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Let's Have a Little Chaat
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Let's Have a Little Chaat

This was definitely something I was looking forward to coming home to, in an effort to assuage my acute Indian food cravings: VIK’S CHAAT CORNER has opened in a new and larger space just a couple blocks away from its original location. Can’t wait to get my Mumbai…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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Molecular Gastronomy Comes to Shallow Alto

After chef Bruno Chemel’s abrupt departure from Mountain View’s Chez TJ, he has now opened his own place, BAUMÉ in Palo Alto. Named after French chemist Antoine Baumé, the contemporary French menu is going to give your wallet a workout (five courses for $78, ten for $108, fifteen…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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Curry Village Opening in the Sunset

I wasn’t able to pin down an actual date before my departure, and am sorry I won’t be there for the opening, but am very happy that Kamal Barbhuyan and Nimmi Bano’s ~CURRY VILLAGE~ will be opening soon—it should be sometime this week. I loved their…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Your Chance to Save the Deli, Again!
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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
Marcia Gagliardi •
Room to Read Fundraiser
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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,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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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 from…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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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 changes is…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
In A Cheesemaker's Kitchen
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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 •
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Rosamunde Due to Open This Week in the Mission

According to a recent Tweet,  ROSAMUNDE is due to open their second location on Monday January 11th in the former Cafe Arguello space in the Mission. GrubStreet had these details about the new location: “They plan to keep the existing Rosamunde menu, adding a couple of dishes that [partner Josh]…
Marcia Gagliardi
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