The hippest stretch of Valencia Street, in the Mission District, just got a lot hipper, thanks to Bruce Binns unpretentiously chic diner, Spork, in a former KFC.
My friend Shaina Robbins was among a group of Midwest chefs who were invited to cook for the Dalai Lama in Madison, Wisconsin for the dedication of a new Buddhist temple.
A beekeeping friend asked me to visit a couple of honey stores (La
Maison du Miel and Les Ruchers du Roy) in Paris recently, opening the doors to a subculture of beekeeping—agriculture—that I had no
idea existed....