Ah, to be sitting in a little cafe in the Oberkampf, sipping from a glass of pastis as a French chanteuse fills your ears with acoustic bonbons. For those who can barely afford french fries, let alone a trip to Paris, we have a little bit of the République française here in San Francisco, thanks to singer/songwriter Hélène Renaut. Renaut relocated from her hometown in the "green and rocky coast of Brittany" to her current residence in the foggy and hilly coast of Northern California. Her ch
Awesome PicklePickled summer squash with basil.Pickling can come off as precious, like the Belle and Sebastian of urban homesteading obsessions. Just consider the cute, creatively packaged jars of adorably amateurish giardiniera exchanging hands every holiday season. Of course, anyone who has actually tried pickling knows otherwise -- particularly when full-blown canning follows suit. Consider then Awesome Pickle: A Microbe Herder's Almanac, Eric Smillie's Oakland-based blog all about pic
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