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Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi is an SF-based restaurant columnist and culinary personality, well-known for her groundbreaking 19-year-old tablehopper newsletter, offering an insider's take on restaurant news.
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Your Chance to Save the Deli, Again! public
The Chatterbox

Your Chance to Save the Deli, Again!

Did you miss author David Sax of Save the Deli the last time he was in town? Well, he will be at the JCCSF in January! Here’s more: “Journalist and lifelong deli obsessive David Sax is alarmed. He asserts that assimilation, homogenization and health food trends are killing our…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Room to Read Fundraiser public
The Chatterbox

Room to Read Fundraiser

A big Parties That Cook cooking party fundraiser for the nonprofit Room To Read is coming up (the goal is to raise $25k!). Room To Read partners with local communities throughout the developing world to provide quality educational opportunities by establishing libraries, creating local language children’s literature, constructing schools,…
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The Chatterbox

Did Someone Say Dinner Special?

Sure, it’s a new year, but our finances haven’t bounced back just yet. Ahem. Fortunately ~CHOUQUET’S~ has launched two new specials to help with our dining expenses. Diners can enjoy a French three-course dinner (appetizer, entrée, and a dessert) for $29.95 per person every night…
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The Chatterbox

And Here's a Special in the 510

Hey, the 510-ers need to save dough too! BELLANICO in Oakland is running a four-course menu for $24 (hence its nickname of “Four for Twenty Four”). The menu is available Sunday through Thursday, and it changes weekly (no substitutions). An easy way to keep up on the menu…
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In A Cheesemaker's Kitchen public
The Chatterbox

In A Cheesemaker's Kitchen

Meet cheesemaker and author Allison Hooper of Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery at ~THE PASTA SHOP: FOURTH STREET~ to celebrate her new book (In a Cheesemaker’s Kitchen) and explore artisan California and Vermont cheeses during a panel discussion, tastings, and a book signing. There will be participating artisan cheesemakers…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Beer Week Is Coming, and It's Gonna Be a Rager public
The Lush

Beer Week Is Coming, and It's Gonna Be a Rager

San Francisco Beer Week 2010 (AKA SFBW10) is set for February 5th-14th. There’s quite the range of events coming together. Here’s a glimpse: beer dinners at The Republic, Beretta, Monk’s Kettle, Cafe Biere, and The Boilerhouse; the Beer-Chef’s beer and chocolate dinner on Treasure…
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LIOCO Winemaker Dinner at Spruce public
The Lush

LIOCO Winemaker Dinner at Spruce

I’m a fan of food-friendly LIOCO wines—this dinner at ~SPRUCE~looks like a great way to savor a bunch of them at once! From the event announcement: “LIOCO is the result of an ongoing conversation between Matt Licklider, a seasoned wine import
 specialist, and Kevin O’Connor,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
January 12, 2010 - virtually speaking. public
Newsletter

January 12, 2010 - virtually speaking.

This week's tablehopper: virtually speaking. Yo. Well, if all goes according to plan, you are receiving this while I am getting tan on a beach in Goa. I hope that’s exactly what is happening. Regards from India, Marcia Gagliardi the chatterbox Gossip & News (the word on…
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