AltWeeklies Wire
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
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
Stay Sharp and Slow Down ...new
Or suffer kitchen knife collateral damage.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Paul Reidinger |
06-06-2007 |
Food+Drink