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Cool California Food Event Picks from Epicuring – Early Fall 2013
EARLY FALL 2013 FOOD EVENT PICKS Check back here for updates & Facebook for last minute picks Every Saturday: CUESA Kitchen Demos feature local chefs and authors sharing tips and recipes. The best free and delicious Saturday activity for all ages. Sept. 6, San Francisco, Lucky Rice Fest at Ferry Building Marketplace Sept 7, Sonoma – Kathleen Hill in Conversation With Elaine Corn Join this talk with Sonoma’s culinary maven Kathleen Hill as she talks kitchens, food, and a lifetime of collecting gadgets with Capital Public Radio’s contributing food and lifestyle reporter, Elaine Corn. The talk celebrates the opening of a Sept 7 – Dec. 1 exhibit of catalogues, collections…
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Lucky Rice Cooks Up in SF on Sept. 6
I’ve heard great things about Lucky Rice in other cities, and been wondering when they’d finally come to SF. Our friend Amy Sherman at Cooking with Amy alerted us to the arrival next Friday. As a Japanese-American girl who is always hungry for new dishes to eat (and cook), I’m particularly excited to try the lip smacking Asian-inspired eats on the menu — will I see you there? / Laiko A few dishes & drinks we are hoping to try: Koi Soi: Issan Beef Tartare, HAWKER FARE, James Syhabout Dashi Cherry Tomatoes, Sake Kasu Lardo, Bonito, HOPSCOTCH RESTAURANT AND BAR, Kyle Itani Avocado Panna Cotta with Banana Tapioca and Crisp Lime Meringue, THE…
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Chocolate for Charity – Feel Good Indulging at the Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival – Sept 14-15, 2013
Hunger is no joke and neither is the tens of thousands of dollars Ghirardelli Chocolate and its partners raise annually to help Project Open Hand prepare and deliver thousands of meals and hundreds of grocery bags daily to San Francisco’s food-challenged. The Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival is your chance to do good while indulging! From sundaes to chocolate cocktails, the 2013 Chocolate Festival is affordable for families and friends – a mere $20 (or $25 at the door). Tickets include 15 tastes, from Ghirardelli (including mini sundaes !) and a bevy of amazing Bay Area chefs and vendors. NEW in 2013: Chocolate & Wine Pavilion: Sip and savor premium samples from…
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Come Aboard the Love Boat for CUESA’s Yacht Rock Summer Cocktail Fete on Aug 29
Ahoy mates – hoist a drink and walk the plank with your Epicurators Susie and Laiko for the second annual CUESA Yacht Rocks party next Weds. We are Captaining the costume contest again – so come for one of the best parties of the summer – right out front at the Ferry Building. And yes, we’ll embarrass ourselves at the VJ booth singing “Love Boat.” / Laiko & Susie Tilt your captain’s hat, straighten your stripes, and sail over to the Ferry Building for Yacht Rock II, the summer edition of Cocktails of the Farmers Market. For this nautically themed night of sips and bites, CUESA and the Northern California…
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Good Eating at SF Chefs 2013
Another summer another great SF Chefs event, full of tastes from 200 or so from great San Francisco chefs, coffee roasters, distilleries, and wine makers from around the world. Full, yes, oh so full were we. I’ll dub Campari the “most creative” liquor presentation with shaved ices in all sorts of flavors including roasted canteloupe. Delfina Restaurant’s gelato sandwiched in a brioche bun added a drippy sweet dimension to the tastings which leaned toward lots of great shrimp, raw fish, and all sorts of meats. SF Chefs continues today, August 4th, with food and educational events so if you’re visiting San Francisco hop over to Union Square for a taste…
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Oysterfest at Waterbar San Francisco Benefits Surfrider Foundation | Sept. 1
The spectacular Waterbar restaurant set on the Bay is hosting a fest celebrating sustainable oysters and benefiting the San Francisco Surfrider Foundation. This year’s OysterFest will honor New Zealand – and food, wine and beer from New Zealand will be served for attendees to enjoy. Features delicious small bites from oyster lovin’ restaurants & farms including: Waterbar, EPIC Roasthouse, Farallon, FISH, Saltwater, Waiheke Island Yacht Club, Rappahannock River Oysters, and Drakes Bay Oyster Company. To quench their thirst, guests will have a selection of New Zealand wines and micro-brews including Anchor Steam, Trumer Pils and Moa, a New Zealand favorite. Admission is $60 per person and includes oysters and passed hors d’oeuvres. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit The San Francisco…
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Get Your Farmhouse Style On at the Marin Country Mart
I’d heard about the farmers market at the Marin Country Mart by Larkspur Landing. But what a surprise to discover a little bastion of country farmhouse style, Pottery Barn meets Restoration Hardware with a Bay Area twist. Dining options range from Bel Campo Meats (a farm up north that raises their own cattle) to El Huarache Loco (a small business incubated at La Cocina). Shaded white picnic benches and a sandy earth intertwine making this little slice of foodie heaven is worth a haul from the East Bay (actually it’s very close to the Richmond Bridge) or San Francisco. Plus they have really fun events like the “Folkish Festival” and…
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2013’s “Best Chocolatiers” Announced
Based around the International Chocolate Salon held late last year in San Francisco, the 2013 Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America Award winners were announced this week by TasteTV, which created the contest and event. I was a judge at the Salon, where I got to sample amazing artisanry and talk to the artisans themselves. Mindy Fong of SF-based Jade Chocolates was premiering her latest product: dried green mango with a chili-lime spice rub atop chocolate tiles. I snapped a picture of these spicy little guys: Wendy Lieu, who operates SF-based Socola Chocolatier with her sister, crafts truffles flavored with guava, lychee, durian, black sesame, bacon, pumpkin, PB&J, tea, Vietnamese…
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Bay Area Science Festival Includes Events for Eaters
The 2012 second annual Bay Area Science Festival includes numerous events exploring the neurobiology of nibbling, the physiology of feasting, and other intersections between science and food. At San Francisco’s Castro Theatre on Saturday night, October 27, superstar Food Network chef Alton Brown headlines “Ten Things About Food I Feel Pretty Sure About,” an interactive presentation detailing the kitchen as laboratory, and the science of American food as Brown knows it, from home kitchen experiments to nutritional milestones. That same night at Stanford University, Harold McGee (author of On Food & Cooking: The Science & Lore of the Kitchen) shares the stage with Stanford chemistry professor Richard Zare (Stanford University,…
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Wine Country Meatopia: COCHON Heritage Fire in Napa
By Emily Shartin, Epicuring As always, COCHON Heritage Fire in Napa never fails to impress. This year’s installment, held at the River Terrace Inn, featured several Bay Area chefs showing off their skills in whole-animal cookery for a captive audience eager to chow down on everything from goat to lamb to pig to rabbit to fish. Heritage breeds were the star of the show, alongside the region’s best produce and — this being wine country, after all — glass upon glass of world-class beverages. We started our afternoon with sips of Robert Craig‘s rosé of Zinfandel as we perused all the glorious food that was on offer. Team Toast was…
