Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Thought for Food
San Jose Mercury News list their second annual Deals with Appeal, a dozen food bargains one wouldn't want to miss. Elsewhere, in the San Francisco magazine, Josh Sens lists the best things he ate this year; they countdown the 125 best things to eat in the bay area; and find 47 deals on meals that even the pickiest cheapskate will love. Also: Best of Food, and 78 reasons why we are well fed and spoiled rotten in the San Francisco bay area.
The San Francisco Bay Guardian present Feast, their guide to dining and drinking: Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008. 7x7 has a list of SF's best cheap eats. Or, if $5 is just too much, here's their guide to the best snacks for even less.
Diablo magazine lists the east bay's 101 most delicious things to eat here.
The San Francisco Bay Guardian present Feast, their guide to dining and drinking: Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008. 7x7 has a list of SF's best cheap eats. Or, if $5 is just too much, here's their guide to the best snacks for even less.
Diablo magazine lists the east bay's 101 most delicious things to eat here.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
More Magnificent 07
NPR's Lynn Neary talks with book writers — Laura Miller of Salon.com, and blogger Mark Sarvas of The Elegant Variation — about worthy books that got overlooked by the mainstream book-review sections in 2007. The complete list of NPR's recommended reading and listening for Holidays 2007, and, from KQED, the Forum listeners' eclectic winter reading list. Bob Mondello rounds up his 10 favorite films, plus 13 more that linger in memory at year's end, and this page also has a link to his nine previous year-end lists.
Booktrust rounds up the most chosen titles from various newspapers' books of the year choices; here is their 2006 list, and their 2007 summer reading list.
Silicon Valley Metro's film critic Richard von Busack picks the winners and losers from 2007. The best movies and the best graphic novels of 2007 from The Contra Costa Times. East Bay Express film critic Kelly Vance picks her ten best movies of 2007. The Seattle Times film critic Moira Macdonald lists her top 10 of the year (and a splendid second 11, just because), and some of E! Online's favorite authors recommend their book picks for 2007.
Five Indian film makers pick their best films from 2007 in the new year issue of Outlook; elsewhere in the magazine, a list of books that created a buzz this year. The top ten Indian movies of the year, according to The Week. Rediff has two lists of the top Indian movies of 2007 (here and here) and also a list of the best music.
Booktrust rounds up the most chosen titles from various newspapers' books of the year choices; here is their 2006 list, and their 2007 summer reading list.
Silicon Valley Metro's film critic Richard von Busack picks the winners and losers from 2007. The best movies and the best graphic novels of 2007 from The Contra Costa Times. East Bay Express film critic Kelly Vance picks her ten best movies of 2007. The Seattle Times film critic Moira Macdonald lists her top 10 of the year (and a splendid second 11, just because), and some of E! Online's favorite authors recommend their book picks for 2007.
Five Indian film makers pick their best films from 2007 in the new year issue of Outlook; elsewhere in the magazine, a list of books that created a buzz this year. The top ten Indian movies of the year, according to The Week. Rediff has two lists of the top Indian movies of 2007 (here and here) and also a list of the best music.
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