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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: raise a glass (or two).

What a week: the sports fans have the World Series to freak about (so funny how many dining rooms burst into shouts and applause on Saturday night, including the usually quiet-as-a-mouse Coi), and the culinary scene is buzzing about the Michelin ratings that came out today. More distractions: this week…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2010

The Socialite

Sugar Rush: A Dessert Tasting Fundraiser

You’ll want to save a lot of room for dessert on Thursday November 11th, when Spark hosts its fourth annual SUGAR RUSH dessert tasting fundraiser at 111 Minna Gallery, featuring top Bay Area restaurants and chefs, including Bill Corbett of Coi and Plum, Chez Panisse, Boulevard, Range, Fifth Floor,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2010

The Socialite

Annual ARTasting Party/Charity Event with ARTdeezine

Join ARTdeezine LLC on Saturday November 6th for the fifth annual ARTASTING PARTY, where they celebrate and explore the culture and style of San Francisco neighborhoods through art and food. It’s a community-minded event with a focus on local artists, food artisans, and musicians, and on the diverse and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2010

The Socialite

Halloween Hoo(Boo)tenannies

Some local restaurants and bars are putting on some Halloween-themed events, here’s a partial lineup for ya: Tomorrow, Wednesday October 27th, La Cocina is hosting a Día de Los Muertos cooking class. Chef Luis Vazquez, owner of Chaac Mool, will focus on making traditional Day of the Dead breads…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2010

October 22, 2010 - This week's tablehopper: seasons change (and so did I).

This week's tablehopper: seasons change (and so did I). The bar at Ippuku. Is it wrong to be excited about a rainy weekend? I like the idea of watching some movies, reading my book (am currently tucked into Boozehound, what else would you expect?), eating some udon, and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 21, 2010

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: seasons change (and so did I).

Is it wrong to be excited about a rainy weekend? I like the idea of watching some movies, reading my book (am currently tucked into Boozehound, what else would you expect?), eating some udon, and being able to get some work done on Saturday without feeling bad that I’m…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 21, 2010

The Regular

Saison

This review was for the former Folsom Street location.There are different types of diners: some want surprises, and are fine to relinquish control for the sake of a dining adventure; others want to know exactly what they’re getting into, need to “have it their way,” and there better…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 21, 2010

The Chatterbox

Let's Drink Bubbles Together on November 11th

I’m going to be heading back up to wine country for another book signing event, and this one will also feature one of my greatest loves: bubbles. On Thursday November 11th, I will be at the lovely DOMAINE CARNEROS from 5:30pm-7:30pm, for an event around my book…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 19, 2010

The Chatterbox

So, What's On the Menu at Twenty Five Lusk?

I had a chance to check out the new ~TWENTY FIVE LUSK~ at a pre-opening party last week. For a second there it felt like 1996, with all the football types and fillies prancing about (indubitably there because Joe and Jennifer Montana were co-hosts). The sprawling SoMa/South Beach restaurant…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 19, 2010

The Chatterbox

On the Menu at MICHAEL MINA (Opening Tonight)

Opening tonight in the former AQUA space, here’s a look at the menus at ~MICHAEL MINA~. For lunch at the bar, there is an extensive menu of apps like smoked sea trout blini, crème fraîche, American caviar ($14); crispy Dungeness crab “BLT” with charred tomato, jamon serrano…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 19, 2010

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