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Taking It to the Streets
Community Cooking Events in San Francisco

Home cooking is often a somewhat isolated event. We usually cook for ourselves, our family and a handful of friends or colleagues. On occasion, a stranger appears in the mix, but usually they've bee...

Learn How to Can and Make New Friends!
San Francisco Bay Area

Interesting. What our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers often saw as drudgery and a whole lot of messy work is now becoming an incredibly popular trend among this generation's new homesteaders. It...

Edible Expeditions and Kimchi Tasting
San Francisco Food Events

This weekend in San Francisco there are two really interesting-looking food events. One is an exhibition of edible plants, and the other is a kimchi judging and tasting contest. Click through for ti...

Michael Pollan in Conversation with Sedge Thomson
Bay Area Event: October 19, 2008

Michael Pollan will be coming to the Bay Area and giving a talk in Alameda on Sunday, October 19th....

Commonwealth Club Food-Related Events
San Francisco

Next week in San Francisco, there are three food-related events at the Commonwealth Club that look very interesting. Check them out!...

Asian Culinary Forum
San Francisco Event: October 10-12, 2008

The Asian Culinary Forum is a 3-day event in San Francisco that combines Asian food-related events such as cooking workshops, tasting events, culinary tours of Chinatown, famous speakers like Madhur J...

Eat Local Month
San Francisco

This month in San Francisco is Eat Local Month, which hopes to spread the word about the benefits of eating food grown within a 4-hour drive (250 miles) from San Francisco....

The Water Connection: State Policies & Local Food Systems
Bay Area Event: October 8, 2008

The Commonwealth Club is hosting a discussion panel on the growing water shortage in California, and how it affects the future of the food supply. The event is being held in conjunction with SF's Eat...

Mycological Society of San Francisco

This morning, I sent in my $25 membership fee to the Mycological Society of San Francisco. I've always wanted to learn how to identify and collect mushrooms, and the Bay Area is a wonderful place for...

Dr. Raj Patel Speaks on the Global Food Crisis
Bay Area Event: Sept 2, 2008

Next Tuesday, September 2, Dr. Raj Patel will speak about the global food crisis in San Mateo. More details after the jump ......

Tango Ceviche
San Francisco Event, Sept 6, 2008

This event looks interesting; a one-night class in making ceviche and learning the tango!...

18 Reasons: Creating Community Through Food and Art in San Francisco

18 Reasons is a new gallery/community space in San Francisco's Mission district, located in a storefront kitty-corner from the famous Tartine Bakery and just around the corner from the equally popular...

Slow Food Nation on the Cheap

There’s been a little grumbling that the Slow Food Nation event being held here in SF over Labor Day weekend is too pricey. True, there’s the $2500 Patron’s Package and the $500 dinner with Tho...

Tantalizing Market Tapas Summer Series
San Francisco Event

Tomorrow evening at the Ferry Building Marketplace, CUESA and Parties That Cook will be hosting a hands-on class in making tapas from fresh summer ingredients. ...

Youth Food Movement at Slow Food Nation

Are you ‘roughly between the ages of 16 and 34’ and passionate about all things related to food? Then you may be interested in Slow Food’s Youth Movement Program which is bringing together youn...

Roundup: San Francisco Cooking Schools

Want to learn better knife skills? How to cook Thai? Or just have something fun and different to do after work or for a party? Consider a cooking class or cooking party. In this post, we'll list s...

San Francisco Events: Take a Class at the Viking Cooking School with Martha Stewart Everyday Food Editors

Attention San Francisco readers! Want to take a class this weekend with the editors of Everyday Food? Read on to see how. And if you're not in the San Francisco Bay area, you should still read on to l...

Inspiration: Taste3 Conference in Napa, California

The Taste3 conference is being held in Napa on July 17-19 and it’s going to be an amazing three days. Now in it’s third year, this exciting and engaging conference brings together chefs, artists,...

This Weekend In SF: Chocolate Salon

Looking for something sweet to do in San Francisco this weekend? Perhaps you could consider the Chocolate Salon being held on Sunday, April 13, 2008 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Fort Mason Center....

Event Report: Alice Waters Book Signing

The line was literally out the door at Alice Waters' book signing this weekend. We stopped by The Gardener's Ferry Building branch to check out the Bay Area's most famous foodie and her new book The...

Bay Area Event: Alice Waters Booksigning at The Gardener

For those in the Bay Area this weekend, here's an alternative to post-holiday shopping. Alice Waters will be signing copies of her new cookbook, The Art of Simple Food on Saturday, November 24th at tw...

Bay Area Event: Alice Waters Booksigning at The Gardener

For those in the Bay Area this weekend, here's an alternative to post-holiday shopping. Alice Waters will be signing copies of her new cookbook, The Art of Simple Food on Saturday, November 24th at tw...

San Francisco Bay Area Events: 12.13.06

San Francisco: Classes and Events, Weekend of December 9

• Sunday, December 10th at the Asian Art Museum, explore the Cuisines of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. Join Southeast Asian food expert Andrea Nguyen and Saveur Editor-in-Chief ...