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The Sky Keeps Falling!: A Short History of the Death of Cinema

'Men Invented the Internet,' New York Times flatly declares

It was the thud heard 'round the world: The opening sentence of a story about sexism in Silicon Valley anchoring the front page of the New York Times' Sunday business section. "Men Invented the Internet," declared David Streitfeld, and it was impossible not to do a double-take, even if you didn't kn ... More >>

The Ethicist's Challenge: Explain to Us Why We Should Eat Meat

​This weekend, Ariel Kaminer, author of the New York Times magazine's "Ethicist" column, announced one of the most interesting essay contests SFoodie has seen. "In recent years, vegetarians -- and to an even greater degree vegans, their hard-core inner circle -- have dominated the discussion ... More >>

Should We Be Regulating Sugar Use?

​There is a growing momentum to begin treating refined sugars -- white table sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, the "evaporated cane juice" natural-foods products advertise on their labels -- in the same way we do alcohol and tobacco: as a dangerous substance that we should only ingest in limited qu ... More >>

Happiness Economics Says: Quit Your Job and Start Pickling

Every decade has its cult occupations, the subject of a million daydreams​ of the "I'm going to tell my boss to shove it and go [become a DJ / start catering / set up a used-book stall on the banks of the Seine]" variety. In San Francisco, at least, right now the fantasy job seems to involve ... More >>

News Sites Can't Rely on Advertising

​I'm not about to pretend that I know how to solve the economic dilemma that the news business finds itself in. I've been studying the matter, and writing about it off and on, for 16 years, and, like everyone, I really don't know. Maybe it will be nonprofits. Maybe paywalls. Maybe micropayments wi ... More >>

Why The Bay Citizen Can't Hack It Alone Anymore

​The Bay Citizen was funded with a $5 million gift from Warren Hellman to be an independent news organization in the Bay Area. But after two years in operation, it's being taken over by the Center for Investigative Reporting.How did this happen? Their billionaire died It turns out there actually ... More >>

Top 5 Places to Escape Christmas

Whether you're Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Shinto, Shaman, anti-consumerist, or Mr. Grinch, you could be one of the millions who don't leave cookies out for an old fat man who illegally enters your home via fireplace-shimmying. And that's okay! Because here in America, we're known for ... More >>

Bernal Heights Resident Wants Neighbor to Get His Own Damn NY Times Subscription

Ever since the prestigious New York Times launched its unpopular paywall in March, readers have managed to find ways to continue getting their news for free. They steal the news!And as you can see below, it's upsetting this well-read Bernal Heights neighbor, who recently posted a snippy note to the ... More >>

Baywatch: New York Times refers to Bay Citizen as "Bay Observer"

Even The Grey Lady screws up now and again...​If shouting out the wrong name of your partner in bed is awkward, try printing the wrong name of your partner -- on the internet. As it turns out, The New York Times made a rather embarrassing faux pas on Sunday in an article on the San Francisco mayor ... More >>

Kitchen Bitchen: Kim Severson in Conversation With Gabrielle Hamilton

Christopher Smith for The New York Times​What: Kim Severson interviews Gabrielle Hamilton Where: Herbst Theatre When: Thurs., October 20, 8 p.m. Cost: $17-$27 The rundown: City Arts & Lectures will be hosting Gabrielle Hamilton, chef at New York City's Prune Restaurant and author of the ... More >>

Free Scream Sorbet for One Day

Erin Kunkel/New York Times​ Free Scream Sorbet Where: Ferry Building When: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: Free! Scream Sorbet is a favorite of farmers' market denizens throughout the Bay area, and on Sept. 7, you can get it free. The Cooking Channel's ice cream truck will make a ... More >>

Tonight: Free Dengue Fever Concert and Vietnamese Popup

Dengue Fever/Rice Paper Scissors Where: Amoeba Records, 1855 Haight (at Stanyan), 831-1200 When: Tues., April 26, 6-9 p.m. Cost: Free concert; food items priced individually The rundown: Hey, cheapskates: Queue up tonight for a low-cost music and food pairing that's sure to be a win. From 6 to 7, C ... More >>

Bay Music Links: Britney Spears in S.F., Prince Fan Gets Beat Up, Lil B in XXL, and More

Wait. Britney ... telephone? We're confused. Anyway, she's coming to S.F. next month.​Britney Spears will perform live on Good Morning America from the Castro the day her new album is released. [SF Examiner]Man beaten up by crowd after catching Prince's guitar in Oakland. [ABC 7]How the Thee Oh Se ... More >>

Best Practices for Drinking Coffee in San Francisco

​ Yelp/Dan W.​ In the '80s coffee was funny ― Maxwell House, Yuban, Chock Full o'Nuts. They thought we were idiots. Perhaps we were: Only the best of us rejected the aluminum-tin allure of General Foods International Coffee. "It tastes like a candy cane dipped in Bosco!" gushed one com ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​ Yelp/Dan W.​ In the '80s coffee was funny ― Maxwell House, Yuban, Chock Full o'Nuts. They thought we were idiots. Perhaps we were: Only the best of us rejected the aluminum-tin allure of General Foods International Coffee. "It tastes like a candy cane dipped in Bosco!" gushed one com ... More >>

Should S.F. Doctors Write Prescriptions for Farmers' Market Produce?

Jodi Hilton/New York TimesIn Massachusetts, doctors at three clinics are giving patients coupons for fresh produce.​Let's see: A bottle of codeine syrup, some Nasonex, and a bunch of arugula. Doctors at three health centers in Massachusetts aren't just telling their patients to eat their veget ... More >>

With Rice Paddy Art, Japanese Village Creates Tourist Bonanza

Shiho Fukada/New York TimesImages are "painted" using thousands of rice plants genetically engineered to have different hues.​In Inkadate, a village in rural northern Japan, rice is not just an important crop, a staple, it's a medium for intricate, colorful paddy art that might make Christo or ... More >>

Baylinks: Legalization, Barbie, & Death to Newspapers

Celebrate! ​Is there any S.F. pol who wants to legalize the herb (not including Tom Ammiano)? [SFAppeal]San Francisco AIDS Foundation might not have your money. [New York Times]Celebrate Chris Daly. [BeyondChron]

Is a Growler a Cheap Way to Drink? Depends on Where You Shop

Noah Sussman/Flickr​Up in the Pacific Northwest, SFoodie had friends who'd keep a couple of the 64-ounce jugs in their trunk on road trips just in case they passed a brewpub. They'd fill the growlers up at the taps, then bring home beer to drink a few days later. Once we moved, we started hearing ... More >>

Is Kim Severson Blowing Smoke About the Rise of Stoner Cuisine?

Peter DaSilva/New York TimesThe Ritz-Carlton's Ron Siegel serves quail eggs fumigated with cedar smoke ― from a bong.​When cozy, all-consuming, pipe-induced hunger pangs ripple forth, tokers both midnight and morning favor foods with lively texture, voluminous flavors, and, more often than n ... More >>

Calling Bullshit on Eater's Crusade to Bust Restaurant Critics

One-time New York Times critic Ruth Reichl in disguise.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. To catch a d-bag: Tim Carman of Washington City Paper calls Eater a dick for its initiative to unmask food critics. Eater National's Greg Morabito, you see, has this ongoing obsession he calls "To Catc ... More >>

Every Time a Blogger Tweets, A Post Gets Its Wings

Photo by Laughing Squid/ Scott Beale​Jacob Harris, Senior Software Architect at The New York Times took the stage earlier today at Chirp Twitter conference in San Francisco. He reminisced about how something he started as a hobby, Twitter, is evolving into the primary way we now interact with jour ... More >>

Bay Area Music Links: Ukulele Hendrix, Springtime Death Metal, Bad Dad's Laments

Danny ClinchJake Shimabukuro​ Pitchfork turned on by Hunx & His Punx. [Pitchfork] and elated with The Morning Benders. Spring means sunshine, flowers, and Death Metal. [The Bay Bridged] Video: Mark Growden plays bike handlebars like a flute -- and it sounds good! [Mission Mission] Says ... More >>

On the Good Foot

Danny ClinchJake Shimabukuro​ Pitchfork turned on by Hunx & His Punx. [Pitchfork] and elated with The Morning Benders. Spring means sunshine, flowers, and Death Metal. [The Bay Bridged] Video: Mark Growden plays bike handlebars like a flute -- and it sounds good! [Mission Mission] Says ... More >>

Doggy Bag: 2009 Unearthed

Stephen Crowley/The New York TimesPlotting the White House garden.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Harvest of fame: Last week Weird Vegetables' Kale Daikon ticked down five vegetal highlights of 2009. Five? Who knew? Daikon looks back at Michelle Obama's scratching around in D.C. dirt, th ... More >>

SF Weekly Seeks New Theater Critic

After five glorious years as our chief theater critic, Chloe Veltman is moving on to a bigger stage. She's now writing a weekly arts column for the new Bay Area section of the New York Times. (Her column debuted yesterday.) We're sad to see her go, but happy to see such a prestigious publication rec ... More >>

The Wall Street Journal Bay Area Section Debut Looks a Lot like the New York Times Bay Area Section

Eh.​We'd like to award the Wall Street Journal's Bay Area section with an even slightly less enthusiastic response than we gave the New York Times. And here it is: "Eh." We have our reasons.  At first, the the addition of Bay Area sections to the nation's most prominent national ... More >>

Boo: New York Times Reports on Pair of North Beach Hauntings

​ Don't rush to the New York Times' Web page. The article in question was published on December 21st in 1871. And it's written with such colorfully bizarre language, it make us wish we lived when most people still firmly believed that the dead walked amongst us. This particular account details the ... More >>

Still Fit to Print?

​ Don't rush to the New York Times' Web page. The article in question was published on December 21st in 1871. And it's written with such colorfully bizarre language, it make us wish we lived when most people still firmly believed that the dead walked amongst us. This particular account details the ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. High on a budget: The New York Times filled up on foil-wrapped fatties over the weekend as part of its Save or Splurge travel guide (the save: less than $250 a day; the splurge: conspicuous consumption at Coi). According to Jaime Gross, it's poss ... More >>

The Doggie Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

Our favorite food blog posts of Tuesday, May 19, 2009 A nation divided: In perhaps the ultimate act of foodie patriotism, the NY Times food blog went on a 50-state search for dishes containing the fiery condiment sriracha, like the cheesesteak dumplings with sriracha ketchup at Philly's Fireside Ta ... More >>

CSA Adventures, Box 16

Strawberry season usually peaks in late May or early June.

New York Times Profiles Dogpatch, Neglects to Mention Hard Knox Cafe

Here in San Francisco, we all know and love the Dogpatch for its food, its Victorians, and, of course, its ability to provide a headquarters for the Hell's Angels. So it was delightful to see it get some national recognition in the travel section of Monday's New York Times.  There was ... More >>

The Real Power of the Press -- New York Times' Awkward Headline Spurs Men Nationwide To Protect Family Jewels

Shaming an outlaw president, exposing illegal arms deals, or busting corrupt capitalists is all well and good. But it takes real power and influence to make all the men of America unthinkingly shield their genitals. Sure, the above New York Times headline actually refers to a Major League Baseball p ... More >>

Recession Proof

The Peruvian roast chicken is reasonable, but not tasty enough.

My Toddler Can Out-Cook Your Toddler

It seems The New York Times can't get enough of kitcheny, kitschy kids. First they write about a 12-year-old aspiring restaurant critic, and we wrote about that here. Now it turns out that the back-of-the-book food-page-with-recipes in The New York Times Magazine is being re-jiggered for the new y ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Odetta

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

Cinema Paradiso

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

Like You Saw A Ghost

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

And the Band Played On

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

Is Pay-Per-Click Culture Killing Us?

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

Filling Your Belly During The Recession

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

So Does That Mean Weeklies Were Ahead Of Their Time? Shit, They've Always Been Free

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

How Rich Are You? Compared to:

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

This Movie Sucks

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

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