Diet and Nutrition

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Shrimp is Killing Everything, Babycakes is Coming to San Francisco, & Vegan Caramel Invades the Oscars

​ •Let's lead with the most important news: I'm totally at the Oscars! Actually, it's even better than the Oscars because that's just some wack-ass, rigged, masturbatory television program. I'm at the Oscar Swag Bag Lounge, where celebrities come to get hella free shit for being rich. I know, it ... More >>

A Nutritious Cookie That Is Actually Awesome

​The "health" corner of the cookie market is dominated by offerings that make better paperweights than desserts. Your voracious Cook E. Monster has wasted unconscionable amounts of pocket change finding out this fact in a vain quest for guilt- (and gluten-) free sweets, but the research has finall ... More >>

New Obesity Prevention Tactic: Take Two Chard Leaves and Call Me in the Morning

​According to an article this morning in the Bay Citizen, a group of pediatricians at Oakland's Highland Hospital have begun testing out a new tactic for reducing the risk of obesity and diabetes in children: writing prescriptions for fruits and vegetables. It's just one of a number of pilot progr ... More >>

Souley Vegan Frozen Meals, Meat-Eating Environmentalists, & Etsy on Foie Gras

​• PCRM has some whack attack billboard up equating cheese with big luscious thighs and it almost makes this vegan pick up a hunk of gouda and go to town. JOKE I WILL NEVER EAT ABUSED ANIMAL MUCUS but really, knock it the fuck off, PCRM. This campaign makes vegans look like the human-hating idio ... More >>

Boozy New Year's Recipes, Shit Vegans Say, and Vegans are No Longer Freaky Freaks!

​• Make these puffy pillow pancakes for me on New Year's morning. It'll help you get over the (sexy?) shock of waking up and seeing me in your bed. How did I get in? Hide your kids! • According to U.S. News and World Report, veganism is mainstreaming and we're no longer freaky freaks! Hooray! ... More >>

Work at Google, Millions of Mashed Potato Recipes, and Party with Some Non-Human Turkeys!

​• Harvest Home Sanctuary's Toast to the Turkeys is THIS Saturday! It's not too late to come eat and drink tons, cuddle animals, and watch turkeys eat cranberries, which is totally what turkeys do best. That, and be cranky and awesome. We've got a lot in common! • So, you want to work at Goog ... More >>

Bacon Girl Comes Out With Her First Calendar

Ray Bussolari/Bacon GirlBacon Medusa, aka Miss November.​Two years ago, Bigi -- as she calls herself when engaging in Bacon Girl activities -- somehow ended up at the Cochon 555 event as the guest of a friend, despite the fact that she'd been a strict vegetarian for 13 years. "She told me it was a ... More >>

Sacramento Goes Vegan, Pumpkin Recipes Galore, and Veal at McDonalds!? We're All Screwed.

​ • McDonald's in Switzerland is serving VEAL BURGERS. In related news, Old Navy is selling Prada, Ke$ha is playing first fiddle in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and I'm gonna murder everyone • Subway is open to adding vegan options and we need to send emails right now to support that t ... More >>

Faux-Gras Donuts, Bunny Adoptions, Vegan Cooking Zines, and Protest the Terrible Circus!

​ ​• There are over 1,000 food-borne illness outbreaks in the United States EVERY year. At least, from 2008 forward, when the Centers for Disease Control began compiling the data. Fucking disgraceful. This is what happens when you have an "oversight" agency that's in bed with the people it's ... More >>

Q&A: Chef Karl Wilder Talks About Living on Food Stamps

​Karl Wilder is not your typical chef. He doesn't spend his days cooking up fantastic gourmet food -- he has taken the food stamps challenge, which means for the past month and a half, Wilder has limited himself to a budget of $1.33 per meal and struggles daily to balance nutrition and calorie ... More >>

Can't Lose Weight? It Might Be Your Plate

Precise Portions​ It's never easy to stay motivated when it comes to eating healthily, but when your dinner plate is a constant reminder, it's harder to feign ignorance or forgetfulness. Ann-Marie Stephens has just created a set of dinnerware, Precise Portions, designed to help people keep ... More >>

Top 10 Fattiest Chain Breakfasts

​Go to any breakfast chain out there and you'll probably find a meal with more fat in it than you're supposed to eat all day. You can't just order eggs anymore; your meal also comes with pancakes, hash browns, ham, sausage, bacon, and is topped off with cheese and gravy. Before each chain ca ... More >>

Undercover Animal Activists are Endangered, Shakira and Other Wolves Are Screwed

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Let's start this off with something delicious! ME! The very smart, funny, and delightful Jesse Hirsch interviewed me as part of a series profiling SFoodie bloggers. Read it, and learn all of my innermost secret ... More >>

Martha Stewart Thinks Beef Is Gross, Silk Thinks You Should Lay Off the Cow Teet

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Vegansaurus' Megan Rascal went to the live taping of Martha Stewart's vegan show. She sat front row like the baller she is, and watched Twitter cofounder, Biz Stone, and rich-bitch vegan (mean this in best way ... More >>

Cupcakes for Choice, Drinks for Dogs, and Gumbo for Mardi Gras!

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Pissed about Congress-approved federal funding cuts for Planned Parenthood? I am because it's total bullshit. In response, we're doing some culinary activism in the form of a delicious bake sale at this Sunday' ... More >>

What'll It Be?

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Pissed about Congress-approved federal funding cuts for Planned Parenthood? I am because it's total bullshit. In response, we're doing some culinary activism in the form of a delicious bake sale at this Sunday' ... More >>

Standing Up for Bullies, Taking the Rest of the Beef Out of 'Taco Meat'

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Uh, did you know that if you live in S.F., you can get a free spay or neuter at the SFSPCA for your dog or cat during the month of February? TRUE FACT. So if any of you are running around with companion animals ... More >>

Fat Beets

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Uh, did you know that if you live in S.F., you can get a free spay or neuter at the SFSPCA for your dog or cat during the month of February? TRUE FACT. So if any of you are running around with companion animals ... More >>

Nog-ocado, Natalie's Footwear, and Piling onto Noah's Ark

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. Over on the PPK, vegan goddess Isa Chandra Moskowitz posted a recipe for a vegan nog that includes avocado. I don't know 'bout all that but the lady is super talented so it's probably the tastiest. Try it and repo ... More >>

Vegan Fashion Show Coming to San Francisco

Lady Gaga will not be in attendance​Anyone who watched the recent MTV Music Awards could be forgiven for thinking that the practice of wearing garments constructed from animal remains -- juicy-looking red meat, in the case of Lady Gaga -- is coming into style.But for those who don't like their blo ... More >>

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 >>

Market, Street

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 >>

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 >>

Chai Cola Light, a Svelte Choice from Taylor's Tonics

​Born in Santa Cruz and now based in San Francisco, Taylor's Tonics is a company with theatrical flair and original flavor. We've previously praised the original version of Taylor's Chai Cola, loving its notes of cardamom and clove. And while "diet" drinks admittedly aren't a typical favorite ... More >>

Gracias Madre has all of the vegetables and none of the cant of its parent

​Born in Santa Cruz and now based in San Francisco, Taylor's Tonics is a company with theatrical flair and original flavor. We've previously praised the original version of Taylor's Chai Cola, loving its notes of cardamom and clove. And while "diet" drinks admittedly aren't a typical favorite ... More >>

Should Vitamin Popcorn Be Part of Your Balanced Diet?

T. Palmer​The other night, while trawling the Lower Haight for good Snacktion, we came across Tate's Vitamin Popcorn, which boasts 10 "essential vitamins and minerals" such as beta-carotene, zinc, and Vitamins A, C, and E. Plus honey-roasted peanuts! Our late night snack fixes are rarely of th ... More >>

Soul Food Aerobics: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

honeylee/FlickrWhy, it's practically health food.​Friday, December 4, 2009 This morning you burned what, 400 calories shivering on the Muni platform, waiting for the K? You can afford to pack on a few. Hope to snag a stool at the Dogpatch Hard Knox, where you can chew meditatively through th ... More >>

Want Butter on Those 664 Calories? Theater Chain Displays Snack Counts

M. Brody Snacking by the numbers: Useful information? We don't usually stop at the concession stand when we go to the movies, preferring to sneak in our own treats, which cost less and taste better. (Show us the theater that offers seasonal fruit, BLTs, or Thornton red wine truffles at reason ... More >>

Tastes So Good Straight From the Hood: Bay Area Rap Energy Drinks Pt. 1 (the Mac Dre Battle)

There is vibrant life beyond Red Bull in the energy drink market, and the Bay Area rap music scene in particular has inspired several of these beverages. In fact, two local brands offer cans inspired by the same beloved rapper, the late Mac Dre of Vallejo, whose life was tragically cut short in a ... More >>

Gatorade Confirms What We All Knew: Bulk of its Drinkers Are Nursing Hangovers

Rest assured, whatever tinkering the Gatorade folks have done, they haven't altered the familiar piss colorA long time ago, in a county far, far away -- well, Alameda -- your humble narrator read the entire Associated Press style guide in one sitting. I laughed out loud once and only once -- at the ... More >>

Congrats, Newlyweds!

Rest assured, whatever tinkering the Gatorade folks have done, they haven't altered the familiar piss colorA long time ago, in a county far, far away -- well, Alameda -- your humble narrator read the entire Associated Press style guide in one sitting. I laughed out loud once and only once -- at the ... More >>

Snacktion: Trancetto

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

Trans-Fats, Chain Menus on SF Government's Tongue This Week

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

Borneo Under a Bad Sign: Is Island Paradise Doomed to be Slashed and Burned?

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

Lead For Lunch: California Public Health Dept. Promotes Healthy Eating, Brain Damage

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

Lead For Lunch: California Public Health Dept. Promotes Healthy Eating, Brain Damage

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

Whole Foods Opens Potrero Hill "Lifestyle Store": Shopping Will Never Be The Same

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

Whole Foods Opens Potrero Hill "Lifestyle Store": Shopping Will Never Be The Same

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

SFoodie: Attention Low-Carb Freaks - Chicken Caesar Springrolls

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

SFoodie: Attention Low-Carb Freaks - Chicken Caesar Springrolls

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

Boxing Bootcamp Day 8 (thousand) -- Nutrition Expert Edition

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

I'd Like to Buy the World a Hyphy

Name: Trancetto Brand: Balconi Origin: Italy Found at: 22nd and Irving Produce Market Cost: $2.99 (10-pack) Ingredients: Sugar, wheat flour, fresh eggs, vegetable fats, glucose-fructose syrup, skim milk, low-fat cocoa powder, powdered skim milk, milk proteins, flavorings, emulsi ... More >>

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