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February 3, 2012
S.F. Fat Activists Oppose Anti-Obesity Campaign
In a city where government leaders are proud to regulate your daily calorie intake, it's might be shocking to learn that there are fat activists here -- and they don't care how many Happy Meals you eat.As our sister blog, the Exhibitionist, points out, a San Francisco fat activist has launched t ... More >>
Culture
February 1, 2012
"One More for the People": Martha Grover's Illuminating Essays
In a city where government leaders are proud to regulate your daily calorie intake, it's might be shocking to learn that there are fat activists here -- and they don't care how many Happy Meals you eat.As our sister blog, the Exhibitionist, points out, a San Francisco fat activist has launched t ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2012
Fat Chef Is 400 Pounds of Bad Food TV
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Fat Chef, a one-hour show about steamed vegetables, Thursdays at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. In another effort to put even more distance between itself and food preparation so skilled it demands to be pu ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Could a Soda Tax Save Lives?
In April last year, the California state Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation shot down AB 669, Assemblymember Bill Monning's attempt to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on all sweetened beverages, such as sodas, energy drinks, and sweetened fruit-juice drinks. Monning's office estimated that the ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2012
Five Things to Do in 2012 That Aren't
Radical Weight-Loss Surgery
An acquaintance traveled to Los Angeles recently and saw the ubiquitous 1-800-GET-THIN billboards. "It was like, 'Welcome to LA ... You're fat!'" said Jennifer Yendes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took note of the notorious billboards in early December. Regulators officially told marketing ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2011
Carl's Jr.'s New Pitchman: 482-Pound Man
Michael Moore pictured with President Obama, who, incidentally also likes meat Contrary to what Supervisor Eric Mar might tell you, fast food needn't be awful for you. Bay Area man Michael Moore swears by his Carl's Jr.-only diet, which he says is largely responsible for helping him to shed almos ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
MTV Gains Weight -- and Some Insight
As a child of the 1980s and '90s, I routinely saw a handful of plus-sized bodies on my MTV interspersed between taut video vixens and studs. The Fat Boys. Heavy D (rest in peace). Missy Elliott. Biggie Smalls, Fat Joe, and Big Pun. Since then, MTV has ceased playing videos and has corn ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2011
Blame McD's for Making Poor People Obese? Not So Fast
There's an assumption in food-policy circles that obesity rates are high among the poor because they eat so much fast food. It's an assumption that led the LA City Council to ban the construction of new fast-food restaurants in low-income neighborhoods in 2008. But according to a new study from ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2011
Does Reality Television Help Viewers Lose Weight?
Could this be you if you watch The Biggest Loser?For all the studies showing that watching reality television -- OK, all television -- makes us fatter, a new research study whose findings were just reported on Salt, NPR's new food blog, suggests that one kind of reality TV could help you lose wei ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
You Don't Have to Be Skinny to Be Healthy? Listen Up, Foodies
Perhaps you can have your cake, eat it, and, um, have some more: CNN reports on two newly published studies that argue obesity is not automatically a prescription for death. The studies looked at the mortality rates for people with a high enough body mass index (BMI) to be considered obese. They di ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
5 Reasons Californians Aren't as Fat as the Rest of America
So much for bucking stereotypes. It appears that much-loved European canard about overweight Americans is, well... increasingly true. An annual obesity report has found that only one U.S. state -- Colorado -- has an obesity rate under 20 percent. (In 1995, according to the Associated Press, no st ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2011
California Passes a Mysterious Food Handling Card Law, Diet Coke Officially Makes You Fat
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Do you have your food handling card? The Chronicle's Michael Bauer delivers a real inside scoop: Thanks to a new law that no one in California knows about, by July 1 -- that's Fri ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Taiwanese Food Blogger Gets Jail, Trader Joe's Should Stop Feeding Dumpster Divers
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Why I'm never becoming a restaurant critic in Taiwan. The Taipei Times reports that a local food blogger was just sentenced to 30 days in jail and almost $7,000 in fines for writ ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2011
Fair Trade Isn't Really Fair to Coffee Growers, Bon Appetit Justifies Gwyneth Cover
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Fair Trade Is Not Always Fair. The coffee blog Sprudge sent me to this disturbing story in Canada's National Post: A decade-long study of Nicaraguan coffee farmers by University o ... More >>
Culture
March 9, 2011
"40 Pounds in 12 Weeks: A Love Story": Theater Review
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Fair Trade Is Not Always Fair. The coffee blog Sprudge sent me to this disturbing story in Canada's National Post: A decade-long study of Nicaraguan coffee farmers by University o ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2011
OctoberFeast's Old-Style Rye
Jonathan KauffmanOctoberFeast's old-style rye. A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Old-Style Rye Source: OctoberFeast Bakery, 1954 University (at Milvia), Berkeley Toast-appropriateness: 1/10
News
January 19, 2011
How the Happy Meal ban explains San Francisco
Jonathan KauffmanOctoberFeast's old-style rye. A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Old-Style Rye Source: OctoberFeast Bakery, 1954 University (at Milvia), Berkeley Toast-appropriateness: 1/10
News
November 17, 2010
Unhappy Meals: How else can S.F. improve kids' health?
Jonathan KauffmanOctoberFeast's old-style rye. A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Old-Style Rye Source: OctoberFeast Bakery, 1954 University (at Milvia), Berkeley Toast-appropriateness: 1/10
Blogs
October 29, 2010
Kiss-In Today Downtown
Invest in some Binaca, San Francisco. Fat Activists, outraged at a recent blog article on the Marie Claire website titled "Should Fatties Get a Room (Even on TV)?" have called for a "Big, Fat Kiss-In" at Fifth and Market at 6 p.m. Marie Claire is a Hearst publication -- and this will be convenien ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2010
New Graphic Shows All the Crap We Eat in a Year
Visual EconomicsWe love animal fats and corn syrup ― and more fruits and vegetables than you might think.Our favorite morsel from the Web. Bonnie Azab Powell gets graphic today at Grist, courtesy of Visual Economics. The breakdown shows what the average American eats per year, in a shapesh ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2010
'Big Soda' Pleased By Demise of San Francisco Soda Fee
Cheers, Gavin..."Big Soda" is celebrating a bit today. How about a Fresca? With Mayor Gavin Newsom announcing the curtailing of his plan to impose a fee on the sales of soda within city limits to fund anti-obesity efforts, the folks who sell said sodas are satiated. "We're very happy with his cha ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2010
High-Fructose Corn Syrup Seeks New Name: 'Corn Sugar'
Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Ever since Fast Food Nation went bathroom-reading bestseller, high-fructose corn syrup has left a sour taste with shoppers at or above the level of Safeway basic. Today, reports the Associated Press, the Corn Refiners Association is seeking to change that, not ... More >>
Calendar
August 25, 2010
"Skeleton in the Closet"
Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Ever since Fast Food Nation went bathroom-reading bestseller, high-fructose corn syrup has left a sour taste with shoppers at or above the level of Safeway basic. Today, reports the Associated Press, the Corn Refiners Association is seeking to change that, not ... More >>
Culture
August 18, 2010
Art Review: Fritz Liedtke: "Skeleton in the Closet"
Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Ever since Fast Food Nation went bathroom-reading bestseller, high-fructose corn syrup has left a sour taste with shoppers at or above the level of Safeway basic. Today, reports the Associated Press, the Corn Refiners Association is seeking to change that, not ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Hot Flash Problems Reduced Via Weight Loss. Hey, Scientists Say So!
Trouble brewing..."Honey, if you don't want to have so many bad hot flashes, why don't you lose some weight?" The preceding statement will get you killed. You will be murdered. Your wife will not be found guilty by any jury in the land; she will weep that you're dead -- only because you have deni ... More >>
News
July 14, 2010
List: Fast Food Notion
Trouble brewing..."Honey, if you don't want to have so many bad hot flashes, why don't you lose some weight?" The preceding statement will get you killed. You will be murdered. Your wife will not be found guilty by any jury in the land; she will weep that you're dead -- only because you have deni ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2010
City's Anti-Obesity Soda Ban Won't Affect Obesity
Not on city property you don't, Mean Joe...Gavin Newsom's executive order forbidding soda machines on city property from hawking sugary soda is interesting for three reasons. One, the next photographer to snap a shot of Baby Montana with a soda is famous. Two, it warrants mentioning that Newsom d ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2010
Mayor's Soft Drink Ban Isn't Really About Calories
The Upstairs Room/FlickrWouldn't you rather have a can of guava nectar?Our favorite morsel from the blogs. At SFoodie's sister news blog, The Snitch, editor Joe Eskenazi ticks off the reasons Mayor Newsom's ban on sodas in vending machines on city property doesn't make sense. Newsom unleas ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2010
Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ Camp Out
Maddy Hunt and Jackie Law of Camp Out have done a lot in the seven months since they started playing music together. The duo, who met as students at Berkeley, recorded an album, organized a DIY record label, and are planning a small tour. What really sets these women apart, though, is their ... More >>
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May 28, 2008
High School Grotesque
Maddy Hunt and Jackie Law of Camp Out have done a lot in the seven months since they started playing music together. The duo, who met as students at Berkeley, recorded an album, organized a DIY record label, and are planning a small tour. What really sets these women apart, though, is their ... More >>
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February 13, 2008
What Does That "F" Stand For?
Maddy Hunt and Jackie Law of Camp Out have done a lot in the seven months since they started playing music together. The duo, who met as students at Berkeley, recorded an album, organized a DIY record label, and are planning a small tour. What really sets these women apart, though, is their ... More >>

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