October 30, 2007
Josh Brolin and Diane Lane were spotted having dinner at Venticello after watching the Ornette Coleman show at the Masonic Center.…
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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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October 30, 2007
Guess whose birthday it is this week? Yes, yours truly, and I am looking forward to celebrating with my cute family on Thursday—break out the pink bubbles. When I was younger, each year my parents would ask me where I wanted to go for my birthday dinner, which is…
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PinotFest
Farallon restaurant, in conjunction with over 50 of the West Coast’s top pinot noir producers, will host the ~NINTH ANNUAL PINOTFEST~ celebration Sunday through Saturday, November 11–17. Farallon dinner guests can choose from carefully selected flights of pinot noir and enjoy a special chef tastes menu, and at…
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The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken
Join Laura Schenone, James Beard Award-winning author of “The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken” for a ~FEAST OF RAVIOLI AND OTHER LIGURIAN SPECIALTIES~ at Farina Focaccia & Cucina restaurant. Chef Paolo Laboa will demonstrate how to make perfect ravioli as Laura recounts some of the lessons she learned in…
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Mon Histoire d’Amour with Bordeaux by Raphael Knapp
Raphael Knapp is a French Wine Importer based in the SF Bay Area. He and his partner, Bernard Bouchet, created International Vineyards four years ago. Their intention was to find small, authentic producers, and bring them to the test of the California palate. You can check out Raphael’s wine…
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Spruce
Pic from Spruce--mine sucked.
Excuse me while I finish polishing my shoes, ironing my shirt, and applying my favorite Dior red lipstick (yes, the bastards have discontinued the color already). Newsflash: there is a new restaurant in San Francisco that you'll actually want to spiff up a…
October 23, 2007
The biggest news rippling through the restaurant community yesterday was who got their ~MICHELIN STARS~, how many, and who didn’t. I attended a press briefing yesterday morning that revealed the second year of local winners, and presented the second edition of the Michelin Red Guide 2008 San Francisco Bay…
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October 23, 2007
Guess who is beginning to enjoy her weekly regimen? It’s funny how having set weekly workout appointments makes you schedule around them. Working out is the easiest thing to cancel: “Oh, I’m too busy, I have to keep working” or “I’m tired, I don’t feel like…
October 23, 2007
Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size Me) was spotted dining on rotisserie Berkshire pork at Kokkari. Nope, no Smithfield there!
American Idol runner-up Melinda Doolittle gave a surprise mini-concert at One Market to a group hosting a private banquet (Doolittle is related to one of the folks in the…
October 23, 2007
Oh, the temptation to go to the beach and blow off this week’s ‘hopper. It feels like our last hurrah. But that would be totally irresponsible now, wouldn’t it? Then again, I know you wouldn’t put it past me.
Since we’re on the subject of bad…