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Enterpreneurial Women in the Food Biz
The Socialite

Enterpreneurial Women in the Food Biz

Sorry this is coming atcha today (the event is tonight) but I thought a number of you would be interested in this Commonwealth Club Bay Gourmet event, ~ENTREPRENEURIAL WOMEN IN THE FOOD BIZ~, when a panel of powerful female food entrepreneurs will be dishing up the tricks of their trade.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
May 5, 2009
The Chatterbox

May 5, 2009

Big congrats to all the ~JAMES BEARD~ winners (and nominees!). Nate Appleman won Rising Star Chef (!!), and Douglas Keane of Cyrus won Best Chef: Pacific. Also, my fabulous new publisher has a winning Cookbook of the Year for Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes (author: Jennifer McLagan,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
May 5, 2009
The Lush

May 5, 2009

After being closed from a fire for eight months, ~MARTIN MACK'S~ in the Haight is reopening this Friday. The menu will be back in effect with Irish bacon and cabbage on Mondays, plus fish and chips, hamburgers, and more. Kitchen hours are Mon–Fri 11:30am–3pm and…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
May 5, 2009
The Health Nut

May 5, 2009

Things are going incredibly well with this cleanse—who knew I’d enjoy going vegan so much? Well, until I look at pictures of Sunday’s Pig Out at Coffee Bar. Anyway, life without my morning espresso is actually easy when I haven’t been up late carrying on, eating…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Sugar Mama

May 5, 2009

Just in time for Mother’s Day and National Women’s Health Week (May 10–16), join WomenHeart and Clos du Bois Winery in supporting women’s heart disease awareness and prevention with a visit to ToastToWomen.com, a new website that is part of a year-long campaign to…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

May 5, 2009

I had two tablehopper readers write in about spotting Vince Vaughn at Gary Danko last Friday April 24th. Sean Penn was on the town Saturday night, both at the Clift’s Redwood Room with a group of friends, and at RN74 Saturday night with Matt Gonzalez (former mayoral candidate/supervisor/…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
May 5, 2009
What’s Cookin’

May 5, 2009

There’s nothing like going out on a Monday morning to move your car for street cleaning and finding your roof all slashed up (two foot-long holes), plus a botched attempt to pry off one of my speakers (sorry lame robber dude, my friend drilled those puppies in tight…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Dine About Town SF
The Socialite

Dine About Town SF

The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) bi-annual ~DINE ABOUT TOWN SAN FRANCISCO~ restaurant promotion returns. Over 125 San Francisco restaurants are participating, offering diners prix-fixe lunches for $21.95 and/or dinners for $34.95, exclusive of tax and gratuity. Dates and times of participation vary…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Joe Bastianich Is In Town
The Socialite

Joe Bastianich Is In Town

Tuesday May 19th Friulian Wine Dinner with Joe Bastianich and Valter Scarbolo at Delfina Delfina will have both Joe Bastianich (representing Bastianich) and Valter Scarbolo (representing Scarbolo Winery, and La Frasca in Udine)Â on hand all night to pour/discuss their latest vintages. Delfina’s menu will feature Friulian…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Harris' Restaurant
The Regular

Harris' Restaurant

Photos by Mathew Sumner. When the hankering for a steak strikes, you don't want to mess around. It's a primal need that means business. Which is why I enjoy the whole white tablecloth experience that usually surrounds what is quite the carnivorous act. It's…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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