Mary Ladd

Photo by Jennifer Maiser, KQED There are (same sex) wedding bells with yummy eats at Hedonia, here, here! Buy fresh, buy local in the "eat local" month of October: the challenge

FoodBuzz gets a top gobble worthy mention because it is highly addictive and total fun. "Fantastic foodies" may find some Bay Area fun on the site, but there are links to

Let's eat. New York Times: "Woodstock of food" Slow Food events hitting SF soon. (Cute pic of Alice Waters with Mayor Newsom in the print version, btw!) Picco chef

Did someone say sausage? San Francisco Chronicle: Sausage fest coming soon to a Fourth of July grill near you. "Global flavors" on the handmade sausage marketplace include: lemongrass and curry, lamb

San Francisco Chronicle: It's getting loud in here; Stacy Finz examines the cacophony and clang of fashionable food joints. Squash it: beautiful and tasty "flor de cabaza" (squash blossoms)

Can we have some, too? Bake it, make it; The Chocolate Gourmand tries his hand at oatmeal raisin cookies. The accompanying photo spread (pic-let above) is easy on the eyes, which means

San Francisco-made-of-pots-and-pans, pictured here by The Ethicurean, has never looked so shiny. Check out a thoughtful and interesting take on chile peppers at All the Marmalade. A hot

Chocolate alert! Don't forget to hit the Chocolate Salon at Fort Mason this Sunday. Here are today's highlights from local food sections: San Francisco Chronicle: Have a spring (food)