Why is rice so…ingrained (Thank you, good night!) with the culinary iconography of San Francisco? In a city where you can find just about every imaginable food and drink, artisan-crafted and locally produced, must we still have to suffer the shame of Rice-A-freakin-Roni? Nothing about salty-buttery rice and pasta conjures up “treat” in my [...]
Categories: The City
- Published:
- December 12, 2006 – 2:00 pm
- Author:
- By Zac
When every stale celebrity and their hanger-on mother/sister record a collection of vapid holiday classics it’s easy to forget that there are actually real gems out there.
For me, listening to Phil Spector’s A Christmas Gift For You is as redolent of Christmas as advent calendar chocolate and the smell of the tree. Before he went [...]
Categories: Music
- Published:
- December 8, 2006 – 3:28 pm
- Author:
- By Zac