Email Author Tamara Palmer

2013 Stories by Tamara Palmer

• A Pre-Escargot Condition

  published Mar 29, 2013

  By Tamara Palmer Despite the extremely decelerated pace of most gastropods, they do tend to get feared and ostracized for their profound lack of what most would consider adorable animal features. San ... More >>

• Dat Phan Defies Your Notions of Accent

  published Mar 28, 2013

  By Tamara Palmer Just before Easter comes "Far Easter," a series of performances by Asian-American comedians. The shows are led by Dat Phan, winner of the first season of NBC's Last Comic Standing in ... More >>

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  The Evolution of Mission Chinese Food's New York Counterpart

  published Mar 21, 2013

  Not that we're a total Mission Chinese Food groupie or anything, but when the restaurant opened a second restaurant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan last May, we were literally the first customer t... More >>

• Play Something Dancy Says the Life of an S.F. Strip-Club DJ Is Worse Than You Think

  published Mar 20, 2013

  Old-school metal fans in San Francisco might know Dee Simon, author of Play Something Dancy: The Tragic Tales of a Strip Club DJ, by his old KUSF radio moniker of Dirty Sanchez. There he had the kind ... More >>

• Breast Friends

  published March 6, 2013

  The event promoters known as The BitchSlap are behind many a female-centric comedy showcase in San Francisco, but “Tough... More >>

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  Dawn Richard Finds New Life Outside of Diddy's Pop Machine

  published Mar 19, 2013

  Dawn Richard's Goldenheart album is the sound of freedom, of a singer-songwriter unfettered by the binds of the pop music machine. Released in January, Goldenheart quickly topped the iTunes R&B chart ... More >>

• Unpredictably Personal

  published February 27, 2013

  Phil Hanley is not easily embarrassed by uncomfortable situations or by his own circumstances. After all, as the Canadian native has been... More >>

• Breast Friends: Laughs for a Good Cause

  published Mar 15, 2013

  The event promoters known as The BitchSlap are behind many a female-centric comedy showcase in San Francisco, but "Tough Titties" actually supports boobs, albeit slightly indirectly. The event is a ... More >>

• Sly Stone Celebrates His 70th Birthday... Somewhere Out There

  published Mar 15, 2013

  Flickr/Simon FernandezOn this day in 1943, Sylvester Stewart was born in Benton, TX. He was later raised in Vallejo, introduced the Bay Area to soul songs on San Mateo-based radio station KSOL, and h... More >>

• Mezzanine to Mark 10 Year Anniversary With a Month of Shows in April

  published Mar 14, 2013

  Mezzanine celebrates 10 years in the game with a series of anniversary concerts this April. And while the downtown nightclub kicked off in 2003 with a laser focus on DJ and dance music events, next mo... More >>

• Quail: State Bird on Menu at S.F. Restaurants

  published March 13, 2013

  State Bird Provisions, that little restaurant named the best one to open in America last year by Bon Appetit, is admittedly built off of... More >>

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  Mourad Lahlou Unlocks The Art of Moroccan Beghrir Pancakes at Home

  published Mar 08, 2013

  It's not every day that a renowned and dashing chef comes over to make pancakes, certainly not one named an international Culinary Ambassador by Hillary Clinton. But Mourad Lahlou, the owner of San Fr... More >>

• Celebrate Persian New Year at Zare at Fly Trap

  published Mar 06, 2013

  If you've ever had an interest in dining at the Mediterranean-Persian restaurant Zare at Fly Trap, March 19 would be a great night to consider. That's when chef/owner Hoss Zare is attempting what he c... More >>

• Andre Nickatina: Show Preview

  published March 6, 2013

  San Francisco rapper Andre Nickatina began his 20-year recording career under the name Dre Dog, with an album called The New Jim... More >>

• Class Alert! Master Urban Sea Foraging, Latin Cheese, and Fresh Pasta

  published Mar 04, 2013

  It seems to be pasta-making season now and Flour + Water (2401 Harrison) frequently offers multi-class series on making pasta, and the next one runs March 5 (flat noodles) and March 12 (stuffed pastas... More >>

• 9 Places to Celebrate Quail in the Bay Area

  published Feb 28, 2013

  State Bird Provisions, that little restaurant named the best one to open in America last year by Bon Appetit, is admittedly built off of that titular Golden State bird, the quail. Here, it's fried in ... More >>

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  The Company Bar & Kitchen Aims To Be a Triple Threat

  published Feb 27, 2013

  The Company Bar & Kitchen is currently being built at 133 Steuart Street, in the space that formerly housed Shanghai 1930 restaurant. The project is the latest in the Mina Group collection and is led ... More >>

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  Get a Sneak Peek of 20th Century Cafe at State Bird Provisions

  published Feb 15, 2013

  Range's acclaimed pastry chef, Michelle Polzine, is converting a Hayes Valley laundromat across the street from Rich Table restaurant into a new Eastern European-influenced hideaway called the 20th Ce... More >>

• b. patisserie Confronts Early Success

  published Feb 14, 2013

  Belinda Leong had a fantastic problem when her b. patisserie (2821 California) opened earlier this week on Feb. 12. Though her weekday hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., every fresh-baked good was sold out b... More >>

• Chasing Kevin

  published January 23, 2013

  During a live podcast recording at last year’s SF Sketchfest, Kevin Smith regaled the audience with adventures abput his rectum and... More >>

• Video of the Day: Kevin Smith, Live Podcasting at Cobb's

  published Feb 06, 2013

  During a live podcast recording at last year's SF Sketchfest, Kevin Smith regaled the audience with adventures of his rectum, and talked about how he was caring for the family dog who was so close to ... More >>

• Taco Tuesday: Five Places to Celebrate

  published February 6, 2013

  The national Mexican food chain Taco John's holds a national trademark on the phrase "Taco Tuesday," but you'd never know it; the phrase has... More >>

• Ice Cream Travel Guide, All-In-One Utensils and More Need Support

  published Feb 04, 2013

  A tour around the current projects bidding for your bucks over at Kickstarter reveals ideas designed to make your cooking and eating pursuits a little bit easier. San Francisco's Alite Designs is look... More >>

• Rap Roundup: New Songs and Videos by Droop-E, Iamsu and More

  published Feb 01, 2013

  As these new releases might suggest, Bay Area rap continues to evolve and become harder to pigeonhole. This is especially true when it comes to matching songs up with a visual; the same old bitches-in... More >>

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  Eddie Huang Brings Fresh off the Boat Memoir to Omnivore Books

  published Jan 31, 2013

  We first encountered New York chef and restaurateur Eddie Huang a few years ago when he fired the metaphorical warning shots that eventually made the San Francisco food truck Chairman Bao bow down. A ... More >>