Food and Drink

Grand re-entrance

Getting reacquainted with -- and diving into lemongrass noodle soup at -- Lotus Garden

11.29.11 - 7:23 pm | L.E. Leone |

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CHEAP EATS It was one of those rainy rainy cold cold days, when all you can think about, if you're me, is a steaming bowl of noodle soup. It was Sunday. Hedgehog was taking an all-day welding class at the Crucible. My football season was over, and I couldn't play soccer because I'd yanked my hamstring playing football the weekend before, then ripped it playing racquetball. So I was under doctor's orders to sit the hell still for a time.

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A spirited winter

Hip Bittermens, Tempus Fugit crème de cacao, Scottish gin ... deliciously new and unusual liquors make gifting a treat

11.29.11 - 6:59 pm | Virginia Miller |

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APPETITE Whether hunting for the latest unusual spirits as a gift or searching out an ice-breaking pour for holiday festivities, these brand new products — a number of them local — are standouts from my incessant sampling.

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The food divide

San Francisco is a city of haves and have-nots when it comes to nutrition

11.29.11 - 6:30 pm | Christopher D. Cook |

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Antonia Williams is part of a slow, quiet food revolution. After battling obesity for much of her adult life, the 26-year-old lifelong Bayview resident did some research. "I realized it had a lot to do with the food I consumed," she told us. "As a result of growing up in the neighborhood, I suffer from obesity. I'm overweight because of the lack of options for good healthy food."Read more »

Hungry much?

California faces severe food aid gap in time of need

11.29.11 - 6:23 pm |

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By Hugh Biggar

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Here's something to chew on with your bagel and coffee—assuming you can afford that in these trying times. Roughly, 2.3 million Californians are receiving official help getting enough to eat, but nearly 3 million others who qualify are not.

In fact, California's low enrollment in the federal food stamp program, known officially as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or in California, CalFresh, is costing the state both socially and economically.Read more »

A pitch and a swing

Cinema-related panic is nothing a bowl of spicy ramen can't fix

11.22.11 - 4:28 pm | L.E. Leone |

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CHEAP EATS We went to see Moneyball. You know: We have soft spots in our hearts for baseball. Additionally, Hedgehog has a wet spot in her panties for Brad Pitt; and I in mine, truth be told, for Jonah Hill.

Before he lost the weight, mind you — although he's pretty funny after, too.Read more »

Get your holiday shop on: Recchiuti Chocolates pop up in Dogpatch

11.16.11 - 3:13 pm | Lucy Schiller |

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That Michael Recchiuti has a fan base is no surprise. That it's dubbed the “Obsession Club” isn’t exactly unexpected either.

The Dogpatch-based chocolatier is opening a pop-up shop in the same neighborhood for easeful holiday treat-purchasing on November 17. Recchiuti is a tireless experimenter known as much for his carefully-sourced product as for the egregiously gut-tickling tastings he holds. Read more »

Appetite: Insects and mezcal

11.11.11 - 10:42 am | Virginia Miller |

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A little insect reading and an aperitif to start.

View of the Marin Headlands from the Headlands Center for the Arts.

Escamoles (buttery ant larvae), Mexican zucchini, blue corn tortilla with avocado

Sipping San Honesto mezcal with 3 insect salts

Anahuac (cricket) salad over jicama, sweet potato, pumpkin seeds, in pumpkin lime vinaigrette.

My favorite course: corn custard with wax moth larvae in a spicy tomato broth.

Interactive exhibits describe tastes of various insects

Snacking with insects: crispy mealworms & bug-laden popcorn

I adore Oaxacan chocolate... particularly w/ De La Paz espresso and San Honesto mezcal

A new twist on the tequila worm at Don Bugito dinner at Headlands Center for the Arts

Nestled near the ocean in the wilds of the Marin Headlands sits Headlands Center for the Arts, an artists' haven in a reclaimed military barracks that is inspiring just to be in, as it must be for its artists in residence. Known for the culinary care and special event meals they host in their warm, open kitchen and dining room, I was intrigued to check it out. So what better excuse than for a five-course insect and mezcal dinner?

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Going veg at the wing shop: Wing Wings' deep-fried oyster mushrooms

11.07.11 - 12:03 pm | Caitlin Donohue |

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Owner Christian Ciscle's been trying to get me to come into his Lower Haight wings shop for a minute. I was always like “Christian (full disclosure: Ciscle took me on board as counterperson back in the days when he managed SoMa's Little Skillet to-go window), they're wings. I don't eat meat."

But then I went, and now I have to apologize because: Wing Wings' deep-fried oyster mushrooms. Read more »

A broke ass in our ranks: SFBG Culture Editor Caitlin Donohue honored by Broke Ass Stuart for her insolvency

10.20.11 - 3:25 pm | Marke B. |

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We here at the Guardian pride ourselves on being populist. That means documenting the latest in the people's protests, and generally being a resources for students, artists, families, anyone in that good old 99 percent. But it's not 100 percent for your benefit, dear readers. SF's not a cheap city to live in. Case in point: Culture Editor Caitlin Donohue's been chosen as Broke Ass Stuart's Broke Ass of the Week. Read more »