Subject: Cesar Chavez

• Welcome To "MiMa,' S.F.'s Craziest New Neighborhood, Name That Is

  February 22, 2008

• The Best Little Cookbook Store in San Francisco: Or, A Room With a View

  By Meredith Brody This may seem like a quixotic time to open an independent book store, but we can thank our lucky stars that Celia Sack didn't let a little thing like the economy get in the way of her dream. Which is also ours: a cookbook store that honors the past along with the present. At Omnivore Books on Food ( 3885a Cesar Chavez Street), Sack, a passionate book collector, cleverly interweaves not just classic cookbooks that remain in print with the newest, glossiest, irresistibly

  December 3, 2008

• Marie Simmons and Things Cooks Love

  Things Cooks Love: Implements, Ingredients, Recipes is a valuable reference guide of foundational cooking knowledge, from what to keep stocked in the pantry to the best tools to make your ideas come alive in the kitchen. Chef and author Marie Simmons will host a special hour of discussion of her book (written in partnership with Sur La Table) tonight at 5 p.m. at Omnivore Books on Food (3885A Cesar Chavez). -- Tamara Palmer

  December 18, 2008

• Rancho Gordo's Miracle Fruit

  (Image via Rancho Gordo)Steve Sando is a frequent presence at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market with his Napa-based company Rancho Gordo, which offers several varieties of beans in vibrant colors that make a potentially dull food staple seem alive with possibility and flavor. Vanessa Barrington, Sando's co-author in Heirloom Beans, will talk about their book and cook up some of its recipes at a special free event from 3 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, January 10 at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez). -- T

  January 5, 2009

• Omnivore Presents A16

  Nate Appleman and Shelley Lindgren of A16 (2355 Chestnut), will join their A16: Food Wine co-author, Kate Leahy at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez) on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. But, more importantly, so are the nibbles that they'll offer, all taken from recipes in this book focused on the Campania region of Italy. Colto, mangia!

  January 15, 2009

• Letters

  July 5, 1995

• Restaurant Supply Part 2: Forest Restaurant Supply

  Everything looks like it came from China, and prices are unbeatable.

  March 18, 2009

• B Zero

  Cops say nonprofits and their landlord were gaming the bingo laws.

  December 24, 2008

• Palace of Fine Price

  In this city, 12 bucks for a steak dinner seems too good to be true. It isn't.

  August 6, 2008

• Epidemic of Violence Against SF Day Laborers

  January 23, 2008

• Cesar Chavez Area Stabbings and Shootings Contribute to Failed Fanatics Sports Bar and Grill: The Derf Butler Story

  November 7, 2007

• Women Call the Shots

  September 12, 2007

• Get Down

  A play about Mommie dearest

  August 31, 2005

• Island Living

  Get a plate lunch in the Presidio

  August 3, 2005

• Reps Etc.

  June 15, 2005

• Best Salsa Dancing

  May 11, 2005

• In Verse

  Chronicling the beautiful world

  March 30, 2005

• Planet Party

  One-stop New Year's Eve shopping

  December 29, 2004

• Getting Layered

  Art that improves in person

  December 15, 2004

• Coming, Honey

  Huckabay McAllister turns 10

  September 8, 2004

• Stow It

  The lay of the lake

  July 7, 2004

• Psyched-Out Cinema

  Frank Perry's existential melodramas

  June 30, 2004

• Vroom-Vroom

  At the 100th anniversary of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club, we find two familiar joys: speed and camaraderie

  June 23, 2004

• Sinister Sorority

  The lady is a vamp

  February 18, 2004

• Sound Off

  Activating the Medium's good vibrations

  February 4, 2004

• R-o-c-k in the USA

  Bar hosts bee

  October 22, 2003

• Tea Me

  Big fun for big gals

  July 2, 2003

• Summer Events a Go Go!

  What to do, all summer long

  June 25, 2003

• Life, Cubed

  A day of living by the roll of the dice expands the idea of chance encounter -- exponentially

  May 28, 2003

• Laborer Pains

  The San Francisco Day Labor Program loses city funding amid a labyrinthine dispute between its political supporters and the Mayor's Office

  November 20, 2002

• Best Place for Tourists to Save Their Film on the 49 Mile Drive

  The Stretch of Cesar Chavez Street From Twin Peaks to Interstate 280

  May 15, 2002

• That Voodoo

  Le Krewe

  August 8, 2001

• The Big 4

  Robber Barons

  July 4, 2001

• Events Listings

  Pride 2000 Events

  June 21, 2000

• Night Crawler

  March 17, 1999

• Cothran

  January 27, 1999

• Street Fight

  Led by feisty traditionalists, San Franciscans to Save Army Street push for a vote on renaming the thoroughfare

  June 28, 1995

• BRWN BFLO Album Out Today

  EKAphotographyBuffaloes in Sepia: BRWN BFLO In case you forgot, or didn't remember in the first place, today is Cinco de Mayo. And what better way to celebrate Mexico's victory over the French army on May 5, 1862, than by copping the new album from Oakland's BRWN BFLO, which hit stores this morning? Their eponymous release is a little reminiscent of a more-conscious Cypress Hill. Except constant references to mota are replaced by frequent mentions of La Raza and Cesar Chavez' immigrant labor m

  May 5, 2009

• Don't Fall Prey to Scams: Keep Your $10,000 In Your Pocket Where It Belongs

  Keep your hand on your wallet when approached by this duo on Church Street...Even in 2009, you don't have to be Bernie Madoff to scam people. On the other end of sophistication was the ploy we fell victim to on the BART last night, when a scraggly woman got in our face and demanded a dollar for four quarters, and then just made off with our buck. Damn her!  Somewhere between the Madoff scheme and BART ploy falls this devastatingly effective scam police report went down on Chu

  June 16, 2009

• Have Boris-and-Natasha Lottery Ticket Scammers Struck Again?

  Have they bilked another San Francisco woman?Earlier on this page, we wrote about a very short man and taller woman who allegedly bilked an old  woman out of $10,000 in a bogus lottery ticket scam. It seems last week was a good one for male-female teams to con too-trusting San Francisco ladies out of money for lottery tickets. Police from the Ingleside station reported an incident in which a woman was approached by a female suspect who claimed to be lost and looking for a "center" -- and th

  June 22, 2009

• Is This the Gayest Book Ever Written About Food?

  The Gay Cookbook by Chef Lou Rand Hogan   Published: 1965, Sherbourne Press, New York What the hell?: The Boys in the Band meets James Beard -- a self-consciously campy guide to the kitchen, at a time when gays were still mostly closeted. An excerpt from the entry for grinding hamburger: With our grinder 'greased and ready' we shop for some inexpensive meat. (We know, Gertrude, and you're not the only one who's spent half her life looking for inexpensive meat.) Eww. What Celia Sack,

  June 26, 2009

• Fried Chicken Taste-Off Coming to Omnivore Books Next Week

  Willie Mae's Scotch HouseIn a crispy twist from its usual schedule of readings and talks, Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez at Church) will soon host its first Fried Chicken Taste-Off. Are you a breast or thigh master? Bring your own home-cooked fried chicken to compete for the chance to win all the door proceeds (non-battling chicken eaters will pay $5 for the privilege to taste and rate the entrants' handiwork). The finger-lickin' good action takes place at the bookstore on Thursday, Ju

  July 1, 2009

• Drink a Toast to American Genius with These Killer Local Brewskis

  WhatKnot/FlickrBeer goes with the Fourth of July like hot buttered rum at Christmas or a sazerac on Bourbon Street. All those thick burgers, molten enchiladas, smoky platters of barbecue, and big slabs of pepperoni pizza cry out for a tall, cool beaker of suds in all its thirst-quenching glory. The Bay Area is packed with brewpubs where you can toast Dr. Seuss, Jackson Pollock, Miles Davis, César Chavez, Jonas Salk, Ava Gardner, and other all-American worthies with a stein of beer and a bowl

  July 1, 2009

• Vivid Pork Belly, Budget Marys, and Cheap Cheese Pies: A Foodie Day Planner

  Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Let's do lunch: Go vivid. Opt for SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody's picks of tom kha kai (chicken and coconut milk soup) and pad kra prow moo krob (pork belly with basil and sweet peppers) at Lers Ros Thai (730 Larkin at O'Farrell, 931-6917). Drink therapy: Tiny bar, huge patio, and the roilingest mass of diversity this side of the Island of Misfit Toys, animated with $3 pints and wells and $5 Bloody Mary pints: El Rio (3158 Mission at César Chavez, 282-3325), 5-

  July 8, 2009

• September Tasting and Preserves Swap Should Prove Just Peachy

  pickyourown.org​ Gayle Okumura Sullivan of Dry Creek Peach and Produce in Healdsburg, one of the last peach farms in all of Northern California, will join Omnivore Books owner Celia Sack in hosting a special tasting of Dry Creek's heirloom yellow and white peaches. They'll also oversee a canning swap of your homemade peach preserves (if you're so inclined with an apron). Okumura should also be able to give you pointers on what else to do with these beauties, from snappy salsa to t

  August 14, 2009

• DVR Alert: Ex-Times Critic Frank Bruni Reveals More Than We Want to Know

  Eater NY/FlickrFrank gets frank.​Tomorrow night (that's August 19) ex-New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni will come out of several closets in his first network interview, airing on ABC's Nightline (channel 7, locally) at 11:35 p.m. He's flacking his new memoir, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater, fully illustrated with no-longer-illicit photos of his heretofore embargoed visage. The shocking revelations of the book are, well, not so much that Bruni's gay, but that

  August 18, 2009

• Omnivore Books to Host Pie Baking Contest

  chandoo.org​After last month's mighty fried chicken battle, eating enthusiast Celia Sack has announced a new cooking competition. Bring your best personally-baked pies (cut into bite-sized portions) to Sack's shop Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez at Church) on Thursday, September 10, at 6 p.m. and compete for the chance to win top honors as well as half the door money (if you ain't bakin', it'll cost you $5 to eat and judge the hour-long contest).Pie knows no boundaries, but prospectiv

  August 27, 2009

• Why You Should Hear Andrew Coe Talk About Bad Chinese Food Tonight at Omnivore Books

  Ankou/FlickrChop suey, America's gateway dish.​Apparently, we have some New York City bohos to thank (or curse) for the birth of chop suey, the slippery Americanized dish that still shows up at many of the approximately 40,000 Chinese restaurants around the country. Chop suey, a "mixed pieces" hodgepodge of meat cooked quickly with veggies and doused with cornstarch-thickened sauce, has its detractors, and rightly so. But history suggests it single-handedly helped grow America's interest i

  October 8, 2009

• The Next Food Fight Brewing at Omnivore Books? Pumpkin

  T. Palmer​This month's cooking competition at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez at Church) focuses on the pumpkin. The event, which takes place on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 4 to 5 p.m., is free for contestants and $5 for tasters. Push the boundaries of what's gastronomically possible with the orange globe, be voted the people's choice, and Omnivore will split the proceeds with you.Follow us on Twitter: @SFoodie

  November 5, 2009

• Monday at Cantina, Sample Tongue-Searing Adult Beverages. Maybe Even Concoct Your Own

  ​Heat lovers, wrap your lips around this if you dare. Though the name sounds like a Brian Boitano figure skating event, Monday's Spice & Ice Cocktail party at Cantina (580 Sutter at Mason) is really all about drinks that pack heat. Author Kara Newman will be on hand to pimp her latest book, Spice & Ice: 60 Tongue-Tickling Cocktails (Chronicle Books, $16.95). You'll have a chance to sample cocktails made with jalapeños, hot sauce, and related fiery stuff. Take a turn at creating your own s

  November 6, 2009