Cover: Male Fridge Oddity
The anthropology of bachelor culinary traditions.

News: Mission Position
As the Mission Street Widening Task Force gathers its forces, many members worry that a rigid timeline is being given priority over good planning.

Hot-Weather Happenings: A complete guide to this summer's cultural, recreational and phantasmagorical fun.

Notes From the Underground: Casting a local version of MTV's wacky 'reality' show.

Jewel Tone: Singer-songwriter Jewel flexes her poetry-writing muscles in her reflective book of verse, A Night Without Armor.

Zen and the Art of Tofu: Finding peace, love and understanding in a quivering gray mass.

Peat and Repeat: Indie Irish hit I Went Down is a too-familiar shaggy-dog story.