For 12 years, A Wine & Food Affair has been considered a not-to-be-missed event for Bay Area foodies (and winers) and this year it looks bigger and badder than ever. Upfront WARNING: This event ALWAYS sells out so the minute you’ve finished reading this I’d strongly suggest you go on line and order your tickets…
Courtesy of DIFFA San Francisco’s freezing summer is finally finished which means it’s almost time for the Table Hop and Taste, one of my fave charitable events of the year. For the last decade DINING BY DESIGN, presented by DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, has produced this top-notch charitable event for uninsured HIV/AIDS patients,…
If you like sake or would like to learn more about Japan’s premium rice wines then join Nombe’s sake sommelier, Gil Payne, this Wednesday when he brings out the big guns. You’ll experience some exceptional sake from the Miyasaka Family of Suwa, Nagano, makers of the Miyasaka and Masumi Brand sakes. This 10th Generation sake…
Chef Mourad Lahlou, Aziza Last night I attended a pre-kick-off Spice Party for SF CHEFS 2010, held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel and it certainly was “everything nice”. A room full of celeb chefs presented us with some delectable spice-up-your-buds bites. A few of my fave’s were Mourad Lahlou’s (Aziza) egg, charmoula,potato foam and…
The San Francisco Street Food Festival is a fun-filled foodie day, hosted by La Cocina, that advocates for the creation of policies that support the formalization of mobile food vending in San Francisco. (Try saying that in one breath…wait-not with your mouth full!) Save the date for an e.z. one-stop chance to sample some of…
Over the last decade, Montreal has quietly reinvented itself into a hip and happenin’ city. Eclectic neighborhoods are everywhere, perfect for meandering, while the food scene has evolved light years from the tired old coq au vin days. The city is brimming with creative, artsy types and full of youthful optimism. It’s as if someone…
I just finished RSVP’ing for a whole bunch of fantastically fattening food events at the upcoming SF CHEFS 2010 and was pondering what to wear. Just in the nick of time I see that SF Chic Fashion Week will be running through the weekend with a some stellar runway shows being offered. Saturday night’s soiree…