Derrick Schneider has an excellent food-focused blog called "Obsession With Food." He also wrote for SFist regularly for quite a long time, most notably his still-popular SFist in the Kitchen series. So of course we were very pleased to see that he wrote an article appearing in the Wine Section of today's Chron. He writes all about "fruit wine," or wine made with fruit other than grapes....

When we talked to Phil Bronstein, the publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, a few weeks back, he told us that "the Chronicle will continue to be packed with talented journalists who will keep providing what (SFist) Rita called 'an essential public service.'"...

Teens for Safe Cosmetics hold a rally in San Francisco ...

SFist Jenna sez....: Get your learn, dessert, dance and drink on at these Tuesday haps around the city: Reading & Book Signing: A.M Homes, (author of Safety of Objects, Music for Torching and The End of Alice) reading from and signing her latest book, The Mistress's Daughter, about her horrible biological parents, tonight at 7 pm. Booksmith,1644 Haight St. Get there a bit early to take advantage of the free cone day at Ben &......

Needle point canvas from this years TNNA Just to be clear, TNNA has absolutely nothing to do with the similar sounding t&a. Although, several times this weekend we did accidentally say TNA instead of TNNA. There's nothing sexy about this trade show put on by the National Needlearts Association, held in San Diego. Well, that's not entirely true, the amount of yarn, draped over every imaginable surface, in every color, made of everything from real fur (yes, real fur) to the more traditional cashmere (which we heard Martha Stewart is a fan of) to organic cotton, is borderline obscene. And on the first day there we did meet Domiknitrix, a San Francisco local, signing her new book. She definitely stood out on the trade floorshow with her high heels and whip. ...

This week we go a little mental....

Whatever you do, don't go see Pizza The Movie hungry. Boy were we glad we'd had that burrito (but we must admit, that didn't prevent us from stopping off for a slice after the film). Even if you don’t love pizza, which is hard to fathom, this one's a must-see. The engaged crowd in the Roxie's baby theater, aka "the Little Roxie" made viewing the film feel like a giant pizza party itself (minus the......

It warms our red hearts to see workers marching here at home and around the world on International Workers' Day, otherwise known as May Day. Protests and demonstrations happened from Berlin to Indonesia, and while most were peaceful, there were scuffles with authorities. Here in the United States, the marches were to protest changes to immigration laws, and coincided with many businesses shuttering their doors as immigrant workers walked off their jobs. Marches were......

When it comes to Hollywood movies, Asian-American men get no loving. They're nunchuck throwing assassins or emasculated nerds. Working your pimply teenage sex-appeal is hard enough for any adolescent but try doing it when Sixteen Candles was released. That movie ruined the lives of many Asian-American men, we hear. If you don't believe us, just say "whassa happenin hoss stuff" to any Asian man who endured Long Duk Dong imitations during high school and......

All the tech news this week is coming from the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, where the giants of the industry are assembled to play the slots, get drunk, and convince you to give them more of your money. In addition to the multitude of cell phones, MP3 players, and increasingly ginormous plasma and LCD televisions, all the giants are making a commitment to downloadable content and video on demand. The keynote announcements from......

The latest polls are out and the only thing one can say about them is that the peasants are revolting. Every single ballot measure is losing in the polls; even the two drug related ones which are complete opposites of each other. People don't want the consumer-friendly measure but they also don't want the industry-friendly measure: people want no measure. The question is, then, will anyone actually show up to vote their displeasure? Which has......

Okay, it's official: SFist has a huuuuuuuuuuuge crush on Brad Bird, presenter of the SFIFF's annual Thoughtful Lecture Thingy, loftily titled "The State of Cinema." Previous addressees include Michel Ciment (editor of "Postif," a french film mag) and B. Ruby Rich (critic, curator, cultural commentator), both of whom were probably wonderfully edifying, but far less likely to scream and turn red and make goofy voices than Brad. He kicked off his talk by sheepishly......

In the "it would be funny and surprising if you didn't live here" department, the Mendocino County assistant agricultural commissioner, Tony Linegar, is asking the state to regulate Marijuana cultivation so that the rules can be put in place to regulate medical marijuana crops as organic. "With no products officially developed for marijuana cultivation, some growers have been using chemicals intended for ornamental plants, which could make users sick." Mendocino County, like many Northern California......