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Bi-Rite Creamery on Food Network Tonight
Don't forget to put a VHS tape in your VCR and get your young but precociously skilled child to program it for you. Tonight's episode of the Food Networks Best Thing I Ever Ate goes for a "Sugar Rush"...
The Tenderloin Restaurant Guide
The astute folks over at the Tenderblog noticed the above poster in a shop window over the weekend and traced its origin from the real world to the virtual one. Turns out its the product of the North of...
Michael Bauer Joins the Tweet Life
The Chron's main critic and executive food editor already has to find time to "write, edit, blog, answer emails, walk the dog and eat between meals," and now he's got another task: Michael Bauer is finally joining Twitter as @michaelbauer1....
Menu Language That Should Never Be
Our colleague Helen Rosner in Chicago relates today's Tribune's list of nine menu language pet peeves, which includes redundancies such as shrimp scampi (literally shrimp shrimp), and "melt-in-your-mouth" (when not applied to ice cream). We're right on board with these,...
Threads Up: Talking Meat With the Nimans
For those with questions and opinions about meat production, you've got a great forum starting today in a Chowhound conversation with Bill and Nicolette Hahn Niman. The rancher who helped spearhead a departure from factory farming and the lawyer...
The Other Critics: RN74
Michael Bauer finally got by RN74 for his much-anticipated review, and gave Michael Mina's latest project a solid three stars all the way around. The cassoulet stood out as a highlight of the wine-friendly menu, as did pate de...
Sir Francis Drake a Top Historic Hotel, Says AAA
Another day, another national best-of list. This time it's the American Automobile Association with it's roundup of the United States' "top historic hotels." San Francisco made the list with the Sir Francis Drake, home of the Starlight Room. The...
SF's Gay Foodies in the Spotlight for Pride
In honor of Pride yesterday, Bay Area Bites has a great general shout-out to the gay and lesbian chefs, restaurateurs and other food personalities that help make our city such a culinary Mecca. In particular, we thought the mention...
Dutch Crunch Gets its Close-Up
For those of you who missed it, Serious Eats yesterday ran a lengthy treatise on one of our region's under-celebrated foods, the Dutch Crunch roll. This peculiar little foodstuff is taken so much for granted that we didn't even...
The New Viagra: Popcorn and Tomato Soup
Next month's issue of Men's Health includes some tips on what to eat (aside from generic Viagra you ordered on the internet) to improve your sexual performance, including popcorn and tomato soup. According to the UK Guardian, "it's all...
Cosentino on Food Network Tonight
San Francisco's offal-master and burgeoning Food Network star Chris Cosentino is going to grace the small screen tonight on a Barbecue edition of The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network, 9:30 p.m.). He'll explore the world of grilled...
Audition for 'Next Food Network Star' (Please)
Mark your calendars, aspiring celebrity chefs: Season six of The Next Food Network Star is coming, and they're going to be casting here next month. On July 26, head to the W Hotel between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m....
Friday Fun: 'Let It Burrito'
Serious Eats came across this comic on Buttersafe and, it's hilarious. Click through to check out the burrito at the end and then tell us whether you think it's from Northern or Southern California. [Buttersafe via Serious Eats]...
EMD Slams 99 Drams
Eat Me Daily today ripped into local blogger Kate Hopkins' new book, 99 Drams of Whiskey, bucking the opinions of Publisher's Weekly and Playboy (at least as reported in Accidental Hedonist). Reviewer Paula Forbes doesn't spit vitriol or write...
Chipotle's Pigs Have It Good
Reporter John Berman, Chipotle CEO Steve Ells, and rancher Joel Salatin at Polyface Farms ABC News took a visit to one of the farms from which Chipotle sources its meat. Fat, happy pigs get to "express their pigness" at...
Rachel Maddow to Moonlight as Bartender
Rachel Maddow took a break from talking news on MSNBC to be the guest bartender on the newest episode of Digg Nation, due to air today. The commentator has gained quite a reputation as a cocktail expert, starting with a...
Menu Design is All About Psychology
The menu at Chicago's Moto is also a dish We've seen a couple of unique pricing gimmicks in the last few weeks with Fish & Farm's single-price menu and Urban Tavern's pay-what-you-feel experiment, but almost all restaurants use more...
'Top Chef Masters' Spoiler: SF Writer Announces Winner
Even though it may cost someone a million bucks, a San Francisco writer broke — and MenuPages Chicago confirmed — the overall winner of Bravo's Top Chef Masters (Do Not click the links if you don't want to know). GraceAnn...
Berkely Buns Make Roadfood List
We have to give Roadfood author Michael Stern credit for not being too obvious with his Bay Area pick in the list top 15 list from he and Jane Stern's new guide, 500 Things to Eat Before it's Too...