What’s better than a big ol’ pile of hot french fries? Well, loading them up with all kinds of good stuff on top, that’s what! Bacon? Yup. Cheese? You betcha. Egg? Why not! Sacramento’s first-ever food festival dedicated to loaded fries, Sac Fry Fest, is coming to Roosevelt Park on…
Every Friday in April, the Davis Food Co-op (620 G St., Davis) is offering classes in their teaching kitchen as a part of a hands-on Fermentation Series. The first class has already passed, but there are still available spaces in the course. You can choose to take just one class…
Beatnik Studios (723 S St.) is set to host a special event for all you local wine lovers (we’re sure there are a lot of you). For the first time ever, 30 wineries from the Sierra Foothills will be under one roof to show off the fruits of their labors…
In recent years, the historic building that stands near the corner of 21st and P in Sacramento has gone through many changes. Most of my memories of this building were made when it was a music venue/bar/dance club called the Town House. There, I danced my way through many themed…
Whose got the best tacos? You decide! Three of the area’s most popular food trucks—Drewski’s, La Masa and Flavor Face—will have 45 minutes to battle it out and deliver delicious tacos to a live audience at the Food Truck Challenge on March 22 at the California Museum (1020 O St.)….
The plant-based eating trend that has been steadily taking hold of the bellies of mainstream Americans has officially taken root in the City of Trees. And while the trend is one that has been resolutely embraced by those indoctrinated into the cult-like world of Instagram, where millennials collect likes for their photogenic plant-based dishes like coveted Pokémon Go characters, as well as the diehard lifers who renounced meat decades ago, once…
Sacramento’s food and restaurant scene is perhaps one of the most exciting things the city has going for it, and people outside our own little bubble are starting to take notice. In an article titled “14 Must-Try Restaurants in Sacramento” published on Zagat.com last week, writer Trevor Felch states, “California’s…
Amador County is home to dozens of beautiful and distinctive wineries. The first weekend of March, Amador Vintners will be presenting Behind the Cellar Door, an exciting and educational event made up of three days of flavorful food pairings, demonstrations, themed seminars and wine tastings. The weekend will be kicking…
Repeat visitors to one of the area’s biggest and best craft beer festivals, Capitol Beer Fest, will likely be excited about a couple of big changes to this year’s event. First, it’s moving back to its prior location on the wide-open and ever-so-beautiful Capitol Mall Greens, after taking place on…
The Shanghai soup dumpling (xiao long bao or XLB) for those who have tasted it, is a habit you can’t, and don’t want to break. The craving comes suddenly. The thought of freshly stretched dough, pasta-thick, twisted into a sack around a meatball that is floating in a steam bath…
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