Starting yesterday, Slow Food Nation has begun stripping up the sod in front of San Francisco's City Hall in preparation of planting a large victory garden. With food prices rising and arable land shrinking, cities worldwide are encouraging urban gardening. More

Cherry tomatoes and varieties of squash and bitter melon

Yesterday we hopped to the Crocker Galleria Farmer's Market to pick up a bag of edible flower salad greens from Happy Boy Farms, and snapped these lovely pictures. Enjoy! More

The Ferry Building is a historic building that opened in San Francisco in 1898 and was a major transportation hub in San Francisco before the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge were built. Damaged in the 1989 earthquake, the Ferry Building was restored as a food market hall. More

We went to the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market on Saturday and summer is in full swing here in San Francisco. Berries, stone fruits, and tomatoes have arrived! More

Lately, consumers have been concerned about rising food prices, and with good reason. However, it's not hopeless; good bargains are to be found! We've been paying attention to what things are costing and we've made a list of where to find some good deals in San Francisco.

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We don't really have a lot of room to garden at our San Francisco Edwardian row house. Our backyard faces north and doesn't get enough light to grow vegetables, and our south-facing front stoop had very little real estate. We're limited to whatever containers we can fit on our sunny front stoop. More

Sour plums and green almonds

The Alemany Farmer's Market is located at 100 Alemany Boulevard under the junction of the 101 and 280 freeways, and is held every Saturday from 7 AM to 1 PM. Founded in 1940, it is the oldest farmer's market in the Bay Area, and one of the biggest. Here's what we saw this week ... More

It was a wild and lovely day at the Maker Faire last Saturday. Held twice a year in the Bay Area and Austin, TX, the Maker Faire is put on by the people at Make and Craft magazines.

Simultaneously family-friendly and freaky, the crowd is part science fair geek, part hard core computer nerd/hacker and part DIY punk crafter, with a sparkly dash of Burning Man.

After 90 minutes of freeway exiting, parking/shuttling and queuing up at the ticket booth, we finally made it into the fair grounds where we quelled our blood sugar crisis with a nice smoked tri-tip sandwich and our semi-annual cup of Coke. Temporarily satiated and back in our Flow, we headed out into delicious mayhem that is the Maker Faire. More

Are you making mushroom soup? Do you want to try a matsutake mushroom? How about some truffle oil? Chances are, if you live in San Francisco, we know where you can find all these mushrooms, and more. More

The Noe Valley Farmer's Market is located at 3861 24th Street, between Sanchez and Vicksburg Streets and is held every Saturday from 8 AM to 1 PM. It's a smaller than the other two Saturday farmer's markets - Alemany and Ferry Building - but if you don't need a lot of things, it's a good place to go to pick up some basics without dealing with crowds. It's also convenient to the 24th Street Cheese Store, PlumpJack Wines, and Chocolate Covered. Here's what we saw this week ... More