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What’s Cookin’

Weekly Intro & Updates (Coming in hot...) 2007–2023
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What’s Cookin’

June 10, 2008

Wow. Wow. Wow. Um, readers? You BLOW MY FREAKING MIND. I can't begin to thank you all so much for your remarkable generosity in helping to provide funds for the tablehopper/CHEFS (Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Service) dinner out. So far we have raised over $600!…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
June 3, 2008
What’s Cookin’

June 3, 2008

The weekend weather was completely bipolar, no? Fortunately it didn’t mess up one of my favorite days of the year, the Wine Country Classic Historic Car Races at the Infineon Raceway—can you imagine 350 historic racecars, some dating as far back as 1915, all racing on the track?…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
What’s Cookin’

May 27, 2008

Hola. No comment on the lame holiday weather yesterday, although it helped make it somewhat tolerable to be home writing this thing while the rest of the City had the day off but was probably freezing some heinie at an outdoor cookout. In honor of the shorter week, this issue…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
May 20, 2008
What’s Cookin’

May 20, 2008

Forget Bay to Breakers, last week was like my own personal culinary and cocktail marathon—I was out late enjoying the warm nights, SF Cocktail Week activities like bourbon and bacon dinners, an albariño wine tasting, and then Sunday night was the annual Meals on Wheels event, a stellar showcase…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
What’s Cookin’

May 13, 2008

Did you have a good time saluting the mothers in your life on Sunday? I know I am one lucky girl to have my mother AND grandmother live so close by (San Mateo), and had fun planning and cooking a celebratory dinner for them. I owe a big merci to…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
What’s Cookin’

May 6, 2008

So, did you pop a flat during Cinco de Mayo last night? I ended up eating some leftover pork tinga from a weekend dinner party and writing this column, so that was the extent of my fiesta. Uh, arriba. However, I was beyond thrilled to be featured on The View…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
April 29, 2008
What’s Cookin’

April 29, 2008

So glad I made it home from Chicago in time to enjoy the gorg weather over the weekend. My trip to Chicago was super-short, with no time to play, really, but I did manage to wiggle a dinner in at Blackbird (freaking delicious), and Frontera Grill (lucky for me it…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
What’s Cookin’

April 22, 2008

So when you’re reading this, I’ll actually be on a plane headed to a consulting gig in Chicago this week. I won’t have much free time, but Blackbird and the Violet Hour for cocktails are top o’ my list. And hopefully Portillo's for a dog…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
What’s Cookin’

April 15, 2008

So are y'all looking good with a little sun-kissed color? Weekends like the one we just had are moments when I seriously relish my convertible, and give thanks that we live so close to the coast—I actually hit the beach both days. Another thing I give thanks…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
What’s Cookin’

April 8, 2008

Well, is the joke on you, or is the joke on me? Last week, in my April 1st issue, I said it was my last tablehopper, but revealed it was an April Fool’s Day joke in the end of the first paragraph. So no, I’m not going anywhere…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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