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The Best Cheese Event in 2024 – SF Cheese Fest !
Indulge in Unlimited Samples of California Artisan Cheese along with Pairing Foods and Drinks from Across the U.S. and Beyond The 9th Annual SF Cheese Fest returns to the San Francisco Ferry Building Grand Hall on Saturday, September 21. The festival focuses on California producers, but this year will include cheesemakers from the West, including Washington and Utah. Up to 20 artisan cheesemakers will showcase their acclaimed creations. Guests will be able to taste dozens of the most exceptional and delicious cheeses being made today. The cheeses will be paired with preserves, chocolates and charcuterie along with local wine and beer. While sipping and sampling, guests will enjoy a gorgeous view of the San…
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Bay Area Cooking Classes & Workshops – Summer 2024
What did you do over the summer? If you want to answer “learned all about food!” then check out these hand-picked cooking and baking classes that will give you the skills to eat well and Instagram-amaze: How to Make Rainbow Cookies – Pride Baking Bonanza Class in San Francisco at Civic Kitchen Wish you could make those incredible rainbow shortbread cookies that pop up in Pride Month every year? Now you can! June 21, 2024 at Civic Kitchen in the Mission District of SF. Teen Culinary Immersion in San Francisco at 18 Reasons Gain mad cooking skills at this cooking bootcamp, Monday through Wednesday, July 22-24, 2024 from 10 am-2…
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Heritage Fire – a Cochon 555 Heritage Pork Fest, Back in 2011
Wow 10 years have passed since we indulged in Heritage Fire. We came. We inhaled. Then we inhaled untold amounts of barbeque while watching butchery demonstrations at this production of Cochon 555. We gathered at a winery in the Napa Valley to eat every type of heritage pork imaginable, smoked, cured, BBQed right there among the grape vines. Even more than the massive amounts of fall-off-the-bone meats, I remember learning to appreciate German Rieslings at a tasting…yes, ironic, that we were in California’s wine country! From the archives, enjoy the scents, tastes, and talents of this snapshot in delicious food history and community which, I’m excited to see, Cochon 555…
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Oh yes, Cochon #HeritageFire #Napa pork goodness from #Zazu .
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Sweet & Spicy Bay Area Food Event Picks for February 2014
With a bounty of citrus and the allure of Valentine’s Day, 2014 brings a bevy of creative food events to singles and those already in the throes of romantic rapture. Check these out: Barrel-Aged Sriracha Workshop with Oaktown Spice in Oakland February 11, 2014 Smell and taste the nuances of the flavors between a 1 month aged and 3 month aged sriracha at Oakland adorable spice shop by the lake. And come away from the event learning about how aging and fermentation impacts the flavors of the sauce. Candied Citrus and Cocktails Workshop with CUESA at the Ferry Building Wednesday, February 19, 2014 Candy citrus, then create delicious elixirs that…
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Join America’s Good Food Award Winners on Jan 16, 2014
The Good Food Awards celebrates the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsible. Each year, outstanding American food producers crafting foods in a variety of categories are dubbed winners. (Susie from Epicuring reluctantly leads the Confections category.) For the first time the awards is inviting the public to attend this year’s 130 Good Food Award Winning businesses on Thursday, January 16 at 6pm in San Francisco, with special guests Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Alice Waters, Ruth Reichl and Nell Newman. Immediately following the ceremony is a gala reception and good food extravaganza, where guests can taste this year’s 130 winning foods and drink, chosen from 1,450 entries. …
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Fun Bay Area Food Holiday Fetes in December 2013
Here are a few pics for some ultra-holiday season events for people who live to experience and love good food. What other holiday fetes belong on the list? 1: Blue Chair Fruit holiday party in Oakland on December 15 I was at the Temescal Farmers Market in Oakland when who but Blue Chair Fruit’s very own Rachel handed me an invitation to her sure-to-be-jamming holiday party. 2: Gingerbread House Decorating at 18 Reasons in San Francisco on December 17 Fear not if you don’t have the kids as an excuse to be around gingerbread house decorating. 18 Reasons gets that this seasonal activity is much better suited to adults…
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Fall 2013 – California Food Event Picks for Curious Epicurists
FALL 2013 FOOD EVENT PICKS Check back here for updates & Facebook last minute picks Every Saturday: CUESA Kitchen Demos feature local chefs and authors sharing tips and recipes. Looking for stuff coming up sooner? See our early Fall finds. Oct. 21, SF, Sugar Skull Making Class at 18 Reasons Within the traditions of the Dia De Los Muertos, sugar skulls play a meaningful role, representing deceased loved ones who living celebrants want to honor. Learn how to make your own sugar skulls at this hands-on workshop with Michele Simons from the Sugar Skull Gallery. See some of Michele’s work on this short documentary “The Making of Sugar Skulls” from…
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Plan a Tour to San Francisco’s 2 Saturday Farmers Markets
Saturday morning in San Francisco is a farmers market lover’s paradise. And while paradise is best visited by car, it’s well worth the trip: STOP #1: The Ferry Building’s CUESA market teems with all sorts of great coffee and breakfast food vendors, not to mention produce, cheeses and breads in both front and back. OK also not to mention classes and activities. Getting there: For the Ferry Building, drive and park on Howard near Embarcadero. You can get validated at the market. STOP #2: Around the bend, if you’re on the freeway anyway, lies the historic Alemany Farmers Market, which San Francisco started in the 1940s to connect the city…
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Get Thee to So Cal and Patchwork Edible to Eat, Learn, Craft
October 5-6 – Come hang with me and 100 food vendors at Patchwork Edible in the beautiful SoCo mall. I’m no mall rat but when I saw that place, I was like dude. Put it this way: there’s a Surfas chef supply store. Patchwork Edible is going to have a lot of great panels, little workshops, munchies, and stuff to buy. Fun for kids too… especially fun! More Fall Fodder For the Food-urati Then on October 13 in LA the fabulous Evan Kleiman with KRCW hosts a discussion UpClose: California Cuisine – What It Is & Why It Matters with Roy Choi, Joyce Goldstein, Eduardo Ruiz, Nancy Silverton, and Sang…
