SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Shark Fin Ban Goes Into Full Effect, Chinatown Fights Back The state ban on the possession or sale of shark fins took full effect on July 1, and Chinatown restaurants are none too happy about it. The law, which began to take effect
Arts & Entertainment Astute Shark Fin Mural Inspired By 'Me and My Shark Fin' Video, Shark Art Tour As Mission Mission pointed out last week, this oddly elegant yet telling shark-fin mural, which depicts a dead shark strewn next to its freshly sliced-off fin, was inspired by Kool Kid Kreyola's "Me
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Obama's Dim Sum Orgy Bought At Noted Shark-Fin Soup Purveyor! While visiting San Francisco for a couple of fundraisers on Thursday, President Barack Obama stopped off at Chinatown's Great Eastern Restaurant to grab some dim sum. Many of us have done this before,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Benu's Faux Shark-Fin Soup Fools Gastronomes Like a top-drawer Folger's Crystals switcheroo, Benu executive chef Corey Lee, the former chef de cuisine at The French Laundry, developed a fake shark-fin soup that's fooling even the most rabid fans of
Arts & Entertainment Artist Luke Chueh Joins the Shark Fin Debate Artist Luke Chueh revealed a bold statement last week at the "Getting BIG 36 Sharky Show" at the Toy Tokyo Underground Gallery in New York City. Chueh's telling 36"-tall fiberglass piece titled
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Assembly Votes to Ban Sale of Shark Fin The state Assembly voted against fishermen who rip off shark fins and toss the still-barely-living sea creatures back into the ocean. "AB376 bans the sale, trade or possession of shark fins, a delicacy
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sen. Leland Yee Opposes Shark Fin Ban Bill Shark fin soup is delicious deplorable. Up to 70 million sharks are killed annually for their luxurious fins. Alice Waters knows this all too well. Today, California Assembly Members Paul Fong and Jared
