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  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Steve Jobs Documentary Brings Gays and Nerds Together

    For those of you not yet satiated by the post-mortem insights reported on Steve Jobs, here's something else you can chew on. Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, a documentary containing lost footage from a 1995 interview with the tech demigod, will be playing at the Castro Theatre on Tuesday night. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Meet Jacques Pepin Wednesday Night at Omnivore Books

    What: Jacques Pepin Book Signing Where: Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St When: April 18th 1-2 pm Cost: Free The Rundown: Every cook worth his or her salt has at least one Jacques Pepin book on the shelf--most likely Le Technique,

  • Calendar

    November 23, 2011

    Commercial-Free Future

    What: Jacques Pepin Book Signing Where: Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St When: April 18th 1-2 pm Cost: Free The Rundown: Every cook worth his or her salt has at least one Jacques Pepin book on the shelf--most likely Le Technique,

  • Culture

    October 19, 2011

    Kirkman Amyx: "Probability, Chance, and Temporality"

    What: Jacques Pepin Book Signing Where: Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St When: April 18th 1-2 pm Cost: Free The Rundown: Every cook worth his or her salt has at least one Jacques Pepin book on the shelf--most likely Le Technique,

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    On Sesame Street, One Muppet Goes Hungry

    ​According to the New York Times, Sesame Street will be airing a very special episode on KQED and other PBS affiliates this coming Sunday at 7 p.m. Titled "Growing Hope Against Hunger," it will introduce a Muppet named Lily who comes from a "food insecure" household.Elmo, Bert, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Why Bert and Ernie Should Get Gay Married

    It's about time someone pushed gay marriage on television's gayest couple -- Bert and Ernie. Even if you are a gay-hating, Christian-loving Republican, it's hard not to get a warm and fuzzy feeling when you see the two "roommates" together on television. But those two have been stuffed away in the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Sony Hacks: Here's Why It's Gone All Wrong

    Just your average hacker​It's hard to sympathize with any of the people involved in the security breaches of Sony's computer systems -- and that includes the victims, or some of them anyway. First, of course, are the hackers themselves. This might be totally illogical, given the damage they've don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Summer School: Eat and Drink Tequila with Joanne Weir

    ​Where: The Boothby Center for the Beverage Arts, 1161 Mission (at Eighth st.), Suite 120 When: Wed., June 8, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $75 through Eventbrite The Rundown: Joanne Weir, local celebrity chef and host of PBS television series Joanne Weir's Cooking Class is teaming up with bartenders Ronaldo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Tonight: Sneak Preview of PBS Food Show

    ​Where: Goldman Theater, 2150 Allston (at Oxford), Berkeley When: Tonight, 6-10 p.m. Cost: $10 in advance, $15 at the door The rundown: We imagine there is a Venn diagram that would show a wide crossover between foodies and public TV supporters. Tonight in Berkeley, there's an event geared ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Children's Artists Smile Way Too Fucking Much

    Moey's Music Party​For me, seeing children's artists perform live is akin to watching footage of horrific sports injuries (like Shaun Livingston). I am tormented, yet equally transfixed. So behold "I Gotta Go Potty!" by Moey's Music Party. The song's video features a grown woman, Moey, wildly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    The 8 Sexiest Men on TV Cooking Shows

    Producers of food TV don't just care if a guy can cook ― most stars of cooking shows these days have to be hot enough to make viewers' plasmas sweat. Behold, SFoodie's countdown of the eight sexiest male chefs currently taking up space on our DVRs, dudes with the power to sear our tenderloins with ... More >>

  • Music

    March 30, 2011

    Bouncer: Hearing the End of the World at O'Neill's Irish Pub

    Producers of food TV don't just care if a guy can cook ― most stars of cooking shows these days have to be hot enough to make viewers' plasmas sweat. Behold, SFoodie's countdown of the eight sexiest male chefs currently taking up space on our DVRs, dudes with the power to sear our tenderloins with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Ghost Box Records Excavates Childhood Memories, Reminds Us Adults Are Full of Crap

    Chris de Burgh, not-so-fond memory​ Dad Rock is a new column in which Ryan Foley will attempt to look at pop music and pop culture from the precipice of middle age. If he ultimately leaps, it's because tiny hands ruined his Galaxie 500 vinyl. Accusations that he's raising five insufferable hipster ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Taking on Mother Jones, Veganizing Sandwiches, and More Mainstreaming!

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • The SF Vegan Bakesale is BACK! After being rained out in December, the vegan deliciousness is back for another go! So far, sunny skies are predicted for Jan. 15, so let's all go and eat and eat and eat and eat ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 13, 2010

    "Futurestyle 79" is a funny, improvised look at San Francisco’s heyday

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • The SF Vegan Bakesale is BACK! After being rained out in December, the vegan deliciousness is back for another go! So far, sunny skies are predicted for Jan. 15, so let's all go and eat and eat and eat and eat ... More >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2010

    Bouncer: Gratitude and fried cheese at the Sycamore

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • The SF Vegan Bakesale is BACK! After being rained out in December, the vegan deliciousness is back for another go! So far, sunny skies are predicted for Jan. 15, so let's all go and eat and eat and eat and eat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    There's $750 Hidden Somewhere in S.F. Clues from Longshot Magazine Coming Monday.

    ​Issue Zero of Longshot Magazine (known as 48 Hour Magazine before the cease and desist order from CBS) was a smash. The magazine came together in two days back in May, received 1,500 submissions on the theme "hustle," and attracted 8,000 subscribers. (Our reporter, Lois Beckett, covered the whole ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2010

    Cumming Attraction

    ​Issue Zero of Longshot Magazine (known as 48 Hour Magazine before the cease and desist order from CBS) was a smash. The magazine came together in two days back in May, received 1,500 submissions on the theme "hustle," and attracted 8,000 subscribers. (Our reporter, Lois Beckett, covered the whole ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Local Blogger's 15 Minutes of Jook Fame

    Foodhoe's ForagingThe Hing Lung breakfast destined for immortality via PBS reruns. ​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Not-so-secret breakfast: Last February, S.F. blogger Foodhoe detailed breakfast jook at Hing Lung in North Beach. Credit the reach of blogland: a year later, Rick Sebak ― ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Wade Knee-Deep Through Curry Next Week with Ranjan Dey

    Curry master Ranjan Dey.​Curries of the world, unite and take over! Ranjan Dey, star of the PBS documentary series My India! and owner of New Delhi Restaurant, will hold court there (160 Ellis at Cyril Magnin) next Friday, October 16, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. For $35, you can enjoy a brew (or a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2009

    Russian Ink

    Curry master Ranjan Dey.​Curries of the world, unite and take over! Ranjan Dey, star of the PBS documentary series My India! and owner of New Delhi Restaurant, will hold court there (160 Ellis at Cyril Magnin) next Friday, October 16, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. For $35, you can enjoy a brew (or a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Serious Bread: Acme's Pain d'Epis

    This wins my prize for best baguette in the Bay Area.

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2008

    Curried Favor

    This wins my prize for best baguette in the Bay Area.

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    TiVo Alert for Broadway Babies - ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

    This wins my prize for best baguette in the Bay Area.

  • Film

    April 26, 2006

    Documentary American Style

    This wins my prize for best baguette in the Bay Area.

  • News

    April 20, 2005

    Weekly Obsessions

    Things we were obsessing about on April 20, 2005

  • Film

    December 10, 2003

    Choose Me

    Where are all the locals in next year's Sundance lineup?

  • Film

    April 23, 2003

    Do the Right Thing

    Everything we know we've learned from documentaries

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Everything we know we've learned from documentaries

  • Film

    December 11, 2002

    It Should Happen to You

    A suddenly timely doc about terrorism -- plus other S.F. Sundance contenders

  • Music

    May 8, 2002

    Kind of Code Blue

    Is jazz dead? Local experts search for signs of life.

  • Film

    February 13, 2002

    Tongues Untied

    An East Bay filmmaker documents the life of Invisible Man author Ralph Ellison

  • Film

    December 5, 2001

    Reel World

    Bay Area filmmakers at Sundance

  • Calendar

    July 25, 2001

    DV Dynamite

    Inexpensive digital video is a truly democratic art form. Check out the radical, unique, weird, perverse, and marginal results at the DV Underground Film Festival.

  • Calendar

    May 31, 2000

    Of Heroes and Fools

    Joe Goode Performance Group performs at the National Queer Arts Festival

  • Film

    March 15, 2000

    Reel World

    You're a Big Boy Now and The Conversation

  • Film

    December 15, 1999

    Reel World

    Zan Boko and The Accused

  • Dining

    December 1, 1999

    Champion of Breakfasts

    Zan Boko and The Accused

  • Dining

    November 10, 1999

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    Science-fiction writers

  • News

    October 20, 1999

    Might See TV

    Joel Engardio picks his way through the political minefield around ITVS, the San Francisco group that Congress created to put the edge back in PBS

  • Film

    September 22, 1999

    Reel World

    Broadcast News, Big Wednesday, and The Straight Story

  • Film

    September 15, 1999

    Reel World

    The Horn Blows at Midnight, Age of Consent, The Big Carnival

  • Film

    April 21, 1999

    Reel World

    The Horn Blows at Midnight, Age of Consent, The Big Carnival

  • Music

    September 2, 1998

    Hear This

    The Horn Blows at Midnight, Age of Consent, The Big Carnival

  • Music

    November 13, 1996

    Recordings

    The Horn Blows at Midnight, Age of Consent, The Big Carnival

  • Calendar

    July 3, 1996

    Night+Day

    The Horn Blows at Midnight, Age of Consent, The Big Carnival

  • Dining

    November 22, 1995

    Dish

    The Horn Blows at Midnight, Age of Consent, The Big Carnival

  • Calendar

    June 28, 1995

    Night+Day

    The Horn Blows at Midnight, Age of Consent, The Big Carnival

  • Film

    June 7, 1995

    Reel World

    The Horn Blows at Midnight, Age of Consent, The Big Carnival

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