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Nobunny and Shannon and the Clams Cover the Greats for Halloween at the New Parish

By NATE WAGGONER Nobunny (as "Zombunny," performing a variety of punk Halloween covers) Shannon and the Clams (as The Misfits) Audacity (as The Adolescents) Uzi Rash (as The Doors) October 26, 2012 The New Parish Better than: Being haunted by the ghost of G.G. Allin. The Halloween cover show has ... More >>

Baron Ambrosia Is So Full of Awesome WTF That We'll Even Watch The Cooking Channel

Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with food TV. This week, The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia, a half-hour show about Aladdin Sane, Fridays at 7 p.m. on the Cooking Channel. In this space, usually I end up steering you away from cooking shows, not because I want to ... More >>

You Can Watch the Food Network a Full Day and Only See Five Shows

Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's on going with food TV. This week we review Monday, airing Monday on the Food Network. Most cable channels can't withstand scrutiny. They're good to catch a quick show like Tommy Lee Goes to College but stay too long and the bottom drops out and yo ... More >>

The Food Network's Invention Hunters Is Predicated on a Bigger Lie Than Most Food Shows

Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at food TV. This week, Invention Hunters, a half-hour show about hunger in America, Mondays at 9 p.m. With Invention Hunters, the Food Network returns to a genre it's had much success with in the past, the Tumbledown Effort Outside Our Core Competency That ... More >>

Cupcake Wars: The Problem With a Cupcake Show Is That It's a Cupcake Show

Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with food TV. This week, Cupcake Wars, an hour-long show about one thing, over and over, until death comes, Sundays at 8 p.m. on the Food Network. Cupcake Wars has been on the air just two years, but they're already finishing up their fif ... More >>

On Trisha's Country Kitchen, Trisha Yearwood Can't Stop Proving How Damn Country She Is

Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with food TV. This week, Trisha's Country Kitchen, a half-hour show of executives laughing at us, Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. on the Food Network. Trisha Yearwood is a two-time cookbook author with a new show on the Food Network about souther ... More >>

Meat Men Offers TV's Best Meat Porn

Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going with food TV. This week, Meat Men , a half-hour show about three male strippers in a Taco Bell, Mondays at 11 p.m. on the Food Network Meat is all-encompassing, all-embracing. Panoptic. When marbled cuts enter the picture all talk of ramps, o ... More >>

Dumb Food Show Easter Unwrapped Is as Adorable as a Baby with a Peep Stuck to Her Head

Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going with food TV. This week, Easter Unwrapped, an hour show that never hurt anybody, April 7 on the Cooking Channel It would be a crime to critically review Unwrapped, to lay any sort of smothering blanket upon this innocent show, which films fac ... More >>

Rachael's Vacation: When Rachael Ray Pretended to Visit San Francisco's Restaurants

​Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Rachael's Vacation, a half-hour show you didn't hear about from me, Fridays at 4:30 a.m. on the Food Network. Rachael Ray has 31 television shows and a line of car wax. I try to know as little as p ... More >>

The Donatella Project: All We Can Say for Sure after Watching Is That This Awful Show Exists

​Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: The Donatella Project, a new Dirk Balthazar novel by the Hugo-award winning author of the Sigma Protocol and the Prometheus Deception, on March 10 and 11 on the Cooking Channel. What's the Donatella Pr ... More >>

The Sandwich King Is Not Especially Informative about Sandwiches or Royalty

Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Sandwich King, a half-hour show about the Black Plague, Sundays at 11 a.m. on the Food Network. Jeff Mauro, former stand-up comic, is the Sandwich King, but how he ascended to nobility I know not. I fear ... More >>

Worst Cooks in America: A Hater's Guide

​Each week (except last week) we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Worst Cooks in America, a one-hour documentary about Arizona, Sundays at 9 p.m. on the Food Network. The premise Imagine a competition in which the worst cooks in America -- let' ... More >>

Food Hoarders Is Pretty Much Regular Hoarders, Just with Food

Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Stuffed: Food Hoarders, a one-hour special that sours as you watch it, Feb. 11 and 12 on the Cooking Channel. Kudos to the Cooking Channel for showing food in as disgusting a light as possible, and for pr ... More >>

Top 5 YouTube Cooking Shows

B​ig news in the food world: Food Network exec Bruce Seidel is jumping ship for YouTube's new food channel. Considering that the internet seems like it might be here to stay, it's probably not a terrible idea. While Bruce is most likely pondering YouTube's food channel future, we'd like to humbly ... More >>

Fat Chef Is 400 Pounds of Bad Food TV

Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Fat Chef, a one-hour show about steamed vegetables, Thursdays at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. In another effort to put even more distance between itself and food preparation so skilled it demands to be pu ... More >>

Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off: The Food Network Craps Out

Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off, a one-hour show about the debt ceiling, Sundays at 9 p.m. on the Food Network. There used to be only A and B-list celebrities, divided by movies and television. Then te ... More >>

The Food Network Somehow Even Ruins Its Ice-Carving Show

​ Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Ice Brigade, Fridays at 4 a.m. (fuck!) on the Food Network. Ice Brigade is a show about ice carving, and if I didn't like ice carving so much all of a sudden I might have some pretty terrible things t ... More >>

Food TV: Bobby Deen Has a Show Because His Mom's Food Is Unhealthy and Terrible

Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Not My Mama's Meals, a half-hour psych pop quiz, Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on the Cooking Channel. In Not My Mama's Meals, the Cooking Channel convinces Paula Deen's son Bobby to remake her death-food in a ma ... More >>

Bama Glama, The Terrible Food Network Show to Hatewatch at 4 a.m.

Bama Glama: One part cupcakes, one part "Break Stuff"​Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Bama Glama, a half-hour show not about food, Fridays at 4 a.m. (yes!) on the Food Network. With Bama Glama, the Food Network pivots from food-ce ... More >>

Guy Fieri's Ridiculous TV Man-Fort: A Helpful Breakdown

Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. Have you seen Guy Fieri's kitchen-fort on Guy's Big Bite? I love this guy. Here are some photos from the set. ​ Le grand kitchen-fort. Go ahead, whisper "Awesome sauce." See how that feels.

Have Cake, Will Travel: If Fail Were a TV Show About Cakes

Not your best choice, even at 4 a.m.​Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Have Cake, Will Travel, a half-hour show about reaching for the bottom, Fridays at 4 a.m. on the Food Network. Dear Food Network, So it's four in the morning, ... More >>

Food TV Weirdness: Guy Fieri's Best Thing I Ever Made

​Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what is going on with televised cooking. This week: The Best Thing I Ever Made, a half-hour show about the end of the world, Sundays at 11:30 a.m. on the Food Network. The premise of Best Thing is simple: Each episode, a handful of chefs cook thei ... More >>

Half-Remembered Local Rock Star Steve Harwell (of Smash Mouth) Promises to Eat Two Dozen Eggs in Public for Fame

Steve Harwell, tall and the center, pre-egg-eating.​ In in today's "file under disgusting": Dared by Internet trolls earlier this year to consume two dozen chicken eggs, Steve Harwell -- singer of a once-briefly-cared-about San Jose band called Smash Mouth -- agreed. But only on the condition ... More >>

Inspecting Modernist Cuisine, Preventing Recipe Theft, Sympathizing for the Guy

​1. The critics take on Modernist Cuisine. As SFoodie mentioned yesterday, Nathan Myhrvold's 2,438-page Modernist Cuisine is now out, and most of the big papers are running reviews today. Legendary cookbook author Michael Ruhlman, writing in the New York Times, and Washington Post contributor Andr ... More >>

Fancy Food Show Brings the Usual Mix of Sass and Class to Moscone

Mary LaddGiant dancing Jelly Belly? Why, it must be the annual NASFT Fancy Food Show at Moscone.​Indulgence came in the form of cheese, oils (including a new cooking oil made from tea), cured meat, candy, chocolate, and toffee yesterday at Moscone Center, part of the annual NASFT Fancy Food Sh ... More >>

Bacon al Pastor from Crispy Tacos, SOMA's Newest Food Truck

John BirdsallCrispy tacos with bacon al pastor and carnitas ($3 each).​Wednesday, June 23, 2010 John Birdsall​We're pretty sure 2010 will go down as the Year of the Food Truck in San Francisco. The latest: Crispy Tacos, Matthew Griffin's straight-up taco and sandwich wagon, which rolled ... More >>

Is Tom Pizzica the Next Guy Fieri?

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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, pro ... More >>

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 attac ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 L ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 doi ... More >>

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 h ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 te ... More >>

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 DiL ... More >>