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S.F. Chefs, Doctors Prescribe Peaches and Plums for Breast Cancer

Marlowe chef Jennifer Puccio's white peaches with Berkeley burrata.
Marlowe chef Jennifer Puccio’s white peaches with Berkeley burrata. Photo: Hardy Wilson

According to a new study, stone fruits like peaches and plums contain a compound that kills breast cancer cells. In honor of this finding, at least eighteen restaurants around town are featuring menu items featuring peaches and plums, and through September 15, one dollar from every dish purchased will go to funding free mammograms. Below, see a list of the dishes and restaurants, as well as the scantily clad PSA.

Participating restaurants and their dishes:

DOSA on Fillmore - Peach + Passion Fruit Mimosa
Fifth Floor - Artisan foie gras - foie gras pate, peaches, pistachio, vanilla salt
Ironside - Peach tart
District - Crispy mustard glazed pork belly with roasted peach and spiced cabbage
Hog & Rocks - Peach cobbler parfait; Bratwurst with pickled plum; Peach mint julep
Scala’s - Italian Prune Plum crustada with ginger gelato for dessert; duck confit with grilled peaches, farro, balsamic onions, wild arugula, mint and almonds
Beretta - Peach crumble cake with vanilla gelato and Bellini couli
Starbelly - Grilled peach and mache salad with Humboldt Fog and Oregon hazelnuts; Fresh peaches with Harvey Milk ice cream and burnt brioche
Delarosa - Peach and basil pizza dolce with vanilla gelato
5A5 Steak Lounge - Seared foie gras with grilled peach, peach coulis, dwarf truffle peach
Gitane - Peach & Heirloom Tomato Salad with hazelnut phyllo, naked goat cheese and roasted shallot dressing
midi - Lemon-vanilla rice pudding with lemon curd, fresh pluots and pluot sauce
Roam Artisan Burgers - Peach milkshake
Elite Cafe - Field lettuce with organic white & yellow peaches, sweet herbs, toasted almonds & citrus vinaigrette
Trademark Grill - Organic yellow peach & blackberry cobbler with vanilla bean ice cream
Uva Enoteca - Over roasted poussin with peach gastrique and braised green
Citizen’s Band - Peach cobbler
Marlowe - White Peach & Berkeley Burrata


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S.F. Chefs, Doctors Prescribe Peaches and Plums for Breast Cancer