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Rice Paper Scissors: Vietnamese Food Pops Up on Divisadero

Pop-up Report: Rice Paper Scissors at Mojo Bicycle Cafe

The pop-up is the latest in a long tradition of trends which attempt to subvert the tropes of the restaurant system. Following in the footsteps of revolutionaries like gourmet food trucks and frozen dinners, the goal is to provide restaurant-worthy dishes outside the standard rubric of the restauran ... More >>

Elvis: Where to Eat Like Him on His Birthday

Need an excuse to go crazy on the carbs today? It's Elvis Presley's 78th birthday and at least one Bay Area restaurant is breaking out the extra calories to celebrate. Get ready for the holy trinity of his favorite flavors -- peanut butter, bacon, and banana -- re-imagined in often obscenely good an ... More >>

Edibles: Burned Out on Sweets? Cheesy Popcorn is a Savory Solution

I'll admit, the whole drama that erupted between Anthony Bourdain and Paula Deen this year fascinated me. If you're not as gossip-driven as I am, here's a summary: Bourdain called out his fellow Food Network star Deen when she came out as a diabetic, despite pitching recipes like the one where she ... More >>

Alexandra Pelosi Talks to SF Weekly About Her New Film Citizen U.S.A

Taylor FriedmanThe other Pelosi's take on immigration​Documentarian Alexandra Pelosi -- yes, that Pelosi -- has doled out heaps of patriotism in her latest film and companion book, Citizen U.S.A.: A 50 State Road Trip. So much so, we imagine former naysayers will go out to buy American flags for t ... More >>

Spam, Indian Cheetos, and Comfort Food

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. The Evil Side of Spam. Locavore distaste aside, Spam's popularity doesn't seem to have waned over the years. Perhaps California's huge Hawaiian community is just too good at making ... More >>

Q&A with Katie Sullivan Morford of Mom's Kitchen Handbook

Joe MorfordKid nutrition blogger Katie Sullivan Morford.​Registered dietitian Katie Sullivan Morford is a food and nutrition writer with more than 20 years of professional writing experience. She's been published in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Cooking Light, Bon Appétit, Sel ... More >>

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ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

The Case of the Missing iPad Cover: What to Do While Waiting for "the" Case

They're selling for twice the price on eBay.​How can you define your status as an Apple fanboy/girl/hermaphrodite without the official Apple iPad case? With its sleek simple design and unique texture...

Victoria Pastry's Pignoli by the Pound

​Oh, the joys of bulk food: The torrents of brown rice that gush out of the dispensers at Whole Foods. The deep sense of righteousness that comes from hefting a scoop out of a tank of rolled oats and pouring the whole grains into a recycled brown paper sack. The 24-packs of Cheetos from Costco, wh ... More >>

As Seen on the Telly

What To Do? Tonight's Pick: Jonathan Lethem

​"Jonathan Lethem's last two novels -- 2003's Fortress of Solitude and 2007's You Don't Love Me Yet -- steered away from the sci-fi leanings of his early work. The talking kangaroos, post-apocalyptic telepaths, and alien hermaphrodites were replaced by flying children and mysteriously endowed song ... More >>

Lethem Drops Chronic

Taco Truck Controversy with High School Close to a Compromise

The truck in question: About to undergo a one-block migration?The great taco-maker conspiracy to turn S.F. teens into fatties has been settled, sort of. Last week, El Tonayense truck owner Benjamin Santana told the blog Mission Loc@l that, starting this week, his taco wagon will most likely move a ... More >>

Everything's Better With Bacon

Specialist Referrals

Everybody orders the same particular thing at these Korean finds — for a reason.

Scared Healthy

Pot's for pussies

Shell Game

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything

Tender Isn't the Night

If you're looking to entertain your divorced and jobless friend, avoid the Tenderloin

Getting Rich the American Way -- Quick

Business opportunities so good they just have to be written about

Phoning Home

The Phone Booth: a place where hipsters, gay dudes, vegans, and music columnists can all get along

Ultra Marathon Man

Even among long-distance runners, S.F.'s Dean Karnazes is a phenom

The Oracle of San Francisco

No, not that jerk-led software behemoth down the Peninsula – the real Oracle, with the surefire, bet-the-house prophecies you deserve