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DIY Hemp Tofu
KQED - Bay Area Bites
Jan 31A complete source of protein, hemp is a delicious alternative to soy for creating tofu. Nutty, earthy, and creamy all at once, hemp tofu is great for scrambles, stir-fry, seared, or simply drizzled with some sweet soy sauce! »
Dim the lights: sad news for local film fans
Pixel Vision
Jan 23It's been a sad few weeks for the local film community. First came the news that film critic Rossiter Drake — who wrote for the SF Examiner and 7x7 among other publications, and was a fellow member of the San Francisco Film Critics Circle — passed away... »
Fire Destroys Vacant House In San Jose Japantown
CBS 5 Bay Area Real Estate
Jan 09Firefighters have controlled a two-alarm fire that damaged a vacant house in San Jose’s Japantown Monday morning, a fire captain said. »
Fire Destroys Vacant House In San Jose Japantown
CBS 5 - Jefferson Awards
Jan 09Firefighters have controlled a two-alarm fire that damaged a vacant house in San Jose’s Japantown Monday morning, a fire captain said. »
Japanese-American hero dies at 93
KGO-TV San Francisco News
Jan 04A Japanese-American who can be considered a civil rights pioneer has died. Gordon Hirabayashi was 93. In the 1940s with the war, there were troubling times for Japanese and Japanese-Americans when they were sent to internment camps. But in Seattle, Hir... »
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Watch U-Sushi’s ‘Robot Automation’ Maki Get Made
Grub Street San Francisco
Feb 04All slices precisely alike. The hard-core, punk-rock, old-school sushi chefs around town like Ino-san at Ino in Japantown and Tetsuo Kashiyama at Hama-ko in Cole Valley would undoubtedly scoff at the fast-food maki sacrilege happening at newly open U-S... »
If You Liked It Then You Should've Made a Ring of It
Joanne Boston Is A Foodie
Jan 24I love anything associated with food. Even if it is fake. I find myself staring at those plastic replicas of Japanese dishes when I walk through the Kintetsu Food Mall in Japantown. I know you do it too. I am also intrigued by professional food photogr... »
The 10th San Francisco MusicTech Summit
Laughing Squid
Jan 24The 10th SF MusicTech Summit is less than a month away. Held twice a year in San Francisco, the Summit is a connection point for the traditional music industry and the cutting edge of music technologists. Online music services, performing artists, inst... »
Big Dreams Online
San Jose Metblogs
Jan 21A quick heads up: Director Dave Boyle has made his 2006 film Big Dreams Little Tokyo available free online “for a limited time.” The film is here. To quote IMDB, Big Dreams Little Tokyo is the story of Boyd, an American with an uncanny ability to speak... »
‘Jack. In. The. Box. Jackinthebox.’
Muni Diaries
Jan 19Photo by nchenga nchenga Whoa, Nelly. Karen has quite the 38-Geary experience to share. Let the tea steep, get comfortable, and take this one in. Once upon a time, many years ago, I had to take the 38-Geary to and from The Richmond to downtown every da... »