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Two Teds, Wine Pairing, and the Future
707 Scout

Two Teds, Wine Pairing, and the Future

Get your taxes done early this year, kids, because you need to be in wine country the weekend of April 16th and 17th. The sixth annual Robert Mondavi Discover Wine Tour kicks off Saturday April 16th at the ROBERT MONDAVI WINERY itself, hosted by the incomparable Margrit Mondavi and Food…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Gail Simmons on the NorCal Cuisine Circuit

Cotogna continues to draw a high-profile crowd: a reader spotted Top Chef/Food & Wine’s Gail Simmons “getting the tasting menu treatment.” (Gail even tweeted a picture of an amazing-looking raviolo). She was also up in wine country, visiting Ad Hoc (“Would’ve taken a dip in…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Bar Bocce Now Open in Sausalito
The Chatterbox

Bar Bocce Now Open in Sausalito

Kim Alter’s ~PLATE SHOP~ isn’t the only new thing to open in Sausalito: just around the corner is the new BAR BOCCE from the Real Restaurants Group. As I’ve mentioned earlier, the executive chef (and partner in the venture) is Robert Price (Buckeye Roadhouse, Bungalow 44). You…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Three Upcoming (and Special) Winemaker Dinners
The Lush

Three Upcoming (and Special) Winemaker Dinners

On Wednesday March 30th, ~LOCAL MISSION EATERY~ is launching their monthly series of winemaker dinners, to be held on the last Wednesday of each month. This one will feature Natural Process Alliance’s winemakers Hardy Wallace and Kevin Kelley, pouring their 2010 wines. Details here. On Thursday March 31st, ~FOREIGN…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Incanto Hosts the Voltaggio Brothers for Dinner

A tablehopper reader writes in that the “non-smiling Voltaggio brothers” (in town for Charlie Palmer’s Pigs & Pinot event this past weekend in Healdsburg) dined at Incanto last night. Chef Bryan Voltaggio tweeted: “The tuna was sick, check the marrow!” Chef Michael Voltaggio had the same reaction: “tuna…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Michael Voltaggio

Incanto Hosts the Voltaggio Brothers for Dinner March 22, 2011 A tablehopper reader writes in that the “non-smiling Voltaggio brothers” (in town for Charlie Palmer’s Pigs & Pinot event this past weekend in Healdsburg) dined at Incanto last night. Chef Bryan Voltaggio tweeted: “The tuna was sick, check…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Bryan Voltaggio

Incanto Hosts the Voltaggio Brothers for Dinner March 22, 2011 A tablehopper reader writes in that the “non-smiling Voltaggio brothers” (in town for Charlie Palmer’s Pigs & Pinot event this past weekend in Healdsburg) dined at Incanto last night. Chef Bryan Voltaggio tweeted: “The tuna was sick, check…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Locanda Positano Opening in San Carlos
The Chatterbox

Locanda Positano Opening in San Carlos

Down in San Carlos, my dad’s Calabrese buddy, Enzo Rosano of San Mateo’s AcquaPazza, is opening LOCANDA POSITANO in early April. The chef is Antonio Verdicchio, an award-winning pizzaiolo from Naples (he was most recently at Gusto in Barcelona). Yup, the Peninsula is getting authentic Neapolitan pizzas,…
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