You may have loudly professed your love for food trucks. You may tweet with the utmost convincing gravitas about Occupy SF. You may like to gnaw on a sourdough loaf while taking a tour of urban-tinged street art. You may be a bottle of Fernet. You may even be Herb Caen reincarnate. But you are not a true San Franciscan until you've sat through multiple screenings of The Joy Luck Club. With much respect for Amy Tan's book—an excellent read, by the way—the film version of her acclaimed novel about relationships between Chinese-American women and their Chinese mothers is quite possibly one of the best pieces of entertainment ever made. more ›

Brief updates from Fisherman's Wharf today, where the ongoing pricing dispute between crab fisherman and the seafood processors threatens to damage crustacean-based Thanksgiving dishes. One local fish market owner told SFoodie today that an agreement could still be a few days away, meaning the first shipments won't come pouring in to area seafood emporiums until the Monday after Thanksgiving. more ›

Dungeness crab season started last week. Eager crustacean aficionados might have noticed it came a day late though, which is practically a lifetime when you're jonesin' to dip a largely tasteless meat into melted butter or get your mallet on one of those salt-and-pepper numbers from R&G Lounge in Chinatown. Even despite promising early predictions of a strong season, the first week of crab fishing in the area hasn't exactly been smooth sailing. more ›

Being that it’s officially Dungeness Crab Week in San Francisco -- oh, yeah, did you know it was officially Dungeness Crab Week in San Francisco? Because it is -- check out Brian Leitner, co-owner of Nettie’s Crab Shack, explaining how to remove meat from the crab. Mmm. more ›

More delicious crab, please. Thanks. more ›

This past weekend crab season kicked off, and local fishers headed out to sea to roundup laods of Dungeness crab. This year, however, expectations of a huge crab catch are low. According to buzz-kill state biologists, "the Dungeness population generally fluctuates in a five- to seven-year cycle. After several banner seasons, last year's numbers were down." And this year? The catch is expected to be even smaller. So, anticipate paying a bit more for a hit of some intoxicating crab. But still, we have some crab coming to us from Washington's Puget Sound -- whose crab meant has been available for over three weeks -- so start clarifying your butter, gastronomes. (CBS 5) more ›

"I have no idea why people don't like this place" cries out a Yelper over PJ's Oysterbed. Well, here's one: Eater has word that, after shuttering its doors, the Inner Sunset's PJ's Oysterbed has left behind a seafood cassrole, if you will, of "rotting crabs and oysters." more ›

Poring over Entertaining the other night, because our pulverized sleeping aid refused to kick in, we got so excited after reading "Bouillabaisse for Twelve to Sixteen". But now any plans of having said bouillabaisse party must be put on hold. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suspended all fishing and crab hunting until the first of December. You hear that? Dungeness crab season won't happen this month. There's nothing you can do about it expect curl up... more ›