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December 13, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: warming to the idea.

This week's tablehopper: warming to the idea. Cake. And Jamet (the dog). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Oh yes, it’s that charming time of the year when my apartment feels more like a meat locker than a place of residence. At least all my wines are now at a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 12, 2011

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: warming to the idea.

Oh yes, it’s that charming time of the year when my apartment feels more like a meat locker than a place of residence. At least all my wines are now at a proper cellar temp. Hic. One fabulous way to keep warm is to be invited by kind people…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 12, 2011

The Regular

Haven

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * Haven Opens Wednesday in Oakland 44 Webster St. Oakland (at Embarcadero West) 510-663-4440 havenoakland.com $$$ Kim Alter, chef Cuisine * American (Contemporary) * Californian Features * Bar…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 11, 2011

The Bookworm

The Holiday Bookworm: by Pete Mulvihill

Don’t forget: the books mentioned below are available at 20% off for tablehopper readers for two weeks following this mention at Green Apple Books—simply use the code “tablehopper” at checkout (either at the store or online) for your discount. ‘Tis the season for giving, right? With a ho-…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 09, 2011

(Sponsored): So, You Want to Be Featured in tablehopper....

The holidays are in full swing, and maybe your sales could use a little punch in the arm (instead of a trip to the punch bowl)? Perhaps getting your product or service in front of the fantastic tablehopper audience (we’re talking thousands of educated, hip, savvy insiders) is just…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 09, 2011

707 Scout

Big Time Truffle Time

By 707 correspondent, Deirdre Bourdet. BOUCHON in Yountville has just announced a Périgord-themed dinner menu available December 14th-30th, featuring what is arguably the region’s best-known product: tuber melanosporum, the Périgord black truffle. This $80 four-course prix-fixe menu will include regional specialties like truffled consommé,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 09, 2011

The Lush

Get Your Heat on at the Hotsy Totsy Club

I know many of my East Bay pals adore the HOTSY TOTSY CLUB, Albany’s oldest bar (“Keeping Albany tipsy since 1939”). If this bar was in the city, it would assuredly be overrun with hipsters, girls yelling “woooohooo!” as they progressively get more wasted, and generally impossible to find…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 09, 2011

December 9, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: the bridge-hopper.

This week's tablehopper: the bridge-hopper. Braised pork taco at Cosecha Cafe in Oakland. Photo: © tablehopper.com. It can be embarrassing how much I live up to my business name. My dad calls me the gypsy, leaving me messages on my phone and saying I’m “sempre in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 08, 2011

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: the bridge-hopper.

It can be embarrassing how much I live up to my business name. My dad calls me the gypsy, leaving me messages on my phone and saying I’m “sempre in giro” (always on the move). I can almost hear his hand wagging at me. Guilty as charged. But who…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 08, 2011

The Regular

Ajanta

I love when you walk into a restaurant and the smell is the first thing you notice (well, in a good way), swiftly followed by a pang of hunger. AJANTA, with its lightly spiced aromas coming from the kitchen, is one of those places. The restaurant opened in Albany in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 08, 2011

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