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Berkeley's Annie's Homegrown Goes Public, Rakes in Cash

​If decades-old boxes of Annie's Homegrown Macaroni and Cheese were the equivalent of stock shares, nearly every person reading this would be just a little bit wealthier today. As the San Jose Mercury News reported, yesterday Berkeley's own little natural food behemoth began trading shares on the ... More >>

Village Harvest Frozen Grains Are Quick, Healthy, and Don't Taste Like Ammonia

Tamara PalmerWild mushroom ragout with bacon and Village Harvest's farro and red rice blend.​We admit to a measure of skepticism of S.F.-based grain company Village Harvest's  new two-serving packs of frozen grains. Frozen, microwaveable rice is usually awful, and not just because it makes us ... 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 >>

This Whole 'Food Desert' Thing? Maybe That's Not the Problem

apdesign / ShutterstockActually, it's not quite like this.​For the past decade or so, there's been a big push to identify "food deserts" -- low-income neighborhoods and even cities that don't have ready access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Plant markets in those deserts, the thinking has gone, a ... 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 >>

CUESA's Sarah Henkin Moves on to New Venture, Square Meals

​Sarah Henkin, CUESA's market chef in charge of coordinating their Market to Table and Lunch and Learn programs, and other culinary events, is moving on to a new restaurant-shop. The venture, Square Meals, shares a combined space with Batter Bakery at 2127 Polk. They had a soft brunch open ... More >>

Why Is There Such a Big Difference Between USDA Recommendations and Subsidies?

​ The Washington Post ran a blistering article yesterday comparing what the USDA wants Americans put on their plates and what foods are on the agency's plate in terms of crop subsidies and price guarantees. Of the roughly $200 billion spent to subsidize U.S. commodity crops from 1995 to 2010 (co ... More >>

Ripping on the USDA's New Graphic, Whispering About Stumptown

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.​1. No more food pyramid. After several years and $2 million in research, the USDA released its new nutrition graphic last week to replace the much-maligned food pyramid, and the com ... More >>

What'll It Be?

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.​1. No more food pyramid. After several years and $2 million in research, the USDA released its new nutrition graphic last week to replace the much-maligned food pyramid, and the com ... More >>

Fat Beets

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.​1. No more food pyramid. After several years and $2 million in research, the USDA released its new nutrition graphic last week to replace the much-maligned food pyramid, and the com ... More >>

How the Happy Meal ban explains San Francisco

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.​1. No more food pyramid. After several years and $2 million in research, the USDA released its new nutrition graphic last week to replace the much-maligned food pyramid, and the com ... More >>

Café Oliveto's Whole-Grain Pizza

John BirdsallCafe Oliveto's Napoletana, $15, with a crust made from authentic whole-wheat flour.​Thursday, November 18, 2010 Oliveto chef Paul Canales has been playing around with whole-wheat flours lately, in collaboration with Certified Foods. That's the stone mill in Woodland, northwest of ... More >>

Ananda Fuara: Keeping It Classic

Jonathan KauffmanNeatloaf from Ananda Fuara.​ Part of a series about restaurants that have been around so long they've slipped into a media black hole.Given its grotty corner, given its windowless exterior, it's always a shock to enter Ananda Fuara and find yourself in a such a bright space. From ... More >>

Oliveto Leads the Hunt for Honest Whole Wheat Flour

Civil EatsCommunity Grains' flours and polentas are available via wholesale only, at least for now.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. We all know whole wheat, right? Brown, rusky. It bakes up into clammy Birkenstock breads you eat because they're good for you until you develop a taste for t ... More >>

Happy Meals May Be Banned By San Francisco

You guys -- out of this city! ​The moment your humble narrator heard that legislation was introduced at yesterday's Board of Supervisors meeting aiming at regulating how nutritious a meal must be for a restaurant to be permitted to hand out a toy, I thought "This must be Eric Mar's doing." Yup.&nb ... More >>

Market, Street

You guys -- out of this city! ​The moment your humble narrator heard that legislation was introduced at yesterday's Board of Supervisors meeting aiming at regulating how nutritious a meal must be for a restaurant to be permitted to hand out a toy, I thought "This must be Eric Mar's doing." Yup.&nb ... More >>

Eat the Castro

You guys -- out of this city! ​The moment your humble narrator heard that legislation was introduced at yesterday's Board of Supervisors meeting aiming at regulating how nutritious a meal must be for a restaurant to be permitted to hand out a toy, I thought "This must be Eric Mar's doing." Yup.&nb ... More >>

S.F. Rising: Flax-Oat Bread from Vital Vittles

​ A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the steamed, the artisan and the novelty.Flax Seed-Oat BreadSource: Vital Vittles, available at grocery stores around the city.Price: $4-5, depending on the storeToast-appropriateness: 10/10

Victoria Pastry's Pignoli by the Pound

​Oh, the joys of bulk food: The torrents of brown rice that gush out of the dispensers at Whole Foods. The deep sense of righteousness that comes from hefting a scoop out of a tank of rolled oats and pouring the whole grains into a recycled brown paper sack. The 24-packs of Cheetos from Costco, wh ... More >>

Snacktion: The Food Mill's Peanut Butter Bars

​Name: Peanut Butter Bars Brand: The Food Mill Origin: OaklandFound at: Other Avenues (3930 Judah at 44th Ave.)Cost: $2.49Ingredients: Stone ground organically grown whole wheat flour, dark brown sugar, fresh peanut butter, honey, fresh eggs, unbleached flour, canola oil, sodaCalories per serv ... More >>

S.F. Research Hospitals Say 1-2 Cups of Booze a Day Keep the Doctor Away

Those of you who woke up this morning in the bushes of McLaren Park in a post-St. Pat's haze with strange clothes on your back, strange phone numbers written on your extremities, and the taste of yesterday's Irish Car Bomb on your lips -- take heed. A group of San Francisco scientists have published ... More >>

Serious Bread: Vital Vittles Sourdough Rye

Fresh-ground flour gives this bread extra flavor.

Happy New Year! Want Some Paranoia With Your Arugula?

By Peter Jamison It's an open secret that not much changes with the advent of a new year. Resolutions or no, most of us wake up on Jan. 1 with the same reluctance to exercise, 3 p.m. caffeine cravings, and freight of interpersonal neuroses that haunted us on Dec. 31. The same can be said of people ... 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 >>

Drink of the Week: Grainaissance's Tiger Chai Amazake Rice Shake

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

Saturday: Slow Food Nation Victory Garden at Civic Center

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

Taste Test: Trader Joe's Mini Croissants

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

Eat Fresh: Websites to Help You Find Locally Grown Food

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

Whole Foods: Dark Organic Lord Or Green Guiding Light?

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

Whole Foods: Dark Organic Lord Or Green Guiding Light?

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

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

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

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

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

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

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

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

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

Scared Healthy

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

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

Brown rice is a delight in the clutches of Emeryville's Grainaissance, which makes 14 different versions of its naturally sweetened, dairy-free and gluten-free Amazake Rice Shake. With hints of nutmeg, allspice and black pepper, not to mention black tea, the Tiger Chai blend is an especially livel ... More >>

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