Remembrance of things ordinary

At first, I thought I was seeing things. Or rather, not seeing things. When we first moved here, I walked out of our Lombard Street building to mail a stack of cards telling people... Read More

A & E

Lee Miller and Man Ray at the Legion of Honor

By Sharon Anderson

As American expatriates in Paris, Lee Miller and Man Ray lived together from 1929 to 1932 and popularized several photographic techniques, including solarization. Their mutual insp... Read More

A & E

Music, murder and insanity by the bay

By Evalyn Baron

Having a dull couple of months so far? Well, your answer to the cold summer doldrums might be right around the corner at Fort Mason Center, where the Merola Opera is romping about ... Read More

A & E

A hauntingly beautiful French love story

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Sometimes love can slip through the fingers, but those fingers will feel the pain for a long time after love gets away. This handicap is particularly difficult for a gifted violini... Read More

A & E

Go BATS before the summer ends

By Evalyn Baron

Do you consider life to be a cabaret, old chum? Well, at least we can all agree that it’s an enormous improvisation, so doesn’t it seem a good idea to spend an evening ... Read More

A & E

Creating a context for communication: ‘Table of Voices’ returns to Alcatraz

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

When a perpetrator of a crime is sent to prison, visitors and visitations are limited. Usually only family members, attorneys and, sometimes, approved friends are allowed inside. T... Read More

Features

Calvin Trillin: Another unlikely hero in the gastronomic trenches

By Ernest Beyl

Those who aren’t aware of essayist, novelist and poet Calvin Trillin and his canonical work on food and the eating thereof are destined to live out their lives in a gastronom... Read More

Bellingham by the Bay

Gone like a goose

Bellingham by the Bay

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In all of its wisdom, the California legislature, which has a penchant for dragging its feet on budgets and slashing teacher’s salaries, has set its sights on something truly... Read More

La Deliziosa Vita, Recipes

Hit the grill with Teach’s Magic Marinade

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

First, a correction: the measurement for ketchup in last month’s barbecue sauce recipe (“Recipes for Grilling Season,” July, B2) from “Kitchenless Cook” Bill ... Read More

Dining

Red Hill Farms’ rainbow eggs

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Recently I was a guest host for the “Cooking with Ryan Scott” show on KGO radio, and one of the topics I covered was the difference between pasture-raised eggs and what I c... Read More

The Tablehopper

Turkish delights

By Marcia Gagliardi

A couple of new downtown projects: Machka (584 Wash-ington Street, 415-391-8228) is opening next to Taverna Aventine. A recent press release fills in the details: It’s a Turk... Read More

New & Notable

Troya brings traditional and modern Turkish fare to Fillmore Street

By Julie Mitchell

A hidden gem, Troya has been serving standard Turkish and Mediterranean fare for the past six years in a casual, airy space on Clement Street in the Inner Richmond. Now owners Berk... Read More

Features

Cara Black: International woman of mystery novels

By John Zipperer

If you walk down market Street with mystery novelist Cara Black, what else do you talk about but murder? As she chatted about the chilly late July weather, she occasionally flipped... Read More

Caring For Our Kids

Finding the Olympic spirit

By Liz Farrell

The Olympic spirit is in the air, and even though we are thousands of miles away from where the games will take place, there are still many great ways to cheer on Team USA. Even as... Read More

Dining

Xiao long bao: Shanghai soup dumplings

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

It’s hard to believe, but this month marks the fifth anniversary of Fab Five. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and because other publications have starte... Read More

Issue August 2012