the tablehopper | 5:25 pm | March 15, 2010 | Events, Foodie 411 | Add a comment
It’s finally here! Newly published by Ten Speed Press is The Tablehopper’s Guide to Dining and Drinking in San Francisco: Find the Right Spot for Every Occasion.
Here’s what Bruce Cole, editor and publisher of Edible San Francisco has to say: “Redefining what a city guide should be…Marcia Gagliardi’s first book has to be the hippest, on-the-money, and smartest guide to eating out in San Francisco ever published.”
You ready to buy? Of course I’d love for you to support your local bookseller. tablehopper has a special relationship with Green Apple Books, and you can always go through IndieBound and buy from an independently owned business near you. If you have to go through Amazon, here’s your link.
I’m appearing at a variety of venues for book signings and throwing all kinds of fun book launch events: check out the schedule here (or on my Google calendar) and here’s the current lineup below. Details will be added in coming weeks about each event, like, what we’ll be eating and drinking (oh you know it!). Looking forward to seeing you out and about!
Thursday March 18th, 7:30pm, free
Book Signing at Books. Inc. Chestnut St.
2251 Chestnut St. at Pierce, San Francisco
Event details.
Wednesday March 24th, 6pm, free
Book Signing at Omnivore Books
3885 Cesar Chavez St. at Church, San Francisco
Event details.
Andrew Mariani of Scribe will be pouring his delicious 2008 Pinot Noir, Carneros, Sonoma.
Thursday March 25th, 7pm, $18 members/$20 public*
Moderating an Event with Michael Chiarello (and Book Signing)
Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, 200 North San Pedro Rd., San Rafael
Event details.
*Mention tablehopper.com in the comment area when purchasing tix online and get the member price.
Wednesday March 31st, 12pm, $100 (includes book, tax, tip)
Cooks With Books Lunch at Perbacco
230 California St. at Front, San Francisco
Tickets/event details.
Thursday April 1st, 7:30pm, free
Book Signing at Kepler’s Books
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
Saturday April 3rd, 2pm, free
Demo with Humphry Slocombe/Signing at Bloomingdale’s
845 Market St. at 7th St., San Francisco
Monday April 5th, 5pm-7pm, $35 ($50 door)
Book Signing at Wines of Portugal—A World of Difference Tour 2010
Westin St Francis, 335 Powell St., 32nd Floor, San Francisco
Tickets/event details. First 150 ticket buyers get a free copy of my book!
Thursday April 8th, 7pm, $5 members, $10 general
18 Reasons Event (with bubbly and bites from La Cocina producer Onigilly)
593 Guerrero St. at 18th St., San Francisco
Event details.
Saturday April 10th, 12pm, free
Book Signing/Meet and Greet at The Pasta Shop
The Pasta Shop (inside Rockridge Market Hall), 5655 College Ave., Oakland
Friday April 16th, 12pm-2pm, free
Book signing and chocolate tasting at Fog City News
455 Market St. at 1st St., San Francisco
Saturday April 17th, 2pm, free
Book Signing at Read Booksellers in Danville
Blackhawk Plaza, Danville
Thursday April 22nd, 6pm, free
Book Signing at The Tyler Florence Shop
59 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley
Thursday April 29th, 12pm, $67 members, $77 non-members
Two-martini lunch with the tablehopper at Bix
This event is part of the Bay Gourmet/Commonwealth Club program. Moderated by Jordan Mackay.
56 Gold St. at Sansome, San Francisco
Tickets and more.
Saturday May 22nd, 4pm, free
Book Signing at Readers’ Books Sonoma
130 E. Napa St. at 1st St. E., Sonoma
Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular weekly e-column about the SF dining scene, “the tablehopper.” Subscribe for free at www.tablehopper.com and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Got news? Email Marcia at taste@sanfrancisco.travel.
the tablehopper | 11:21 am | February 26, 2010 | Events, Foodie 411 | Add a comment
The New Year’s celebrations continue: chef/owner Hoss Zaré of Zaré at Fly Trap is introducing the first Persian New Year’s celebration in San Francisco. On Monday March 15th through Wednesday March 17th, the restaurant will host a New Year’s celebration with communal tables and traditional symbolic dishes served family style.
Chef Zaré will recreate the traditional haft-sin table and serve modern renditions of typical Persian cuisine, reinterpreting traditional New Year’s dishes to reflect modern tastes. A sample of some of the dishes from the five-course menu includes:
Ash é reshteh: winter greens with organic beans, root vegetables
Herb kuku: herb omelet with roasted garlic and sumac yogurt
Frogs legs fessenjoon with pomegranate walnut sauce
Thai snapper with fennel, winter vegetables, and Persian pickle tartar
Bell pepper dolma
Maast é keysehe: yogurt panna cotta
Persian tea and cookies
(The celebration will extend over a two-week period, as it does in Iran, with nightly specials and traditional noodle soup; the noodles symbolizing a life free from worry.)
Persian New Year is the largest celebration in Iran and one that is celebrated multilaterally across all religions and cultures. Falling on March 21st, at the precise moment of the vernal equinox, the holiday originally marked the end of winter and the beginning of a new growing season. In Iran it marks the beginning of two weeks of holidays and festivities and is celebrated with a multi-course meal and elaborate decorations centered around the haft-sin table, or “Table of the Seven Ss,” so-called because seven of the traditional items begin with s.
Monday Mar 15, 2010 – Wednesday Mar 17, 2010
6:30pm reception, 7:30pm dinner
$56 per person (unlimited paired wines: $30)
Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular weekly e-column about the SF dining scene, “the tablehopper.” Subscribe for free at www.tablehopper.com and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Got news? Email Marcia at taste@sanfrancisco.travel.
the tablehopper | 3:31 pm | February 17, 2010 | Events, Foodie 411, Mission | Add a comment
“Chefs Chris Kronner of Bar Tartine in San Francisco and Sean Rembold of Diner in Brooklyn team up to create a four-course dinner featuring Devil’s Gulch rabbits. There will be signature cocktails and wine pairings. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the Pasternak’s fund to help the community in Haiti that they serve.”
Some sample dishes on the menu include: Andante Pecorino Dungeness Crab Salad (baby nagoya and white peacock kale; watermelon radishes; chopped Soul Food Farm egg; buttermilk dressing) and Breakfast for Dinner (fried Tartine brioche; sautéed rabbit livers; “hollandaise sauce”). You can check out the entire menu here. There will also be live music.
There are two seatings on February 22nd at 6pm and 9pm. $100.
For 6pm ticket purchase, click here.
For 9pm ticket purchase, click here.
Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular weekly e-column about the SF dining scene, “the tablehopper.” Subscribe for free at www.tablehopper.com and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Got news? Email Marcia at taste@sanfrancisco.travel.
the tablehopper | 12:11 pm | February 10, 2010 | Events, Foodie 411 | Add a comment
1300 on Fillmore is celebrating Black History Month with a fixed price four-course menu for $65 or $95 when paired with wines, all produced by African-American owned wineries. The Black History Month menu will be served alongside 1300’s daily menu until February 28th, and will feature the wines of Black Coyote, Esterlina, Vision Cellars, and Sharp Cellars.
First Course
Cassoulet of Duck Confit, Bourbon Braised Pork Belly
Andouille Sausage, Black Eyed Peas
2007 Esterlina Riesling, Russian River Valley
Second Course
Dungeness Crab Meat Citrus Salad
Blood Morro Orange, Cara Cara Orange, Shaved Fennel and Avocado
2008 Vision Cellars California White Wine
Entrées
Roasted Arctic Char, Lobster-Yukon Potato Hash
Meyer-Lemon Confit, Lobster Tarragon Reduction
Or
Tenderloin of Beef, Bacon-Mushroom Sautéed Rainbow Chard
Red Wine Jus
2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, Black Coyote, “Reserve,” Napa Valley
Dessert
Caramel Chocolate Mousse, Poached Bartlett Pear
Zinfandel Red Wine Sauce
2003 Sharp Cellars Zinfandel
For those who want to taste the wines at the bar, or with enjoy them with their à la carte menu choices, the wines featured on the tasting menu will also be available in a wine flight.
Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular weekly e-column about the SF dining scene, “the tablehopper.” Subscribe for free at www.tablehopper.com and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Got news? Email Marcia at taste@sanfrancisco.travel.
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