president garcia: some pastries. cracks not really pastries -- >> not really pastries. they're just -- i think it is two muffins. we only have them more for just looks, because we are not really selling the muffins. that is why we have eight more the instant. we're just taking them out and putting them there. that is if somebody wants coffee, they can also get a muffin. president garcia: this will be my last question. do you happen to know the with of the sidewalk where you want to set up? >> yes. president garcia: what is it from curb to wall? cracks this location is within the wicked -- >> this location is within the with the of the ordinance. and my car is also within the width on the sidewalk. that was determined at a time with the dpw staff. -- i had of time with the dpw staff. in my notes i do have the coffee cart. president garcia: the idea is that you are within compliance. >> oh, yes. i am within the permitted -- in- line president garcia: required pedestrian space on the sidewalk. >> yes, i am, sir. >> i just have a question. you served tea and coffee? >> yes.

joana piamat the onra of pastry -- owner of a pastry cutter. >> of being a small business owner was an incredibly overwhelming process to begin with. before we committed into opening this retail shop, we tried to anticipate the hidden costs, budgets, everything. of course, that fell short. and one of the things that really saved us was the jobs now program. i really do not believe we could have built this incredible space and staff without it. they provided us with great service, great people. i have hired three from the jobs now program. all have worked out. i want to have them work for me forever. [laughter] no, everything you see here, it was created by the jobs now program people. it is an amazing program. like i said, i do not think we could have made it as well as we have without it. i think it would have been a much bigger struggle for us as a small company. anyway, i want to continue and expand this company, and i plan to use the jobs now program over and over again. you know, i really want to encourage other small companies to use it, to utilize it end up in it that from it as

the very thin, puff-pastry dough is made of just flour, salt and water. the secret is the right proportions with the right preparation. it can be thrown out as thin as paper and a good two meters long. now comes the sheep's milk cheese. milena is an expert banitza maker. she can tell in her own words how to do it best. >> with enthusiasm and lots of love. you have to really love it and have fun for the banitza to turn out really delicious. i love my job, even though it's hard. these are 12 kilos of flour and dough. sometimes my hands hurt, sometimes the small of my back hurts. >> the less patient can buy the dough in ready-to-bake leaves. and a variety of fillings besides the traditional cheese are now available -- leek, mushroom, ham, and spinach. now the pastry has to compete with an onslaught of western fast-food chains. >> no matter what new things appear on the market, the combinations with our world- famous cheese is unique. nothing tastes better. >> one piece of pastry costs the equivalent of one euro, and it's quite filling. and there's more than

it is stated there is a pastry shop set nacelles pastries. it was the fact that her coffee is unique. give was not taken into consideration we did was that taken into consideration? >> she believes the type of coffee is unique, but based upon the review, from a layman's perspective, it is coffee pure good as there are other people who also served coffee and -- it is coffee. there are other people who also serves coffee. >> even though there is an ethnicity clause? >> in this specific case, the coffee tyre, and if the coffee beans were from africa or a mixture of beans, the type of coffee would be similar in terms of ethnicity. we do not know the composition of the coffee that is being made by the neighborhood merchants. >> it would seem that it would go towards something similar. a new bill could be italian or chinese, and i do not think in most people's minds they would call about similar food, at least i would not consider it to be. >> hamburgers is a light food, so if someone is selling a hamburger for $2 versus a restaurant that maybe two

former white house pastry chef for 26 years give or take a day he is going to be one of the guests andthe guest celebrity judges and who else is involved? >> kate jenson from willow. >> mm-hmm. >> and we have another -- >> she happens to be here too working hard. >> carla hall from she is also a la dame and on abcs the chew. >> some other network. >> i don't watch that network. >> she is good. >> and we have a representative from academy de eye seen, we have david ross from bayou bakery and pastry chef of the year from washington restaurant association. >> so how can people get involved or be a part of this. >> if you come to the galleria you can observe on saturday the chefs constructing the cake, that is open to the public, you can buy samples of the cake at one of our three cake walk cafes for the bargain price of $5, and starbucks is donating the coffee, and saturday evening there is a gala reception where you can buy a ticket through the la dames website and mingle with celebrity chefjudges. >> all of this you keep hearing about la dame is to support this wonderful cause which giv

happening, and nobody is looking into the fact that it says you cannot use coffee if they are selling pastries, because that is not their core business, but they have coffee, su, so i am very disappointed, but thank you for this opportunity, because it has been a very expensive, long process, and it is very tough. ♪ >> do you sell coffee beans? no packaged coffee? >> nothing. >> thank you. >> what is the name of that establishment? >> that was the bakery. >> that was darren's? >> that was the water from bakery. we did the water from a bakery. >> which is the one that is nearby? cruxes that the same place you want to station in the car to? -- >> is that the same place you want to station the cart? but this is the peak of the reagan -- >> this is the pizza. >> the use of coffee beans we did do you sell coffee beans? -- do you sell coffee beans? >> no. >> it goes on and on. >> what i was trying to do was open the eyes of people about the different origins of coffee, open their mind to the fact that call3 originated in africa -- that coffee originated in africa, that there are distinguishing chara

i'd better get to work on the pastries. my assistants need a referee. - what are you going to do about the box ? - i'll just put it in the back. - you better check to make sure it wasn't damaged. - what do you mean, jess ? in this weather and all, it might have gotten tossed around in the delivery truck. okay. good idea. so, what time do the lovebirds arrive ? according to the battle plan in precisely ten minutes and thirty-two seconds. ipero me caigo y no me levanto! rosa ! what's happened ? oh, boy. oh, big boy. katherine better start eating. immediately. crossroads cafe. no, she is not. of course i can give her a message. bolango fever ! but the wedding is tomorrow afternoon ! how do you expect-- but-- no, no. of course, i-- i don't want you to work with bolango fever. yes, i understand. all right. good-bye. - is everything all right ? - not if you are the photographer. - what does that mean ? - he has bolango fever. oh ! that's terrible. yeah, tough break. - sure is. - what is bolango fever ? we didn't get that far. all

i am a pastry chef because i love cakes and you know, that always brings a smile to people. >> yes, ites. >> i mean little kids or not so little kids, when they see a cake, life become good am i right? >> life is good if there is cake around. >> exactly. >> what are you looking for this weekend. >> we want to see something that looks good say this cake here, you can have a little bit of a beautiful rosette like this, then color coordination, we don't want too much of big color clutching together you see. >> some times simpler will is better. >> simpler will is better by my book okay i like it to be fairly simple well done i am looking very close, to the decorations, that there are exceptionally fine, and beautifully done. >> now are you this discriminating for the two and a half decades you were in the white house >> i was you better believe it remember we served the most important people in dc for all these years. >> some might even argue the most important people in the world. >> you are right. >> who was the pickiest president. >> we don't have picky president in the white house you

the pastry chef. i'm excited.are we going to be cooking up or what are you preparing when one thinks of spring, what normally comes to mind? >> for me what comes to mind is rhubarb because that's one of the first local plants that comes available. >> i would never think of that. rhubarb, this is rhubarb. it kind of looks like a celery stalk gone crazy. it's beautiful. >> the stalk is what we cook with. has big leaves. cut off the stalk already. >> does it taste like celery? >> it has a tart flavor. >> maybe even sweet or just -- >> no. very, very tart. something good to combine with sweeter ingredients. >> all right. so what are we preparing today? you have some type of a rhubarb pie? >> rhubarb tart. individual tart. we design our desserts for sharing. it's big enough for two people to share. we start off making very simple pie dough and i've got flour, sugar, salt, vegetable shortening and butter and i'm going to just mix them all together with my hands. this is something that's very easy to do with your hands.

production. >> party. >> there's pastry, you do desserts and stuff here as well, right? we are here, one of the interesting things about commercial kitchens, they have a lot of special requirements for removing the waste products of cooking. so we have steam, we have heat, we have grease-laden vapor and all those things result in materials that have to be evacuated through the hood and duct system. here we have a type 1, all welded, and it has inside it these things heading down, these are heads for the system called an ancill system. tom, what is an ancill system? . >> it's a brand name, actually. this is a fire extinguishing system. the nozzle is here and there's also co2 which would expel the liquid out to cover and extinguish any type of fire that may happen that might be created by fuel on the stove. this is the way if the cook or someone sees the problem they can manually activate it, but there's a fusible link also, it could release the co2 cartridge and put the extinguishing material out over the entire stove area. if it activates they are going to be out of busi

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>> coffee, tea, pastries, and suites. >> and crude coffee -- brewed coffee? >> yes. >> next speaker. i am donald, and we manage the property, and immediate adjacent is the burger king. the restaurant, one of our tenants was to be here this evening, but he happens to be ill and could not make it. the restaurant is within 20 feet of where this is supposed to go. good the restaurant has a permit for tables and chairs, which leaves very little room for passageway, and is a congested area. there is a coffee cart strictly for the tenants of those buildings, and parents those of big business of people coming in and taking out food, so a direct competition with his tenants. he has been there for 10 years or so, so we strongly agree with the denial of the permit and feel it should be sustained. thank you. >> thank you. if you would not filling one out, we would appreciate it. is there any public comment? seeing none, we will move to rebuttal. fax i am going to quickly address some of the issues that came on top, and then i am going to talk about the video. i do have a

maybe he is having a pastry or something. there is a lot of traffic between here and city hall. that is a bad joke, i know. we also have supervisor eric mar here with us this morning. all the supervisors are sitting together. we are also lucky enough to have the chief of protocol for the city of san francisco charlotte schultz. last but not least, we have tony sun, chair of the asian arts commission. that's good started this morning. i am going to get off the stage and and things off over to jay hsu. he is going to tell us a little bit more about what we're doing today. >> someone needs to hand me the remote. terrific. brand implementation is a journey. the asian art museum embarks on a new journey. to reinvent ourselves, to engage a broad audience. the broad audience is very much at the core of what we do here and who we are. why now, you ask? as the aging world influence grows, so is understanding its culture. more than half of the global population lives in the asia. to look at our own san francisco bay area, one third of the population are of asian descent. also, a challengi

daydream been this way since 18 but lately her face seems ♪ ♪ slowly sinking, wasting crumbling like pastriess and she don't wanna go outside tonight ♪ ♪ and in a pipe she flies to the motherland or sells love to another man it's too cold outside ♪ ♪ for angels to fly for angels to fly ripped gloves, raincoat ♪ ♪ tried to swim and stay afloat ♪ ♪ dry house wet clothes loose change bank notes ♪ ♪ weary-eyed, dry throat call girl, no phone and they say ♪ ♪ she's in the class a team stuck in her daydream been this way since 18 but lately her face seems ♪ ♪ slowly sinking, wasting crumbling like pastries and they scream ♪ ♪ the worst things in life come free to us cause we're just under the upper hand ♪ ♪ and goes mad for a couple grams and she don't wanna go outside tonight ♪ ♪ and in a pipe she'll fly to the motherland ♪ ♪ and sell love to another man it's too cold outside for angels to fly ♪ ♪ an angel will die covered in white closed eye and hoping for a better life ♪ ♪ this time now we'll fade out tonight straight down the line ♪ 'cause we're, ooh under the upperhand ♪ ♪ go mad for a couple

. >>> a pastry shop in california has a way to satisfy their customers cup cake cravings 24 hours a day look at a most magical pink machine. looks like an atm but instead of cash you get something much better. you get an individually boxed gourmet cup cake. the vending machine is restocked every four hours and offers eight varieties. let's see a bank match that for delicious service. >> and guess what, probably ,,,, [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet, cleaning better, doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm going to... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle, but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time so you don't miss a thing. swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back. and for dry messes big and small they want to know more about how they were raised, what they were fed. we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans,

then see this trickster [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. mom, we're dying. no you're not, you're just hungry. make some totino's pizza rolls. we don't have any! front... left, totino's. [ male announcer ] well done mom! less drama, more fun! totino's pizza rolls. >>> i said it before on this show that i would be really nervous and scared to go bungee jumping. >> yes. this video makes me feel even more like a wuss. because somebody is about to try a bungee jump in wistler. look. >> what? >> in a wheelchair. somebody seems so wrong about throwing somebody off a bridge in a wheelchair. >> oh, my god! >> how awesome. >> yeah. >> this girl is a paraplegic. you can see she's in a wheelchair. she called this the first and definitely not the last time she'll go bungee jumping. >> you know what is scary? you don't have the ability to stand on the ledge and decide you

. >>> today at 3:00, prize winning pastry from a bake-off finalist. you can't trash 'em why not cash in on them. michael finney will have advice for selling old printers and cell phones. romance rejection why it may cause men to drink. we'll have those stories and more at 4 and 5. >>> this weekend, everybody can celebrate like they are irish. >> don sanchez has what's hot. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: ireland's tenors combine classical, folk and pop in a show sunday afternoon in the marin center a day after the st. patrick's parade in san francisco. more spirits from the irish session at brick and mortar music hall. theater works presents new comity about a romance between two historical reenactors and what happens when the past and present intertwine at the lucy stern theater. the alvin ailey dance theater makes annual visit to berkeley. bouquets to art enchanting show in which floral designers interpret works of art in flowers. a girl turns pink after eating too much pink cupcakes -- [ inaudible ] see a photo show coloring myths at the mum napa gallery in r

it is wjz, maryland's news station. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. mom, we're dying. no you're not, you're just hungry. make some totino's pizza rolls. we don't have any! front... left, totino's. [ male announcer ] well done mom! less drama, more fun! totino's pizza rolls. >>> classes resume today at the ohio school where three students were shot and killed earlier this week. students and their parents marched back to chardon high school yesterday morning as a sign of solidarity. the alleged shooter was charged with three counts of aggravated murder in juvenile court, prosecutors say there is still a chance he will be tried as an adult. >>> a man drives his car on to a runway at the airport. police say the man intentionally crashed his suv through a security gait and down drove down one of the main runways, the incident closed down the airport for 30 minutes an

the scones and then the pastry. we have green tea, creme- brulee. we have cherry short bread. >> what is that right there? >> that is a cherry short bread. >> oh, gosh. >> you have here raspberry. >> that looks good. and no calories, right? you've removed all. no calories. >> you have also a little chocolate mouse with cherry flavor in it. >> so try going to high tea at the willard. it really is lovely. you do it so well. then chef paul, thank you for putting together that lovely dish. and enjoy the cherry blossoms, everyone, because they are absolutely gorgeous. you only have till maybe friday. they're at high bloom. come back and visit us at 5:00. thank you.

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combat trafficking here in the bay [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastrythat's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. [ younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky... this is half. that is not half. guys i have more. [ female announcer ] do you have enough crescents? welcome back to "beyond the headlines." we're talking about human trafficking and how to be more aware. joining us is the district attorney nancy o'malley of alameda county. she has established a program, the county established a program called heat watch. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> what is heat watch? >> it's a blueprint for how communities come together to combat human trafficking. we realized the five components we feel are important are engaging lawmakers and policymakers to make sure we have resources and laws to both support the programs and t

guy just did a backflip at the in [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. [ younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky... this is half. that is not half. guys i have more. [ female announcer ] do you have enough crescents? >>> this is team telefonica in the volvo racing series. look at this monster 30-foot wave wash over the side of this giant race boat nearly capsizing the boat. the crew on board hangs on to anything they can. you can see a few of them seem to be strapped in, tied on to the boat. but it's not over yet. there's a second wave that swamps this sail boat. you see the guys brace and duck. >> oh, boy. >> this is in the southern okay, they were on their way from auckland new zealand to brazil. team telefonica is the overall leader of the race. their bow of the ship was da

of the street which is near the entrance as well, it also sells like foods, coffee, tea, sweets, pastries. it is just on the adjacent and it is also projecting into this food carts. as mentioned earlier, there are no public rest rooms within 200 feet of the proposed location. the nearby restaurants are only accessible to 10 cents at patrons of businesses. we have challenges related to safety issues, and what we call 10b officers to help us mitigate some of the issues that we're having. >> any other public comment? the will move into rebuttal. you have three minutes of rebuttal. >> what they are not saying is that the police department received, after i had a hearing with taylor, the police department received several personal letters from business owners in the area telling them to deny my permit even though the permit process had been closed 7-22. in other words, any person that objected to my permit, according to the ordinance, they had to supply that objection so that i can have a hearing in to be able to say my part. in this situation, what happened was, i was told i would be able to

it's cool. [ femalennouncer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped inlaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. and these are the ones you'll love as dinner. grands! mini pizzas. grands! biscuit dough... plus 3 ingredients make an easy dinner everyone loves. grands! mini pizzas... from pillsbury. >>> put this between your legs. >> didn't have to take you out for dinner first? >> this is the self-balancing unicycle. >> this is one step better than the segway. >> as lo as you can balance su don't fall forward or backward. it goes up to 16 miles per hour. >> how far does it go and how much does it cost? >> it will take you 7.5 to 10 miles on a full charge. if you have $795 to spare, it will get you one of those. i see myself on one of these at the airport. >> jump on and zip to the terminal. >> it can handle a 30% grade incline. if you are in san francisco, it's probably not the greatest. >> this is a perfect halloween costume if you

the mayor is going to sample some pastries here, too. >> good morning, everyone. i am the executive director of the bay area. we do not get a turnaround you get. and is our honor and privilege to host you, mr. mayor, city college of

it rich from a really big jackpot. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. mom, we're dying. no you're not, you're just hungry. make some totino's pizza rolls. we don't have any! front... left, totino's. [ male announcer ] well done mom! less drama, more fun! totino's pizza rolls. >>> there is an alert for drivers about a major bridge closure in the near future. cal tran plans to shut down the entire dumbarton bridge over the memorial day weekend. the closure will allow crews to complete a major part of the bridge's seismic retrofit project. it will close from 10:00 p.m. friday may 25th until 5:00 a.m. tuesday, may 29th. drivers are being advised to take public transit or alternate routes. >>> an ambulance raced to the scene of a car crash early this morning in san francisco. the vehicle slammed into a tree in the area of thomas way. the car was totaled while three peo

my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and offers pastry in a basket spun from his vision. it is closely woven. the kind of container some women collect. i have seen these in many colors but the basket he brings is simple. only black. only nude. the basket he brings is full of sweet burdens and i eat even the crumbs. as am i have not dined for days. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and offers tea made from the liquid he's crying. i do not want my lover crying and i am sorry i ever asked for tea. my lover, who lives far away opens the door to my room pretending he never cried. he offers tea and cold cakes. the tea is delicious. spiced like the start of our courtship. honeyed and warm. i drink every bit of the tea and put aside the cakes. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room like a man loving his strength. the lock i replaced this morning will not keep him away. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and brings me nothing. perhaps he has noticed how fat i have grown indulged. perhaps he is poor and sick as emptying his sto