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Subscribe to tablehopper and discover why it’s a must-read, insider newsletter for anyone who lives to eat in San Francisco, for 19 years and counting. Every Tuesday, columnist and curator Marcia Gagliardi serves up the latest SF Bay Area restaurant and bar news, events, culture tips, travel guides, and more.

Casting Call!
The Chatterbox

Casting Call!

I received this casting call and thought I’d pass this along for all you awesome home chefs: “Gordon Ramsay and the producers of The Biggest Loser are now casting amateur chefs for a new inspirational cooking show! Can you cook well despite never having been formally trained? We are…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

New Chef at Piccolo Teatro

PICCOLO TEATRO in Sausalito has had a chef change: chef Travis Flood has departed, and taking his place is Amey Shaw. Her extensive background includes her start at the Fourth Street Grill in Berkeley under Mark Miller and Paul Bertolli; five years at Bentley’s Seafood and Oyster Bar (she…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Meatless Monday: Cooking and Eating More Plants
The Chatterbox

Meatless Monday: Cooking and Eating More Plants

~18 REASONS~ is hosting a plant-based cooking demonstration and tasting. Whether for your physical health, the health of the planet, or the health of your bank account, eating more plants has a lot of perks. This class is especially good if you identify as a carnivore, omnivore, vegetarian, flexitarian, or…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Comedy Summit in MIL(F) Valley

From a cheeky tablehopper reader: “spotted holding forth center table at Piazza d’Angelo’s main dining room post-Tuesday night stand-up comedy night, comedy legend Mort Sahl, along with disciples Mark Pitta, “Yid Vicious” Bobby Slayton, and (Oscar owner) Robin Williams.”…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Mort Sahl

Comedy Summit in MIL(F) Valley January  5, 2010 From a cheeky tablehopper reader: “spotted holding forth center table at Piazza d’Angelo’s main dining room post-Tuesday night stand-up comedy night, comedy legend Mort Sahl, along with disciples Mark Pitta, “Yid Vicious” Bobby Slayton, and (Oscar owner) Robin Williams.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Bore

Time to Say When in 2010

At the beginning of every New Year I have my annual snark about ten things I think are overexposed, overdone, and, quite frankly, I am over. But when I was writing this year’s list, sure, there are some things we’re seeing a bit too much of, but, for…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
January  5, 2010 - this is your captain speaking.
Newsletter

January 5, 2010 - this is your captain speaking.

This week's tablehopper: this is your captain speaking.                     Green papaya salad. Happy New Year, folks! Hope yours was a blast, and hangover-free (mine, not so much—oops). Last week was amazing—the highlight for me was definitely the sold-out tablehopper “Pho La La La La” supper at Pot…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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