About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Food Archive
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Eat Your World, pentaquery edition
Posted on March 12, 2012 | No CommentsLast week, I came across the website of Eat Your World, a relatively new concept that merges two of my favorite things: wanderlust and essenlust (that’s right Germans, I’m inventing new words in your language!). So I tossed them five questions by e-mail. (Also known... -
Longest California Roll record returns to the Golden State
Posted on November 9, 2009 | 1 CommentYesterday afternoon, I reported on the creation of the longest California Roll yesterday for an upcoming edition of The California Report. The event celebrated the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Center for Japanese Studies at UC Berkeley. The new record, set at 330... -
Pumpkin Scones: Sunday morning baking
Posted on October 25, 2009 | 1 CommentLast night, I had the sudden urge to make pumpkin scones, so Bex and I hit the new Berkeley Bowl West for supplies, before getting drinks at Marc 49. By the time we got home, I decided that they were obviously they’re better over breakfast.... -
Fruitvale taco truck bike tour with Cyrus (Oct. 25, 2009)
Posted on October 19, 2009 | 2 CommentsBefore it gets too rainy, I thought I’d take whoever would like to join me for a taco truck bike tour of my four favorite trucks in Fruitvale this Sunday: When: Sunday, October 25, 2009 Meet: 12:30 pm, Lake Merritt BART station (9th and Oak... -
California Farmers’ Market iPhone app!
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsThanks to Yola, I’ve just discovered the exact iPhone application that I’ve been looking for! Enter: California Farmers’ Market Finder. It does everything that I want to in a farmers’ market app: sorts by day, locates the markets nearest me, plots them on a map... -
Creating a new SF Bay Area Farmer’s Market map
Posted on September 15, 2009 | 3 CommentsSo I have a set of data in a Google Docs spreadsheet of SF Bay Area Farmer’s Markets. Each market has data for the following columns: Day, County, Location, Hours, Months, Intersection, City, State, ZIP, Phone, URL. There are entries for over 100 markets. What... -
August 7: Cyrus on Morning Edition (NPR)
Posted on August 6, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on TCHO chocolate is on Morning Edition today (August 7). It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 5 am to 9 am Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM... -
Michael Pollan on cooking in America (or lack thereof)
Posted on August 3, 2009 | 124 CommentsFor the record, I *love* to cook, as evidenced by the photo above. Just made some flippin’ fantastic pizza last night, too. Still, this article is pretty thought-provoking. -CF Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch by Michael Pollan The New York Times Magazine August... -
NYT: A New Iran Overture, With Hot Dogs
Posted on June 2, 2009 | 1 CommentThe New York Times, June 1 2009: SAN SALVADOR — Having sent the Iranian people a video greeting on their New Year, President Obama is now inviting them to help celebrate a quintessentially American holiday, the Fourth of July. Last Friday, the State Department sent... -
Big ups to Andy Raskin!
Posted on May 13, 2009 | No CommentsBig ups to my buddy Andy Raskin, whose memoir The Ramen King and I: How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life has just been released. I attended a reading of his at Booksmith last night in the Lower Haight. But don’t worry,...
