AltWeeklies Wire
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
Your Computer is Doomednew
In the future, your infamy will not be remembered. Is that comforting?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
03-05-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
The War on Sciencenew
Science is crucial to the management of the nation, and without it we're no better than a medieval kingdom.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
02-28-2008 |
Commentary
You Cannot Afford Marsnew
Sure, we know it's not packed with cool aliens, but we haven't realized that hunkering down on another planet isn't going to solve our basic problems as humans
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
02-20-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Three Reasons to Hate Facebooknew
Poking is just the beginning.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
02-13-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
W. Kamau Bell Takes His Swing at Racismnew
W. Kamau Bell plays against type and comes with not only the insights you wish you had spewed first but also the wit, centered on the issues of race that he's been grappling with since childhood.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-23-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
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
Return of Blog Anxietynew
Instead of taking the Metafilter ethos mainstream, many blogs are leaving it behind.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-16-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Lesk's Lawnew
Content outruns storage because humans store things capriciously and illogically.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-09-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
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
Technology in Wartimenew
In a time of war you can't enjoy a party game without thinking about your game console being used to kill people.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-03-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
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
Patton Oswalt Ain't No Annoying Hipster Douchebagnew
I found out what really bothers Oswalt about hipsters when I talked to him between sets at "The Comedians of Comedy," a marathon show that included the comics he holds in highest esteem.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Deborah Giattina |
12-19-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Consumerist Crap for the Holidaysnew
If the holidays are a time of reflecting on the past and the future, you might as well hang out with your friends and play Guitar Hero on the Wii. After all, donating to cool charities and supporting local artists is something you should be doing all year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
12-12-2007 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
Feed Our Students Wellnew
Salad bars finally come to San Francisco's schools.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Paula Jones and Caroline Grannan |
11-28-2007 |
Food+Drink