The Socialite

Courtney Cochran of Hip Tastes has finished her soon-to-be-released book, Hip Tastes: The Fresh Guide to Wine, (it comes out in October), and now her local tasting parties are back. Here’s more on one this Friday’s event, the ~ALL-WHITE TASTING~: With Labor Day just around the corner there&…

Celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, the James Beard Foundation is hosting ~THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION’S TASTE AMERICA~, a food festival and series of dinners in 20 cities around the country. San Francisco is gathering together top female chefs/cookbook authors for a four-course fundraising dinner at the St.…

Now here’s a twist on a blind date: throughout the month of September, TasteTV is hosting ~DARK DINING SF~, a series of dinners held completely in the dark. For two hours, guests will eat, drink, and talk, completely in the dark. Dinner is served by a combination of visually…

Frisson is celebrating its third anniversary, which they like to call the ~LITTLE BLACK DRESS PARTY~. Cocktail attire is required, how novel. How Miss Golightly! Dinner features a special four-course menu for $65, with an optional wine pairing for $35. Cocktail hour starts at 6pm with complimentary sparkling wine and…

Okay tequila fans: Carlos Camarena, owner and Master Distiller of El Tesoro Distillery, is in San Francisco to celebrate the ~70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE EL TESORO DISTILLERY~ with the launch of a limited edition El Tesoro Anniversario tequila. There will be bottle signing and meet-and-greet with Master Distiller Carlos Camarena…

Seasons Steak & Seafood at Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco presents the second in a series of quarterly wine pairing dinners with ~A TOUR OF ITALY~.The evening begins with Zardetto Prosecco and passed canapés while Master Sommelier Peter Neptune, one of only 73 individuals in the U.S. to…

Over Labor Day weekend I’ll be away at Burning Man raising some ruckus, but I am sorry to be missing the ~GASTRONOMY BY THE BAY~ event over at the Ferry Building. Here’s more on this cool event: This is the first international gourmet food festival where European and…

Those scheming folks at Parties That Cook! really have evil minds. They are putting together an event called ~A FEAST OF CHEESE AND CHOCOLATE~, an event that will bring together Wil Edwards, cheese maker, and Karletta Moniz, Cocoa Tutor and publisher of The Art of Tasting Chocolate, who will help…

I’ve had this idea in the hopper for a while (har), and now I think it’s time to try it! I’ll be hosting my ~FIRST TABLEHOPPER SUPPER~ at Cortez, with Champagne and bites and conversation for the first hour, and then a sit-down four-course dinner for 25…

Sacrebleu! ~BASTILLE DAY~ is Saturday, and while Belden Lane is always such a scene, there are a variety of Frenchie outposts around town that will be celebrating in a culinary fashion. ~GRAND CAFÉ~ will be hosting quite the celebration, with a four-course prixe-fixe menu for $45, exclusive of tax and…