Email Author Tamara Palmer

2013 Stories by Tamara Palmer

• Viral Kitchen Nightmares: The Best of The Crazy Amy Meme

  published May 17, 2013

  In case you missed it, Amy's Baking Company of Scottsdale, AZ became the most famous new restaurant of the week after Gordon Ramsay failed to help rehabilitate it on the television series Kitchen Nigh... More >>

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  Janelle Monae Channels Prince and MJ With the SF Symphony, 5/16/13

  published May 17, 2013

  Janelle Monae and her Androids with the San Francisco Symphony Thursday, May 16, 2013 Louise M. Davies Hall Better than: Monae's last wonderful performance in SF at the 2012 Black and White Ball Las... More >>

• Lyrics Born Chows Down on Check, Please!

  published May 16, 2013

  Rapper Lyrics Born is one of the amateur restaurant reviewers on the latest episode of KQED's Check, Please! The station's food blog Bay Area Bites reports that Lyrics Born (aka Tom Shimura) and two o... More >>

• Pretty Talk 
in the Opera House

  published May 1, 2013

  David Sedaris has done a lot to keep people interested in reading humor and memoir for the better part of two decades. But in order to fill... More >>

• For The Kids

  published April 24, 2013

  “Freedom Movement: Stories of People in Struggle” intends to share parts of the fight rights equality that books and... More >>

• State Bird and Other Bay Area Greats Win James Beard Foundation Awards

  published May 07, 2013

  When Nicole Krasinski and Stuart Brioza, the couple behind San Francisco's popular State Bird Provisions, entered the packed media room at last night's James Beard Foundation Awards at Lincoln Center ... More >>

• Health Check: Are More S.F. Restaurants Grand Opening or Grand Closingr

  published May 03, 2013

  The San Francisco restaurant scene is constantly plagued with closures. Since the beginning of the year, we've lost solid places such as Masa's, Tommy Toy's, Solstice, Shanghai, Kan Zaman, and Wo Hing... More >>

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  Class Alert! How To Cook For Your Mother and More

  published Apr 30, 2013

  One of the big San Francisco food blog stories of this week was how Hutong restaurant is returning back to its previous identity of Betelnut after just about a month, right after a negative review fro... More >>

• The Forgotten Holiday

  published April 10, 2013

  Doug Benson has been honing his blunt humor through regular appearances in San Francisco comedy clubs for many years. Appearing in the... More >>

• Meek Mill: Show Preview

  published April 24, 2013

  Philadelphia's Meek Mill has achieved an elusive balance of street credibility and mainstream appeal in his ascent to rap stardom.... More >>

• American Bao Bar: Pop-Up Combines Asian and Southern Cuisines

  published April 24, 2013

  Blair Warsham, a white boy originally from Atlanta who has French training and has been cooking underground in San Francisco via his "guerilla... More >>

• Small Touches Go Far at Waraku

  published Apr 22, 2013

  Last summer, Japanese restaurant Men Oh Tokushima Ramen opened its second American location on Geary Street in San Francisco, followed by a hot pot spot called Shabuway. Its new Japantown sister spot ... More >>

• Quiet Riot

  published April 3, 2013

  For the fourth year of the local reading series hosted by Quiet Lightning, the group has embarked on a Tour Through Town, inviting... More >>

• Doug Benson's Countdown to 4/20

  published Apr 19, 2013

  Doug Benson has been honing his blunt humor through regular appearances in San Francisco comedy clubs for many years. Appearing in the smoke-tolerant city to test out material in front of the veritabl... More >>

• Caninival

  published April 3, 2013

  Each year, DogFest takes over Duboce Park to celebrate the joys of four-legged friends and the children who love them, all in an effort to... More >>

• American Bao Bar Extends Pilot Series at Nombe and Southpaw Through June

  published Apr 16, 2013

  Blair Warsham, a white boy originally from Atlanta who has French training and been cooking underground in San Francisco via his "guerilla dining" company graffEats, channels his passion for Asian coo... More >>

• Johnny Marr Shines on His Own at the Fillmore, 4/13/13

  published Apr 15, 2013

  Johnny Marr April 13, 2013 The Fillmore Better than: Waiting for Morrissey to reschedule. While health issues have prompted singer Morrissey to continually cancel a string of shows in the Bay Area, ... More >>

• Quiet Riot

  published Apr 14, 2013

  For the fourth year of the local reading series hosted by Quiet Lightning, the group has embarked on a Tour Through Town, inviting like-minded organizations to join in and shape its monthly events in... More >>

• Caninival

  published Apr 13, 2013

  Each year, DogFest takes over Duboce Park to celebrate the joys of four-legged friends and the children who love them, all in an effort to raise money for San Francisco's McKinley Elementary School v... More >>

• Side Pony Gets Into Swing at Off The Grid

  published Apr 12, 2013

  If you haven't yet been to the new season of Off The Grid's Fort Mason Fridays, there are plenty of intriguing new food and drink options that await you there. One of our new favorites is Side Pony, w... More >>

• Hella Saucy: Bay Area Rap Dances Are Getting Harder

  published Apr 11, 2013

  In advance of his Underground Celebrity EP, which will be available on iTunes and Amazon on April 16, rapper, dancer, and San Francisco State student Priceless Da Roc dropped an EA-Ski-produced single... More >>

• Slow and Steady

  published March 20, 2013

  Despite the extremely decelerated pace of most gastropods, they do tend to get feared and ostracized for their profound lack of what most would... More >>

• Phan Club

  published March 20, 2013

  Just before Easter comes “Far Easter,” a series of performances by Asian-American comedians. The shows are led by Dat Phan,... More >>

• Class Alert! Learn to Roll Sushi, Break Down a Goat and More

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Sushi making seems like such a veiled art, deceptively simple magic. Every year, Mikiko Ando, executive sushi chef of Delica Sushi Bar, pulls back that secret curtain and hosts a series of three hands... More >>

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  Foie De Vivre Breathes Life Into a Forbidden and Forgotten Favorite

  published Apr 01, 2013

  The statewide ban on the sale and production of foie gras was enacted nine months ago to the day, but that wasn't the end to the delicacy being served in San Francisco. Savvy patrons have gotten used ... More >>