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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.

The Starlet

May 26, 2009

Urban myth, or fact? A tablehopper reader writes in “I heard Drew Barrymore was at the Phone Booth again last night.” Star Jones and her new chef boyfriend, Herb Wilson, who was formerly the executive chef at the Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand, were having lunch at RN74 with gents…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
May 26, 2009
What’s Cookin’

May 26, 2009

photos by Mathew Sumner Love is many things. I will tell you one thing that it definitely is: when your sister returns from New Orleans and brings you back "hog's head cheese" and boudin from the Bourgeois Meat Market in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Yeah, baby, any place…
Marcia Gagliardi
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StarChefs Napa Sonoma Rising Stars Revue
The Socialite

StarChefs Napa Sonoma Rising Stars Revue

The ~STARCHEFS.COM AT THE NAPA SONOMA RISING STARS REVUE~ is a walk-around tasting gala featuring the Napa Sonoma Rising Star award winners and their signature dishes, cocktails, and wine pairings. The 2009 Napa Sonoma Rising Stars and their dishes include: Jeremy Fox, Ubuntu Ubuntu Fregola in Caramelized Vegetable…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Grow a Farmer
The Socialite

Grow a Farmer

Photo by Jered Lawson Gabriella Café in Santa Cruz and Pie Ranch (a partner with Mission Pie here in SF) are teaming up for this special ~GROW A FARMER FUNDRAISING DINNER~ at Pie Ranch, located near Año Nuevo State Reserve. Grow a Farmer is a six-month UC Santa Cruz…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Art's Cafe
The Regular

Art's Cafe

I have three words for you: hash brown sandwich. It's a straight-up brilliant addition to the usual line-up of breakfast suspects. Take that, omelette and French toast and eggs Benedict! In all my years of eating breakfast in diners, cafes, restaurants, truck stops, cars, ships, planes,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
May 19, 2009
The Chatterbox

May 19, 2009

There have been countless rumors and rumblings over what is happening at ~AQUA~. Here's what we do know: chef de cuisine Ron Boyd is off to lead R&D for Beautifull!, the company focused on healthy meals for delivery or pick-up. Boyd's replacement is…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Lush

May 19, 2009

The Metro Bar on Market has been closed for renovations, and will be reopening as ~BLACKBIRD BAR~. The project from Shawn Vergara and Doug Murphy of Moby's and 440 will be something new for the Castro: a warm and cozy rustic-modern bar, more in the stylistic vein…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
May 19, 2009
The Health Nut

May 19, 2009

A couple little bits for you. First, I had to share this wonderful recipe tablehopper reader Leslie wrote in: it's for a ~HEALTHY BREAKFAST OF QUINOA~. (I know, and you thought it was just for dinner.) One thing that was challenging on the cleanse was what to eat…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
May 19, 2009
The Sugar Mama

May 19, 2009

It's a new month, which means another book giveaway from the award-winning Ten Speed Press. This month I am giving away three copies of local writer Karen Solomon's fab book, JAM IT, PICKLE IT, CURE IT and Other Cooking Projects to three lucky tablehopper readers.…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

May 19, 2009

The lovely Julianne Moore dined with two women at Lark Creek Walnut Creek. She had the steelhead trout and the three shared a dessert. Molly Ringwald and her daughter, Mathilda, were at MacArthur Park in Palo Alto last night—her daughter lost her first tooth there. Last Tuesday night, Pink…
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