Just how damaged were California’s avocado trees in the recent fires?

When it’s wrong to eat locally: Researchers in New Zealand debunk the “food miles” theory. Well, sorta.

Perfumes that smell like roast beef, boiled rice, and pesto.

A little-known, highly productive San Francisco–owned farm that’s 40 miles from the city.

Californians munch their way through the biannual Slow Food Terra Madre conference in Turin, where the pig fat’s tasty but the meatballs are MIA.

The feds shut down a medical marijuana factory that made pot-laced chocolate treats.

A champagne tail that’s a lot of rose and not too much rosé.

We’re off to California! Swimmin’ pools! Movie stars! (cue banjo music). The goal had been to more or less do the continent in a little over two months, but that proved impossible. I couldn’t move faster than I...

Musings on the nature of the box.

Three remarkable wines for a remarkable dinner.

I just found out that apparently it is against the law for a server in California to bring you a glass of water without your asking. I find this a little bizzar. I know that it is a way to conserve water, but until last night...

Do a search at sfgate.com as they covered it in December or January. They finally got a permit from the California Coastal Commission, something many people thought was impossible. I did a google search a while back and found a...

were too nice to recycle. The olive tapanade was good too. This is a shop that fits its space nicely. The Oxbow Public Market website sums it up best “the best of their award-winning California extra virgin olive oils, assorted...

I’m meeting some friends, a couple visiting from California, tonight at Forge, the new place the ex-BLT chef recently opened up in Tribeca (on Reade St., bet. Greenwich & Hudson Sts.) Has anyone been? 1. I’m looking...

at 17190 Collins Ave. since 1954, will make way for a 15-story mixed-use project that will include the decidedly more upscale Epicure Market, office space and residential units. In December, the city commission gave the...