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  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Happy 80th Birthday, George Washington Bridge!

    via Wikipedia​On October 24th, 1931, you were dedicated as the "Hudson River Bridge." Soon after, you were renamed, and now everyone calls you George. As the world's busiest bridge, we know you have a lot on your plate today. We just want to quickly say, "Happy Birthday," and let you know how ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    The Anatomy of a Foodie

    fukung.net​ Thanks to Fork in the Road San Francisco correspondent Tracy Van Dyk for forwarding this image. It turns out to be part of an ad campaign created by J. Walter Thomson Kuwait for the International Vegetarian Union, an organization with roots in Britain, Germany, and France founded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    The NYC Food Film Festival Will Return on Oct. 13

    ​Although we're still getting our heads around the fact it's September, the organizers of the NYC Food Film Festival have announced that they'll be returning for the fifth year in a row on October 13.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    San Francisco Is Different Than You and Me

    Puts the whole "figs on a plate" thing in perspective.​"In what he described as public health legislation, Wiener introduced a measure at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting that would require clothing or another 'barrier' to be put down on public seats if nudists choose to sit there. Also, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Fork in the Road Announces the Frozen Treat Fortnight

    ​This kumquat and poppy seed ice cream is worth writing home about -- unfortunately, you'll have to go to San Francisco's Humphrey-Slocombe to get it. :( Summer's almost here, and the opening of new frozen treat concessions has reached a breakneck rate. While we're waiting for New Orleans Sn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    The 2011 James Beard Award Finalists Are...

    ​Earlier this afternoon in Portland, OR, the James Beard Foundation announced the finalists for the 2011 James Beard Awards. So without further ado, the nominees, after the jump:

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists Announced

    opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tears​It's almost time for the Oscars. That is, the Oscars of the food world: the James Beard Foundation Awards. Today marked the announcement of the restaurant and chef semifinalists, who were chosen from a record 28,000 online entries. Finalists ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 2, 2011

    'New York Tropical: the Revenge of the Sloth'

    opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tears​It's almost time for the Oscars. That is, the Oscars of the food world: the James Beard Foundation Awards. Today marked the announcement of the restaurant and chef semifinalists, who were chosen from a record 28,000 online entries. Finalists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    San Francisco's Daniel Patterson on New York Food: WTF With All the Pizza and Tuna Tartare?

    f0t0d0j0/FlickrPizza, chicken, monotony.​In advance of this weekend's New York v. San Francisco-themed Le Grand Fooding, Daniel Patterson, the chef of Coi in San Francisco, has taken to the Times' Moment blog to offer his thoughts on David Chang's now-exhaustively invoked "figs on a plate" com ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 4, 2010

    Ty Segall

    f0t0d0j0/FlickrPizza, chicken, monotony.​In advance of this weekend's New York v. San Francisco-themed Le Grand Fooding, Daniel Patterson, the chef of Coi in San Francisco, has taken to the Times' Moment blog to offer his thoughts on David Chang's now-exhaustively invoked "figs on a plate" com ... More >>

  • News

    June 15, 2010

    Worlds Apart

    Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S. Lose your love. Break the law.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2010

    A 48-Word Review of 48 Hour Magazine

    ​48 Hour Magazine's Issue Zero, an experiment, was conceived by a small team of editors in San Francisco. One day, they announced the theme of the book -- Hustle -- and waited as 1,500 submissions poured in to team headquarters at the Mother Jones office, in Rolling Stone's former space. Seven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    In California, the Happy Meal Goes the Way of the Dodo Bird; Donatella Arpaia Dons Chef's Whites

    ​Santa Clara County, south of San Francisco, has decided to ban Happy Meal and other promotional toys that often accompany kids' meals at fast-food chains. [NY Times] The recipe-testing battle between Food52.com and Cook's Illustrated continues, and the results will be posted on Slate. [ABC N ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 16, 2010

    The Clientele+Vetiver

    ​Santa Clara County, south of San Francisco, has decided to ban Happy Meal and other promotional toys that often accompany kids' meals at fast-food chains. [NY Times] The recipe-testing battle between Food52.com and Cook's Illustrated continues, and the results will be posted on Slate. [ABC N ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 16, 2010

    ROCKY VI

    Folk wonder's latest album still walks a narrow path

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Big Day for Gay Marriage from Jersey to D.C. to San Francisco

    ​It's a big day for gay marriage across the nation. In San Francisco, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled that a potential legal revolution to overturn Prop 8 will not be televised live, though it will be YouTubed. The judge will preside over the federal trial, Perry v. Schwarze ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Maialino to Start Serving Breakfast Tomorrow

    Beginning tomorrow, Maialino will be getting an earlier start on the day. Danny Meyer's Roman-style trattoria will have a breakfast soft opening tomorrow, and then officially commence service on Monday. Brunch will follow on Dec. 26.

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Mickey D's Moves Faster; Kellogg Retracts Claim That Rice Krispies Protects Against Swine Flu

    ​New research reveals that tomatoes can help you lose weight, as they act as a natural appetite suppressant. [NY Daily News] Kellogg has decided to remove the banner on the front of Rice Krispies boxes that says the cereal "helps support your child's immunity," but failed to cite the San Fran ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 13, 2009

    'Que Bajo?'

    ​New research reveals that tomatoes can help you lose weight, as they act as a natural appetite suppressant. [NY Daily News] Kellogg has decided to remove the banner on the front of Rice Krispies boxes that says the cereal "helps support your child's immunity," but failed to cite the San Fran ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 8, 2009

    Deerhoof+Wildbirds & Peacedrums

    ​New research reveals that tomatoes can help you lose weight, as they act as a natural appetite suppressant. [NY Daily News] Kellogg has decided to remove the banner on the front of Rice Krispies boxes that says the cereal "helps support your child's immunity," but failed to cite the San Fran ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 4, 2009

    Hammers of Misfortune

    ​New research reveals that tomatoes can help you lose weight, as they act as a natural appetite suppressant. [NY Daily News] Kellogg has decided to remove the banner on the front of Rice Krispies boxes that says the cereal "helps support your child's immunity," but failed to cite the San Fran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2009

    Weekend Special: Amazing Things I Ate in the Bay Area

    ​"Crab butter" featuring local crab at the Swan Oyster Depot, San Francisco (click to savor) A recent 10-day trip to San Francisco convinced me that, taken together, the California coastal strip from San Jose to Fort Bragg offers eating every bit as good as we have here in the NY metro area. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Bloomberg to Bikers: Screw You!

    With all the pale green bike lanes going in across town, you might think we have a bicycle-friendly mayor. Nothing could be further from the truth. The bike lanes are really his method of hectoring motorists by eliminating car-traffic lanes--as are the pedestrian malls at Times Square and Heral ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 22, 2009

    'Mister Saturday Night Presents Rub 'n' Tug & Kerri Chandler'

    With all the pale green bike lanes going in across town, you might think we have a bicycle-friendly mayor. Nothing could be further from the truth. The bike lanes are really his method of hectoring motorists by eliminating car-traffic lanes--as are the pedestrian malls at Times Square and Heral ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Code of Honor's Johnithin Christ: 1958-2009

    In late 1981, San Francisco's short-lived hardcore phenoms Sick Pleasure broke up, having lost their singer. Casting around for a new one, they found a young, sharp-faced kid who called himself Johnithin Christ. Inspired by a poster on the wall of the Guy Place house they all shared, the new band ... More >>

  • Film

    January 28, 2009

    Medicine for Melancholy Both Political and Graceful

    Not a coveted demo, the young African-American hipster gets his movie

  • Voice Choices

    January 14, 2009

    GOLDEN GATE GYPSIES

    Williamsburg embraces other weary travelers

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Ho-Ho-Ho's Up: Santacon New York

    Williamsburg embraces other weary travelers

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Ex Child Demon Plays Pat Nixon

    Williamsburg embraces other weary travelers

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Goodbye to All That

    Williamsburg embraces other weary travelers

  • Voice Choices

    October 1, 2008

    AU NATUReL

    Ecology meets choreography

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008
  • Voice Choices

    May 27, 2008

    MONDAY | 6.2

    Ecology meets choreography

  • Voice Choices

    May 27, 2008

    THE COCKETTE INVASION

    Fleet Week for fags

  • Columns

    March 11, 2008

    Behind Jim and Artie Mitchell's Behind the Green Door

    Parsing a splendid, lurid memoir of life at S.F.'s O'Farrell Theater

  • Film

    January 10, 2006

    '24 Hours on Craigslist'

    Parsing a splendid, lurid memoir of life at S.F.'s O'Farrell Theater

  • News

    September 13, 2005

    Broke and Loving It

    San Franciscans write the book(s) on living lean

  • People

    September 6, 2005

    After the Gold Rush

    Talking San Francisco past and present with K.M. Soehnlein, gay novelist

  • Dance

    August 23, 2005

    The World at Our Feet

    As days grow short, dancers from around the planet visit our city to share their visions

  • Dance

    July 12, 2005

    An Unfathomable Plot, Burdened With Magic Reality

    As days grow short, dancers from around the planet visit our city to share their visions

  • Screens

    May 24, 2005

    Wayne's World 3

    The most inscrutable experiment in radio since 'War of the Worlds,' broadcasting from Wamego, KS

  • Dining

    March 22, 2005

    Metalheads

    Fill your shoe with beef tongue in East Harlem Mexican

  • Music

    November 2, 2004

    Into the Wall

    Old Frisco punks crashed through foundations, killed Dad

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2004

    A Farewell Bash

    Old Frisco punks crashed through foundations, killed Dad

  • News

    March 25, 2003

    Peace Activists Planning to Disrupt Manhattan

    Old Frisco punks crashed through foundations, killed Dad

  • News

    March 18, 2003

    In Shock and Awe

    New York Will March in the Face of War

  • Theater

    February 25, 2003
  • NYC Life

    May 22, 2001

    Welcome to the Transsexual Age

    San Francisco Gives In to Theorists

  • Columns

    October 24, 2000

    Organizing Jizz Joints

    San Francisco Gives In to Theorists

  • Theater

    February 16, 1999

    Asian Lite

    San Francisco Gives In to Theorists

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