AltWeeklies Wire
San Francisco Street Food Top Tennew
The farmers markets, taco trucks and street carts you shouldn't miss.
SF Weekly |
Meredith Brody |
07-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
State of the Cart in San Francisconew

Join us as we map the street food scene and find out why there aren't more vendors in this most food-involved and temperate of cities.
SF Weekly |
Meredith Brody |
07-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
How Gilroy Turned a Garlic into the Country's Biggest Food Festivalnew

Today, garlic is as common in food as salt and pepper, but it wasn't always that way. Includes a recipe for babaghanouj.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
07-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Absinthe Madnessnew
When it was illegal, the legendary intoxicant was cool, but that's all over now. And at what price? (An illustrated update.)
Boston Phoenix |
Karl Stevens & Gustavo Turner |
07-17-2008 |
Comedy
Wait, Who Is This?new

Andrew Earles and Jeffrey Jensen shine the dim light of cultural obscurity on the prank phone call.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-17-2008 |
Performance
Not-So-Pretty Facebooknew
Yes, we all hate them. You thought you were done with cliques in high school, but social-networking sites have brought them back with a vengeance.
Boston Phoenix |
Sharon Steel |
07-17-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
All Pets Go To Heavennew

A pet crematorium gives humans' best friends the goodbyes they deserve.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-17-2008 |
Culture
Trendzilla: Up In Arms Over Hands-Free Devicesnew
After seeing, oh, I don't know, eight squad cars on my 20-minute commute to work (presumably) hunting down evil-doers chatting away on their cell phones, and after three of my friends received tickets for talking on their cell phones, I've started to weigh my hands-free options.
Ask a Mexican!: The King Reigns South of the Fronteranew
Dear Mexican: What's the fascination Mexicans have with Elvis?
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
07-16-2008 |
Commentary
Moodswing: Back on the Boardnew
Standing up instead of giving up.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
07-16-2008 |
Comedy
Formulating a Signature DIY Cocktailnew
It's surprisingly easy to concoct a well-balanced cocktail in the classic style, so long as you keep a few basic rules of thumb in mind. Includes a recipe with bourbon.
Dig Boston |
Bourbon Belle |
07-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Visit All the New England States Without Leaving Bostonnew
It's a staycation, get it? And not only is it frugal it also allows you to help jumpstart the local economy and appreciate what you have closer to home.
Dig Boston |
Staff |
07-16-2008 |
Travel
The Ancient Art of Making Cucumber Kimchinew

Though kimchi is almost always associated with cabbage, summertime elicits in me a craving for a lesser-known variety called oi sobaegi, or stuffed cucumbers.
San Antonio Current |
Henry Hong |
07-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
LaJean Lawson Follows the Bouncing Breastnew
For more than two decades, Lawson has searched for new and better ways to keep women’s boobs from bouncing when they run.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
07-16-2008 |
Sports
A Portland County Proposes Calorie Counts on Chain-Restaurant Menusnew
Portland's dual reputations as a food-lover's mecca and a bastion for progressive politics may soon be married on menus across the city.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
07-16-2008 |
Food+Drink