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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: it's (almost) dim sum o'clock.

Buon giorno, or should I say, “nei ho” (Cantonese for hello!)! I will be on my Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong in less than 24 hours, and I am kind of freaking out, a potent combination of excitement and stress getting everything done before I leave. (Why is it…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 19, 2015

The Socialite

Gourmet Fest Returns to Carmel in March

Relais & Chateaux, the European hotel and restaurant company, is back in Carmel-by-the-Sea for the second annual Gourmet Fest Carmel, a weekend-long event with some heavy-hitting Relais & Chateaux chefs, along with top winemakers and sommeliers from France, Italy, and the local region. This year includes appearances by Michel Bras,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 19, 2015

The Socialite

Celebrate Olive Season in Sonoma County with Feast of the Olive on January 31st

The Sonoma Valley is getting ready to celebrate olive season with the Sonoma Valley Olive Festival. The Feast of the Olive Dinner is the highlight of the festival, on Saturday January 31st from 6pm until 10pm. Nineteen of Sonoma County and the Bay Area’s best chefs will come together…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 19, 2015

The Regular

Liholiho Yacht Club

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * It's Almost Time to Grind, Talk Story, and Get Jag at Liholiho Yacht Club Stars Sighted * Hillary Clinton * Tony Hawk 871 Sutter St. San Francisco (at Leavenworth St.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 18, 2015

(Sponsored): Make Your Reservations Today for SF Restaurant Week

SF Restaurant Week returns January 21st-30th, 2015, with 100-plus restaurants offering specially priced menus. Diners can enjoy meals offered in three menu formats: $25 two-course lunch $40 three-course dinner New this year: $85 “Discovery” tasting menu that includes food and beverage pairings available at select restaurants. Check out this year’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 16, 2015

707 Scout

Mendo Bound, Keller's Ad Lib, Dry Creek's New Chef, Milk Bread

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. The best time to go to the Mendocino Coast? If you ask me, it’s right about now, when crab season is still humming along and you might as well sit inside on a cold, blustery day and watch…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 16, 2015

January 16, 2015 - This week's tablehopper: putting the fry in Friday.

This week's tablehopper: putting the fry in Friday. Delicata squash tempura with rosemary honey, pepato, and hazelnut cocaine (well, that’s what I called it) at The Alembic. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from the hopper infirmary, where if you call the “receptionist,” she sounds a lot like Brenda…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 15, 2015

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: putting the fry in Friday.

Greetings from the hopper infirmary, where if you call the “receptionist,” she sounds a lot like Brenda Vaccaro, and you may find her working in her flannel pj’s (pink with drawings of the Eiffel Tower, if you must know). Being sick is so damn lame. Hopefully I will be…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 15, 2015

The Regular

Brenda's Meat & Three

Fried. Bologna. Sandwich. With pimento cheese. When chef Brenda Buenviaje told me about the menu at the new restaurant (BRENDA’S MEAT & THREE) she would be opening with her partner and wife, Libby Truesdell—along with André and Jennifer Larzul—in the former Blue Jay Café, I knew I…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 15, 2015

The Chatterbox

Greg Mindel's Neighbor Bakehouse Now Open in Dogpatch

Fans of the superlative baked goods by Neighbor at cafés around town will be thrilled to know owner-baker Greg Mindel has moved into new digs in Dogpatch, giving him enough room to have a walk-up shop now! Meet NEIGHBOR BAKEHOUSE, now in the AIC (American Industrial Center) on 3rd Street.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 13, 2015

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