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May 8, 2012
Desperate Newspapers Pin Hopes on Annoyed Readers
News publishers have always treated readers like commodities -- because that's what readers are. The real customers for publishers aren't readers, but advertisers. Readers are the product. It's not quite that simple, of course, and more enlightened publishers treat readers with respect and cover the ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2012
When S.F. Gas Price Skyrocket, Just Blame Iran
As Billy Beane taught us, you probably can't trust your instincts without cold hard statistics to back them up. So for anyone who suspected that gasoline prices might be rising with Icarusian ferver, your intuitions have been vindicated. On Monday AAA released their monthly report on America's f ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
There's a National Kerfuffle About Restaurant Stars, and Why I Don't Care
If you hadn't heard, the LA Times, which recently hired Jonathan Gold away from our sister paper the LA Weekly, made the decision last week to drop assigning stars to restaurant reviews. "Star ratings are increasingly difficult to align with the reality of dining in Southern California," food edi ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
February 10, 2012
What Our Love for Cupcakes (Still!) Says About Us
Jane Rix / ShutterstockLook deep into my icing and tell me what you see...The days when Samantha and Carrie were cooing over Magnolia Bakery's icing swirls seem so long ago -- like, 2000 -- and yet the cupcake trend will not die. Cupcake shops are still legion, and cupcake reality TV shows and c ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Facebook Just Keeps Getting Worse
Over the years, whenever Facebook has made changes, people have inevitably complained -- on Facebook -- about the changes Facebook made to Facebook. "I'm leaving Facebook," those people would declare, on Facebook. Of course, few of them ever actually left Facebook. Until recently, I have ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2012
Is American Sushi on the Decline? Some Say Yes.
It's no surprise that when the Washington Post brings a storied, Japan-trained sushi chef to a neighborhood, fusion-happy sushi restaurant, he doesn't like what he's eating. What is interesting, though, are the reasons why. It's not necessarily the fact that most of the sushi rolls are covered in ... More >>
News
January 25, 2012
Tea Party Princess: Victoria Jackson and the Rabid Right
It's no surprise that when the Washington Post brings a storied, Japan-trained sushi chef to a neighborhood, fusion-happy sushi restaurant, he doesn't like what he's eating. What is interesting, though, are the reasons why. It's not necessarily the fact that most of the sushi rolls are covered in ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2012
What Happens When You Don't Test Recipes? Lost Readers, Even Lawsuits
Andrew Huff/FlickrThe Chicago Tribune's test kitchen: It doesn't need to be big to be effective.Last month, a Chilean court ruled that a major newspaper there had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to readers who'd made a recipe for churros that it had published. Why? Well, the recipe had c ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Hating on Diabetic Paula Deen Is Fun But Premature
Yesterday, after Paula Deen finally sat down with Al Roker on the Today Show and admitted that she'd been diagnosed with diabetes type three years ago, the food world has been engaged in the loudest round of "I told you so" SFoodie has ever heard. Yes, the Enquirer sniffed this out last year ... More >>
News
December 7, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
Yesterday, after Paula Deen finally sat down with Al Roker on the Today Show and admitted that she'd been diagnosed with diabetes type three years ago, the food world has been engaged in the loudest round of "I told you so" SFoodie has ever heard. Yes, the Enquirer sniffed this out last year ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011
Local Food Is Bigger Business Than You Might Expect
John Loo/FlickrGiven the fact that most Americans have to peel stickers or plastic off their produce before eating them, you'd think that the local-foods business represents a tiny, not-very-lucrative segment of the food system. But a new USDA report, whose findings the Washington Post summa ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2011
Congress Rules That Pizza Sauce Is a Vegetable
Alan Cowan / ShutterstockSource of many vital nutrients. Apparently.Criticize the Obama administration if you will for being too soft on GMOs or too hard on legal pot dispensaries, but it seems to be on the marks when it comes to school lunch. The USDA, under the administration, has been working ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
‘Out There’ Is Here
Alan Cowan / ShutterstockSource of many vital nutrients. Apparently.Criticize the Obama administration if you will for being too soft on GMOs or too hard on legal pot dispensaries, but it seems to be on the marks when it comes to school lunch. The USDA, under the administration, has been working ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Pop-Up Indian Dinner Flies Across the Country for Secret S.F. Meal
Veronika Lukasova/Washington PostStrangers commune over Gujarati food at a Hush pop-up dinner in Washington, D.C.Here are three really rare pop-up dinners: Hush Supper Club proprietor Geeta is dropping into the Bay Area this week from her normal turf in Washington, D.C., to host four secret m ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2011
Filthy Fast Food Playgrounds, Michelle Obama Eats a Burger (Gasp!)
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Dirty fast food slides. The Chicago Tribune/LA Times profile an Arizona woman who is evaluating the playgrounds at fast food restaurants by taking video of the filth and sending s ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2011
Utah Newspaper One-Ups Chronicle, Gives Column to *Active* Mayor
Da Mayor has competitionThe Deseret News has raised some eyebrows with its decision to make the sitting mayor of Utah's second-largest city a columnist. West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder is apparently excited about this new platform to share his great ideas, which include the recent establishmen ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2011
The Other Side of Prince Charles, the Need for Aleppo Pepper
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Better than watching the royal wedding. Yesterday, Washington Post LIve organized a conference titled "The Future of Food," which brought together some of the most prominent peop ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
R.I.P. Hazel Dickens, American Legend, Feminist Folk Singer, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fixture
Jay BlakesbergHazel Dickens with Dolly Parton and Warren HellmanHazel Dickens, a bluegrass singer who played every Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival since the free event began in 2001, died today at age 75.Described by the Washington Post as "a living legend of American music," Dickens use ... More >>
News
November 3, 2010
Suckers! The media want us to think there's a bedbug invasion.
Jay BlakesbergHazel Dickens with Dolly Parton and Warren HellmanHazel Dickens, a bluegrass singer who played every Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival since the free event began in 2001, died today at age 75.Described by the Washington Post as "a living legend of American music," Dickens use ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2010
S.F. Bedbug Website Spawns Bogus Trend Stories Nationwide
Louis De Vos, Université Libre de BruxellesNow you see me...The website Bedbugregistry.com, run by San Franciscan Maciej Ceglowski, takes pains to note that its anonymous reports of insect sitings should not be taken as hard evidence of a plague. But that hasn't stopped newspaper and television ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2010
When To Stop Texting and Use Your Phone as a Phone
How do you judge when a conversation is more appropriate for texting or a phone call? For example, "Do you think red or pink go-go boots would go better with my plaid lederhosen?" is clearly a text question while "Can you explain Neitchze's view on nihilism and how it pertains to vegan Indian cui ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
R.E.M., The Roots, and a Bunch of Waffles Tell Feds To Preserve Net Neutrality
R.E.M. loves net neutrality! A group of musicians that includes R.E.M., Jackson Browne, The Roots, Moby, and OK Go has sent a letter to the FCC urging legal protection for net neutrality, the principle (and current reality) that all information can travel equally quickly on the Internet.The FCC i ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Memo to Elena Kagan: Come Out of the Closet
Elena Kagen's life as a -- ahem -- softball player shouldn't be a big secret"She's a lesbian!" said Betty White over and over again on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. White was talking about a character in a Little Women parody but she might as well have been talking about Elena Kagan, ... More >>
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April 21, 2010
To Those Demonizing the Antioch Parents for Their Daughter's Death in the Back Seat: Read This and Reflect
A day after newspapers reported the death Sophia Wisher, a seven-month-old who was mistakenly left in the back seat of a car for 14 hours, the following comment from "carrynation" appeared on SFgate: I vote for strapping Ms. Wisher and Mr. Wisher each in a seat in a sealed, locked box, alone, in ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2010
Is the Government Caving to Pressure Over Regulating Sodium?
A public interest group first asked FDA to intervene in 1978.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Salt politics: At Food Politics, Marion Nestle considers the on-one-minute, gone-the-next rumor that FDA has plans to regulate the salt content in processed foods. She lays out the simple timelin ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
February 22, 2010
Church Of Scientology Hires Journalists To Investigate Critical Newspaper Coverage
http://captions.illmeyer.comThe Washington Post presented the latest evidence today that journalists are hard-up for jobs and cash: Three respected investigative reporters have sold their services to the Church of Scientology to pick apart the St. Petersburg Times' series of scathing investigativ ... More >>
Blogs
November 27, 2009
Corporate Cult of Secrecy Detailed in Bunky Hearst Divorce Saga
We've long known that Hearst Corp's San Francisco Chronicle could do better unearthing local news. What we didn't know was that the corporation, and the family behind it, are dedicated to a cult of secrecy unique in American newspaper dynasties. According to the current issue of Fortune, divorce ... More >>
Calendar
November 11, 2009
Other Car Not Broom, Sorry
We've long known that Hearst Corp's San Francisco Chronicle could do better unearthing local news. What we didn't know was that the corporation, and the family behind it, are dedicated to a cult of secrecy unique in American newspaper dynasties. According to the current issue of Fortune, divorce ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2009
Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends
Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. First Foodie: Is Michelle Obama a stealth locavore? Grist's Tom Laskawy ponders the possibility. According to the Washington Post, FLOTUS's commitment to denying Big Ag goes a bit beyond scratching out a few rows of heirloom radishes on the South ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2009
Chronic City: Seeds of Change -- Marijuana Going Mainstream
Two major new polls underscored a fact many of us already know: When it comes to marijuana, the political ground is shifting underneath our feet - and the change is picking up momentum as it goes.
Blogs
December 19, 2008
Iraqi Shoe Guy Disses San Francisco
By Matt Smith When Muntadar al-Zaidi of Cairo-based al-Baghdadia TV threw his size 10 shoes at President George Bush, San Franciscans were thrilled. It now appears, however, that it's not just George W. Bush who was knocked down a notch by Zaidi's impressive pitching. His filthy flying apparel ma ... More >>
Culture
April 16, 2008
YBCA women's show revives the F word
By Matt Smith When Muntadar al-Zaidi of Cairo-based al-Baghdadia TV threw his size 10 shoes at President George Bush, San Franciscans were thrilled. It now appears, however, that it's not just George W. Bush who was knocked down a notch by Zaidi's impressive pitching. His filthy flying apparel ma ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2008
Peeps Show II: Finally A Good Use For The Damn Things
By Matt Smith When Muntadar al-Zaidi of Cairo-based al-Baghdadia TV threw his size 10 shoes at President George Bush, San Franciscans were thrilled. It now appears, however, that it's not just George W. Bush who was knocked down a notch by Zaidi's impressive pitching. His filthy flying apparel ma ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2007
SF's Boing Boing in New York Times for BoingBoingTV
By Matt Smith When Muntadar al-Zaidi of Cairo-based al-Baghdadia TV threw his size 10 shoes at President George Bush, San Franciscans were thrilled. It now appears, however, that it's not just George W. Bush who was knocked down a notch by Zaidi's impressive pitching. His filthy flying apparel ma ... More >>
Music
January 24, 2007
Misc. Reviews
Ghost Ride: The Blog
Calendar
September 7, 2005
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Ghost Ride: The Blog
Music
May 18, 2005
SSRI-ay Cap'n
Depression is all around us, but here's some upcoming shows that won't bring you down
Culture
April 27, 2005
Deliver Me
What to expect when you're reading local baby books
Calendar
March 24, 2004
Culture Lag
Art appreciation after closing time
News
September 8, 1999
A Chance for Respect?
How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine
News
March 18, 1998
Dog Bites
How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine
Calendar
November 5, 1997
REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World
How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine
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January 15, 1997
Night+Day
How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine
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December 18, 1996
Unspun
How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine
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September 25, 1996
Unspun
How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine
Calendar
August 28, 1996
Unspun
How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine
News
October 11, 1995
Mondo 1995
Mondo 2000 nailed the emerging cybersexcomputerdrug Zeitgeist with its first issue in 1989, making media mavens out of its founders, Queen Mu and R.U. Sirius. But the trippy, fractious family that was Mondo began to implode in 1993, torn asunder by inter
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August 9, 1995
Publish or Perish
Mondo 2000 nailed the emerging cybersexcomputerdrug Zeitgeist with its first issue in 1989, making media mavens out of its founders, Queen Mu and R.U. Sirius. But the trippy, fractious family that was Mondo began to implode in 1993, torn asunder by inter
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