We'll 'fess up. We haven't been to the Cow Palace since the 2005 Tattoo Expo. With that said, we're a bit torn with how to feel about the possibility of the Cow Palace being demolished. With such historical events as the Beatles playing there and John F. Kennedy speaking to the masses about starting the Peace Corp, on that hand alone, we'd hate to see this place go. The other hand, however, has to admit......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite food section nibbles from today's offerings. SF Chronicle: Sweet date action. We highly recommend the bacon wrapped dates for easy and fun party eats.......

It was announced today that SF Chronicle's editor, Phil Bronstein, will be "shifting his role from running day-to-day operations in the newsroom to taking on broader strategic responsibilities at the paper and for its owner, Hearst Corporation." Whoa. What's more, you will get to read more of that Bronstein voice: In addition, Bronstein will write for The Chronicle and sfgate.com. "I got into this profession because of my great love for words and how......

The food section round up is back. We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. But first: ready to "dine and go to heaven" in San Francisco? We are! Dine About Town is here, and prix fixe dining heaven costs $21.95 for lunch and $31.95 for dinner. Participating restaurants include: A16, B44, Cafe de la Presse, La Provence and others. This heaven won't qualify as a cheap eat, but it's presumably cheaper than what......

Berrylicious illustration from The Oakland Tribune. We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from today's offerings. SF Chronicle: Serious bock-bock time for those of you who may not give chickens their due. Our fave chicken recipes here and here. Many chefs feel local and smaller sized pollo may add up to a better tasting bird. Oh, and at one of the Mission's best spots, when the chicken's......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from today's offerings. SF Chronicle: Oooh, Ho, Hoh! (said with heavy French accent, mimicking one of our favorite cooking school instructors). The Grand Cafe has a new chef and Californicated French menu. We're seriously eyeing the $18 express (45 minutes!) lunch menu loaded with salad, entree and macaroons for a Friday in our very near future. Grand Cafe remains a lovely......

Roasted Chioggia beets with nectarine juices & marjoram. We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here is our short and sweet favorite nibbles from today's offerings. SF Chronicle: Michael Bauer eats and examines the L.A. dining scene. We're shocked, shocked! to find out that many folks there feel they are and deserve celebrity treatment and ample ego stroking from restaurant staff. The Vegetable Harvest cookbook by Patricia Wells gets a look, which was......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from today's offerings. SF Chronicle: Sun-heated ovens are examined. Good: thought to help save the planet, low(ish) cost, uses "green" technology, and works in sunny/warm climes. Iffy/Bad: requires rooftop or outdoor space that City apartment dwellers probably lack, won't work on foggy or rainy days, lacks precision of traditional ovens, and can take a loooooong time. Saturday is Bastille Day, oui,......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from today's offerings. SF Chronicle: Ouch! Tres Agaves appears to have slipped. Who wants "watery tequila jus flavored" chicken? Or salsa with mushy tomatoes and a soupy broth? Just in time for al fresco dining and picnics, grissini (that means breadsticks) gets a fresh look at Perbacco and Emporio Rulli. Stick it to us, indeed. Fun factoid: the two Perbacco bakers......

Duck meatballs from the Oakland Tribune. We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from today's offerings. It's short but suh-weet. SF Chronicle: Breaking bread with neighbors and "new friends"/potential love mates continues to catch on at community tables. An explanation from restaurant guru Clark Wolf perhaps explains why the post 9/11 trend has taken awhile to grow: "...Americans don't share space well. So it took a little......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from today's offerings. SF Chronicle: In honor of Mother's Day, Yummy Mummies who happen to be food professionals spill advice and recipes on keeping families with children fed. Our fave tips: pour yourself a big glass of wine (yes!!); kids eat better when they help, or at least watch, while (Mom) cooks; and break meals down into three manageable pieces --......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from Wednesday's offerings. SF Chronicle: Textures and flavors explored by Bay Area restaurant chefs (including Thomas Keller, who's doing a cookbook on the subject) via sous vide "under vacuum" cooking. Dishes discussed include: rhubarb, pork tenderloin, duck breast, and beef short ribs. Food geeks may smile over info from Harold McGee, one of SFist's favorite local food scientists. Cooks of all......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. This week's report is delayed why? Our car broke down on a curvy country road yesterday and we are working weird hours on a movie called Pig Hunt in the Ukiah/Boonville area. Here are our favorite nibbles from Wednesday's offerings. SF Chronicle: We feel clam love! Olivia Wu dishes on why clams make for good local eats. The bivalves are fragile yet relatively cheap. Heat fans......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from today's offerings. SF Chronicle: Loca! Locals eat local, on a budget of about $10 a day. For one week. We are happy they used Rob & Debbie Morse as two of their experiment "subjects": her I'm Mad and I Eat blog is a hoot, and he is also a smart cookie. Get your fill of churros, those delectable deep fried......

SF Chronicle: Beet it! We like beets but 2 beet related recipes in 5 pages seems a bit much. We will crack open a coconut for the coconut recipe with seafood, however. Amanda Berne gets all pie lady in this week's Accidental Vegetarian column, with some tasty sounding results (smoky potato pie, anyone?).......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings. SF Chronicle: Amanda Gold cleans house and puts her cupboard's "hidden gems" to good use. Our fave recipe is for steak & pinto beans with red chile sauce. Of course, the sauce can also go on eggs, quesadillas, or with an avocado salad. Mr. Farmer Brown Jay Foster dons a b-ball cap semi-sideways (the pic says it all)......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings. SF Chronicle: For Da Bears: Marlena Spieler's barley lima soup ends up eaten by a bear, grrrrr! Are we alone in being both amused and scared by that bear-riffic illustration? Filtered water is all the rage, in a sustainable trend started by Incanto and Poggio. Velvety Foamy Chocolate in a Cup sounds sexy and divine but seems better......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: SF Chronicle: You may have memories of dry, bland Irish food. Forget that! Here's a revamped St. Paddy's day menu, including steak and oyster pie and Bailey's pots de creme. Look for changes for SF's Original Joe's (pictured here), one of our favorite places for meat and pasta in an old school setting.......

Ooops! We thought this got posted yesterday.... We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from yesterday's offerings: SF Chronicle: Youthful chefs -- all under the age of 28, my God! -- make the cut for the Rising Chefs list. We'll take one order of Chef Nate Appleman's octopus & ceci bean zuppa, please. Don't be afraid of tentacles! All it takes is practice. After reading the Inside Scoop,......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings:...

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: SF Chronicle: Valentine's feasting with the one you love. We like Marlena Spieler's no fuss, no muss approach. We would totally make the cumin lamb chops with sweet potatoes and tomato-ginger chutney for our sweetie if we weren't catering tonight! If a restaurant outing is more your thang for Valentine's Day, Inside Scoop has dets on happenings around......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: SF Chronicle: We'd like to tap that. Maple syrup is not just for breakfast. Maple syrup with chicken sounds um... interesting. One recipe stand out: Pear Salad with Blue Cheese, Hazelnuts & Maple Vinaigrette.......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: SF Chronicle: Restaurant report: are there rats, cockroaches, and unclean hands at your favorite spots? Food safety scores allow customers to find out online (tho not widely used) and in person if restaurant workers are working safely with and around food.......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: SF Chronicle: Tea time! The Bay Area is into fine tea. Our cupboard would cry over the notion that the bagged "finings" stuff is made from dust swept up off the floor. Okay, ew! Tea also makes an appearance in Karola Saekel's round up of the Fancy Food Show, which ended yesterday. Other hot items include sea salts,......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: SF Chronicle Traditional and Meatless "100-mile" Feasts, with most of the ingredients from within 100 miles of SF. Georgeanne Brennan and Ann M. Evans envision "long, leisurely, abundant" meals that are "festive and celebratory of the season." We found Meyer lemon curd tarts with candied violet and Brussels sprouts chiffonade with carmelized onions to be the most innovative......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. We feel especially in touch with our inner Cookie Monster after all that reading, and you'll see why. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: SF Chronicle Amanda Gold recommends using seasonal spices in baked desserts, including cookies. We really want to try the dreamy looking and sounding lemon layer cake with cranberry lemon curd, ooh la la!. Gold is also all about the (vegetable)......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: SF Chronicle Stanford alum and local food writer Janet Fletcher gives three quickie menus--that’s 90 minutes if you have sharp knives and decent kitchen skills--to entertain during the holidays. We may try out Linda Furiya’s Five-Spice Persimmon Cake for a holiday party we’re attending this Sunday. It sounds sweet with a little spice and will feed sixteen......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: ...

Although the real-estate bubblewatchers got a head start on the festivities some time last year, we have been waiting until there's a whole lot of data before we begin the "Woe is us!" chant over our monthly (fixed) mortgage statement. That data has all fallen into our laps in the last two days. Zillow issued a report on how well the San Francisco Bay Area did, real estate sales-wise, for this year's second quarter. After......

Everybody's a winner on SFist! Our fat ass wins cream puffs, The SF Chronicle wins a scoop, everyone named Rob Black wins their 15 minutes, and San Francisco wins second-best quality of life in the US. Pork wins on "Top Chef", Supervisor Alioto-Pier wins a baby (but no leave), and the SF Weekly wins because Rita says so. Who doesn't feel like a winner when they look at so best, commenter "E" wins back......