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The Socialite

PinotFest

Farallon restaurant, in conjunction with over 50 of the West Coast’s top pinot noir producers, will host the ~NINTH ANNUAL PINOTFEST~ celebration Sunday through Saturday, November 11–17. Farallon dinner guests can choose from carefully selected flights of pinot noir and enjoy a special chef tastes menu, and at…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 29, 2007

The Socialite

The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken

Join Laura Schenone, James Beard Award-winning author of “The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken” for a ~FEAST OF RAVIOLI AND OTHER LIGURIAN SPECIALTIES~ at Farina Focaccia & Cucina restaurant. Chef Paolo Laboa will demonstrate how to make perfect ravioli as Laura recounts some of the lessons she learned in her…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 29, 2007

The Wino

Mon Histoire d’Amour with Bordeaux by Raphael Knapp

Raphael Knapp is a French Wine Importer based in the SF Bay Area. He and his partner, Bernard Bouchet, created International Vineyards four years ago. Their intention was to find small, authentic producers, and bring them to the test of the California palate. You can check out Raphael’s wine…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 29, 2007

The Regular

Spruce

Pic from Spruce--mine sucked. Excuse me while I finish polishing my shoes, ironing my shirt, and applying my favorite Dior red lipstick (yes, the bastards have discontinued the color already). Newsflash: there is a new restaurant in San Francisco that you'll actually want to spiff up a little…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 29, 2007

The Chatterbox

October 23, 2007

The biggest news rippling through the restaurant community yesterday was who got their ~MICHELIN STARS~, how many, and who didn’t. I attended a press briefing yesterday morning that revealed the second year of local winners, and presented the second edition of the Michelin Red Guide 2008 San Francisco Bay…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 23, 2007

The Health Nut

October 23, 2007

Guess who is beginning to enjoy her weekly regimen? It’s funny how having set weekly workout appointments makes you schedule around them. Working out is the easiest thing to cancel: “Oh, I’m too busy, I have to keep working” or “I’m tired, I don’t feel like…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 23, 2007

The Starlet

October 23, 2007

Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size Me) was spotted dining on rotisserie Berkshire pork at Kokkari. Nope, no Smithfield there! American Idol runner-up Melinda Doolittle gave a surprise mini-concert at One Market to a group hosting a private banquet (Doolittle is related to one of the folks in the company who…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 23, 2007

What’s Cookin’

October 23, 2007

Oh, the temptation to go to the beach and blow off this week’s ‘hopper. It feels like our last hurrah. But that would be totally irresponsible now, wouldn’t it? Then again, I know you wouldn’t put it past me. Since we’re on the subject of bad…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 22, 2007

The Socialite

Sugar Rush

Another cool-sounding fundraiser is ~SUGAR RUSH~, a happy hour fundraiser that will include dessert tastings from some of San Francisco's best restaurants and bakeries, including Boulevard, Patisserie Philippe, Bong Su, Range, and A16. There will also be wine and a silent auction. The fundraiser benefits a youth apprenticeship…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 22, 2007

The Socialite

One Night, One Heart

A lot of fundraiser events cross my desk, but I have to hand it to ~ONE NIGHT, ONE HEART~ for creativity: the Zen Hospice Project is hosting a variety of dinners around the Bay Area, 14 in all. Some are in private homes, or restaurants (like Jack Falstaff, or Frascati)…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 22, 2007