Subject: Guy Fieri

• Food Network All-Stars to Film in SF, Call For Audience Members

  (Guy Fieri image via Motor Trend) Amidst potential jobs for Obama impersonators and radio station account execs, a Craig's List post to its television/film/radio section announces a call for locals to submit videos that ask questions of Food Network celebs Aida Mollenkamp, Guy Fieri and Giada DiLaurentiis. Some of the selected inquiries will get to be asked in person at a taping of Dear Food Network in San Francisco next year. A similar posting last week also mentions Alton Brown and Paula De

  November 19, 2008

• Upcoming Great American Food and Music Fest Features Bobby Flay, Guy Fieri, Marshall Crenshaw, Little Feat, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy -- and an Astounding Array of Eats

  There'll be plenty for both foodies and music lovers to enjoy at the Great American Food and Music Fest, a one-day event running from noon to 10 p.m. on June 13 at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View.Chef and Food Network star Bobby Flay is the host, and will demonstrate his famed grilling technique. Local-boy-made-good Guy Fieri, the most successful winner of the Food Network's The Next Food Network Star, will also appear onstage.Food booths offering quintessential American delights have

  April 27, 2009

• City of Burgers: Heart of Deliciousness

  Drown out the noiseJoe's Cable Car Restaurant 4320 Mission (at Tingley), 334-6699. Crammed with silk flowers, spangly garlands, and enough shiny surfaces to induce epilepsy, the place is more jeepney than cable car. Owner Joe Obegi has a flair for shameless self-promotion, from signs that scream JOE GRINDS HIS OWN FRESH CHUCK DAILY, to the monitor running an endless loop of a visit by Food Network loudmouth Guy Fieri. Behind the noise, Joe's Cable Burger ($13.45 for the six ouncer) has a quiesce

  May 7, 2009

• Shoreline Food Fest is an Odd Assemblage of TV Stars, Local Chefs, and Aging Rockers

  The Super Bowl of food? Let's hope the half-time show is betterAn unusual group of local chefs, TV food celebrities, and Boomer bands are coming together at Shoreline this Saturday for the Great American Food and Music Fest. "There'll be more deliciousness per square inch than you will find anywhere on this Earth," New York author and food blogger Ed Levine -- a festival organizer -- told SFoodie. Levine said he'd heard the event called "the Super Bowl of food," a description that seemed to expr

  June 8, 2009

• Tyler Florence Wants His Fork Back, Dammit

  No sooner were we breathing a collective sigh of relief for the safe return of the iconic sign at Mr. Pickles when we received news that a fork was stolen off the storefront of celebrity chef Tyler Florence's eponymous shop in Mill Valley yesterday. TyFlo's fork in happier times.Florence has started a "Free the Fork" campaign on Twitter, offering a "reward for the safe return of my big fork," while FoodNetworkHumor.com has its own illustrated theories on where the utensil might be, fro

  June 11, 2009

• Boulevard Chef Calls Lineup for Tomorrow's Great American Food and Music Fest 'Interesting'

  bernardus/FlickrNancy Oakes: Fearing a throwdown?Nancy Oakes told SFoodie she's not sure what to expect at tomorrow's Great American Food and Music Fest, the sprawling Shoreline event that brings together Food Network personalities, local chefs, and rock bands. The chef and owner of Boulevard is doing an crab cake demo late Saturday. "I'm just going to play it as it goes -- I think it'll be interesting and fun for people," said Oakes. She acknowledged that the lineup, which includes Bobby Flay a

  June 12, 2009

• Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

  Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. Fiericrotch: We know, you're sick of it. But just one more peek at the Great American Food and Music Fest, courtesy of Bay Area Bites' Stephanie Im, who must be a very, very nice person. Why, she makes the day seem almost idyllic, including photo evidence that it was possible to score a Katz's Deli sandwich. Not so appetizing? Im's shot of Guy Fieri, arms raised rockdude style (did he shave his pits?), sportin', quite literally, firecrotch. M

  June 16, 2009

• Season Six of 'Next Food Network Star' to Hold Open-Call Auditions Here

  Kim in Cajun Country/FlickrNo, this isn't the real Guy Fieri, just a wannabe like you.Admit it: You bust out your Guy Fieri moves in front of the full-length when nobody's home. In July, you'll have a chance to do it where it counts -- in front of a Food Network casting agent. On July 26 at the W Hotel (181 Third St. at Howard), The Next Food Network Star is hosting open-call casting auditions for Season Six (scheduled to air next summer). What do you need, besides Paula Deen-like incandescenc

  June 22, 2009

• Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

  ​Our favorite morsel from the food blogs. You asked for it: Grub Street New York published its Grub Report earlier this week. Think of it as a Twitpic of the state of the nation's restaurants, captured, collectively, by about a dozen critics. Anthony Bourdain, Jonathan Gold, Gael Greene, Ed Levine, Alan Richman -- some majorly serious bros. Among them is Michael Nagrant of the online mag Hungry. Now, while answers to some mighty predictable questions (When and how will fine dining rebound

  September 1, 2009

• Bay Links: Goes to the Dogs (and Cats)

  Photo via tdogpics on Muni Diaries​ There have been a lot of four-legged passengers on MUNI these days. [MUNI Diaries] So brush up on your canine etiquette. [MUNI Manners]This kitten's got claws! Statewide ban on de-clawing proposed. [Sweet Melissa]From cottage to condo. [SF Gate]Say hello to the nerdiest heroes. They're working to "liberate useful public information from incomprehensible databases." [SF Appeal] Are there dog-nappers in DP? [Mission Mission]Here is a picture of Guy F

  September 10, 2009

• Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

  ​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. So, so mad: Eater launched a national edition today (edited by ex-Eater SF honch Paolo Lucchesi), and hoisted a new logo -- one inspired by signage for a dead restaurant. Here's a taste of Ben Leventhal's manifesto: With the launch today of Eater National comes a new focus at Eater on matters of national import--and non-import, for that matter. Long in the purview of our individual city sites, coverage of such things at celebrity chefs, Guy Fieri, majo

  October 2, 2009

• We Totally Scored at Last Night's 18 Reasons Book Swap

  M. BrodyThe books nobody wanted -- even as freebies. Sorry, Guy -- and Gourmet.​We made out like a bandit at 18 Reasons' cookbook exchange last night. We're slightly embarrassed about it. We already have a sister and two friends we regularly give castoff food books to, and we're pretty attached to the ones that remain. So we scrounged around and came up with a couple of paperbacks: Havana Salsa and The Bad for You Cookbook, plus a hardcover copy of Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a

  October 23, 2009

• Nothin' Populist About Ticket Prices for Guy Fieri's San Jose Appearance

  Broadway South of Raleigh, NC/FlickrFor $150, you'll probably be able to hit him with your underwear.​No dives on this tour. Although Guy Fieri is the Joe the Plumber of the food world, tickets to his Roadshow are urban-elites steep. The only Bay Area appearance for the Guy Fieri Roadshow, produced by his company, Knuckle Sandwich, will be at the San Jose Civic Auditorium Dec. 16. We found tickets ranging in price from $28 to a whopping $718, depending on where you buy 'em. Stubhub price

  November 16, 2009