Susan Dyer Reynolds

Lemon ricotta pancake with simple blueberry compote. Photo: susan DYer Reynolds
La Deliziosa Vita

Have brunch in your pajamas with easy lemon ricotta pancakes and skillet-fried potatoes

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

One of my mom’s go-to weekend dishes was her lemon ricotta pancakes: fluffy and light with just a touch of sweetness offset by lemon zest. I make them about once a month, especi... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Six podcasts, four trials, and a blog

D.A. Chesa Boudin spends more time in the media than in court
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

And this is where Balko announces he’s found the villain in this attack. No, not the attackers. Not the SF legal system, which still seems confused about what to do about the at... Read More
Drug dealers hand wads of cash to a man in an SUV while an Urban Alchemy ambassador watches.
Reynolds Rap

Two overdoses in 10 minutes

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

As long as we have people who are addicted to drugs, who are willing to destroy their own bodies and their own lives, no amount of investment on the law enforcement is going to so... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Why colleagues say District Attorney Chesa Boudin must go

Critics point to Boudin’s ideology and soft-on-crime approach, but colleagues say San Francisco’s top cop isn’t qualified for the job
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

On January 9, 2015, four men were shot and killed inside a car in the Lower Haight near Laguna and Page streets. Police eventually arrested Lee Farley Jr. for the killings and wer... Read More
Blini with smoked salmon. Photo: SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS
Modern Eating

Escape San Francisco’s foggy summer in sunny Tiburon at the Caviar & Champagne Tasting Room

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

On a recent grey, windy San Francisco morning my friend and I decided to take a 30-minute trip over the Golden Gate Bridge into Tiburon, a warm, sunny enclave in Marin County loca... Read More
Allison Collins, photo: facebook.com/AlisonCollinsSF
Reynolds Rap

Virtue signaling on Hypocrite Hill

Nobody does it better than school board member Alison Collins
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

In the first place, God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.— Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897 By now everyone is familiar with the sordid ... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Chesa Boudin by the numbers

Since taking office, District Attorney has tried 23 cases with 16 convictions
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When Troy McAlister ran a red light in a stolen car that struck and killed 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt and 27-year-old Hanako Abe on Dec. 31, 2020, San Francisco District Attorney... Read More
A makeshift memorial to Emma Hunt in the Tenderloin near the place of her murder. Photo: Used with Permission
Reynolds Rap

Emma, Ronisha, and Latanette

Three young Black mothers murdered and still no justice
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“Basically, they’re saying my daughter was nothing, she wasn’t worth anything anyway. And that’s just not true and I get so angry about that.” — Sherree DeYoe, moth... Read More
Add whatever you like to your crab Louie salad. Photo: Susan Dyer ReynoLds
La Deliziosa Vita

Dungeness crab has finally arrived

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Every year for Christmas Eve, I make my mom’s Rhode Island clam chowder and a big crab Louie with fresh, sweet Dungeness crab. This year, however, I served the chowder alongside... Read More
Reynolds Rap

District Attorney Chesa Boudin is a man without a plan

And San Francisco citizens are paying the price
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

This past New Year’s Eve, 45-year-old parolee Troy McAlister was evading a robbery in a stolen car. He ran a red light, striking and killing 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt and 27-y... Read More
Reynolds Rap

What Mark Zuckerberg and the ‘Marina Times’ have in common

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Virtue signaling: the sharing of one’s point of view on a social or political issue to garner praise or acknowledgment of one’s righteousness from others who share that point ... Read More
Stracciatella soup with tortellini, meatballs, and spinach. Photo: Susan Dyer Reynolds
La Deliziosa Vita

Warm up with hearty soups

Perfect for a cold winter’s night
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When winter turns cold and blustery, my thoughts turn to hot, hearty soups. One of my favorites is stracciatella, or Italian egg drop soup. The name means “torn apart” or “r... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Upset over critical coverage, supervisors try to squash the First Amendment

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Just 15 minutes before the Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 1, 2020, District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston told his colleagues that he planned to single out the Marina Times from... Read More
New England baked stuffed shrimp. Photo: Susan Dyer REYNOLDS
La Deliziosa Vita

A scaled-down Feast of the Seven Fishes

In a year of small holiday gatherings, here are some of my favorite childhood seafood dishes
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

In Southern Italy, where my grandfather was born, they celebrate La Vigilia in anticipation of the midnight birth of the baby Jesus. It was first introduced to America in the late... Read More
Will the November election results change business as usual in City Hall? Photo: Susan Dyer Reynolds
Reynolds Rap

San Francisco needs big change

Endorsements for the supervisor candidates most likely to bring it
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Neighbors in the Richmond District have been begging their supervisor, Sandra Fewer, to deal with a growing homeless situation known as the 18th Avenue encampment. On Aug. 17, a g... Read More


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