Arts & Entertainment Beth Lisick's In the Pool Everyone seems to describe spoken word artist and writer/poet Beth Lisick as "fizzy" -- but she really is! City Lights was packed to the gills with Missionistas who walked up Columbus from
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Zucchini, Mostly The simplest treatment features sautéed slices with minced garlicwe suggest the flavorful, hard-necked Rocambole variety you can find at various market stalls. Before turning on the heat, slice the squash into thin
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Overcaffeination in Mission Dolores Sunday was a beautiful day. Unless, we suppose, you're out of your head. It started at Maxfield's House of Caffeine, at 398 Dolores Street. We love the name of the place. We walked
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Sous le Soleil Exactement Café du Soleil opened last week in the space formerly occupied by Movida. For the neighborhood, it seems like a win-win situation: le Soleil still serves the wine-and-beer under the same license as
SF News Winos Rejoice Over Supreme Court Ruling Okay, guess that should read "Wine Connoisseurs," or "Oenophiles" as the Supremes did not rule that food stamps could now be used to purchase Thunderbird, Cisco or Night Train. Instead, they ruled that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Honey - ABBA Gourmets often say that cheese is the food world's analogy to wine, but we think honey is a better candidate. Our food writing idol Edward Behr wrote that "honey, in its
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Julie Tucker Along with her partner, Jennifer Elias, Julie has packaged crucial information about the simple pleasures of life (chocolate, food, wine, sex) into decks you can buy, read, and then regurgitate at parties like
SF News SFist Weekend Getaway: Carneros We haven't had a lot of experience tasting wine -- as everything we know about it comes from a couple weeks as a contractor coding WineShopper pages and seeing Sideways. We're no Alder
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Jennifer Elias Enter Jennfier Elias and Julie Tucker (who will be interviewed for SFist this Friday) who have decided to share a little SF coolness with those less fortunate. Turns out that they might have
Arts & Entertainment First Third Friday At Ross's Office The refreshements? Uh, free. SFist would like to suggest that if you want to score the wine and snacks, show up early -- they were all gone in a little over an hour.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Cares ... About Boozin' Well, okay, let's be honest - it isn't just the Cares department here that loves the boozin'. We're not really snooty but we know what we like and we like good wine so
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist In The Kitchen: Asparagus Asparagus takes to a variety of quick preparations: blanch and stir-fry it, steam it, boil it, roast it, or grill it. Classicists can finish with a hollandaise sauce while flush gourmets might choose
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Talkin' Turckheim [] Even here at SFist, we like a little French touch in our food. For instance, we don't say 'foodie in the Sunset', we write gourmet de l'ouest. Grumps might complain about the choice
Arts & Entertainment Damn, It Feels Good To Be An SFist! Special thanks to Noisepop for their ongoing support of SFist’s coverage of the festival. SFist has a hard time making it to opening bands. General tardiness, and memories of suffering through openers
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Foodies Donate Know-how to Help Tsunami Victims In what has to be the most delicious way to help those who lost their lives, loved ones and communities in the Tsunami disaster, a group of foodie bloggers from around the world
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: The Eternal Search for True Love For further proof that some people never learn, be sure to tune into the two-hour premiere of The Bachelorette tonight at 9:00pm on ABC. Jen Schefft returns to the reality TV dating
SF News Jeremy on '04 GOOD STUFF Sports: Swimming star Michael Phelps. He could have entered fewer races to help ensure better results in his best events, but he didn't -- he participated in every event in which
SF News Week in SFist -- Feliz Navidad Edition And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise! John 2:16 [New King James] Granted, that was after he'd
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Doyle's Delicious Dish [] It's time for "Famous-for-SF Chef Swap," everybody. Ready? With the departure of low-rent Eric Ripert impersonator Laurent Gras from the Fifth Floor this week, the foodie-retard scene is all abuzz with speculation on
Arts & Entertainment Mr. McNamara's Vacation In the truly tasteless department, Low Culture tipped us off to the "Apocalypse Now" tour of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, one of Wild Frontiers "Reel Adventures." Kate Watson of Wild Frontiers, quoted in
Arts & Entertainment We're Too Sexy for this Blog Ever wanted to hobnob with VIPs, sipping top-shelf liquor and ogling models? Well, tonight's your chance. GenArt, a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting emerging artists in film, art and fashion will be
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist -- A Porn Star? SexSmarts consists of having players or teams answer questions having to do with all areas of sexual pleasure. The cards used fall into one of four categories -- Bodies, Dirty Talk, Carnal Culture,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Speaking Tonight That's right, we're putting on clothes and emerging from behind the computer to go out in public and speak! We're not sure why we were invited - something to do with being 'citizen
