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…
Sacramento Bacon Fest is back for the seventh year in a row! The second week of February will be chock-full of pork-themed events, kicking off the festivities with the Bacon Fest Opening Party at Empress Tavern on Feb. 6, and ending with the infamous (and already sold-out) Chef’s Challenge at…
Tea is the most consumed beverage in the world after water, yet in the United States, we have only recently considered tea plant terroir like we do with wine grapes, scrutinized leaf freshness like hops or considered tea-food pairings for a party. Wait, you don’t do that with your tea?…
Do you eat food? Are you ballin’ on a budget? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then the 13th annual Dine Downtown Restaurant Week is the event for you. Southwest: The Magazine recently named Sacramento the “next great American food city,” and for 10 days, you will…
Get 2018 off to a healthy (and delicious) start courtesy of Soil Born Farms in Rancho Cordova. Your instructor for this workshop, Terese Hollander Esperas from A Healthy Kitchen, will teach you how to prepare “building block base recipes” featuring winter veggies, lean proteins (such as chicken and turkey), lentils,…
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