Subject: Nora Ephron

• Of Fast-Food Meals in a Bowl, Rice or Mashed Potato-Based, and Fried Chicken Musings...

  By Meredith Brody Is it just us, or do most of the suggestions tossed around the boardroom - peas, coleslaw, melon balls, prunes, mints, little gifts, poppyseeds, curds and whey, lake trout -- in the Jack-in-the-Box commercial for its new Teriyaki Bowls sound more appetizing than the real deal: "your choice of sirloin steak (yeah, right) or grilled chicken on a bed of steamed rice topped with broccoli, carrots, and teriyaki sauce," especially in the uninspired, uninspiring, gloopy-looking "bea

  January 2, 2009

• And That’s the Way It Was

  November 19, 2008

• The Pho Chronicles

  Upscale setting for the Vietnamese noodle soup that's good for what ails you, but nothing like your mother made

  January 30, 2008

• Sweet Dreams

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

  June 20, 2007

• Soothe Sayer

  Comforting ourselves with dishes sweet and savory at Chenery Park

  December 7, 2005

• Maple Leaf Boogie-Woogie

  A cheat sheet of bands from the new Seattle -- that's right, Canada!

  September 14, 2005

• Cursed

  Bewitched delivers just what you'd expect. Absolutely nothing.

  June 22, 2005

• Reps Etc.

  March 23, 2005

• Reel World

  November 1, 2000

• You Can Prick Your Finger...

  March 1, 2000

• Disconnect

  February 16, 2000

• Savage Love

  January 6, 1999

• Letters

  December 30, 1998

• The Cyberpostman Always Writes Twice

  December 16, 1998

• Zoom Lens

  December 9, 1998

• Zoom Lens

  September 16, 1998

• Summer of Salvation

  May 20, 2009

• We praise the Julia half of Julie & Julia

  August 5, 2009

• For One Critic, Watching 'Julie & Julia' Launches an Intensely Personal Journey

  Sony PicturesFlipping for Julia: Streep as the French food maven at the Cordon Bleu in Paris.​I was thrilled when I arrived at the Century last Friday, opening day of Julia & Julia, to see a long line outside the theater. San Francisco foodies, represent! Except when I found out they were waiting for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. I meekly took my ticket and walked in. My excitement wasn't just generalized food-film lust. Sure, I like writer-director Nora Ephron and Julie Powell, whose boo

  August 12, 2009