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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Since 2009, and the release of an undercover cattle abuse video by the Humane Society, California had upheld a slaughterhouse law that seems, by our account, to make a whole lot of sense. The state law stipulated all livestock too weak or too ill to stand — not even walk, just stay standing — were to be immediately euthanized, [...]
1. Frozen-yogurt company Pinkberry’s co-founder, former kickboxer, and architect Young Lee was arrested at LAX Monday night on a warrant for serious assault allegations. Last summer, Lee was driving around Los Angeles when he suddenly became offended by a transient’s supposedly sexually explicit tattoo, exited his vehicle, and insisted the man kneel and apologize (which the man did). Despite acquiescence [...]
1. When older guardians or authority figures told you, as a child, that the insane tornado one county over was no biggie, or that the rattling support beams of the hurtling roller coaster were just fine, or, not to worry, mountain lions are only giant kitty-cats, you probably believed them. Unfortunately, government officials aren’t as good at hiding the metaphorical [...]
1. We remember a day when, out with friends in summer, or plain sunbathing, honey bees pestered us with their constant docile presence. You couldn’t step three feet through a playfield of flowering grasses without worrying you might have smashed a honey bee. Everywhere, those things. And so nice, pollinating all those fruit trees, whipping up sugary goop. Then, some [...]
1. The 2nd annual Good Food Awards are being announced January 13th at a $100 a head reception in the Ferry Building this year, SF Gate reports. In the running are some Bay Area favorites: Drake’s Brewing Company and Lagunitas in the beer category; Cafe Rouge , Fatted Calf and Adesso’s for charcuterie; Bellwether Farms ricotat and Saint Benoit Yogurt [...]
