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Upstate New York

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Is Cruelty-Free Foie Gras Possible? An American Experiment

    abaransk/Flickr​This past week, This American Life returned to its annual "Poultry Slam" theme: fowl stories for holiday diners. This year, stories included tales of tic-tac-toe-playing chickens (apparently illegal in San Francisco) and a wild turkey who terrorized a neighborhood on Martha's Viney ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    San Franciscans Are Not Googling "the N-Word"

    Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!​In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>

  • News

    November 2, 2011

    Mormons: A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide to See If You Should Hate Them or Not

    Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!​In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>

  • Film

    August 24, 2011

    "Our Idiot Brother": Predictable and Shallow Indie Ensemble Comedy

    Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!​In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    The Less You Spend, the More Interesting Fifth Floor's Wines Are

    Amy Goldberger in the Fifth Floor wine room​There might be no better sign of where San Francisco's fine dining scene is in 2011 than the wine list at Fifth Floor. It's a pricey hotel restaurant, reviewed today by our restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman. Yet the list is currently managed by wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Seasunz on Hip-Hop Activism, Spirituality, and Speaking Klingon

    ​Ashel Eldridge has made the rounds. Otherwise known as Seasunz, Eldridge has emerged as a social and environmental activist, working with groups like Amazon Watch and Project Pink and partnering with Will.i.am to open a youth center in Oakland. And, lest we forget, he also makes music. In ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Remaking Borscht, Snacking on Goat Cheese Curds

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Borscht belt comedy. The Wall Street Journal just ran what must be my favorite food story of the week: The Gold family, whose 79-year-old company in upstate New York was once a ma ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2011

    Thoroughly Modern Monsters

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Borscht belt comedy. The Wall Street Journal just ran what must be my favorite food story of the week: The Gold family, whose 79-year-old company in upstate New York was once a ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Garage A Trois Play Saturday, Offer 12 Last-Minute Entries in the SF Indie Film Festival

    Michael Weintrob​Pan-American postskronkjazzcore supergroup Garage A Trois's new album is a stone-cold killer: It'll lure you in with sultry saxophone wails and vibraphone licks, root you to the spot with a lurching organ drone here and a cop-drama suspense motif there, and finally ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Why Small Slaughterhouses Matter, Why I Should Have Eaten at Sunset Deli 10 Years Ago

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. The good meat. Last week, the Bay Citizen ran a good piece about the lack of small, local slaughterhouses to serve small-scale ranchers and farmers ― the kind many in San Francis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Moving Beyond the Niche of Local Eating

    Artbandito/FlickrCows at Marin Sun Farms in West Marin.​​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. Bob Comis, a farmer in upstate New York, just posted a duo of complementary essays on Grist and the Stony Brook Farm's blogs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    The Best New Cheeses of 2010

    Gordon EdgarKunik from Nettle Meadow: Goat, meet cow.​Guest cheese blogger Gordon Edgar is the buyer for Rainbow Grocery and the author of Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge, published by Chelsea Green. He blogs at Gordonzola.net. It shows the strength and popularity of the growing world of Am ... More >>

  • Film

    December 1, 2010

    "Marwencol": One guy's self-help project is another's outsider art

    Gordon EdgarKunik from Nettle Meadow: Goat, meet cow.​Guest cheese blogger Gordon Edgar is the buyer for Rainbow Grocery and the author of Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge, published by Chelsea Green. He blogs at Gordonzola.net. It shows the strength and popularity of the growing world of Am ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2010

    Marlena Shaw is often sampled, but she sounds great on her own

    Gordon EdgarKunik from Nettle Meadow: Goat, meet cow.​Guest cheese blogger Gordon Edgar is the buyer for Rainbow Grocery and the author of Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge, published by Chelsea Green. He blogs at Gordonzola.net. It shows the strength and popularity of the growing world of Am ... More >>

  • Film

    May 5, 2010

    "October Country": Days of the living dead

    Gordon EdgarKunik from Nettle Meadow: Goat, meet cow.​Guest cheese blogger Gordon Edgar is the buyer for Rainbow Grocery and the author of Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge, published by Chelsea Green. He blogs at Gordonzola.net. It shows the strength and popularity of the growing world of Am ... More >>

  • Music

    April 14, 2010

    Yeasayer pushes into new weird pop

    Gordon EdgarKunik from Nettle Meadow: Goat, meet cow.​Guest cheese blogger Gordon Edgar is the buyer for Rainbow Grocery and the author of Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge, published by Chelsea Green. He blogs at Gordonzola.net. It shows the strength and popularity of the growing world of Am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Flora Chef, Sweet Adeline Baker Collaborating on Pizza and Frozen Custard Concept

    Andrew B./YelpThe former Spud's in South Berkeley will offer N.Y.-style pizzas with Cali toppings.​Looks like South Berkeley is set to become Ground Zero for the next wave of Bay Area pizza frenzy. Hot on the heels of Emilia's (2995 Shattuck at Ashby) comes word of Addie's Pizza Pie, a collabo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Melissa Perello of the Castro's Long-Awaited Frances: The SFoodie Interview

    Melissa Perello was born in Nutley, N.J., lived in Houston, and went to cooking school in upstate New York, but San Francisco is where the 32-year-old chef formed her restaurant bones. She arrived here fresh from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., to gig with mentor Michael Mina a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Top Chef's Ash Fulk Got Kicked to the Curb. He's Not Bitter -- Except About Padma

    Fulk: He won't be inviting Padma over for snacks.​In case you were glued to Glee last night, you missed Ash Fulk getting bounced from Top Chef. Fulk might be the nicest contestant ever. "I was outcooked," he said this morning by phone. And he wouldn't diss anybody on the show -- except for Pad ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2009

    Super Cross

    Fulk: He won't be inviting Padma over for snacks.​In case you were glued to Glee last night, you missed Ash Fulk getting bounced from Top Chef. Fulk might be the nicest contestant ever. "I was outcooked," he said this morning by phone. And he wouldn't diss anybody on the show -- except for Pad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Sf Gov InAction: Special Faux-Guest Edition!

    Do you ever get tired of doing the same thing every week? Me too. So this week I decided to imagine how SF Gov InAction would look if it were written by five of this city's most ... um ... noteworthy ... pundits. You say "parody," I say "homage." Either way: Enjoy. Monday, June 29 11 a.m. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Last Night: The Felice Brothers at The Independent

    Joseph SchellThe Felice BrothersJune 10, 2009The IndependentBetter Than: Chocolate. Seriously.Drumsticks flew, accordion players sank to their knees, and fiddlers rapped. You know that you're going to get a good performance when, before the show even starts, every instrument on stage already looks l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Daryl Hall Invites S.F.'s Matt Nathanson Over to Play

    So Daryl Hall has this newish Internet series called Live From Daryl's House where he invites other famous music dudes over to his house and they get filmed playing music together. Last month his guests were Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael. This month it's San Francisco soft rocker Matt Nathanso ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 4, 2009

    "Elliot Anderson: Equivalents"

    So Daryl Hall has this newish Internet series called Live From Daryl's House where he invites other famous music dudes over to his house and they get filmed playing music together. Last month his guests were Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael. This month it's San Francisco soft rocker Matt Nathanso ... More >>

  • Film

    August 13, 2008

    Hard-Knock Life

    Frozen River may lay it on a bit thick, but Melissa Leo nails the role of a struggling single mom.

  • Film

    August 13, 2008

    The Actress Who Came in from the Cold

    Melissa Leo finally gets her close-up.

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    Gay Marriage now legal in New York state...for at least a month

    Melissa Leo finally gets her close-up.

  • News

    April 23, 2008

    Print is dying, but Chron gets glossy new press

    Melissa Leo finally gets her close-up.

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    Club Hide closes

    Melissa Leo finally gets her close-up.

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2007

    Carquinez Bridge Shares Design of Minneapolis' I-35, Collapse Unlikely, Local Expert Says

    Melissa Leo finally gets her close-up.

  • Music

    May 9, 2007

    Six Degrees of Separation

    Lonely art-folkie P.G. Six makes new friends

  • Music

    January 10, 2007

    The Band

    Live at Watkins Glen (Capitol)

  • Music

    December 27, 2006

    From the Devil's Music to God's Country

    Local label Birdman connects with divine gospel

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    What We Talk About When We Talk About Spin

    Local label Birdman connects with divine gospel

  • News

    May 3, 2006

    A Pigeon Noir

    Local label Birdman connects with divine gospel

  • Film

    December 14, 2005

    Mama Junkie

    A young actress shines as a cokehead mom in the harrowing Down to the Bone

  • Film

    August 3, 2005

    Going for Broken

    Jim Jarmusch's latest road movie is filled with fetching existential ambiguities

  • Music

    April 20, 2005

    Getting to Know Him

    Indie rock's patron saint Gary Wilson emerges from the underground after a 25 year absence

  • Music

    April 20, 2005

    The Planet Mercury

    Fast approaching its sweet 16, college-rock stalwart Mercury Rev is as vital as ever, whether you're paying attention or not

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2003

    Fight Club

    David Rees gets his karate on

  • Film

    August 13, 2003

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    David Rees gets his karate on

  • Culture

    April 9, 2003

    Creature Discomfort

    Laughing at Eric Bogosian's spoiled characters is almost too easy

  • Film

    December 4, 2002

    Full Speed Ahead

    Arthur Miller's daughter Rebecca comes into her own with Personal Velocity

  • Dining

    November 14, 2001

    Hangout

    Street

  • Film

    November 15, 2000

    Family Values

    You Can Count on Me starts small but works its way to bigness

  • Music

    January 5, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Bamboleo, Pendulum, "Fetish 2000," Johnny Dowd

  • Calendar

    July 21, 1999

    Night & Day

    Bamboleo, Pendulum, "Fetish 2000," Johnny Dowd

  • Music

    March 25, 1998

    Hear This

    Bamboleo, Pendulum, "Fetish 2000," Johnny Dowd

  • Culture

    June 4, 1997

    Stage

    Bamboleo, Pendulum, "Fetish 2000," Johnny Dowd

  • News

    August 23, 1995

    Great Moments in the Bay Area Feel Good/Feel Better History

    Bamboleo, Pendulum, "Fetish 2000," Johnny Dowd

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