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The Abyss

Number 27: The Jewish-Style Artichoke from Locanda

SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​Artichokes were originally a Jewish specialty in Italy, writes Cucina Ebraica author Joyce Goldstein, but now carciofi alla giudia are considered a Roman specialty as well. Considering that we live less ... More >>

Your Seasonal Produce Guide: Cardoons

​ A SFoodie series on what to do with your farmers' market impulse buys and CSA box surprises. Under appreciated by Americans until recently, cardoons have been eaten in Italy and throughout the Mediterranean region for thousands of years. A cousin to the globe artichoke, this lesser-known membe ... More >>

Get Stoned with Tape Club, the Newest From Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

​ Listen to this while high: Tape Club by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. ​ Behind the buzz: Outta Springfield, Mo., this perennial Internet buzz band whose three full-lengths rate highly with the sort of indie blogoscenti most likely to faint if the P.A. were to suddenly offload ... More >>

Bacetti's Chocolate and Vanilla Bites Are Little Kisses of Gelato

​ Bacetti means "little kisses" in Italian, and it's an apt name for a local line of bites of clean, creamy gelato painted with chocolate. An inch-and-a-half square and wrapped in pretty paper, they're miniature Klondike bars that went to finishing school. Sister-and-brother team Alexandra an ... More >>

The Now, And Only Now, Nectarine: Arctic Rose

​Summer may be hiding behind the false fall we can't seem to escape, but it's summer on the farm, and the farmers markets are a ball pit of stone fruits. Taste them all and you'll find one, for a short few weeks, that wins; the Arctic Rose nectarine. This is the stone fruit other stone fr ... More >>

Pause Hits 'Go,' Cako Gets Ready to Serve Another Slice

​ ​The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Eater SF reminds SFoodie that last Wednesday was opening day for Pause Wine Bar (1666 Market, 241-WINE, pausesf.com), in the former location of Cav. The owner is Chris Tavelli, who also ... More >>

Seven Hills Rise(s) Up, Beast and the Hare Springs to Life

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Urban Daddy is the first to report that Seven Hills (1550 Hyde, 775-1550, www.sevenhillssf.com) opens on Friday. Young chef-owner Alexander Alioto (yeah, you've heard of his relatives) has in ... More >>

Hot Meal: Cucina Povera at Incanto

Being a fan of Chris Cosentino's regular menu at Incanto, we were unable to resist the first dinner of his special summer-long Cucina Povera prix-fixe dinner series, a tribute to the poverty-inspired dishes of Italy's various regions, offered Sunday and Monday nights -- especially when we noted the ... More >>

The Cash Bar of Adulthood

Being a fan of Chris Cosentino's regular menu at Incanto, we were unable to resist the first dinner of his special summer-long Cucina Povera prix-fixe dinner series, a tribute to the poverty-inspired dishes of Italy's various regions, offered Sunday and Monday nights -- especially when we noted the ... More >>

Omnivore Presents A16

Nate Appleman and Shelley Lindgren of A16 (2355 Chestnut), will join their A16: Food Wine co-author, Kate Leahy at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez) on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. But, more importantly, so are the nibbles that they'll offer, all taken from recipes in t ... More >>

World-Weary Traveler

Nate Appleman and Shelley Lindgren of A16 (2355 Chestnut), will join their A16: Food Wine co-author, Kate Leahy at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez) on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. But, more importantly, so are the nibbles that they'll offer, all taken from recipes in t ... More >>

Slow Ride

Nate Appleman and Shelley Lindgren of A16 (2355 Chestnut), will join their A16: Food Wine co-author, Kate Leahy at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez) on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. But, more importantly, so are the nibbles that they'll offer, all taken from recipes in t ... More >>

Drinking off the Beaten Path at Ottimista Enoteca-Cafe

Nate Appleman and Shelley Lindgren of A16 (2355 Chestnut), will join their A16: Food Wine co-author, Kate Leahy at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez) on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. But, more importantly, so are the nibbles that they'll offer, all taken from recipes in t ... More >>

Orzo “Risotto” with Chicken, Sausage and Peppers

Nate Appleman and Shelley Lindgren of A16 (2355 Chestnut), will join their A16: Food Wine co-author, Kate Leahy at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez) on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. But, more importantly, so are the nibbles that they'll offer, all taken from recipes in t ... More >>

Orzo “Risotto” with Chicken, Sausage and Peppers

Nate Appleman and Shelley Lindgren of A16 (2355 Chestnut), will join their A16: Food Wine co-author, Kate Leahy at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez) on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. But, more importantly, so are the nibbles that they'll offer, all taken from recipes in t ... More >>

Squeezing Beasts

Nate Appleman and Shelley Lindgren of A16 (2355 Chestnut), will join their A16: Food Wine co-author, Kate Leahy at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez) on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. But, more importantly, so are the nibbles that they'll offer, all taken from recipes in t ... More >>

Repertory Film Listings

Nate Appleman and Shelley Lindgren of A16 (2355 Chestnut), will join their A16: Food Wine co-author, Kate Leahy at Omnivore Books (3885A Cesar Chavez) on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. But, more importantly, so are the nibbles that they'll offer, all taken from recipes in t ... More >>

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Pie High

At a tiny Delfina spinoff, pizza is optional, cannoli mandatory

Repertory Film Listings

At a tiny Delfina spinoff, pizza is optional, cannoli mandatory

Repertory Film Listings

At a tiny Delfina spinoff, pizza is optional, cannoli mandatory

Chaos Theory

Where to drink when you find yourself broke-down in Oak-town

Reps Etc.

Where to drink when you find yourself broke-down in Oak-town

Reps Etc.

Where to drink when you find yourself broke-down in Oak-town

Reps Etc.

Where to drink when you find yourself broke-down in Oak-town

Reps Etc.

Where to drink when you find yourself broke-down in Oak-town

Reps Etc.

Where to drink when you find yourself broke-down in Oak-town

Reps Etc.

Where to drink when you find yourself broke-down in Oak-town

Reps Etc.

Where to drink when you find yourself broke-down in Oak-town

Best Italian Restaurant

Delfina

Grapes, Without the Wrath

We read "Grape," the Chron's "serial saga," so you don't have to and uncover the world champion of pizza acrobatics

Fear Factors

Conspiracy and greed confront the wonder of childhood in I'm Not Scared

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Conspiracy and greed confront the wonder of childhood in I'm Not Scared

Chub-a-Dub-Dub

"Chubs are either chubby or husky, and the chub chasers are typically, though not always, average to thin."

Reps Etc.

"Chubs are either chubby or husky, and the chub chasers are typically, though not always, average to thin."

Reps Etc.

"Chubs are either chubby or husky, and the chub chasers are typically, though not always, average to thin."

Reps Etc.

"Chubs are either chubby or husky, and the chub chasers are typically, though not always, average to thin."

Reps Etc.

"Chubs are either chubby or husky, and the chub chasers are typically, though not always, average to thin."

Reps Etc.

"Chubs are either chubby or husky, and the chub chasers are typically, though not always, average to thin."

Reps Etc.

"Chubs are either chubby or husky, and the chub chasers are typically, though not always, average to thin."

Venticello

Very Little Italy

In Full Swing

Baldoria

For Whom the Dinner Bell Tolls

Baldoria

It's a Ring Thing

Baldoria

The Antique Italian Table

Baldoria

Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll. Korea.

The 41st San Francisco International Film Festival

The Subject Is Rosi

The 41st San Francisco International Film Festival