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Ever wondered where to take your out-of-town guests, where to meet your blind date or where to host a birthday party for ten? The Tablehopper, Marcia Gagliardi, has considered all these situations—and hundreds more, and compiled her suggestions into the hot-off-the-presses The Tablehopper’s Guide to Dining and Drinking in San Francisco. She’ll be signing books at Omnivore Books on March 24.

Food writer Tara Austen Weaver has released her memoir, The Butcher and the Vegetarian: One Woman’s Romp Through a World of Men, Meat and Moral Crisis, and will be at Omnivore Books on March 13 to sign copies and discuss meaty matters.

Peter Reinhart, master baker and author of the Bread Baker’s Apprentice will be at Omnivore Books, ready to talk about breakfast breads and all things yeast related. Join him!

Join famed chocolate pros Michael Recchiuti and Fran Gage at a book signing for their new book, Chocolate Obsession, at Omnivore Books. We have it on good authority that samples will be provided, and the event is free!

On February 20 Berkeley-based wine importer Kermit Lynch will be at Omnivore Books for a wine tasting and a reading from his two books.

Enter your best boozy or non-boozy punch at Omnivore’s contest on January 30, or just stop by to taste the entries (no cost for entering, but a $5 charge for tasting only). Get your drink on.

This Saturday, January 23, join Moroccan expert Paula Wolfert in conversation with Patricia Unterman at Omnivore Books. The two old friends will talk about slow cooking, Moroccan food and Wolfert’s latest book, Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking. The event runs from 3-4 p.m. and is free, with reserved seating for anyone who drops by or calls in advance to buy a copy of the book.

Head to Omnivore Books on Saturday for everything you ever wanted to know about bacon. Ari Weinzweig of the famed Zingerman's in Ann Arbor will be on hand to ham it up and give you great ideas of how to use bacon in ways you've never imagined. Be sure to pick up a copy of the book if you don't already have one.

Sir Thomas Keller will be on hand, live and in the flesh, at Omnivore Books on Saturday, December 6. Shop for new and antiquarian cookbooks for your food-loving friends, then acquire a signed copy of Keller’s latest book, Ad Hoc At Home, the first in the Keller literary pantheon that appears to include real recipes real people can really cook at home.