Soleil Ho - COYOTE (Page 4)

Soleil Ho is a cultural critic, cookbook writer, and food journalist who has a nasty habit of founding media projects instead of going to therapy: from the feminist literary magazine Quaint to food podcast Racist Sandwich to our dear COYOTE.

64 articles (Page 4)

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Power

How COYOTE Almost Got Slopped by AI

The sordid tale of the freelancer who never was.

Soleil Ho Feb 11, 2026

Bold hand drawn words like "poetry" "sports" and "comics" surround a coyote reading a book, against a teal background.

Life

COYOTE Calendar: February 12-18

This week we've got Valentine’s AND anti-Valentine’s parties, vampire drag, and deep dives into Pompeii and ancient Egypt.

Soleil Ho Feb 11, 2026

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Life

San Leandro’s TikTok-Famous Chinese Bakery Sandwiches Herald the Year of the Fried Fishwich

Are the viral chicken and fish sandwiches worth the wait? Yes — with some caveats.

Soleil Ho Feb 9, 2026

A crowd of protesters carry signs in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which read "ICE show us a warrant," "Powerful together," and "chinga la migra." An Amerian flag flies upside down.

Power

What We Owe Minnesota

We solve this together or not at all.

Soleil Ho Jan 26, 2026

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Newsletters

Yap Zone: Pro-Doug and Anti-Doug

A "Doug" event during SF Sketchfest opens a can of worms.

Soleil Ho Jan 22, 2026

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Newsletters

COYOTE Weekly: Heave Ho!

Keep pushing.

Soleil Ho Jan 19, 2026

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Newsletters

Yap Zone: How We Got the Bottom of the Hill Story

Emma Silvers on how we got COYOTE's Bottom of the Hill closure story.

Soleil Ho Jan 9, 2026

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COYOTE

Goodbye 2025!

In: Indie news. Out: All the other crap.

Soleil Ho Dec 31, 2025

A black dachshund wearing round wire-framed classes and a blue harness looks at the camera while sitting on a lap of someone wearing a pink Hawaiian shirt.

Culture

Why We Can't Stop Naming Our Pets After Japanese Rice Cakes

What's behind the Bay Area's collective interest in naming pets after Japanese food?

Soleil Ho Dec 29, 2025

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Newsletters

Yap Zone: The One Thing Alan Chazaro Hasn't Written About

The prolific Alan Chazaro has written about pretty much everything — except one very important thing.

Soleil Ho Dec 26, 2025

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Culture

A Bay Area Librarian Is Using Vintage Vinyl to Show Tweens Where Music Comes From

Gina Cargas reached out to the community about collecting records for her middle school students. The response was overwhelming.

Soleil Ho Dec 22, 2025

A man in a black shirt and glasses holds an empty white plate in his right hand. He looks directly into the camera with a confused expression.

Culture

A Michelin-Recognized Chef Was Allegedly Set to Cater a Hackathon. So Why Did the Food Look Like “ass”?

Dinner was pure, thoughtless dude chum.

Soleil Ho Dec 19, 2025