I { heart } San Francisco

SF AMATRICE Italy Earthquake Relief Fundraiser

I ♡ San Francisco. This pretty much sums up the experience of SF AMATRICE,  the Italy Earthquake Relief Fundraiser I was honored to support {with web & graphic design} for my dear friends Marcia Gagliardi, aka Ms. tablehopper, and Gianluca Legrottaglie of Montesacro & 54 Mint. 

Two weeks of string pulling, fund raising and ticket selling ended with an epic all-day event last Sunday - and we could not have asked for a more glorious Indian summer day or a more generous outpouring of support from community and friends!

Marcia almost singlehandedly pulled all the strings, bringing together San Francisco's {mostly} Italian culinary community to join forces with incredibly generous donations of food & wine to raise funds for rebuilding efforts in Amatrice, one of the towns hit hardest by this summer's earthquake and most famous as the home of the Amatriciana sauce. In the end, Gianluca was even able to make a direct connection to the Comune di Amatrice, so all funds of the over 200{!} tickets sold will go straight to where they are most needed - all in all more than $20.5K and counting * 

Here's an excert from the incredible SF AMATRICE menu

~ mortadella & robiola and turkey & fig tramezzini {A.G.Ferrari}

~ crostini with guanciale spread, caramelized onions & gorgonzola crema {Palio d'Asti}

~ Italian cheeses, salumi and savory sweet bites {Cheese Plus}

~ arancini all'amatriciana with pecorino romano {Delfina} & {Locanda}

~ crostini with whipped guanciale, tomato jam and red onion agrodolce {Piccino}

~ chilled squid ink noodles with bottarga {Octavia}

~ pancetta rillette with slow roasted tomatoes and pecorino romano {Zero Zero}

~ housemade salumi and pickled vegetables {Rose Pistola}

~ pinsa all'amatriciana {Montesacro}
~ casarecce pasta all'amatriciana {54 Mint}

~ grazing platters with cheese, nuts, dried fruit and honey {Bi-Rite Market}

~ oven fresh bread {Josey Baker Bread}

~ almond raisin biscotti {Acquerello}

~ brown sugar fennel ice cream {Humphry Slowcombe} 

~ cream puffs & panettone {Emporio Rulli}

~ mini bomboloni, cannoli siciliani, panna cotta & other dolci {54 Mint Forno Italiano}

All participating restaurants/chefs/volunteers generously donated their time/products, so that 100% of proceeds can go to the Comune of Amatrice, the home town of the famous Pasta all’Amatriciana

~ and one of the towns most effected by last month’s devastating earthquake.

* To add to the donation fund, just hop over to SFAMATRICE.com thru October 7th ~ any amount helps!

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