What’s Cookin’

Man, was it good to get outta Dodge for 24 hours. I was honored to be invited by my friend to visit Roshambo Farms, just off Westside Road in Healdsburg. Springtime in Sonoma is the best—we got to tour the farm, walk through the fields, play with the chickens…

How was your weekend of fun in the sun? I’m glad I played some hooky on Saturday, starting with this fab lunch you see here at Radish (including an ice cold beer, natch), shopping in the Mission, an alfresco dinner with my folks and sis in the alley at…

Why hello there. As many of you have already heard, I am the new contributing food editor for 7x7 magazine. I’m thrilled to be working with executive editor Chloé Harris Frankeny, who has been doing a bang-up job refreshing the magazine. We will be making some changes to…

Why hello there. It’s a minor miracle that the tablehopper newsletter is even in your inbox today. Between being away at Pebble Beach Food & Wine for four days, taxes, a mountain of writing deadlines, and just as many emails to answer, I am churning pretty hard right now.…

Hello, peeps. (Did you have some of those on Sunday?) Besides trekking down to San Mateo on Sunday for an Easter feast with the family (pasta al forno, how much do I love you, let me count the ways), I took it easy this weekend, in an attempt to beat…

Whoa, what a weekend. Friday night I got to celebrate a dear friend’s birthday while at the ForageSF Basque dinner and fundraiser; Saturday was an epic brunch at Bar Tartine (have you had the blood sausage yet?), followed by Whiskies of the World (where I thoroughly enjoyed more than…

Oh, this sweet city. There are so many cool people doing memorable and creative things, and last night was no exception. Some friends and I headed out to the Headlands Center for the Arts for the latest event from the OPENrestaurant crew, OPENharvest, which was a recreation and recap of…

Hello, stormy afternoon. The wet weather definitely has me heading to the movies more often these days—I was so fired up to go see Jiro Dreams of Sushi over the weekend. I know, I know, everyone is talking about it, but really, it’s one of those films many…

Hello and welcome to the Friday club. Yeah, it’s a good place to be—I’m already plotting how late I can sleep in tomorrow, mama needs it. Wednesday night was a late one: I was out with the fun cyclist couple who bid on my tablehopping auction for…

Well, happy first day of spring to you. I am crossing my fingers and toes that it doesn’t rain tomorrow night, since I’ll be tablehopping in the Mission on my bike. The occasion? I’ll be with the two generous folks who bid on a progressive night on…