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The Water Curenew

Maybe those who insist on bottled water should be obliged to join the smokers outside.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  04-02-2008  |  Food+Drink

The Republic of Fennelnew

Pale bulbs found in abundance.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  03-26-2008  |  Food+Drink

A Small Beefnew

Japan, like Europe, has its venerated, slow food-style traditions.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  03-19-2008  |  Food+Drink

White Made Rightnew

When Californians mention wines they like, the wines are almost always red ones.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  03-12-2008  |  Food+Drink

New Soup for You!new

Like all repertoires, the soup repertoire is in need of constant tending.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  03-05-2008  |  Food+Drink

Saving Food From Too Much Saltnew

There is hope if you've added too much salt to a dish or store-bought food is too salty out of the jar.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  01-23-2008  |  Food+Drink

Michael Pollan Returns With 'In Defense of Food'new

If The Omnivore's Dilemma was a large conceit, Defense is a potent essay whose subject is, finally, the ways in which food science has misled us into various foolish wars: against fat, against carbs, and on behalf of supplements, to name just a few.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  01-03-2008  |  Food+Drink

Feeding the Food Brainiacnew

One of the better food brainiac-friendly books available is Lilia Zaouali's Medieval Cuisine of the Islamic World.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  12-19-2007  |  Food+Drink

Beers for Dessertnew

In beer's ongoing search for a place at the table set with a white linen tablecloth, dessert presents itself as an unlikely but promising niche.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  11-14-2007  |  Food+Drink

'King Corn' Examines What Health is Worthnew

This documentary follows the directors as they arrange to farm an acre of corn in Iowa, then follow the harvest as best they can as it flows into the whitewater river of agrocommerce.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  10-31-2007  |  Reviews

My Kingdom for a Legume!new

The American heartland doesn't know beans.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  09-20-2007  |  Food+Drink

Let Bison Be Bisonnew

Arguments for choosing bison over beef include the likelihood that bison is, on balance, better for you and is a meat from a once nearly extinct North American species whose prospects for survival are, perhaps ironically, enhanced by its homecoming as a food animal.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  09-12-2007  |  Food+Drink

Learning to Eat Like Aboriginalsnew

A glowing shard of the continent's aboriginal culinary past can be found in Where People Feast: An Indigenous People's Cookbook.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  07-18-2007  |  Food+Drink

Porn in Pairsnew

The best pairings are food, wine, and connections to other people.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  07-05-2007  |  Food+Drink

Clear-Eyed Views About Dessertnew

In Classic Stars Desserts, Emily Luchetti's new cookbook, intensity, not scale, is the measure of all desserts.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Paul Reidinger  |  06-21-2007  |  Food+Drink

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