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PBS Offers Guide to Cord-Cutting and Defense of Piracy

You want to cut the cable cord, but you aren't clear on how to go about it. You aren't much of a gadget geek, you don't regularly follow tech news, and -- while you might have a Netflix account -- you might not know much about the other alternatives and how they compare: Hulu, Blockbuster, Amazon Pr ... More >>

M.Y. China: High-End Cuisine Finds a Niche in a Busy Mall

Soul Food Junkies Explores The Dangers of a Loving Cuisine

Filmmaker Byron Hurt was last seen on PBS' Independent Lens Series in 2007 with his documentary Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, an unflinching look at masculinity, misogyny, and homophobia in the rap world. Hurt now returns to public television with Soul Food Junkies, in which he tackles the broad ... More >>

Obama Stops in San Francisco, Informs Crowd That Elmo Is Headed for the Border

During his stop in San Francisco yesterday, President Obama continued the aggressive Sesame Street rhetoric that's really upped the ante in this year's presidential election. Obama just couldn't help himself after last week's debate when Romney trashed on poor people and Big Bird. In case you didn't ... More >>

Debate 2012: Romney and Obama Attack, Jim Lehrer Loses Control -- the Media Room View

In case you were too busy last night mapping out your traffic route for the upcoming weekend of chaos in San Francisco, here's your recap of the presidential debates. President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney squared off inside the University of Denver's Magness Arena last n ... More >>

About "About Cherry": Why Real Sex in Real Movies Never Works

See Food: A Guide to Local Culinary Television

The successes of the Food Network and the Top Chef franchise have opened the doors for more food-related television both locally and nationally. Fortunately, with the assistance of DVRs and the fact that certain stations screen full episodes online, gone are the days when you'd have to wait until th ... More >>

Party With KQED's Check, Please!

KQED's Check, Please! at SOMA StrEat Food Park Where: SOMA StrEat Food Park, 428 11th St. (at Harrison) When: Fri., Sept. 14, 5-10 p.m. Cost: $15 (purchase via Eventbrite) The rundown: Hosted by Leslie Sbrocco, Check, Please! Bay Area is a popular television series now in its seventh season on ... More >>

Where to Celebrate Julia Child's 100th Birthday in the Bay Area

We have a birthday to celebrate this week! And not just any birthday -- the centennial anniversary of one of the most influential American chefs and authors ever to have graced us with her six-foot, two-inch frame. We are referring, of course, to the one and only Julia Child. Tomorrow (Aug. 15) mar ... More >>

Vegan Porn, Vegan Lobster Bisque, and Vegan Michelle Pfeiffer!

​In piggy news, grocery chain Kroger AND New Jersey are both giving gestation crates the boot! Huzzah! Obviously this is an excellent time to make a joke at New Jersey's expense but I'm not going to because Jersey is actually my third favorite state. For all you Dangerous Minds fans, which I'm pr ... More >>

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 >>

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,

Commercial-Free Future

Kirkman Amyx: "Probability, Chance, and Temporality"

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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

Bouncer: Gratitude and fried cheese at the Sycamore

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 >>

Cumming Attraction

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 >>

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 >>

Russian Ink

Serious Bread: Acme's Pain d'Epis

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

Curried Favor

Documentary American Style

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on April 20, 2005

Choose Me

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

It Should Happen to You

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

Tongues Untied

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

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.

Reel World

You're a Big Boy Now and The Conversation

Champion of Breakfasts

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Science-fiction writers

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

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Broadcast News, Big Wednesday, and The Straight Story

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