On April 19th, the fabulous Mission District art gallery Root Division hosted an evening of delicious food and beverages at its popular Taste 2012 event. In addition to giving visitors a sample of some of the best cuisine and drinks available in and around the Mission area, there were several exhibits that showcased the awesome [...]
The San Francisco Vintner’s Market is the city’s premier stop for wine lovers and connoisseurs to literally “try and buy” some of the greatest wines California has to offer. The wineries that attend this event come from many of the state’s most famous wine growing regions, such as Sonoma County, Paso Robles, the Russian River [...]
This last Monday I had the pleasure to attend the Languedoc Wine Tasting and Seminar at the beautiful St. Francis Westin Hotel in Union Square. The event proved not only to be a marvelous introduction to the delicious wines of the French Languedoc wine growing region, but an incredibly educational experience to boot. The Westin’s [...]
All over the world, St. Patrick’s Day has become an excellent excuse for many to stumble around town, testing their body’s limit for alcohol consumption. However, as many New York residents can probably tell you, a lack of planning for a weekend of heavy imbibing on a mass scale could lead to all sorts of [...]
I know my stomach has its bounds, which is why I always tell people to plan ahead and research which things they want to try at various food/wine/beer events. This time around though, it was different. Why? Because the star was chocolate–unadulterated, unctuous dark chocolate. I gave myself a license to indulge during TasteTV’s Chocolate [...]
Lovers of hoppy, wheaty and even chocolatey yumminess all raised their pinkies at Fort Mason in San Francisco this past Saturday for the Third Annual Bay Area Brew Fest. Besides giving you a rundown of my favorite brews of the event, I’ve also got a bunch of tips you might find useful at your next [...]
The 8th Annual Golden Glass took place in Fort Mason’s Herbst Pavilion on February 4, 2012, and coincided with the publication of Slow Food International’s first English Slow Wine guide. 65 wineries from Italy and California were at the event, along with 25 local restaurants and food producers–all of them committed to the tenets of [...]
Valentine’s Day is quickly coming up, and if you haven’t made plans already, it’s about time to start! Cooking classes are already mostly sold out, but lucky for you procrastinators out there, there are still some events that are up for grabs. We’ve got some love-centric free/ticketed events listed below, all of which feature food [...]
Over the weekend I had the privilege to get a taste (pun intended) of what it would be like to do exactly what I’ve always wanted to do for a living: attend food and wine tasting festivals as a member of the press–and luckily for me, there would be no better place for me to [...]
Upon seeing the smorgasbord of food that lay in wait at The Concourse for ZAP Festival’s Epicuria, I silently cursed myself for wearing an outfit that was belted at the waist. What on earth was I thinking? Here were 50 restaurants spread out before me with over 50 wines to match, and I was thinking [...]
Thursday, May 3, 2012 By Nathan Cranford & Lucia Chung
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