Cover: Flight of Fancy
Everybody is crazy about butterflies these days. Trouble is, enthusiasts may be loving them into extinction.

News: GMOx2
Healdsburg struggles to preserve the integrity of its growth limit.

Usual Suspects: It's time for 'the book Washington doesn't want you to read.'

Culinary Chameleon: Former Babette's chef shines at her own Water Street Bistro in Petaluma.

Lap of Luxury: Gourmet groceries--satisfying our urge to splurge.

Class Act: Local vintage named Best of Class at Pacific Rim competition.

Bumper Crop: Farmers' markets spring to life.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Arena Action: Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' is big on action, but short on wit.

Pining Away: Five lovely sisters mope through their teenaged angst in 'The Virgin Suicides.'

High on Bluegrass: Jerry Garcia's bluegrass roots are showing on legendary 'lost' tapes.

Music Box: New jazz, rock, Asian fusion CDs.

Get Jazzed: Complete program notes on the San Francisco Jazz Festival's spring season.

SF Club Guide: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

Fear of a Brown Planet: Satire is the weapon of choice for the Chicano Secret Service.

Happy Trails: 'Wanderlust' takes a fascinating tour of the history of walking.

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