The Socialite

Pic taken at Bacco restaurant There is nothing quite like tomato season. Or even better, heirloom tomato season. And when ~MILLENNIUM'S ANNUAL TOMATO DINNER~ happens on August 30, you know they're going to be beyond delicious. Millennium will host a special five-course heirloom tomato dinner, with…

Okay, you Ferry Building Farmer's Market fanatics, Jack Falstaff has started a series of ~GROWER'S DINNERS~, designed to highlight their favorite local producers, and of course, the growers' seasonal and organic produce. Coming up is one of everyone's favorites: Mariquita Farms of Watsonville!…

photo by Caren Alpert Fellow food snap-shooters (or ahem, photographers): you might dig this free seminar at the Apple Store this Friday. San Francisco photographer ~Caren Alpert~ is hosting an in-store demo on food photography, how helpful. Working with Basil Friedman, one of her favorite food stylists, she shows how…

Okay, so how much have you been boozing it up at ~CAV~? Hopefully quite a bit. For those of you who are perhaps a little intimidated by the monster list there (you shouldn't be—everyone is rather helpful), perhaps a wine tasting basics class is what you need?…

SF's sexiest restaurant, ~FRISSON~, (well, in my book—I can always send visiting Manhattanites there and not feel like our city is completely provincial) is continuing heir First Thursday series on August 3, while Thursday, August 4, commemorates the restaurant's 2nd anniversary (happy birfday). Here are…

Okay gourmands—get ready for a weekend of serious wining and dining—the second annual ~INSIDE THE KITCHEN~ event is coming up at the Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay. Granted, it's not until October 27-29, but any tickets purchases made before August 18 means 10% off, and I…

Slow Food San Francisco presents a ~FILM FESTIVAL~ at the California College of the Arts, showcasing eleven of the best film shorts and documentaries from this year's "Slow Food on Film" Festival in Bra, Italy. The chosen films include fictional shorts, reflecting on food as an…

Fish friends: Slow Food Russian River has a ~SLOW FOOD SEAFOOD SALON~ coming up: "Making–and Savoring–Smarter Seafood Choices/Everyday Practices to Support Good, Clean and Fair Fishing," designed to draw public attention to the increasingly urgent issues facing seafood resources and addressing how consumers can make…

The co-executive chef chaps at ~CORTEZ~, Louis Maldonado and Seth Bowden, will be hosting a five-course tasting menu paired with wines from Tuscany through Sienna Imports/Romano Chietti. Dishes include a warmed medley of heirloom tomatoes with shaved and marinated artichokes, toasted ciabatta, Parmesan and crescenza cheese; a nest of…

I had a nice chat with Jason Tallent at ~GLOBE~, who gave me more details about his weekly Sunday Farm Dinner—for a miniscule $29, each Sunday you can come in for a four-course meal crafted spontaneously from his organic finds at the market that weekend. He has a great…