2008 November | Margin Notes

There was plenty of wonderful wine, women and song at Randall Graham’s recent two-day festivities known as Day of the Doon — a high-spirited party held this year at the newly-opened Bonny Doon tasting room in Santa Cruz.
Sean Baker, the much-praised chef at Gabriella Cafe, organized the food, including an absolutely fabulous sauce served atop [...]

Pomegranates Galore

From former-mayor Willie Brown’s column in yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle:
“I went to two store openings last week – Gucci on Maiden Lane and Shreve & Co. jewelers down the street. Fifteen valet parkers, booze flowing, caviar – the whole nine yards.
Newsom and his wife, Billy and Vanessa Getty – the A-list of the young set [...]

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I write about food, interior design, and art for a variety of publications. And I scribble constantly in the margins of my cookbooks, recipe binders, travel diaries and interview notebooks. These ideas and tips are the margin notes of my culinary life and the core of this blog.

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