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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: on dasher, and dancer, and...champers?

Whooooooa Nelly, Christmas Eve is just a week away? This month is flying. Fortunately the weekend is full of holiday parties, and I just booked a night with my wingwoman for my holiday spirits tour (which will include a stop at Brass Tacks, gotta check out all the Santas they…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 16, 2013

The Chatterbox

Corporate Pastry Chef Matt Tinder Reportedly Leaving Daniel Patterson Group

I have heard through a couple of sources that Matt Tinder, the corporate pastry chef for the Daniel Patterson Group (Coi, Alta CA, Plum, Plum Bar, Haven), is leaving at the end of the month to head up the pastry program at Meadowood at the start of the new year.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 13, 2013

707 Scout

Best Restaurant in America Is a Winery, Knife Fight, OMG Italian Pastries

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Best Restaurant in America is a…winery? Call us flabbergasted. THE BEST RESTAURANT IN AMERICA, as voted by OpenTable diners is ST. FRANCIS WINERY in the Sonoma Valley. Not that the luxe wine and food pairings that I once…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 13, 2013

The Sugar Mama

(Sponsored): Win Up to $1,200 from SixDoors and Support SF Small Businesses

‘Tis the season to shop locally! Your holiday gift list may be long; your time to run around the city to buy everything, limited. Enter SixDoors—-the app that features the best local shops around SF and delivers their goods to you, on the same day. Download the SixDoors app…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 13, 2013

December 13, 2013 - This week's tablehopper: cold snapped.

This week's tablehopper: cold snapped. My favorite dish this week: Arctic char tartare at Salt House (handily doing double duty as a wreath). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Bonjour, friends. I am fired up that today is Friday, which means I’m punching out early to head up to Napa…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 12, 2013

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: cold snapped.

Bonjour, friends. I am fired up that today is Friday, which means I’m punching out early to head up to Napa for a wine class with Karen MacNeil at the CIA Wine Studies Annex (at the former Copia) this evening. So glad boss of me gave me the blessing…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 12, 2013

The Wino

Checking Lists: A Critical Look at Restaurant Wine by Alan Goldfarb (Fog City)

Alan Goldfarb was the wine editor at the St. Helena Star, where it is said that assignment must be akin to covering Catholicism in Vatican City. He was also the senior editor for AppellationAmerica.com. His work has appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, Wine Enthusiast, and Decanter. He’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 12, 2013

The Chatterbox

On Saturday December 28th, Top It Off with tablehopper and Louis Roederer Champagne!

Hello darlings. Those of you who are sticking around for the holidays, I have a very special event in store for you! On Saturday December 28th, tablehopper is beyond thrilled to be hosting an exclusive event with Louis Roederer Champagne, TOP IT OFF. We’ll be pouring the gorgeous Brut…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 10, 2013

The Chatterbox

The hopper's Gift Guide

Still looking for the perfect gift for some of your favorite gourmands on your holiday shopping list? Here are some ideas for you! Who wouldn’t love a tablehopper t-shirt? All the shirts are based on designs from vintage bars and restaurants in San Francisco. Oh, and they’re…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 10, 2013

The Chatterbox

First Look at La Nebbia (a Little Sister to La Ciccia) Opening in Noe Valley

This weekend I headed over to Noe Valley to take a peek at LA NEBBIA, the new enoteca, prosciutteria, and lasagneria from Massimiliano Conti and Lorella Degan of nearby local favorite La Ciccia. The room has a contemporary and clean look, with some fun overhead lights that look like octopi…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 10, 2013

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