Subject: Sonoma

• Hang On to Your Nuts: Spay/Neuter Pit Bulls For Free

  January 21, 2008

• Download Festival, Coldplay, Zine Fest and Tour de Fat: Your Monday Morning Hangover

  July 21, 2008

• Drink of The Week: Nana Mae's Baba-Chai

  Nana Mae's Organics of Sonoma has created a most unusual take on chai that has no tea whatsoever, only the spice blend associated with the traditional beverage. In place of the tea is a blend of apple and pear juice with honey and apple cider vinegar. Drinking vinegary beverages is often either a cultural or acquired taste, but apple cider vinegar has had its pro-health cheerleaders for decades and this is a great way to try it without enduring it straight. Nana Mae has made sure the balance bet

  January 9, 2009

• Snacktion: Grindstone Bakery's Gluten-Free Coconut Crunch Cookie

  Name: Gluten-Free Coconut Crunch Cookie Brand: Grindstone Bakery Origin: Santa Rosa Cost: $3.09 Found at: Other Avenues (3930 Judah) Ingredients: Whole quinoa, millet and buckwheat stone ground at the bakery, coconut, extra virgin unrefined coconut oil, cold pressed rice bran oil, agave nectar, 100% rice brown rice syrup, flax seeds, baking soda, Sonoma coast sea salt Calories per serving: 238 Why I bought it: I was on a vegan, gluten-free kick for the evening.

  February 6, 2009

• Eat This Book

  June 3, 2009

• Fire Trek

  June 21, 1995

• Foie Gras Follies: San Francisco's Symbolic Resolution, Ignoring Lesson from Chicago

  March 30, 2009

• Julio Cesar Morales re-enacts the birth of California

  October 8, 2008

• Sens and Sensibility

  Exotic Southern Mediterranean fare with a point of view and a sea view

  December 12, 2007

• The Rich and Photographed

  December 6, 2006

• Repertory Film Listings

  April 5, 2006

• Holiday Gift Guide

  November 23, 2005

• Best Cheap French

  May 11, 2005

• Reps Etc.

  March 30, 2005

• Holiday Gift Guide

  November 24, 2004

• Horse Pay

  An enterprising volunteer gives Sonoma State University a unique solution to its athletics-funding problem: a stable of thoroughbreds

  October 20, 2004

• Puny Power

  Runty cars go for glory at Infineon Raceway

  July 28, 2004

• Best Foie Gras

  May 19, 2004

• Best Biplane Rides

  Vintage Aircraft Co.

  May 19, 2004

• Summer Events a Go Go!

  What to do, all summer long

  June 25, 2003

• Best Wine Seller

  May 14, 2003

• Calling All Yahoos

  November 27, 2002

• Stick to the Suds

  Eldos Grill & Brewery

  August 28, 2002

• Cultural Events

  June 19, 2002

• Best Outdoor Market

  May 15, 2002

• The Comforts of Home

  April 10, 2002

• What the Hell Is Copia?

  At Robert Mondavi's new $55 million foodie mecca, you'll find seminars on goat cheese and mustard; surrealist movies; a SPAM exhibit; wine tastings; figurines of pooping Catholics -- everything, in fact, but the answer to that question.

  April 10, 2002

• North Beach

  August 29, 2001

• Cannonball

  Hiphopulation (43 Productions)

  July 18, 2001

• Best New Restaurant

  May 23, 2001

• Beginnings and Endings

  May 23, 2001

• Letters to the Editor

  August 9, 2000

• Style Over Substance

  July 5, 2000

• Side Dish

  May 10, 2000

• Side Dish

  April 19, 2000

• Intergalactic Planetary

  March 8, 2000

• Fine Wining

  November 24, 1999

• Now Playing

  November 10, 1999

• Side Dish

  October 6, 1999

• Side Dish

  March 10, 1999

• State Unemployment Numbers Are In: S.F. Situation Upgraded From 'Shitty' to 'Crappy'

  James Duncan DavidsonA sign of the times...The State Employment Development Department today released its monthly accounting of where the state's employment handbasket is in its journey toward hell. And it's a good news-bad news situation akin to: "We've got fresh vegetables -- but we're serving them for dessert." So, the unemployment totals are down from last month and, as always, significantly better than the state at large. That's the good news. The lousy news is that the numbers are still ug

  May 22, 2009

• A Glass of Flowers: Ferry Plaza Pinot Noir Tasting Explores Sonoma's Terroir

  jspatchwork via FlickrFlowers Pinot Noir: Where Burgundy meets SonomaFrench winemakers are always talking about terroir, that elusive term that can't really be translated into English, or, for that matter, into American concepts about viticulture. Terroir encompasses all the environmental factors that give grapes their character: soil, climate, weather, and so on. The winemaker influences the grapes further, crafting wine in a certain style. The best way to experience terroir for yourself is to

  May 27, 2009

• Pair of Decorated Police Horses Head Out To Pasture -- Equine Who Killed Man at 49ers Game Still Working, Incidentally

  Starting tomorrow, it'll be all carrots and no sticks for Kenny and Chip. The pair of longtime San Francisco police horses will be retired in a Tuesday morning ceremony at the Golden Gate Park stables, curtailing a combined 22 years of police work for the pair of horses -- in which, unlike their human counterparts, they never once attempted to forcefully steal San Franciscans' food or were featured in racy videos.  Kenny, 20, and Chip, 15, just showed up for work day-in and day-out; other t

  June 15, 2009

• Queer Food Capital: Macy's Cooking Demo to Feature Out Chefs

  Janine Falvo of Carneros Bistro, Sonoma. Does the idea of a hottie in the kitchen get you going? Top Chef geeks and culinary divas of all genders, head to The Cellar at Macy's (170 O'Farrell at TK). Saturday at noon, Macy's Union Square will be dishing out a special LGBT cooking demo featuring Jennifer Biesty and Tim Nugent of Scala's Bistro (432 Powell at Sutter), Janine Falvo of Carneros Bistro and Wine Bar (1325 Broadway at Leveroni, Sonoma), Adam Jones of Market Street Grill (1231

  June 23, 2009

• Beer Is Good Food

  June 24, 2009

• Summer Reading That Won't Make You Stupid: Sonoma Farm Diary That Thinks Globally

  In Field Days: A Year of Farming, Eating, and Drinking in California (UC Press, $24.95), Sonoma State professor Jonah Raskin writes about more than just day-to-day operations at family-run, organic Oak Hill Farm alongside Mexican immigrants, an Irish mechanic, and a French beekeeper. Raskin also describes the growth and history of the organic movement, touching on Jack London (who named Sonoma the Valley of the Moon), Luther Burbank, Robert Rodale, Adelle Davis, Wendell Berry, and even Rudolf St

  July 6, 2009

• Escape All the Fog and Cruelty This Weekend at the Vegan and Vegetarian Food Fest

  jahat/FlickrTime to get out of town.​Given our crappy weather, ample sausages, and an embarrassment of generally meaty action catering to local carnivores, we're guessing vegans and vegetarians might seriously consider driving 40 minutes north of the city for this weekend's first annual Vegan and Vegetarian Food Festival. The free event revs up daily at 11 a.m. in La Plaza Park (corner of Old Redwood Highway and West Sierra Avenue in downtown Cotati). Food from 15 Sonoma-area restaurants a

  July 30, 2009

• Another 24 Hours: Craigslist's Farm and Garden Classifieds

  Got $800? You can keep this bull from becoming hamburger.​SFoodie's weekly look at some urban essentials offered up on Craiglist. • Looking to improve your flock? Look to the city of Sebastopol, that charming namesake of a lackluster Jay Farrar solo record renowned for its apples, where one "long and tall" two-year-old black face ram can get the job done. He'll cost you $450 but, according to the current owner, his lambs turn out great. • We know you're not going there, but bear with

  September 11, 2009

• Thanksgiving is Coming Fast. Know What You'll Be Serving?

  4505Meats.comTurducken from 4505 Meats: Why settle for one bird when you can have three?​Mission dwellers have a grazing option today. Starting at 5 p.m., Bi-Rite Market (3639 18th St. at Guerrero) is setting up a Thanksgiving tasting station set up in front of the store -- samples of Bill Niman's BN Ranch heritage turkey, cranberry relish made with honey from the Bi-Rite Sonoma farm, pumpkin and pecan pies, and related Thanksgiving dishes. Bi-Rite is the only San Francisco retailer to car

  November 2, 2009

• Snacktion: Sweet Onion and Crème Fraîche Flat Bread

  T. Palmer​Name: Sweet Onion and Crème Fraîche Flat Bread Brand: Rustic Bakery Origin: Sonoma Found at: Faletti's (308 Broderick at Fell) Cost: $5.99 Ingredients:Unbleached flour, seasonal sweet onions, creme fraiche, olive oil, turbinado sugar, wild yeast starter, sesame seeds, sea salt. Calories per serving: 80 The word: Artisan flat bread made by hand in small batches. Tasting notes: The delicate, muted flavor is still strong enough to shine on its own without the crutch of condiments. Bu

  November 9, 2009