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Fire Trek

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Slap Shots

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The American Dream's $700 billion price tag

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Gavin Newson's New Age adviser gives voters some advice

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When He Was Small

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Woman's Glib

The awful truth about Nancy Meyers

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Christmas With the Crawfords

A popular drag queen revue is back home with a fresh batch of bad hair

Mildred Fierce

The Crawfords' ticklish nativity

Best Pastries (Outdoors)

Frog Hollow Farm

Best Outdoor Market

Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market

Welcome Home

How shortsighted neighborhood activism fuels the city's housing crisis, and pushes the best of San Francisco deeper and deeper into the suburbs

The Dusk of Civilization

Anna Deavere Smith delivers a heart-clutching dialogue about race in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Safeway Jumps on Locavore Bandwagon

Safeway was well ahead of the curve as far as the country-of-origin food labeling that went into effect on March 16. Recently, the company instituted new produce signage that both informs and entices the locavores among us.

Jardiniere Going All Argentinian Beefy for Monday's Three-Course Dinner

Shirley77/Flickr Mmmm, beefalicious! This Monday, July 27, at 6 p.m., chef-huntress Traci Des Jardins (just back from her trip to Outer Mongolia -- we're not kidding) will make an in-house appearance for a bovine-centric dinner at Jardiniere (300 Grove at Franklin) to highlight San Francisco-ba ... More >>

New Broken Record Chef Not So New

James Moisey/Twitter James Moisey (left) It's been three weeks since the Frito pie hit the fan at the Broken Record (1166 Geneva at Edinburgh): chefs Ryan Ostler and Katharine Zacher got the hell out, citing burnout in interviews. And even though Tablehopper reported that a new chef would b ... More >>

Another 24 Hours: Craigslist's Farm and Garden Classifieds

Got $800? You can keep this bull from becoming hamburger.​SFoodie's weekly look at some urban essentials offered up on Craiglist. • Looking to improve your flock? Look to the city of Sebastopol, that charming namesake of a lackluster Jay Farrar solo record renowned for its apples, where one ... More >>

Hot Meal: Bocanova

M. BrodyBeef tenderloin crudo with searing rocoto chiles.​Hotly anticipated Bocanova teased visitors to Eat Real by turning them away from its pre-opening meals. The pan-Latin eatery opened for real on September 1. At lunch on a muggy afternoon just 10 days in, we chose the lofty dining room ... More >>

Snacktion: Frog Hollow Farm's Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies

T Palmer​Name: Cherry Chocolate Chip CookiesBrand: Frog Hollow FarmOrigin: BrentwoodFound at: Frog Hollow Farm Market (One Ferry Plaza at the Embarcadero)Cost: $3.50Ingredients: Organic flour, organic butter, organic sugar, eggs, Scharffen Berger chocolate, organic walnuts, organic dried cherries, ... More >>

Another 24 Hours: Craigslist Farm and Garden Classifieds

CraigslistCreepy, right?​SFoodie's weekly look at some urban essentials offered up on Craiglist. A keg of Anchor. A bottle of Jack. A bowl of chips to dip in fly-speckled guacamole. Fuck that. We're so over mediocre parties we're going to dial in a pig roast every time we get an invitation: ... More >>

Celebrate the Olive at Sunday's Frog Hollow Harvest Party in Brentwood

handsongourmet/FlickrFrog Hollow founder Al Courchesne​Frog Hollow Farm has more than preserves, peaches, pears, and cherries to offer. In the past few years, the Brentwood farm has been pressing extra-virgin oil from its own olives. Taste the results at Sunday's harvest party at the East Bay ... More >>

Holiday Recipe Hookup: Hangover-Busting Squash, Pear, and Bacon Sandwich from Pal's Takeaway

Jesse Friedman/Beer & NoshJeff Mason (left) and David Knopp​In other cities, partiers self-medicate with morning-after remedies like cheeseburgers and McGriddles. But here? Jeff Mason and David Knopp of Pal's Takeaway (2751 24th St. at Hampshire) have devised a hangover -cure sandwich steeped ... More >>

PETA Wants You to Help Pick the Sexiest Vegetarian

PETASean from San Lorenzo.​Is there something about packing your body with un-meat that makes you hot? That's the subtext of PETA's annual Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door contest. The animal-rights group is in the 11th hour of balloting for a roster of guys and gals who are as kind, presumably, a ... More >>

Octopus Tostada from Mariscos La Costa

gwen/FlickrAll the tostadas are pretty much a delight, though we're particularly fond of the pulpo.​As a daily windup to the Weekly's Best of S.F. 2010 on May 19, we've teased out 92 of our favorite local dishes that taste like here. All the tasty details after the jump.

Eco Food Tour Cruises Berkeley's Gather, West Marin Farms

Maïa Cybelle/FlickrOn the itinerary: Devil's Gulch Ranch in Marin County.​Trust us, your smartphone and a Google map will not save you in the no-signal hills of West Marin, but Bay Area Green Tours is offering a food and farm tour that sounds like it won't leave you lost. A biodiesel-fueled ... More >>

Day Trip Report: Peach Picking in Brentwood

Jonathan K.Playing farmer, six feet off the ground.​It doesn't take very long to pick ten pounds of nectarines. In fact, it takes more effort ― self-control, really ― to pick less. I'd been meaning to go peach and nectarine picking in Brentwood again ever since a scalding afternoon in 2005 tha ... More >>

This Week in Food Bloggery

peter_r/FlickrBruce Hill's margherita, coming to a neighborhood slightly nearer you.​Highlights from the blogs this week:1. The imminent arrival of yet another wave of pizzerias ― Zero Zero, Ragazza, Una Pizza Napoletana, Antica Pizzeria Napoletana, not to mention something from ex-Flour Water ... More >>

Jimmy's Pies (and Backyard Raspberries) from Avonova Farms

John BirdsallPeach pie, made with Frog Hollow fruit, $12.​Monday, September 20, 2010 John Birdsall​Jimmy Pedersen started just a few years ago with four small raspberry plants. This year, his sprawling backyard in North Oakland will likely produce 200 pounds of the delicate little berri ... More >>

15,000 Marijuana Plants Discovered in Cornfield

​A massive marijuana grow -- 15,000 plants worth an estimated $6 million -- was discovered in a Brentwood cornfield yesterday. This, once and for all, answers the questions "What's going on in Brentwood?" and "Do they grow corn there?"  The plants were uncovered in the 4600 block of Orwood Ro ... More >>

Happy Meal Ban: Middle Schoolers Write to Supes, Critique Toys

Here's what I think you should say, kids​Six dozen students at a middle school in Brentwood, a suburb 55 miles to the east, wrote to San Francisco City Hall Oct. 15 to voice views on Supervisor Eric Mar's proposed ban on Happy Meal toys, which is scheduled to be heard at today's board meeting.Unli ... More >>

What to Do This Weekend, Mar. 25-27

jrodmanjr/FlickrThe final Outside In party happens Sun., Mar. 27.​Craving more? Scroll through additional listings here. Fri., Mar. 25: Queen of the Sun Filmmaker Screenings Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 7 and 9 p.m. Director Taggart Siegel will be on hand for two screenings of ... More >>

Interview with Slow Hand BBQ's Dan Frengs

Jonathan KauffmanSlow Hand's Texas-style barbecue ribs.​ I tasted Dan Frengs' extraordinary ribs at last month's New Taste Marketplace, but Frengs' Slow Hand BBQ stand also shows up outside Mission bars The Homestead and Dirty Thieves and, farther afield, the Concord, Walnut Creek, and Brentwood f ... More >>

Schwarzenegger Creating 'Governator' Cartoon Chracter

Schwarzenegger will use his alter-ego to take on the state's Democrats​Just when you thought you had seen every iteration of Arnold Schwarzenegger -- playboy, bodybuilder, Terminator, governor -- he comes up with one more: cartoon characterIn his free-time as the state's former chief executive, Sc ... More >>

No. 27: Fava Greens from Tairwa'-Knoll Farms

CUESAFava greens at the Saturday Ferry Plaza market, $6 per pound.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. ​As the winter rains fade and the sun finally shines on the city's farmers' markets, perhaps the last thing you want to fill your sac ... More >>

Schwarzenegger and Shriver Split: What Will This Mean for the Governator Cartoon?

A bachelor?​Next year, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is supposed to release his much anticipated post-politics project, The Governator, a cartoon series based loosely on the actor turned politician's life. The animation is centered on the Governator, a washed-up politician who gets back into f ... More >>

111 Minna's Daily Lunch Transformation, Two Sisters and a Book, and Richard Blais is Coming!

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. From a nightclub, to an art gallery, and now, a lunch spot. Tablehopper reports starting in August, 111 Minna will play host to chef Josh Birch's lunch and happy hour restaurant, Da Bettina, named after h ... More >>

Slow Money Entrepreneur Showcase Brings Money Down to the Soil

beyondtheplate.netBrentwood's Frog Hollow Farm.​Most people are familiar with Slow Food, the organization founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986 to encourage a return to traditional foodways and reconnect with the sources where our food comes from. So what if we took the same mentality and applied i ... More >>

Summer Guide: Bay Area Summer Food Festivals

beyondtheplate.netBrentwood's Frog Hollow Farm.​Most people are familiar with Slow Food, the organization founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986 to encourage a return to traditional foodways and reconnect with the sources where our food comes from. So what if we took the same mentality and applied i ... More >>

Bay Area Green Tours Explore Local, Sustainable Foods Deliciously

BAGT's walking tour of downtown Berkeley.​Do you love food but also worry about the sustainability of our current system? Yeah, you do. That's why you live here! They say every area gets the food tour it deserves, and so, we have Bay Area Green Tours, a non-profit that started three years ago ... More >>