News of SF Dames

March 2018 Chronicle interview with Patty Unterman. Click here to read.

Dame Traci Des Jardins is interviewed by Janet Reilly. Click here to read full article. 

Dame Gayle Pirie and John Clark will host a special evening of recipes and stories from their Foreign Cinema Cookbook. Enjoy tapas and entertainment under the stars at their restaurant, June 7th at Foreign Cinema.
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Dame Georgeanne Brennan will appear at Left Bank in Larkspur on May 20, 2018 presenting on Windows on Provence: Musings on the Food, Wine and Culture of South of France. Click for more information

Audobon Canyon Reserve announces public access to legendary author M.F.K. Fisher’s Last House in Glen Ellen, CA
A Peek Into Last House
DATE: Saturday, August 26, 2017, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bouverie Preserve
13935 Sonoma Highway 12, Glen Ellen
$40 ACR members/students; $45 non-members
Join us for this peek into the home of legendary author M.F.K. Fisher. Mary Frances, as she was known by her family and friends, wrote 13 books during 21 years of residence in Last House, which was built for her by architect David Pleydell-Bouverie. She treasured her palazzino! Come see her living space and imagine James Beard, Julia Child and Bert Greene cooking there. Light refreshments served. Registration required via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-peek-into-mfk-fishers-last-h…

http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Bay-Area-baking-legend-Flo-Braker-dies-at-78-11226357.php

Click here to read the article Devoured or Empowered? by LDEI-SF fellowship recipient, Sarah Henry which mentions dames Peggy Smith and Sue Conley. It was recently published in Edible Marin and Wine Country.

Leah Garchik mentioned dame Peggy Knickerbocker as being a Bay Area James Beard honoree in the May 4, 2017 SF Chronicle. Peggy's story "Brain Food," published in Cooking Light about Paula Wolfert (also a dame) and Alzheimer's disease, won a journalism award.

Click here to read SF Chron's "Restaurants struggle for political balance" article about Traci Des Jardins' restuarant, Jardiniere.

Click here to read May 2017 Wine Enthusiast article about Wente Winery.