Yummy cupcake photo courtesy of Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit. Derrick at An Obsession with Food (and friend of SFist!) directs us to Snopes, which explores why we clink our glasses after a toast. A-ha, so it's not about potential poisoning. Kevin at Bacon Press has one funny rant about asparapee-you know, that strong, sulphuric way pee smells after eating asparagus. His rant has merit considering his workplace went without water for over an hour......

Kick those schlumpy tryptophan and Monday induced sighs and blahs to the curb and check out Bacon Press’s Food Porn. We can’t much bear thoughts and photos of turkey, but the tantalizing pics of vibrant veggies and wholesome soup are pleasing. Barely a trace of heartburn there, family and friends-who-are-like-family (we’re trying to be a bright and happy holiday trooper here). Such healthful dishes may soothe and perhaps allow us to ease into our ill barely fitting Levi’s sooner rather than later. After zipping up, we’d never call the authorities from learning about food related theft in another newish Bacon Press Post so appropriately named: Steal this Brie. ...

In the excellent William Gibson novel Pattern Recognition, the main character has a panic attack every time she is confronted with the image of Bibendum, the Michelin Man. we don't really blame her, the early pics of him were pretty, well, not pretty. In that vein, we can only imagine the plotzing that's going on in some of the Bay Area's finest kitchens following the announcement that the revered Michelin Guide has chosen to focus......

We know it makes us hopelessly recherche, but this particular outpost of the SFist empire has never seen an episode of The Sopranos and can't afford HBO, so its season premiere last Sunday was a non-event for us. However, Catherine Nash's recipe for spaghetti and meatballs, that we could get behind. It says it makes 42 meatballs. That seems a little low for us, but then again, our mother only knew how to make......

A week of rain brings out the best in travel and food bloggers -- why not beat the weather and take a trip or stay indoors to cook something nice? Ginevra Kirkland leverages the internets to take a vacation to Hawaii without leaving her desk, while Bay Area Bites looks to foodie blogs for culinary inspiration. Bacon Press takes in the almond blossom season in the Central Valley. Still, nothing better to chase the......

Hey, remember when SFist Rita asked for Manuel Jiminez' thoughts regarding The Daly's call for Bush's impeachment at the Board of Supervisors? Well, Manuel went and responded! There's nothing that SFist loves more than people actually paying attention. Left in SF notes that the work at Bernal Park starts tomorrow (and links to a Bernal neighborhood blog we hadn't seen before). Josh Wolf heads to a the federal building for a grand jury appearance......