Tamara Palmer
Review: Pandemica! Metallica jams (safely) at the drive-in
For decades, some of the greatest pleasures that have made me feel like me have involved attending and writing about concerts and music festivals. So something in my dead soul...
Juneteenth week treats support Black food businesses
There’s more awareness this year about Juneteenth, June 19, which commemorates the 1865 day slaves in Texas learned they were free, and aside from buying food at Black-owned restaurants...
A guide to free food in San Francisco
If you or someone you know is experiencing food insecurity in San Francisco right now, immediate help is available, including programs that are open to everyone. (Many programs are...
SOMA Pilipinas restaurants pivot to feed community
San Francisco’s Kultivate Labs, the nonprofit economic development and arts organization that has been instrumental in establishing the SOMA Pilipinas Cultural District, which recognizes and celebrates the local Filipino community,...
Need a quick lift? Meet our favorite locals on TikTok
With many of us homebound and in the mood to master new media formats ("one-minute videos—how tough can that be?"), there’s now time to become TikTok famous and share...
15 ways to support the local food scene—and eat (and drink) well
Here are some options for excellent nourishment that will help support local restaurants, food vendors and their staff in their efforts to stay afloat:
Arizmendi Mission is offering light-bake pizzas,...
How you can help feed overstressed healthcare workers
The call is out to help overstressed healthcare workers: If you have N95 masks that you have not used or other crucial medical supplies that can be donated to...
San Francisco’s doomed! Listen to this mix
Tamara Palmer is a writer, DJ (as TeeMoney), and publisher of food zine California Eating. We asked her to make a mix of some of her favorite SF-centric tunes.
I...
Candymaker Michael Recchiuti on how music inspires his luscious treats
Chocolatier Michael Recchiuti hears music in everything. It's in some of the machinery he uses to assist in the production of his luxurious candy confections which must follow a...
At Mutek.SF fest the techno is ambitious. So is the food.
The second iteration of MUTEK San Francisco, the international festival of digital creativity which takes place from May 2-5, is a descendent of the famed, 19-year-old Mutek festival in...
