is apparently a new author, as he informed everyone in today's newsletter:

The Book of the Is arrived. I can't even fit them in the back of my truck, there are so many of them. 2,500 copies… 3 giant pallets.

The official release date is September 15th. It's a handsome book, if I might say so myself. Hardcover. Full color every page. Neat.

There are so many people to thank and this has been such a process… but I have authered my first book and I am slightly beaming with pride.

220 pages of lies a propaganda. 60,000 words. 11 chapters. 247 photographs. One idea: no consequences.

One thing of interest is NYC-based street artist Swoon (a favorite of mine, you can still see her work on 24th and Hampshire) is doing a limited edition jacket for the book.  No word where you can buy this read, but I'm sure you'll be able to find it in local stores come September.

[photo by Chicken John]