Typically, I envision writing this column as an adherence to “newsy-er” beats with just a splash of strangeness. But there seems to be a plethora of oddness brewing in the beverage world these days, or at least, I’ve been digging up more of it of late, so this time around you’re about to be besieged with a healthy dose of [...]
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 [...]
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and every magazine, newspaper, and blog has its list of dreamy date spots. While there certainly are endless options for a romantic dinner, most of the top contenders are far outside of recession-budget guidelines. I suppose spending a couple hundred dollars on an unforgettable meal has its charm, but some of us [...]
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 [...]
Well, OJ is on trial again. Not that OJ… I’m talking about the citrus beverage I can’t start my day without. Serious Eats’ drink department has released the results of a blind taste test they performed on pulp-free orange juice brands. I can’t say they’re too far off from my personal preferences either: pulpy OJ is the preference, but if [...]
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. [...]
