Laura Morton

On Assignment: Food

A sever sets up a private dining room at 25 Lusk in San Francisco, California.
  
The lime posset, a kiwi mint salad with champagne granite at 25 Lusk in San Francisco, California.
   
Sunyoung Lee talks with Duncan Williams, Alyssa Yoneyama, Kana Yoshida and Kumi Hadler (left to right) while eating dinner at Ippuku in Berkeley, California.
     
  
A plate of five chicken skewers at Ippuku in Berkeley, California.
   
The chicken breast tataki at Kokko in San Mateo, California.
  
Executive Chef Bridget Batson and sous-chef Jason Morales peek out of the kitchen to talk with the food runner at Gitane in San Francisco, California.
     
  
A dish of paella cooks on the stove at Gitane in San Francisco, California.
  
  
The fresh fish tacos at 21st Amendment, in San Francisco, California.
     
  
A meyer lemon tea cake with blueberry compote at Frascati in San Francisco, California.
  
Oliver Diner and Melina Diner warm up by the fireplace with their father Fahri Diner at Manzanita at the Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe in Truckee, California.
  
The grilled quail appetizer at 25 Lusk in San Francisco, California.
     
  
   
The spiced prawns at Marlowe in San Francisco, California.
  
Haruko Uno and Akira Ito (right) receive a dish from the kitchen while dining at Ippuku in Berkeley, California.
     
  
The meat and cheese plate at Hopmonk Tavern in Sebastopol, California.
  
The crispy brussels sprouts chips at Marlowe in San Francisco, California.
  
Tori Ritchie, CC Sofronas and Katie Hansen (left to right) taste one of the cookie creations at an annual holiday cookie swap party in San Francisco, California.
     
  
Mary Dyann Kees dines in the main dining room at 5A5 Steak Lounge in San Francisco, California.
  
Hopmonk Tavern has a large selection of beers including Moonlight Brewing's Death and Taxes, Russian River Brewing Co.'s Pliny the Elder, Hopmonk Tavern's Kellerbier, Hublon Chouffe and Duchesse de Bourgogne (left to right) at the restaurant in Sebastopol, California.
  
The upside down apple crisp at Marlowe in San Francisco, California.