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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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January 1, 2008 public
The Health Nut

January 1, 2008

Yup, it’s the infamous month of resolutions, when everyone signs up for a gym membership, embarks on a new diet, or tries to give up delicious things like pasta and booze. Jeremy Manning of Titan Fitness wanted to share ten suggestions for how to stay resolved this year. Best…
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The Starlet

January 1, 2008

Jean Tripplehorn was spotted at Yank Sing. She was dining with her family (her husband and a small child). Apparently Vincent Gallo is a regular at Dosa. On his last visit he ordered organic greens and mango, lentil chicken, Tamil lamb, and spiced tomato soup. And with my own eyes…
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The Bore

No More in 2008

1. I love pork as much as the next guy, but all this pork belly nonsense is getting out of hand (and getting us fat). 2. I am so stanca (tired/fatiguée) of panna cotta and its rainbow of flavors. It’s like last year’s crème brûlée, and the…
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January 1, 2008 public
What’s Cookin’

January 1, 2008

Howdy gang, Happy New Year! In an ironic twist of fate, I am writing this mini-hopper for New Year’s Day a few days in advance, and guess who has a raging hangover? Damn, I am hurting. It’s been a few years since I’ve been felled like…
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Inside the Kitchen public
The Socialite

Inside the Kitchen

I know, this in Half Moon Bay, but the ~INSIDE THE KITCHEN~ series of cooking classes are fab, and feature a lot of SF chefs! This year’s line up includes Jennifer Biesty, chef, and Scott Baird, bar manager, Coco500; Traci Des Jardins, executive chef, and Eugenio Jardim, sommelier, Jardinière;…
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Is It Safe to Eat? public
The Socialite

Is It Safe to Eat?

E. coli, GMOs, pesticides… every week, it seems, news arrives of the latest potential danger in our food supply. When the very thing that is meant to nourish us may also do us harm, how can consumers be conscious without becoming paranoid? A panel of food safety experts will discuss…
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Jerry Cooper on Spanish Cava public
The Wino

Jerry Cooper on Spanish Cava

Photo by Stefanie Michejda Jerry Cooper has worked the last 20 years in San Francisco as a restaurant wine director, retail sales manager, and wine consultant. He has recently established his own company, Swirl on Castro, a wine/spirits retail store and wine bar in the Castro district, and has…
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December 18, 2007 public
The Chatterbox

December 18, 2007

As many of you may have already heard, Craig and Anne Stoll are opening a second location of ~PIZZERIA DELFINA~, this time in the Fillmore District. I couldn’t release the location info last week, but here it is: the pizzeria is moving into the Zao Noodle Bar space on…
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The Starlet

December 18, 2007

Michelle Pfeiffer ate at ACME Chophouse last week. A reader reports, “She’s as pretty in person as on the big screen.” Reese and Jake Watch continues: found out that Reese, Jake, and Reese's two kids were also spotted at Boudin at the Wharf last weekend. They had…
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What’s Cookin’

December 18, 2007

Hey there. So attention Comcast readers: it looks like your issue of tablehopper got blocked last week, so if you want to catch up, you can read it in the archive here. Speaking of last week’s issue, where I wrote up Modern Tea, the kind folks who work there…
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