Buffalo girls (and boys)

There is something intrinsically wrong about a restaurant that serves free range Bison burgers.

Don’t be a-starvin’, student

Being a student needn’t mean you have to live like Old Mother Hubbard and her bare cupboard. Just by keeping a few stock items in your kitchen arsenal, the quandary of what to eat can be a little less foreboding and a lot more enjoyable. Good food CAN be made easily and inexpensively (albeit not [...]

Soup’s on!

“I put instant soup in the microwave and almost went back in time.”
In homage to Steven Wright, there’s a great double-ententre here. Instant dehydrated and canned condensed soups, though popular in a few old school recipes, are a throwback to our childhood. Today, soup can be had fresh with nary a can or package in [...]

Iced, iced baby

Someone once said, “A day without coffee is like sleep.” True, a cup of steaming hot joe in the morning can awaken the savage sleeping beast. But a tall glass of iced coffee can refresh as well as spark the senses.
 
While coffee has been around for centuries, iced coffee has only recently been making [...]

Go ahead, make my burger

San Francisco has always had an epicurious relationship when it comes to film, from the dramatic Cliff House in Erich von Stroheim’s 1924 silent Greed, to the jungles of the Rainforest Café in the 2004 Adam Sandler comedy, 50 First Dates. San Francisco restaurants aren’t known for their longevity either, so it’s not surprising that [...]

Soul Food

In times of war, sickness, breakups, breakdowns, shorter days and colder nights, we crave the familiarity of good times that only comfort foods can bring. It’s the drug we all reach for in times of inclement weather and stress. In San Francisco, a city of expatriates, Mom’s not always around to conjure up her special [...]