Dining Around

Saturday May 26th  
10am-1pm Live on NewsTalk 910
www.Newstalk910.com

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Mercedes Benz of San Francisco and Mercedes Benz of Oakland E350 Sedan- Super Sporty fast and agile Great on 280/ in traffic and flying along

1-800-NEW-BENZ

www.1800newbenz.com

Dinner at La Ciccia Restaurant,

291 30th Street  San Francisco, CA 94131
(415) 550-8114

www.laciccia.com

Husband & wife owners;

Massimiliano Conti & Lorella Degan

Wines of Greece Lunch at Prospect SF

New Wines of Greece www.newwinesofgreece.com

* Darrell Corti, Jordan Mackay and more

Prospect, 300 Spear St SF www.prospectsf.com  Executive Chef co-owner Pam Mazzola (with Nancy Oaks / Boulevard)

KOKKARI: CONTEMPORARY GREEK FLAVORS.  You can purchase this at either Kokkari in San Francisco or Evvia in Palo Alto.

Cochon 555 event at the Fairmont hotel

www.cochon555.com

Festival del Sole July 12th to the 22nd

 www.festivaldelsole.org   

Concerts, Lunches, Dinners and other events

Featuring Kenzo Estate, Castillo di Amorosa, Bouchaine and many more wineries.  The Russian National Orchestra, Joshua Bell, Bolshoi Ballet Susan Graham I attended a great event at Bardessono in Yountville, and an event at Far Niente with Violin and Piano, with music and great personalities

Marin home and Garden Expo

June 2nd and 3rd

Marin Civic Center in San Raphael

www.marinhomegarden.com

Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa 

400 Cannery Row Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 646-1700  www.montereyplazahotel.com

Executive Chef Executive Chef James Waller

* Part of the Woodside Hotel group – including the Lafiette Park Hotel, Standford Park, Bodega Bay Lodge and Spa, Napa Valley Lodge and the Hotel Drisco SF

The Vista Blue Spa is high atop one of the wings- overlooking the bay- with a beautiful outdoor space- protected by the wind Small Pool, Spa, quiet waiting area- Spa treatments and boutique

Cooking for Solutions at the Monterey Bay aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium

886 Cannery Row Monterey, CA www.montereybayaquarium.org
(831) 648-4800

10:30am

Mona Talbott, Chef, Personality and Author on her new book “Zuppa, Soup Recipes from the Kitchen of the American Academy in Rome”, published by Little Book Room

www.littlebookroom.com/zuppe.html

American Academy in Rome www.aarome.org

This month we published "ZUPPE: Soup Recipes from the Kitchen of the American Academy in Rome"  by Mona Talbott.  Chef Talbott had been the Executive Chef at the Rome Sustainable Food Project (RSFP) at the Academy for the past 5 years. She's a Chez Panisse alum and was selected by Alice Waters to head the RSFP.

ZUPPE is the second in the RSFP cookbook series, the first was BISCOTTI, published in late 2010.   In fall 2013, we will be publishing the third cookbook, PASTA.

Mona lives in Brooklyn now and she will be in the Bay Area from May 21-27.  Book Passage in the Ferry Building is hosting an event for ZUPPE on Saturday, May 26, at 1 pm.

Also, the Chez Panisse menu will be featuring soups from the book from May 20-26.

11am- in the studio

Shelly Atkinson, Hinode Rice

www.hinode.us

11:30am In the Studio  

Tanya Holland – Chef, Author and Guests Judge of Mama Throws Down www.tanyaholland.com

Brown Sugar Kitchen 2534 Mandela Parkway Oakland, (510) 839-7685 www.brownsugarkitchen.com

B-SideBBQ 3303 San Pablo Ave. Oakland,

510-595-0227 www.bsidebbq.com

I first met Tanya at the James Beard Foundations’ Olive Oil Odyssey 

** June 2nd- Macys Cellar San Francisco

** July 2nd talking Barbeque on the Today Show!

12:00noon- In the Studio

Mike Yakura Owner and Executive Chef

Danny Sterling, Owner and Director of Operations  

Dobbs Ferry 409 Gough Street  San Francisco, CA (415) 551-7700 www.dobbsferrysf.com

Dobbs Ferry is a small village in Westchester County, New York, along the west bank of the Hudson river, approximately 20 miles North of Manhattan. Dobbs Ferry is the hometown of Scott Broccoli (owner) and Danny Sterling (owner, Director of Operations) and Michael Yakura (owner, Executive Chef) is now an honorary member. Dobbs Ferry is a California Bistro in the Hayes Valley district of San Francisco that marries West coast cuisine with old school, small town New York style. 
The cuisine of Dobbs Ferry is casual, rustic and approachable. We have personal relationships with our purveyors, local farmers, fish mongers and producers. All of our raw materials are largely "natural", "sustainable" and "organic". This is not a new trend for any contemporary bay area restaurant, but it is a proud moniker that Dobbs Ferry will continue. It is a common standard for a restaurant to be "farm to table" and as organic, sustainable and natural as possible. We will abide by these practices and philosophy to build that natural trust and understanding between the Dobbs Ferry staff and its patrons.

12:30pm- telephone

Anne Willan, Journalist, Culinary Teacher, and Author on here new book “The Cookbook Library, Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers and Recipes that made the Modern Cookbook”. 

Last time Anne was in town, we discussed her book “The Country Cooking of France”

www.lavarenne.com

@AnneWillan

12:45pm- telephone

Sara Schneider – Wine Editor Sunset Magazine         80 Willow Rd. Menlo Park, CA  94025

www.sunset.com

Wine Competition – for the wine producers who are Listening

Celebration Weekend taking place next weekend

Sunset Celebration Weekend- June 2nd and 3rd 

Menlo Park- Stages *Ikea Cooking Stage, Safeway Outdoor Kitchen, Wine Seminars, and a Travel Stage

* Chris Cosintino, Yigit Pura, Chef Baz from the Fifth Floor

Sunset Magazine International Wine Competition

Accepting Entries *Deadline June 1st

Sunset Magazine has a readership of 4.7million

12:55pm-

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In the weeks ahead

Ruta Kahate, from Goa (and LA) Quick Fix Indian

Evan Goldstein; on Portuguese wine

Jules Taylor; from New Zealand

Victor Gonella; fisherman, and president of GGSA

Marion Nestle; on her new book www.foodpolitics.com

Bruno Tisson, Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa

And more!

From Joel Riddell- about Gene and Gil

As you know, Gene is recovering from a stroke.

Gil mentioned Wednesday during the announcement of his “The Gil Gross Program” Gene has not yet recovered enough to be back on the air.  You see, he has aphasia, which is affecting his speech.  Ironic really, if you think of his major skills in the spoken word.  The management of  NewsTalk910 have been very supportive of Gene during this period of time, and of me. They are fans, as are we of Gene’s ability to talk issues of the day - to argue without offending- to offer differing opinions in a
professional gracious manner.  As Gene continues to recover, I welcome
and read comments made by you to him on www.diningaround.com .  Gene will be welcomed back to the air when he is ready - and the whole team expects to keep every body as up to date as possible. * Information is tough / as the recovery is steady yet not fast. For me, I exist in the
same fast paced world as the rest of you.  My expectations and
assumptions are quick- and patience is something I have had to learn.
Medicine can be an art, and he is maneuvering this maze of aphasia
better than some.

I will continue to host the Dining Around program in Gene’s absence,
and go over my notes with Gene prior, and post program.  I know he is
listening and it makes me proud to be able to step up.

I am happy for any suggestions people have, feel free to offer them
via www.diningaround.com .

Also, Please keep up the good work- Tweet, Blog, or simply tell your
friends where we have landed.  This is not a race, but an ever
increasing wave of information, a family growing strong from roots to
branches to the seed pods spreading the news.

From Me to You
Joel
Joel Riddell, Newstalk910
10am-1pm each Saturday
twitter @joelriddell