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The Regular

COI

UPDATE: Chef-owner Daniel Patterson just keeps fine tuning things at his natural-modern jewel box on Broadway. The last meal I had at the restaurant was almost perfect, each dish its own little study in culinary witchery. The combination of oyster and roasted beet was totally brand new to my palate…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 11, 2006

The Chatterbox

September 5, 2006

Attention cheeseheads. (And I don't mean Green Bay fans.) We can enroll in a number of schools in our life: culinary school, dental school, driving school (that's what you get for rolling stop signs). Now, how about the dreamiest of them all, Cheese School! Sara Vivenzio,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 05, 2006

The Starlet

September 5, 2006

Say you, say me… Lionel Richie was seen dining at A16 a couple weeks ago. And famed personality chef, Todd English, has really been making the rounds—he was recently seen at Asia de Cuba.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 05, 2006

The Socialite

Dinner at the Farm

If you want to get out of the city and into a pumpkin patch, an alfresco end-of-summer/beginning of fall winemaker dinner will be hosted in Half Moon Bay, with Executive Chef Lewis Rossman of Cetrella cooking outdoors in Farmer John's "Pumpkin Patch" at Daylight Farms.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 04, 2006

The Socialite

Sunday Supper

Mark your calendar for this one: CUESA’s (Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture) annual ~SUNDAY SUPPER~ is coming up, with forty chefs from leading Bay Area restaurants offering some of fall’s finest food. The event will take place inside the Ferry Building, and begins with hors d’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 04, 2006

The Jetsetter

Destination: Lake Tahoe

Destination: Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe is very near and dear to my heart. Not only did my parents have their honeymoon there, but soon thereafter purchased a cabin in Tahoma (smart move, ‘rents, seriously), where I’ve been coming since I was literally in diapers. It’s truly a second…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 04, 2006

The Chatterbox

August 22, 2006

Fans of ~TABLESPOON~ on Polk Street (present company included) will be happy to hear they scored a liquor license! After weeks of waiting for the permit, it finally went through last week. Which is dreamy, because the space already has a great bar. Swing on by for a cocktail, and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 22, 2006

The Starlet

August 22, 2006

Okay, I am so bummed I wasn't at Aziza the night Jacques Pepin was in for dinner! He was with Susie Heller (she wrote "The French Laundry Cookbook" and "Bouchon" with Thomas Keller, and is the director of Jacques's, and previously Julia…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 22, 2006

The Socialite

New Orleans Dinner

Next Tuesday, COCO5OO will host a special dinner as a ~TRIBUTE TO NEW ORLEANS~, one year after Hurricane Katrina. A New Orleans-inspired prix-fixe menu will be offered, along with hurricanes, Sazeracs, and a selection of Louisiana beer and wines. 50% of their sales from the event will go to Share…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 21, 2006

The Socialite

The Joy of Sake

Sake swillers, here's your big chance to sample some premium sakes in peak condition, including 100 not available in the United States. ~THE JOY OF SAKE~ event returns to San Francisco, but this year it will be held at Moscone West. 299 sakes will be available for sampling,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 21, 2006