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Alastair Bland

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    SFoodie Bloggers: Behind the Music

    Artist's rendition of the SFoodie blog team.​Before I started writing for SFoodie, I imagined the bloggers as a tight-knit team of scallywags, palling around town and sharing robust food adventures. Thus I was scandalized when former SFoodie editor John Birdsall told me many of the bloggers ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Meet the Bloggers: Alastair Bland

    Alastair BlandDefinitely the Best Photo Ever.​You read them here, now find out who the hell they are: We give you the diverse group of men and women who cover the local food and drink scene for you on SFoodie. Alastair Bland Blogs about: Beer and wine Alastair Bland may be one of the only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Drinking the Long View: Aged Beers at Lagunitas Brewing Co.

    Alastair BlandHittin' the library: Aged beers at Lagunitas Brewing Co. in Petaluma.​When the Righteous Brothers told us that time can do so much, they might as well have been singing about beer. Some brewers recoil at the mere suggestion of putting away their hard-brewed work for a long stretc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Devil Burgers, Farewell to Feely, and Mutually Supportive Deliciousness

    soupstance/FlickrVegetarians can apparently thank St. Francis back for its veggie burger.​ Five highlights from the blogs and beyond: 1. This week, SFoodie hit the two-thirds mark on our countdown of our 92 favorite dishes (well, this year), covering ravioli in Russian Hill, SOMA breakfast pastr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Barrel-Aged Beers Are Pricey. Which Ones Are Worth It?

    Alastair BlandAged in wood: Mikkeller's Big Worse, left, with Paradox Macallan from BrewDog.​A year ago, a second-hand bourbon or brandy barrel was running a brewer a hundred bucks on the American market. As of March 2011, the price hadn't changed, according to an industry source. But the bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Organic Beer, New and Exciting Additives, Great Fried Chicken

    Deege@fermentarium/Flickr​​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. In the East Bay Express, Alastair Bland (occasional SFoodie contributor) describes the conundrum Berkeley's Bison Brewing is facing. Until now, organic b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    SFoodie Writers Get Inked in Drink, the Weekly's Annual Bar Guide

    ​Maybe you shook your print copy of SF Weekly today and something fell out? No, it wasn't a handbill for some, um, CEO massage from a backroom advertiser, or a half-off coupon for Tila Tequila Uncorked! No doubt it was Drink, the Weekly's annual bar and nightlife guide, which you can read onli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Weekly Sake Classes at Corkage Explore Rice's Potential

    Alastair BlandYoshi Sako, sommelier at Corkage Sake and Wine Shop on Fulton.​White unblemished purity: Such is the innocuous nature of the perfect grain of rice. But set a colony of koji spores, another of yeast, a master sake brewer, and his staff of loyal minions loose on the ivory pearls, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Tasting Petite Sirah, California's Little Big Wine

    Alastair BlandTasting panelists Noah P. and Eleni K. strike a pose with the Petite empties.​It was born in 1880, and four years later came to California. But for another 80, almost nobody knew it. Petite Sirah is one of California's historical vines and among the earliest varieties introduced ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Beets, Glocks, and Pig Knuckles: This Week in Food Bloggery

    Kari Sullivan/FlickrPickled beets are just the beginning.​Five highlights from the blogs this week:1. With even more enthusiasm (and considerably more planning) than last year, we've taken up the annual challenge of profiling 92 of the city's best dishes on the 92 weekdays leading up to the 2011 B ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Kari Sullivan/FlickrPickled beets are just the beginning.​Five highlights from the blogs this week:1. With even more enthusiasm (and considerably more planning) than last year, we've taken up the annual challenge of profiling 92 of the city's best dishes on the 92 weekdays leading up to the 2011 B ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Kari Sullivan/FlickrPickled beets are just the beginning.​Five highlights from the blogs this week:1. With even more enthusiasm (and considerably more planning) than last year, we've taken up the annual challenge of profiling 92 of the city's best dishes on the 92 weekdays leading up to the 2011 B ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Kari Sullivan/FlickrPickled beets are just the beginning.​Five highlights from the blogs this week:1. With even more enthusiasm (and considerably more planning) than last year, we've taken up the annual challenge of profiling 92 of the city's best dishes on the 92 weekdays leading up to the 2011 B ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2005

    The Witness

    "And tonight, my brothers and sisters, we add one Donald Jay Beardslee."

  • News

    January 5, 2005

    How Scientists Party

    What happens at a physics and astronomy party? Pickles glow. Carrots explode. Nitrous burns.

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