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(Sponsored): A Video of You Preparing Your Favorite Italian Dish Could Win You a European Cruise!

Scoma’s is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and in honor of the milestone, we are holding a national video recipe contest where the winner receives an amazing European cruise for two on Celebrity Cruises. All the rules can be found here, but here’s the general 411: entrants…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 25, 2015

The Jetsetter

Calistoga

Have you ever been somewhere for the first time, and you got so mad at yourself for not having gone there sooner? Experiencing my first mud bath at INDIAN SPRINGS in Calistoga was like that. As soon as I pulled up to the spa—with its charming Mission Revival historic…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 25, 2015

September 25, 2015 - This week's tablehopper: le grande aioli.

This week's tablehopper: le grande aioli. Foreign Cinema’s le grande aioli, with periwinkles, wild king salmon, clams, mussels, and late summer vegetables. Photo: © tablehopper.com. TGIF, amigos! I am scooting out of here pretty soon, hopefully before the 101 becomes a parking lot. I’m heading up…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 24, 2015

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: le grande aioli.

TGIF, amigos! I am scooting out of here pretty soon, hopefully before the 101 becomes a parking lot. I’m heading up to hot Healdsburg this weekend for a dear friend’s wedding and couldn’t be happier about it—we used to run cross-country together in high school, how…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 24, 2015

The Chatterbox

Mexico City's Gabriela Cámara Opens Cala in Hayes Valley

After much local excitement building up, chef and restaurateur Gabriela Cámara—internationally known for the Mexico City restaurants Contramar and MeroToro—has opened the doors to her first SF project, ~CALA~. The name is Spanish for “cove,” and a fitting one for a restaurant that will be so seafood focused.…