The first movie I remember seeing in a theater was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. I know this sounds crazy, but it was indeed re-released in theaters in 1987. I remember how exciting it was to sit in that dark theater, with the giant screen and that big tub of popcorn; feeling so tiny in those seats, and in [...]
1. In a decision that will most likely triple U.S. produce exports to Europe within three years, the USDA and the European Union agreed Wednesday to standardize their respective definitions of what makes fruits and vegetables “organic,” rendering regulatory semantics equivalent. Previously, this or that fertilizer used on this or that side of the ocean, and other small production issues [...]
1. The only reason to be up and at ‘em on a weekend morning is this: SF Weekly’s top 10 brunch spots in the city. So, I guess that’s actually 10 reasons. There’s the red flannel hash at Serpentine and the balsalmic fried eggs at Foreign Cinema, luring us out of our cozy hideouts and giving us a good excuse [...]
If you listen closely you can hear the sound of my daughter crying over the Dr. Praeger’s Broccoli Littles that we just tried to feed her for dinner. While I still can’t get my daughter to expand beyond one or two mainstay vegetables, for the rest of us, there’s roasting vegetables. My first foray into vegetable roasting came when I discovered how [...]
1. In what is being described as the last-ditch effort to remedy intensely pervasive alcoholism on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, the Oglala Sioux Tribe filed a $500 million lawsuit Thursday against nine huge brewers, including all the familiar players (i.e., Anheuser-Busch, Coors, Miller, Molson, Pabst), and against four alcohol retailers situated in bordering Whiteclay, NE — a tiny [...]
1. The Kingfish Pub in the Temescal district of Oakland may temporarily thwart developers from bulldozing the 90-year old dive bar by acquiring historic landmark status. According to SF Gate, only one other bar in Oakland has reached landmark status — Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon, once frequented by Jack London. Oakland North says the site is threatened by [...]
You know it and I know it, February 14 is comin’ around the corner and fast. Like most holidays, it highlights a feeling we should be expressing all year round, not only on this one special day. But much like Thanksgiving is the time for thanks and Christmas is the time for giving, Valentine’s Day is the time for love. [...]
You hear: “Didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it.” “Not bad.” “Not my thing.” These are probably not the words food critics would normally use to persuade you to dine in one of the most celebrated restaurants in the world — unless that restaurant happens to be the obscurely famous El Bulli. Managed by the frequently praised and often criticized Ferran [...]
1. All it would take for the unsuspecting urban world to become one wicked, giant battleground (think 1986’s Rampage arcade) would be to conduct a series of experimental neon ooze + flashing light tests in a sheet-metal shack (à la TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze) with Jamie Oliver’s food-additive arch-nemesis — the infernal “pink slime” — pumped, overtime, [...]
1. Sweet Tooth Anonymous folks, get out your sober medallions. Sugar may one day be regulated like alcohol and tobacco. A team of UCSF scientists are urging the FDA to “remove sugar from the list of foods ‘generally regarded as safe,’” says SF Gate. LA Times reports the proposed regulations include a suggested “drinking age” of 17 (?!?) for sugary beverages. [...]
