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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.

What’s Cookin’

May 8, 2007

Okay, I almost went dark on you guys this week since I am currently up in Napa at the muy interresante Taste3 conference during the three days I normally write and edit tablehopper, but I had to at least put a few things together for ya. Yes, I stayed in…
Marcia Gagliardi
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California Wine Classic
The Socialite

California Wine Classic

The ~CALIFORNIA WINE CLASSIC~ is a charity event hosted by The Northern California Chapter of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and Karen MacNeil, world-renowned wine educator, consultant, and author of The Wine Bible. Guests will enjoy special release tastings from Far Niente Winery, Domaine Carneros,…
Marcia Gagliardi
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COCO500's SF AIDS Foundation Benefit
The Socialite

COCO500's SF AIDS Foundation Benefit

COCO500 is hosting a ~FUNDRAISER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION~, a four-course dinner paired with cocktails. The menu came about as a collaboration between Jen Biesty, the chef at COCO5OO, and Scott Baird, the bar manager and creative force behind COCO5OO's inventive cocktail menu. Take a look…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Carlo Petrini of Slow Food Visit
The Socialite

Carlo Petrini of Slow Food Visit

Carlo Petrini, Founder and International President of ~SLOW FOOD~ visits the Bay Area, launching a year-long campaign that will culminate in Slow Food Nation, a large public event to be held at Fort Mason Center in May 2008. Mr. Petrini’s new book, Slow Food Nation, Why Our Food Should…
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Karletta Moniz on Chocolate and Booze
The Wino

Karletta Moniz on Chocolate and Booze

Karletta Moniz, The Culinary Muse, is a San Francisco based chef, writer, and food consultant whose passion for chocolate has inspired the creation of her new website, The Art of Tasting Chocolate, and her chocolate tasting and pairing classes. Her client list includes Disney, Neiman-Marcus, Jamba Juice, ABC-TV, and more.…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Larkin Express
The Regular

Larkin Express

Here's probably the shortest write-up you'll ever see on tablehopper. I was out for lunch with a chef pal (we were hunting down some eats at a couple ethnic joints) and he brought me to this total hole in the wall. What appears to be just…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Chatterbox

May 1, 2007

Although I am not doing a full tablehopper this week, I had to at least give you some news about a few projects… I think the new bougie mantra in the city is, “A certified humane organic free-range chicken in every pot, and a new wine bar in every neighborhood!…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Cantina
The Lush

Cantina

Last year I reported on the funk-a-riffic ~CANTINA~ opening in the former Johnny Wok’s space on Polk Street. Well, after permit issues and typical bureaucratic delays, partners Duggan McDonnell and his wife Kristina, along with friends Aaron Prentice and Christene Larsen, decided to steer the ship to a new…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

May 1, 2007

I know some people who will appreciate this: Peter Berlin was seen dining at 2223 (he was a famous skin flick star, activist, actor, and artist in the 70s and 80s). Reportedly a big tipper too. Heh. Natalie Portman and an entourage of six were at Salt House Wednesday night.…
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What’s Cookin’

May 1, 2007

As you’re reading this, I am actually on my way back from Palm Springs, probably asleep and drooling in the car after a weekend of mayhem and now in a food coma from scarfing down a Double-Double at In-N-Out. Knowing me, I have lost my voice, I am hungover,…
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