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November 2, 2011
Thomas Keller's Cup4Cup Gluten-free Flour Put to the Test
Thomas Keller has jumped on the gluten-free bandwagon. Everything that Chef Keller touches turns to gold, so it is no surprise that his new flour has created quite the buzz among the gluten-free community. And the TV food world, too: Here he is cooking on Martha Stewart's show this morning: ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
Obama's War on Weed: President Attacks Medical Marijuana
Thomas Keller has jumped on the gluten-free bandwagon. Everything that Chef Keller touches turns to gold, so it is no surprise that his new flour has created quite the buzz among the gluten-free community. And the TV food world, too: Here he is cooking on Martha Stewart's show this morning: ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
HIV Activist Calls Mayor Ed Lee a Name the Chronicle Would Never Print
Wonder how he feels about Jeff Sheehy ... In this election, Mayor Ed Lee has been called many charming names -- crooked, double-crossing, sneaky, Republican. Now he can add "dick" to that growing list of insults. According to the Bay Area Reporter, Jeff Sheehy, who was the HIV czar f ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Obama's Medical Marijuana Crackdown: Two S.F. Pot Clubs to Close
And Divinity Tree, and Green Door Sacramento, and maybe MedithriveLombard Street is in the city's oft-posh Marina District, but that stretch of US-101 that leads from the Golden Gate Bridge down through Van Ness Avenue includes seedy motels as well as high-end boutiques. It might have also contai ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Is Nancy Pelosi Too Powerful for Pot?
Right Behind YouMinority Leader Nancy Pelosi -- who, despite no longer being House Speaker, is arguably still the most powerful resident of San Francisco -- is a very busy politician. Just this week, the highest-ranking woman in American political history had her fingers in everything from the Ch ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Introducing the Bay Area Gluten Free Buying Club, a CSA for Celiacs!
Sheryl Davies is a self-described foodie. She also has Celiac disease, a condition that prevents the small intestine from fully absorbing food. The damage is due to a reaction to eating gluten, and that means, for Celiacs, cutting gluten out of the diet is a must. Since there's nothing so satisfy ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Feds Now Fight War on Medical Marijuana with Passive Aggressive Strategies
Hard to believe it's been only two years since Attorney General Eric Holder shocked -- and relieved -- California's medical marijuana users when he said the federal government had no interest in prosecuting state-legal cannabis activities. The Bush Era was over -- no more doors kicked in by Kevla ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
Unemployed Still? Cannabis Jobs Fair at Cow Palace This Weekend
This being election season means it's also jobs season. Jobs are on the lips of every politician worth his or her soft money -- from Barack Obama's jobs plan to Mayor Ed Lee's own Wilsonesque 17-point jobs plan (in some ways eerily similar to the 17-point jobs plan offered in June by mayoral oppo ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Should San Francisco Ease Restrictions on Pot Clubs Near Schools?
The titty bars are fine; it's the pot club that a-fears us.San Francisco's notorious land-use restrictions and zoning laws send neighbors to court over the construction of a porch, and they also mean that the city known as the birthplace of medical marijuana is tougher on pot clubs than most of t ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2011
Meat and Greet: The Local Butcher Shop
From the Local Butcher Shop's Facebook pageBy Katie Fleeman Many conversations in the foodie world involve the V word: vegetarianism. It comes with a number of arguments: it's more sustainable, it's healthier, and how could you possibly eat another living thing? The folks over at the Local ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Senator Lou Correa, Author of Vetoed Medical Marijuana Restrictions Bill, Just Wanted to Help
The LiberalOCHere to helpMedical marijuana advocates celebrated Wednesday with Governor Jerry Brown's veto of SB 847. The brainchild of State Senator Lou Correa (D-Orange County), the bill would have made a 600-foot barrier between medical cannabis dispensaries and homes state law (except in citi ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Free Gluten-Free Cookbook for Three Lucky Readers!
Karen Morgan, author of "Blackbird Bakery Gluten-Free: 75 Recipes for Irresistible Gluten-Free Desserts and Pastries," is in town Friday for a book-signing event. SFoodie asked her to sign three of those books for our readers and mail them to you for free. We ask a lot, but only on your beha ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owners Facing Criminal Charges for Operating a "Flower Shop"
Pretty flowersThe former owners of Wellness Solutions Group, a Pacifica medical cannabis dispensary ordered closed by city officials on Monday night, will face criminal charges for operating a business under false pretenses, police said Tuesday.The owners, Ruben Salvatierra of South City and Timo ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2011
Marijuana Advocates Unsure if New State Law Is Good or Bad
Who's he helping?brokencountry.comEarlier this summer, medical marijuana advocates sounded the legislative alarm over a bill penned by a Southern California assemblyman that gives local governments the right to ban medical cannabis dispensaries, as many a Bay Area burgh from Danville to Daly City ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
Pot Legalization Measure Has Support of Mendocino Growers
Drug Policy AllianceThat's the ideaCan Protections for Medical Patients Help Succeed Where Proposition 19 Failed?Cannabis advocates promised they'd be back at the California ballot following marijuana legalization measure Proposition 19's historic failure in November 2010 (the measure received mo ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
President Obama Fumbles and Punts Medical Marijuana Question on Campaign Trail
He forgot what the question was For all his Kennedyesque "uhs" and "ahs," President Barack Obama is nonetheless generally regarded as an accomplished public speaker, able to expound extemporaneously on a plethora of topics. But on the campaign trail in Minnesota on Monday -- during what former Ma ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Board of Supervisors Seem Afraid to Address Medical Marijuana
Supervisors won't acknowledge the green leaf in the room Urban planning in San Francisco is a very big deal -- and so is the city's Planning Commission, the appointed officials who call the shots on urban design. So what does one of the city's more important entities need to do to get some respec ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
The FDA Wants Your Gluten-Free Cookies to Actually Be Gluten-Free
Mariposa Baking's cinnamon rolls: actually gluten-free, actually good.There are three kinds of people who buy gluten-free products: a) People whose doctor has told them celiac disease is what's making them miserable; b) people whose naturopath has told them they're probably gluten-intolerant; c) ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Vegan Fight! Activist Doesn't Want PETA Getting Credit for Vegan Meals in Jail
takver / flickrLast month, SFoodie discovered that if you're vegan and you go to jail in S.F., you can get vegan meals. Eileen Hirst, Chief of Staff at the Sheriff's Department, told us that vegan food in S.F. County jails came about because of vegan PETA protestors who were arrested in anti- ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Donors Allege Price-Fixing Scheme for Human Eggs by Fertility Clinics
Big business?An Arcata woman is suing national reproductive-medicine groups, alleging that they and their member fertility clinics have engaged in a price-fixing scheme to underpay female donors for their eggs.In her lawsuit, filed this week in San Francisco's federal courthouse, plaintiff Justin ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2011
Does Your Woman Have Bad PMS? Tell Her to Smoke Some Weed
Let's roll you a joint, madamRecently, we wrote about a study which claimed that a majority of medical marijuana users in California are probably white men. Not included in the study was how many of those men were acquiring marijuana to placate their wife or girlfriend to cure the myriad of "wome ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Will Kamala Harris Burn the Medical Marijuana Advocates Who Campaigned for Her?
One and the same ... when it comes to potWhile marijuana legalization dominated the news, unity was in short supply last fall during the election season among medical cannabis patients and advocates.It may be hard for nonsmokers to grasp, but Proposition 19 splintered the medical cannabis communi ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2011
Sergio Romo, Giants Pitcher, Helps Kids Kick Whooping Cough
Whoop Whoop!Apparently the tried-and-true forms of medical bribery -- a lollipop or a Winnie the Pooh Band-Aid -- just aren't cutting it anymore.But you know kids, these days -- they have such high expectations. Which is why the city has recruited Giants pitcher Sergio Romo to rub elbows with fiv ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Is David Chiu Medical Marijuana's New Best Friend?
Photo by Greg DewarPedaling for potA funny thing happened to Board of Supervisors President David Chiu last night, while making his evening round of speeches.Somebody asked him for pot."You got the compassion? Who's got weed?" asked an attendee of yesterday's monthly dinner/medical cannabis givea ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2011
Most Medical Marijuana Patients Are White, Educated, and Employed, Study Says
Just your average stonerA Californian with a job, an education, and every opportunity this society can afford him (minus perfect health).Meet your typical medical marijuana patient.A study conducted by a sociology professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz has some interesting revela ... More >>
Culture
July 20, 2011
Rolling Paper: Looking at the Current State of Safe Access
Just your average stonerA Californian with a job, an education, and every opportunity this society can afford him (minus perfect health).Meet your typical medical marijuana patient.A study conducted by a sociology professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz has some interesting revela ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Dave Schwartz, "Hero" of Nevada's Pot Movement, to Take Over Michela Alioto-Pier's Mayoral Campaign
Luke ThomasMichela's marijuana manThe days when "gambling" with marijuana on a Las Vegas' Strip could result in lifetime imprisonment are long gone. Reefer now mixes with roulette in the nation's Sin City -- where, it should be noted, one has never needed a medical recommendation to use prostitut ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
S.F. Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Generate Only 11 Complaints Over Five Years
That all you got?Pot clubs. They're boring. You go in, you buy some pot, you leave. For all the clamor with which a new medical cannabis dispensary's opening receives from jumpy John Q Public, with a few notable exceptions, most we see these days resemble dentists' offices, not dens of iniquity ( ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2011
Put on Your Sunday Breast And Get On Board the Big Pink Bus
Apparently, other women's causes also like big pink buses. Today, the Department of Public Health spokeswoman sent out a press release with a warning: "No snickering." It turns out the Big Pink Bus will be pulling up to California Pacific Medical Center on Sunday at 3698 California St. No, Prince ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
Grass Roots Is First S.F. Medical Cannabis Dispensary to Join Union
Look for the union labelSan Francisco is known as a union town and a city rich with medical cannabis dispensaries. It was only a matter of time before the two intersected. A year after United Food and Commercial Workers began organizing medical cannabis operations in Oakland and Marin County, Gra ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2011
Arrested Vegans Get Vegan Meals in S.F. County Jails
my_southboroughIf you're vegan and you go to jail, do you get vegan meals? In a city with a substantial vegan population, this is no trivial question. It turns out that, while the law does not require jails to provide vegan options, S.F. County jails do serve vegan meals on request, and we've ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
Justice Department "Clarifies" Stance on Medical Marijuana: It's Illegal And They Will Arrest You
They gonna getchaPresident Barack Obama's stance on medical cannabis has been a wee nebulous: as candidate, Obama said the drug war was a failure and that doctors prescribing pot as a treatment was "appropriate"; as president, Obama's Justice Department said chasing after pot growers and users wa ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
Medical Cannabis Movement Becoming Less Gay
Chris RobertsHot. But gay unfriendly?Like Sarah Palin recounting the tale of Paul Revere's ride to warn the British (of their own impending arrival), we Americans often have a fuzzy grasp of our history. This extends to the medical cannabis movement, which was birthed in San Francisco in the 1980 ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Leland Yee Promises to Fight for Medical Marijuana, Except When He's Opposing It
Leland Yee REALLY wants to be mayor, even if it means supporting and not supporting medical marijuanaState Sen. Leland Yee will stand up for medical cannabis. Even against his own interests and against the cannabis-opposed Chinese community of San Francisco, the mayoral candidate is your man, he ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2011
Have S.F. Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Reached Critical Mass?
Is there such thing as too much pot?On Monday, The Apothecarium will finally open its doors, making it San Francisco's 26th medical cannabis dispensary. Far from having as many pot clubs as Starbucks, vast swaths of San Francisco are, thanks to restrictive zoning laws, completely devoid of dispen ... More >>
News
June 15, 2011
Giving Marijuana Away? The Taxman Wants a Cut
Is there such thing as too much pot?On Monday, The Apothecarium will finally open its doors, making it San Francisco's 26th medical cannabis dispensary. Far from having as many pot clubs as Starbucks, vast swaths of San Francisco are, thanks to restrictive zoning laws, completely devoid of dispen ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
The Politics of Sexual Health
Is there such thing as too much pot?On Monday, The Apothecarium will finally open its doors, making it San Francisco's 26th medical cannabis dispensary. Far from having as many pot clubs as Starbucks, vast swaths of San Francisco are, thanks to restrictive zoning laws, completely devoid of dispen ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
California Has 1.1 Million Medical Marijuana Users, NORML Says
We pot more than we need politiciansCalifornia is the most populous state in the Union. It's where the nation's medical marijuana movement was birthed, and the Golden State is also where the rest of the country gets most of its illegal pot, judging by law enforcement statistics (lo siento, Britis ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Must Release Names, Addresses of Pot Growers, City Says
The Green ScareMedical marijuana patients don't seem to care where exactly their cannabis is grown. As long as the pot has been lab-tested and is free of mold and pesticides, patients seem satisfied. But that information alone is not enough for the San Francisco Department of Public Health anymo ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
Medical Marijuana Patients Sue Federal Government
Stoners aren't the only ones who are slow to react We all know that the wheels of government move slowly -- but nine years slowly? That pace is too lazy for Americans for Safe Access, which just wants answers. So it's going to court to force the federal government to get some response.At issue is ... More >>
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May 20, 2011
Phil Ting Is a Buzz Kill, Talks About Extra Tax on Medical Marijuana
What does he know about smoking pot?Taxes are Phil Ting's business -- when the assessor-recorder isn't campaigning for San Francisco mayor, that is. But when Ting recently took stock of the Bay Area tax scene on medical marijuana, he realized that San Francisco could be bringing in more cash. Ev ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Joseph Erich Pearson, S.F. Dispensary Owner, Arrested After Blaze Burns Marijuana Grow in Rural Sonoma
Marijuna blazeThe co-founder of San Francisco's slickest medical cannabis dispensary and a member of the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Task Force has been charged with multiple felonies stemming from a Sonoma County marijuana grow, according to news reports.Joseph Erich Pearson, 34, co-founder o ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
Angels, Resurrected
Marijuna blazeThe co-founder of San Francisco's slickest medical cannabis dispensary and a member of the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Task Force has been charged with multiple felonies stemming from a Sonoma County marijuana grow, according to news reports.Joseph Erich Pearson, 34, co-founder o ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
Medical Marijuana: Dad Says It Saved Two-Year-Old Son with Cancer
Cash HydeThere are many ways to look at the story of two-year-old brain-tumor survivor Cash Michael Hyde, whose father, Michael, secretly slipped him medical marijuana oil in his feeding tube during chemotherapy last fall. You could assume that the plant is an effective drug. Chemotherapy left ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
E-Cigarettes: How Long Before San Francisco Bans Them?
e-addictions can be regulated, too It wasn't enough to restrict smokers so much so that about the only place they can light up now is in the path of oncoming traffic. San Francisco is now looking at tossing out electronic smokers from their local bar.The FDA ruled today that e-cigarettes are in f ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2011
Obama to Arrive in S.F. on 4/20: Potheads to Protest President
Obama -- giving 4/20 a new meaningFor his promises not to use federal resources on raiding legal dispensaries, many medical marijuana users voted for Barack Hussein Obama in 2008, as we reported in our cover story last week. Many California medical marijuana users supported Obama for the candidat ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Egg Donors Want More Money, Women Sue S.F. Company
For what it's worth Even when it comes to donating eggs and sperm, men are seemingly getter a better deal financially. Women across the United States are standing up to fertility clinics, claiming they are not properly compensating them for their donated eggs. According to a class action lawsuit ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Blowing Smoke: Obama Promises One Thing, Does Another on Medical Marijuana
For what it's worth Even when it comes to donating eggs and sperm, men are seemingly getter a better deal financially. Women across the United States are standing up to fertility clinics, claiming they are not properly compensating them for their donated eggs. According to a class action lawsuit ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
OWNing It: We're Addicted to Oprah
OWNCast of "Addicted to Food," a reality series that debuted last night on Oprah's TV network.Is Oprah your God? Have you made the move to her new home? OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, has kept us all waiting for the original programming it promised. And though Kidnapped by the Kids may not b ... More >>
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