September 16, 2008
I heard Molly Ringwald had a late dinner at Maverick.
Dale Talde (AKA the locker puncher) from Top Chef was at Circa Thursday night.
Justin Bobby/Justin Brescia from The Hills was at Mamacita over the weekend.…
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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September 16, 2008
Yup, I am back from the mountains, the land of chattering chipmunks and blue jays, and if it wasn’t for the pain of dial-up internet access at my family’s cabin, I’d still be trying to figure out how to stay up there and get my work…
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Macy's Cellar: City Bites Series: The Pursuit of Flavor
Macy’s Cellar is presenting the ~CITY BITES SERIES~, four events moderated by local personalities that will showcase a hot gastronomic trend and feature two San Francisco culinary players to bring the topic to life.
Yours truly is hosting and emceeing a special evening I put together called The Pursuit…
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Gourmet Dating "Kitchen Challenge" Singles Cooking Class & Dinner
Parties That Cook introduces the all-new ~GOURMET DATING KITCHEN CHALLENGE~, an upscale culinary event where singles meet and compete in teams to create the best gourmet meal from a basket of "secret ingredients."
At this hands-on cooking party (hey, just don’t take that hands-on…
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Wayne Garcia on Rosé
In addition to his work as a freelance writer and illustrator, Wayne Garcia oversees the tiny but carefully chosen wine list at Piccino Café in Dogpatch, where his wife Sher is a partner, and writes a wine column for Edible San Francisco. When not sipping rosé, Garcia also writes about…
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Pauline's Pizza
I'm calling this one a lazy review because it's almost a no-brainer. Before pizza mayhem swept the Bay Area (tracking right along with wine bar and now frozen yogurt mania, yet again), PAULINE'S PIZZA has been holding it down in a gourmet-stylee…
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September 2, 2008
You tired of hearing about ~SLOW FOOD NATION~ yet? I know, I know. It’s definitely been the hot topic burning up all the blogs and papers this week. All in all, I’d say it was a pretty successful event for its first year. Ambitious, that’s for sure.…
September 2, 2008
Camber Lay wanted to give me a heads up about some new cocktails on the brunch menu at ~EPIC ROASTHOUSE~. One is titled Bacon & Eggs, made with pisco, lemon, egg whites, maple powder, and speck. As she put it, “It smells like breakfast and tastes like a yummy cocktail…
September 2, 2008
Lars Ulrich (Metallica, yo!) was spotted eating and drinking red wine with his fam and nanny in tow at Taylor’s Automatic Refresher at the Ferry Building on Saturday night.…
September 2, 2008
Did you have a swell Labor Day? True to its name, I spent some of mine writing this thing. Although instead of penning a restaurant review this week, I opted to get a little BBQ time in at grandma’s house with the fam in San Mateo—the smell of…