Madagascar

Pacific Puffs: The Sweet Side of Food Trucks

Biere de Chocolate: Almanac and Dandelion's New Blend

Almanac Pairs with Dandelion Chocolate For New Biere de Chocolat

We recently had the pleasure of trying Almanac Beer Co.'s new Biere de Chocolat, a robust porter made in conjunction with so-hot-right-now Dandelion chocolate. The beer smells like rich, dark cocoa, but its flavor isn't as sweet as you might expect -- it's got a layered, malty bitterness that we fou ... More >>

All Tomorrow's Portions: Top 7 Food Trends for 2013

Hey, Foodies, Leave Those Trick-or-Treaters Alone

The only thing scarier than precocious child restaurant critics is precocious children whose delicate palates reject Fun Size candy bars on Halloween. And frighteningly, they may be out there. For the low price of $38, parents can take their precious snowflakes on Gourmet Walks' second annual Hallow ... More >>

Study Beer and Chocolate with a Local Expert

C'mon, pairing chocolate with red wine is soooo 2001. Enjoying chocolate with beer, on the other hand, offers a whole new world of pairing options. If there's one Bay Area local who is uniquely positioned to speak on the issue, it's Pete Slosberg. You may know him better as "Wicked Pete" of Pete's W ... More >>

Greens Celebrates Golden Gate Bridge's 75th Anniversary Via Cookie

Greens executive chef/owner Annie Somerville collaborated with her pastry chef Sandi Sumaylo to create an official commemorative cookie commissioned by Fort Mason Center for the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary. Burning bridges is always a bad idea, but eating them is good. Cook E. Monster de ... More >>

CC Made Caramels: A Wide-Ranging Taste Test

Artists pursue all avenues, and for Cassandra Chen, the road of choice is caramel. Chen's San Anselmo-based CC Made Artisanal Caramel produces caramel sauce, individual caramels, and caramel corn, all in small batches, and all by hand. It specializes in a milder set of flavors than the in-your-face ... More >>

Dandelion Chocolate: The Return of Bean-to-Bar in SF

​Bean-to-bar chocolate is tough to do authentically, and SF hasn't had a local B2B producer of note since Scharffen Berger shut down their facility, but here's some good news: Dandelion is a weed worth watching. Starting out as some folks in a garage in East Palo Alto, these chocolateiers hav ... More >>

Happy Goat's Scotch Caramel Sauce

Happy Goat's Scotch Caramel Sauce is a revelation. The caramel first woos you with a sweet hit of fragrant Madagascar bourbon vanilla bean. Next comes the seduction of 12-year-aged single malt Scotch whiskey from Aberlour. The finish is a subtle twinge of earthiness. No sign of cloying over-swee ... More >>

San Francisco Not Losing Kids, Despite What Chronicle Story Says

Who said you couldn't raise six kids in San Francisco?​As of Monday afternoon a weekend front page story titled:  "S.F. losing kids as parents seek schools, homes" was still the most read story on the San Francisco Chronicle's Web site. More than 400 commenters debated whether it was bad scho ... More >>

Showcasing Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011

S.F. Supes Pass Happy Meal Ban with Veto-Proof Majority

​Snitch editor Joe Eskenazi has the word on today's vote by the Board of Supervisors to end toy giveaways for fast-food meals that fail to rate as nutritious. Eskenazi: The supes today passed an ordinance that will require meals to meet nutritional guidelines if restaurants wish to include a t ... More >>

California Academy's $1.9 Million in Stimulus Funds for Ant Study Angers Republicans

$1.9 million to study lil' old me? ​Scientist says he's putting people to work -- and compiling vital environmental dataEarlier this month, Republican Senators Tom Coburn (whom you haven't heard of) and John McCain (whom you have) fired off a 74-page compendium of what they claim are the most wast ... More >>

RSVP Now for Next Week's Free Madécasse Chocolate Tasting in SOMA

couj1980/Flickr​Brooklyn chocolatier (and maker of vanilla products) Madécasse, looking for more visibility and wholesale accounts in this discerning chocolate-lovers' market, will host a free tasting in San Francisco next week at HubSoMa. It'll be a rare opportunity to taste artisan products ... More >>

Who Won Today's Cupcake Throwdown Between Hometown Kara's and L.A.'s Sprinkles?

C. AlburgerNo contest: Kara's Chocolate Velvet (left) and Sprinkles' Dark Chocolate.​Cupcakes are top of mind for many today in San Francisco. Daily Candy covered San Francisco's Moonbabycakes in today's e-newsletter, and the much-anticipated Sprinklesmobile rolled into Justin Herman Plaza for ... More >>

Go Jump in the LAKE

Free Ice Cream Tomorrow at Three Twins on Fillmore

Premshree Pillai/FlickrStart thinking about which flavor you'll choose. Ice cream fans may be screaming (or flipping out) with delight over the city's plethora of freebies this month, and tomorrow's no exception. From noon to 11 p.m., the newish outpost of Three Twins Ice Cream (254 Fillmore at ... More >>

Art Operations

Cool Comfort: Rice Pudding at Loving Cup

Via: Babette C. on YelpLoving Cup is a soda fountain for the new millennium, a bright, clean-lined Polk Gulch storefront specializing not in malted milks and hot fudge sundaes but the more healthful pleasures of smoothies, frozen yogurt and...rice pudding. Rice pudding rich in comfort but not calori ... More >>

Lovin' Spoonfuls at Loving Cup

Open for just over three weeks, Loving Cup (2356 Polk St.) specializes in rice pudding and frozen yogurt. The latter is sweet and not the tart variety that seems to dominate the dozens of fro-yo shops in the area; it comes in blocks of vanilla or chocolate that are broken down and blended with the ... More >>

Guns N' Roses' fine-print insanity

Lost albums that should remain lost

Monstrous Prehistoric Frog Ate Dinosaurs, Haunts Your Dreams

Sweet Dreams

In difficult times, a bite of cake, a sip of creamy hot chocolate, or a forkful of pie can elevate your mood

Repertory Film Listings

Shell Game

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything

Our top DVD picks for the week of November 15

Dream Child

Robert Rodriguez and his kids conjure up a charming 3-D fantasy

Animal Crackers

In Madagascar, the wild things romp, then roam

Planet Asia

The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival goes global

Tiki Tired

The new edition of Trader Vic's misses the boat

Four Best Places to Chill Out

House of Tudor

The S.F. Mad Benefit: Help a dude who blew his face off with a confetti cannon

SHOPS

United Nations

Putting the world back together at the 45th annual S.F. International Film Festival

Sound Garden

Miya Masaoka, Bay Area composer and master of the koto

Mr. Reppas Goes to Hollywood

A Hillsborough entrepreneur wants to sue the U.S. government for $65 million. George Clooney, call your agent.

Night & Day

Night Crawler

Night Crawler

The House of Tudor

Night Crawler

The House of Tudor

Night Crawler

The House of Tudor

The House of Tudor

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

REAL ASTROLOGY for an unreal world