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(Sponsored): Find What's New at the Winter Fancy Food Show

The West Coast’s largest specialty food event is right around the corner, and top producers and buyers from around the world will soon be arriving in San Francisco. They’re gearing up to see and sample the most innovative foods and beverages of 2016—and to discover their next…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 12, 2016

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The Chatterbox

510 Updates: Ippudo Coming (and Loco'l Too), Cafe Eugene, Casa Cubana Open

The East Bay has plenty of new projects to look forward to, starting with the news that IPPUDO is coming to downtown Berkeley (it’s known for being one of the tastier tonkotsu ramen bowls in New York, but has locations around the world). Berkeleyside mentions it’s coming to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 12, 2016

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January 12, 2016 - This week's tablehopper: under pressure.

This week's tablehopper: under pressure. I could dive into this right about now: the build-your-own Bloody Mary bar at Parallel 37’s new Second Sunday brunch buffet. Photo: © tablehopper.com. So I don’t think anyone particularly wanted to start the new year with the tragic loss of…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 11, 2016

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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: under pressure.

So I don’t think anyone particularly wanted to start the new year with the tragic loss of David Bowie from our planet. We reel. He represented so much, to so many people, for so many reasons. What talent, what style, what an amazingly fluid expression of gender. And then…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 11, 2016

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(Sponsored): Make Your Reservations for SF Restaurant Week!

SF Restaurant Week returns January 20th-31st, as a celebration of San Francisco’s world-class dining community. Nearly 120 restaurants across the city will offer special prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus. Lunch menus will be at least two courses for $15 or $25. Dinner menus will be at least three courses…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 08, 2016

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The Jetsetter

Big Island, Hawaii

A couple of dear friends of mine have been traveling extensively to Hawaii over the years and recently bought a home on the Big Island in the Puna District, just south of Hilo, which would be considered the wet side of the island (Kona, on the west side, is the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 08, 2016

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January 8, 2016 - This week's tablehopper: hanging loose with the punatics.

This week's tablehopper: hanging loose with the punatics. Lizards hanging out on my screen windows in the afternoon sun (in Puna, Hawaii). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Aloha, friends. I just flew back from dreamy Hawaii on Wednesday night, was so sorry to leave tropical paradise, especially to return to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 07, 2016

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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: hanging loose with the punatics.

Aloha, friends. I just flew back from dreamy Hawaii on Wednesday night, was so sorry to leave tropical paradise, especially to return to chilly-ass, rainy weather (and traveling with a cold, lame). But this weather is going to feel relatively warm by the time I get to New York, which…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 07, 2016

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(Sponsored): Party with a Purpose at the Winter Fancy Food Show 2016

Soon, specialty food professionals from around the world will head to Moscone Center for the Winter Fancy Food Show 2016, where they’ll explore the industry’s most delicious new trends and innovations. Join them and celebrate good times in support of a great cause at Party with a Purpose,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 05, 2016

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The Chatterbox

Parallel 37 at the Ritz-Carlton Launching an Opulent (Ritzy!) Second Sunday Brunch Buffet

Looking for somewhere new to brunch? Ritz-Carlton Hotel brunch buffet spreads are pretty legendary—I remember the one they used to host on the patio at the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco fondly, and the one they hold in Half Moon Bay is also rather fabulous, so I was pleased to hear…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 05, 2016