The Socialite

The ~STARCHEFS.COM AT THE NAPA SONOMA RISING STARS REVUE~ is a walk-around tasting gala featuring the Napa Sonoma Rising Star award winners and their signature dishes, cocktails, and wine pairings. The 2009 Napa Sonoma Rising Stars and their dishes include: Jeremy Fox, Ubuntu Ubuntu Fregola in Caramelized Vegetable Juices…

Photo by Jered Lawson Gabriella Café in Santa Cruz and Pie Ranch (a partner with Mission Pie here in SF) are teaming up for this special ~GROW A FARMER FUNDRAISING DINNER~ at Pie Ranch, located near Año Nuevo State Reserve. Grow a Farmer is a six-month UC Santa Cruz Apprenticeship…

Edible San Francisco is excited to announce the third ~EDIBLE PURSUIT~ is back, a food-themed trivia game night at Acme Chophouse. Once again, yours truly is the emcee. A ticketed event, Edible Pursuit will feature challenging questions about San Francisco's local food scene, kitchen know-how, food politics, and…

I have been enjoying drinking wine with (and learning from) my friend Alex Fox for too long to keep him to myself; he's the former wine director of Myth and most recently a somm at Gary Danko. So voila, the ~FIRST TABLEHOPPER WINE TASTING~! Well, it's…

~SPRING HAS SPRUNG~ all over town—here are a few events and updates: Ame restaurant just unveiled its new spring menu, including (back by popular demand) the chawan mushi with Maine lobster and sea urchin (I have had this dish before and it's freaking amazing), and “vol au…

Sorry this is coming atcha today (the event is tonight) but I thought a number of you would be interested in this Commonwealth Club Bay Gourmet event, ~ENTREPRENEURIAL WOMEN IN THE FOOD BIZ~, when a panel of powerful female food entrepreneurs will be dishing up the tricks of their trade.…

The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) bi-annual ~DINE ABOUT TOWN SAN FRANCISCO~ restaurant promotion returns. Over 125 San Francisco restaurants are participating, offering diners prix-fixe lunches for $21.95 and/or dinners for $34.95, exclusive of tax and gratuity. Dates and times of participation vary by restaurant.…

Tuesday May 19th Friulian Wine Dinner with Joe Bastianich and Valter Scarbolo at Delfina Delfina will have both Joe Bastianich (representing Bastianich) and Valter Scarbolo (representing Scarbolo Winery, and La Frasca in Udine)Â on hand all night to pour/discuss their latest vintages. Delfina’s menu will feature Friulian…

Upset that the local Outstanding in the Field events are all booked up? Despair not, because there are all kinds of ~FANTASTIC FARM-BASED EVENTS AND MEALS AND FUNDRAISERS~ coming up. Papermill Creek Children's Corner Fundraiser at Devil’s Gulch Ranch On Friday May 15th, there is a dinner/…

Roses from my mother’s garden ~MOTHER’S DAY~ brunch and lunch and dinners will be hosted at practically every restaurant with a kitchen on Sunday May 10th. If you (or Mom) have a favorite place to dine, call and see what they’re offering. I was totally and completely…