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Food writer Jane Sigal presents her new book, and is joined for the Q&A by Paul Chutkow, author, journalist and publisher. bistronomy covers today’s bistro cooking in Paris – French food reimagined by a new generation of chefs. There’s a new movement afoot in Paris. Young chefs have turned their backs on stuffiness and are creating an…

The Seducers have well earned a regular Second Sunday booking in Bird & Beckett’s new weekly “Canyon Moonlight Music” series.  The band features guitarist and vocalist Mitch Polzak, pedal steel guitarist Joe Goldmark, singer and bassist Eddie Kendrick and drummer Les James. Classic country music for a moonlit November night hard by Glen Canyon, where the…

A return engagement of San Francisco’s finest interpreters of early jazz, vaudeville, rural blues, ragtime and popular tunes!  Click here to listen to their duo guitar performance of Cold Mornin’ Shout. Craig Ventresco was lured out to San Francisco from Maine in 1987 by the promised riches of the musician’s life to be had here.…

Surf, Italian Style! or is it, Italian, Surf Style? Click on the picture to ponder that.

EaR Candy digs into their deep repertoire with a relish that’ll set you grinning ear to ear. Eric Shifrin, piano Ralph Carney, reeds Bing Nathan, bass Scott Johnson, drums Some photos from last month’s date, with Joe Kyle, Jr. on bass:and Randy Lee Odell on drums: performance photos by Angela Bennett; group photo by Dennis…