The Socialite

Another non-traditional wino event is coming up from the charming Courtney Cochran of ~HIP TASTES~—this time she's getting all fiesta on us, and pairing wines with bites from Pancho Villa. Considering my pal and I polished off a bottle of Veuve with a couple burritos from Papalote…

For the entire month of July, forty-nine restaurants in San Francisco, including Sausalito, are offering four-course prix-fixe dinner menus at $54.95 (plus tax and gratuity), available exclusively to Visa cardholders paying with a Visa card for the ~DINE OUT WITH VISA~ promotion. A la carte menus are available as…

Okay, I have wanted to go to one of these for sooooo long—have you heard about the ~OUTSTANDING IN THE FIELD~ events? They celebrate local farmers with white-linen dinners set between the soil and the sky surrounded by the fields that produced the bounty for the table. This Sunday…

Yours truly will be moderating a panel discussing our world-class restaurant scene at a Young Urbanists event through SPUR (San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association) called ~FOOD IN THE CITY~ with the following fab panelists: Laurie Thomas, CEO & Owner, Nice Ventures restaurant group, Rose Pistola, Rose's…

Okay, get ready to party with (and elbow) fellow San Franciscans as you try to nab some hors d'oeuvres from 50 restaurants at the annual San Francisco Magazine's 6th Annual ~BEST OF THE BAY AREA PARTY~. There will be some open bars (Grey Goose, Trumer Pils…

Okay fellow Italophiles, ~ROSETTA COSTANTINO~ is back with her fab Southern Italian cooking classes from July through October 2006. You can check the latest schedule on her website to the left. Class size is limited and these puppies fill up quick, so if you want to learn how to make…

Can’t get up early enough for the “Meet the Farmer” and cooking demos at the Ferry Building Marketplace on Saturday morning? You are not alone. Those of you work near the FB will be pleased with the new ~LUNCH & LEARN~ program they are starting, to coincide with the…

On Friday June 9, 2006, the oft-experimental (and ever-delightful) ~TABLESPOON~ on Polk will host a winemaker dinner highlighting the Rielsings of Schloss Wallhausen from the Nahe region of Germany. The four-course dinner, crafted by chef Rob Riescher, will feature four pairings with the following dishes: First course: Dungeness Crab Salad…

Next Tuesday, June 13, ~CORTEZ~ will be hosting a five-course tasting menu paired with Spanish wines from Jorge Ordonez Selections. The evening, Vinos de España, will be a chance to savor the culinary talents of Co-Executive Chefs Louis Maldonado and Seth Bowden. Cortez Vinos de España Tuesday, June 13, 2006…

Check out this unusual dinner from the fabulous folks at ~INCANTO~, their third Sicilian Mattanza dinner: On Monday, June 12, Incanto will host a very special evening, exploring and celebrating the centuries-old Mattanza, a ritualistic communal hunt for tuna off of the west coast of Sicily. With the steady decline…