The 100 Greatest Cult Restaurants in America: Top 20
What does Hash House A Go Go have in common with The Rocky Horror Picture Show? More than just toast. Much like films, bands, books, and television shows, certain restaurants have spawned enthusiastic cult followings. Just ask anyone who’s ever waited in line at New York City’s Shake Shack or Kuma’s Corner in Chicago. Could they obtain a burger from [...]
Places
Your May Food Events Calendar
Mother’s Day is Sunday, kids. If we’re the first to tell you? Number one, you need a new internet connection. Two, there are some amazing food events going on across the country that might be the perfect way to say “Hey, you’re awesome!” to the special mom in your life (even if she isn’t yours). If you’ve already made your [...]
Culture
Blogger of the Month: Kathryn Storm of Vegan Hacker SF
User experience designer, technology lover and vegan loyal Kathryn Storm is a multi-talented Bay Area native with a knack for creating, building and sustaining any project she gets her hands on. Now living in Seattle, Ms. Storm consults for the blog Vegan Hacker SF (which she co-founded), a site dedicated to the communal “hacking” of awesome vegan recipes once a [...]
News
Eat the Week National: Hostess’ Mass Jettison and California Cuts Kids’ Calories
1. Creators of Twinkies and baggers of Wonder Bread, Hostess, sent notice this week to production outposts in several states that they very well may be laying off nearly everyone that works for them, and in some cases — Michigan’s 381 workers in the state’s 20 locations, for instance — actually everyone. After filing for bankruptcy in January of this [...]
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- Eat the Week SF: Lessons in Alcohol and Domination
Drink
Feeding a Hangover
Long before I became a mom, I had plenty of practice with my nephews and nieces. My eldest niece, now in her 20s and in university, is at the age I was when she was born to forever rock our worlds! My oldest nephew, who turned 18 last year and started pursuing a business degree in university, is so tall, [...]
Travel
Eating Out in Portugal II: Madeira & Porto Santo
Madeira, originally named Ilha da Madeira (Island of Wood) by Captain João Gonçalves Zarco in 1420, is an island roughly 400 miles west of Morocco. The infrastructure was built upon a mountainous landscape with humble homes standing on terraced façades. Madeira is a volcanic island, and though the volcano is now extinct, the land has been sharply defined by it. [...]
Eating In
Chill Out with Summer Soups
“Excuse me miss,” the sunburned gentleman at table five politely said as he waved me over. It was indeed a hot summer night in a resort town. I was working as a waitress at the time. “Can I get some chips for this salsa?” It seemed his wife had ordered a cup of gazpacho without telling him, and he was [...]
Dining Out
Eating Out in Portugal II: Madeira & Porto Santo
Madeira, originally named Ilha da Madeira (Island of Wood) by Captain João Gonçalves Zarco in 1420, is an island roughly 400 miles west of Morocco. The infrastructure was built upon a mountainous landscape with humble homes standing on terraced façades. Madeira is a volcanic island, and though the volcano is now extinct, the land has been sharply defined by it. [...]