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(Sponsored): Fresh. Hot. Meatpaper.

The latest issue of your quarterly journal of meat culture is available now. As usual, Meatpaper 15 presents a wide-ranging feast of topics. You are cordially invited to join us as we learn about meat glue, animals that eat people, Cree hunting traditions, beef in India, the challenges of…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 31, 2011

The Sugar Mama

(Sponsored): Another Chance to Win Tickets to Taste of Mendocino

Don’t miss out on a chance to sip, sample, taste, and, yes, buy the best food, wine, spirits, beer, and artisan goods produced in Mendocino County. For one night only, on Monday June 13th, 2011 (from 5pm-8pm), the Mendo vibe will be kicking at this marketplace-meets-showcase,…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 31, 2011

May 31, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: May showers bring annoyed glowers.

This week's tablehopper: May showers bring annoyed glowers. Miner’s lettuce spotted on the ForageSF walk I took on Sunday. I’m getting really tired of bitching about the rain, but this is so ridiculous. Never thought I’d have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) in May, but there…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 30, 2011

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: May showers bring annoyed glowers.

I’m getting really tired of bitching about the rain, but this is so ridiculous. Never thought I’d have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) in May, but there you have it. It’s enough to drive someone to drink. Which is why I have a fun little giveaway this week:…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 30, 2011

The Socialite

Get Your Swerve On at San Francisco Magazine's Best of the Bay Area Party

With over 45 restaurants and 12 open bars, SAN FRANCISCO MAGAZINE’S 2011 BEST OF THE BAY AREA PARTY promises to be the city’s biggest bash of the year and their best party yet. Expect fabulous food, drink, and entertainment as you celebrate the best of the Bay with…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 30, 2011

May 27, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: start your engines.

This week's tablehopper: start your engines. At the Champagne Grand Tasting. Photo by Dakota Fine. I can imagine many of you are chomping at the bit to get the hell out of work and get started on your three-day weekend. Someone had to remind me it was…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 26, 2011

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: start your engines.

I can imagine many of you are chomping at the bit to get the hell out of work and get started on your three-day weekend. Someone had to remind me it was Memorial Day this weekend (this is what happens when you’re self-employed—I don’t even…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 26, 2011

The Regular

Oliveto

Predecessors. Big shoes to fill. Legacies. Nope, it’s never light stuff. So when chef Paul Canales left his post as executive chef of OLIVETO after six years (he was at the restaurant for 15 years altogether), and it was announced Jonah Rhodehamel was taking the helm, I was like,…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 26, 2011

The Chatterbox

The Monk's Kettle Opening The Abbot's Cellar at 740 Valencia

Big news about who is moving into the 740 Valencia Street space after the Town Hall partners decided to pass on it: the owners of the ~MONK’S KETTLE~, Christian Albertson and Nat Cutler, will be opening ~THE ABBOT’S CELLAR~, a craft beer-focused restaurant. They just signed the…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 24, 2011

The Chatterbox

Changes at Plate Shop: Entire Back of House (Including Chef) Departs

Early yesterday afternoon I received a tip from a reader that the entire kitchen staff at Sausalito’s ~PLATE SHOP~, including chef Kim Alter, resigned at the end of Sunday service. I still haven’t heard back from Alter (the Inside Scoop reported on her departure, but not the entire…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 24, 2011

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