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The ever-reliable Odwalla, which was started in Santa Cruz and has its headquarters up the coast in Half Moon Bay, offers this Super Protein Pumpkin soy milk drink every winter; it's one of their only seasonal flavors. That's a shame because, with our mild weather year-round, when is it a bad time ... More >>
The ever-reliable Odwalla, which was started in Santa Cruz and has its headquarters up the coast in Half Moon Bay, offers this Super Protein Pumpkin soy milk drink every winter; it's one of their only seasonal flavors. That's a shame because, with our mild weather year-round, when is it a bad time ... More >>
elraigon.comSpring is here, and the city's farmers markets are brimming with fecund, fragrant, Technicolor abondanza: needle-thin asparagus fresh from the Delta; stalks of Pescadero rhubarb and Half Moon Bay snap peas; a dazzling array of Watsonville basil; loquats and fava beans and haricots vert f ... More >>
On August 17, 1905, an unknown man wearing driving goggles on his face and feedbags over his boots leaped, screaming, from a tree and into Bay Area lore. The masked man demanded stagecoach driver Ed Campbell throw down the Wells Fargo strongbox and the mail bags before passing a hat among the coach' ... More >>
This economic metaphor comes equipped with a band of merry menLast Week we urged anti-social investors -- the opposite of do-gooder "social investors" who shun tobacco, blood diamonds, and the like -- to load up on a pending "vampire bond" coming out of Half Moon Bay, 30 miles southwest of San Franc ... More >>
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Three sports clothing companies are sponsoring contests that encourage surfers to ride the 60-foot waves at Maverick's Point. Someone may be encouraged to death.
Three sports clothing companies are sponsoring contests that encourage surfers to ride the 60-foot waves at Maverick's Point. Someone may be encouraged to death.
Three sports clothing companies are sponsoring contests that encourage surfers to ride the 60-foot waves at Maverick's Point. Someone may be encouraged to death.
Today through Friday is TasteTV's "Sexy Dishes Week" in the Bay Area, a celebration of the release of the book Sexy Dishes that contains profiles of hot local chefs and their recipes. Several establishments are offering specials based on or inspired by their chef's recipe(s) in the book. Announced s ... More >>
Sam's sensuous ceviche Last week was Sexy Dishes Week, and, since SFoodie was feeling rather fetching (and sponsor TasteTV kindly set up some opportunities for us to nibble on offerings from its new Sexy Dishes book), we decided to head for the restaurants closest to water. Sam's Chowder House (42 ... More >>
So-called social investing -- where soft-edged sharpies stay out of tobacco, blood diamonds, and the like -- has come under fire for producing substandard returns. Such critiques of do-well-by-doing-good investment-picking carry the implicit moral that one might do better by doing bad. Into the the ... More >>
Organizers of the Oakland edition of the Eat Real Street Food Fest in August have been announcing the event's growing vendor list one by one on Twitter. Instead of tracking down these peripatetic purveyors on their erratically scheduled street rounds, Eat Real is gathering up a carefully curated gro ... More >>
It's rare that you'll spot SFoodie chillin' with a diet drink in hand, especially one sweetened with stevia, which is arguably what one might imagine a can of Raid to taste like. But Half Moon Bay's Odwalla health beverage company has made us reconsider with its nine-month-old Mojito Mam ... More >>
T. PalmerSee's Candies' marshmallow Jack-O-Lantern.San Francisco's few pumpkin patches are open for business, Half Moon Bay's annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off is set for October 12, and the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival will follow on October 17-18. Yes, folks, it's definite ... More >>
Caroliner @ the Lab (Sat. and Sun.)Hardly Strictly Bluegrass @ Golden Gate Park (Fri.-Sun.)Wait, what? Steve Martin and MC Hammer and Neko Case and Steve Earle? Yeah, it's the city's biggest free hootenanny with a cross section of roots music fans. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass kicks off today at 10: ... More >>
SFAntii/FlickrPumpkins are like chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.If the shrimp-infatuated Bubba from Forrest Gump had grown up, not in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, but in Half Moon Bay, California, he might have extolled the virtues of a different food to his new buddy Forrest. We ... More >>
www.epiphanydance.orgTrolly Dances Sat. & Sun.The Intelligence, Hank IV, Mayyors, Bronze @ Elbo Room (Fri.) Portland's postpunk, postapocalyptic noisemakers The Intelligence headline a Friday night to remember. The band brings its lo-fi, high-trash sound to an Elbo Room lineup where it gets s ... More >>
kaplan.davidari/FlickrThe Karavan, at August's Eat Real Festival.Sunday is looking pretty suh-weet. That's when Kara's Cupcakes' original Marina location (3429 Scott at Chestnut) will be offering one free cupcake with purchase, per customer, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Seasonal fans may favor the ... More >>
T. PalmerSmitten Ice Cream debuts its quince streusel flavor today.There are ample opportunities to check out some food cart-and-truck action in San Francisco today, whether the hankering is for lunch or dinner. Sam's Chowder Mobile of Half Moon Bay, rarely in S.F. (but still working on building ... More >>
T. PalmerSexy truck food: Lobster roll from Sam's ChowderMobileMore media rumblings on the street-food front: Sam's ChowderMobile of Half Moon Bay will be parked in front of 500 Terry Francois (at Mission Bay) tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and seeks customers to come purchase seafood fare i ... More >>
Peter Mel at Mavericks This is a big weekend if you're into surfing, pillow fighting, swapping spit (and/or records), and other cheap activities. Here's our to-do list. Thao With the Get Down Stay Down & The Thermals @ Sproul Plaza (Fri.)(We posted this one earlier in the week, but here's a r ... More >>
Despite requests on the surf competition's Web site, massive crowds poured into Half Moon Bay Saturday to witness 24 top surfers take on enormous waves at the Mavericks Surf Competition. Spectators happily hoofed a mile-and-a-half to the hills clustered above the surf spot, with dogs, children, and ... More >>
Dom MosurHas Arthur the stolen tortoise found a new home? Last week we reported on Arthur, the 50-year-old California Desert Tortoise filched from San Francisco's Randall Museum. The middle-aged gentleman had been living at the museum since Jerry Brown and Linda Ronstadt were a hot couple -- and ... More >>
Tamara PalmerYou deserve it, dear Peninsula.Local homies Crème Brûlée Cart and Magic Curry Kart are heading south tomorrow afternoon for a rare field trip to the Peninsula, where they'll sell lunch in front of fashion e-commerce site Moxsie (120 Hawthorne at High, Palo Alto) from 11:30 a.m ... More >>
John BirdsallThe "shortie" lobster roll from Sam's ChowderMobile.Eater reported that Sam's ChowderMobile will begin weekend service behind the band shell in Golden Gate Park, starting Saturday, 11:30-4:30 p.m. That's a good-news/bad-news thing for those of us who live in walking distance and ... More >>
As of last Saturday, Berkeley Bowl West was fully stocked with kombucha.Things are still tense in the kombucha industry. Earlier this summer, several federal agencies announced they were investigating the fermented tea to see if its alcohol content was high enough to regulate kombucha like an alc ... More >>
Justin LewisHalf Moon Bay Brewing Company brewmaster Kirk Hillyard.Half Moon Bay Brewing Company ― about a half-hour down the coast, just off Highway 1 ― just celebrated its 10th anniversary. Sipping pints by the fire pit at the family- and dog-friendly brewpub has come to exemplify Cali ... More >>
Thomas C./YelpThe Montara eatery is the third restaurant by the owner of Mochica and Piqueos.Chef Carlos Altamirano, owner of local Peruvian restaurants Mochica and Piqueos, tonight celebrates the first anniversary of his third restaurant, La Costanera. The festivities start at 7 p.m. The ... More >>
Matt SmithLike, a little space, dudeThe U.S. Coast Guard has issued a special federal rule banning spectator boats from encroaching on giant waves during the annual Mavericks surfing contest. The new rule will let boats affiliated with the contest tow surfers toward big waves and cruise ne ... More >>
A powerful waveTop Maverick surfer Sion Milosky was killed yesterday evening after drowning while surfing the Mavericks off the coast of Half Moon Bay.Media outlets are reporting that the 35-year-old Hawaiian native died after falling in the face of a massive wave that engulfed him. He had caught ... More >>
A powerful waveTop Maverick surfer Sion Milosky was killed yesterday evening after drowning while surfing the Mavericks off the coast of Half Moon Bay.Media outlets are reporting that the 35-year-old Hawaiian native died after falling in the face of a massive wave that engulfed him. He had caught ... More >>
The modern food landscape is more confusing than ever. Words like "organic," "sustainable" and "all-natural" have been so diluted from overuse and vague definition as to become meaningless to most. Worse, populations across the country have little or no access to fresh produce of any kind, irrespe ... More >>
Contents of a weekly share from Shooting Star CSAThe number of CSAs -- Community Supported Agriculture groups -- available to San Francisco residents has really grown in the last few years. From farm-fresh produce to grass-fed beef and sustainably caught seafood, there are just so many choice ... More >>
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