SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Pollan Questions Peoples' Gluten Hate In New Netflix Series Berkeley resident and slow-food guru Michael Pollan took on the topic of cooking in his 2013 book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation a second follow-up to his runaway bestseller The Omnivore's Dilemma,
Arts & Entertainment Ticket Giveaway for Michael J. Fox/Michael Pollan Event at City Arts & Lectures It's kind of an odd double bill, but not as much once you know the connection: Michael J. Fox is making an appearance tomorrow night at City Arts & Lectures in conversation with
misc SFist Tonight Michael Pollan: Come hear this foodie sensation talk about his latest book, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, in which he suggests that you should not "eat anything that your great-great grandmother
Arts & Entertainment Berkeley Profs Wrote Some Good Books The Commonwealth Club's 76th Annual California Book Awards have been announced, and two Cal faculty members are big winners this year: Ishmael Reed for "New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006," and journalism professor Michael
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Pollan Cares About the Farm Bill (And You Should Too) No longer a little-known piece of farm legislation that would dictate agriculture funding and policy while no one was paying attention. This year, food and farm advocates are pushing hard to publicize the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Elka Karl of Kitchen Sink Magazine Before Kitchen Sink's proverbial well runs dry, they will be producing one last issue. But they need your help to do it! Stop on by Edinburgh Castle this Saturday night for their fundraiser,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Face-Off: Michael Pollan v. John Mackey The talk, held at Zellerbach Hall on the Berkeley campus, was supposed to be at a smaller venue but so many people wanted to watch Pollan and Mackey go head to head that
Arts & Entertainment Living in the Pollan Nation Pollan is the author of and a couple of other books, as well as countless articles for Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, and elsewhere. He is a master of investigative