2012 CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 2012
FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS
events still waiting for new dates
November ?-?, 2012 5th Annual Los Angeles Int’l Tamale Festival - Los Angeles, CA
Number of tamale vendors 30 professional and Amateur Prize Money $200 Best Tamale over-all 'People's Choice'. Competition Categories - Best Tamale: Chicken, Beef, Pork, Fish, Fruit, Vegetarian number of non-food vendors 175 professional. Attendance: 35,000.
November 1-3, 2012 15th Annual Worlds of Flavor 2012 - Napa Valley, California
Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Worlds of Flavor International Conference & Festival, considered to be the premier professional event on global cuisines and flavor trends in the country. The theme will be Arc of Flavor: Re-imagining Culinary Exchange, from the Mediterranean and Middle East to Asia and will feature demonstrations, presentations, and tastings by leading chefs, cooks, authors, journalists, and other experts, to examine these culinary traditions both in their native countries and in their U.S. adaptations, to better understand how they drive contemporary menu innovation. The 15th Annual Worlds of Flavors Conference & Festival will represent more than 20 cultures and cuisines, including Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Spain, Morocco, Indonesia, and many more.
November 1-4, 2012 The Big Sur Food and Wine Festival - Big Sur, California
A weekend of culinary and wine events in Big Sur, combining Hiking with Stemware, wine maker dinners, a Grand Tasting with a local cookbook and wine book signings and the chance to meet some of California's best wine makers.
November 2-4, 2012 Good Food Festival & Conference - Los Angeles, California
Celebrating leaders, businesses, and individuals that sustain the burgeoning, locally-driven Good Food Movement. With a Festival celebrating the joys of food, conference workshops focused on local sourcing, industry trends, and DIY, this event has something for everyone. Held in collaboration with the Santa Monica Farmers Markets and will focus on regional and national issues integral to building a local and sustainable food system while supporting the needs of regional family farmers.
November 2-11, 2012 Mendocino County Beer, Wine & Mushroom Festival
Mendocino County, California
Mendocino County is home to more than 3,000 mushroom varieties -- including the rare candy cap mushroom, with its intense maple-syrup flavor and sweet fragrance -- that grows only along the northern coast of California. The pinnacle of mushroom season is Mendocino County’s annual Mushroom Festival
November 3, 2012 Napa Wine-Tasting | Silver Pass Weekend - Napa Valley, California
Presented by the Silverado Trail Wineries Association Kick off Event on Saturday Nov. 3 only: 12 wineries on the Silverado Trail will be celebrating this kick off to Silver Pass season with food samplings and wine pairings, special discounts, library releases and more (each winery's offering will vary). Passes will be valid thru November 30th, 2012 for Complimentary Wine Tasting only at participating wineries.
November 3, 2012 Whinny & Wine - Redding, California
Horse themed wine tasting--enjoy tasting wonderful wines, great food, friends, raffles and LIVE auction to please! All proceeds benefit the rescued horses at Safe Haven Horse Rescue! We are a non-profit, no kill, horse rescue that is run solely by hard working volunteers, donations and fundraisers.
November 3, 2012 12th Annual City of Rocklin Toast of the Town - Rocklin, California
12th Annual Wine Tasting / Community Dinner and Art Show in Rocklin. Over 25 Wineries, 30 local Chefs (past chiefs included Members of City Council, Fire Chief and School Superintendent). A Dessert Room is open featuring desserts from over 10 Restaurants. All proceeds help the local schools in the Rocklin School District. The Cost is 50 per person. We hope that you can come and enjoy the evening with us.
( also: www.rocklin.ca.us/government/service_n_facility/special_events_theatre_n_arts/default.asp )
November 3, 2012 15th Annual Pistachio Festival - Newberry Springs, California
Old fashion family oriented festival, one day event, free admission & parking, featuring live music, food, merchandise vendors, lots of food and of course pistachios! Annual event always held the first Saturday in November.
November 3-4, 2012 14th Annual Wine & Food Affair - Sonoma County, California
Join us for a weekend of wine and food pairing. All of the wineries participating will have a favorite winery recipe in the cookbook, which they will prepare both days for you to sample, along with the perfect wine.
November 3-4, 2012 22nd Annual Harvest Wine Celebration - Temecula, California
Tickets are now available for our 22nd annual Harvest Celebration Barrel Tasting Weekend. Ticketholders will enjoy visiting up to - or all! - 35 member wineries for two fun filled days of wine and food sampling. Your self-guided wine country tasting adventure begins each day at 10am and ends at 4:30pm. Don't miss your chance to partake of this sell-out event. Make plans now!
November 4-Dec 6, 2012 Annual Vintners' Holidays - Yosemite National Park, California
Prominent winemakers showcase their vintages at Yosemite National Park, with wine tastings, seminars and gala dinners.
November 9, 2012 The Single Malt & Scotch Whisky Extravaganza - Santa Monica, California
Features a sampling of over 100 of Scotland's most prestigious single malt & Scotch whiskies, as well as unique single malts from Ireland and Japan. The Extravaganza takes place during the spring and fall seasons. Each event is held at the finest hotels and private clubs in the United States to ensure an elegant, comfortable and relaxed environment.
November 9, 2012 Celebrity Chef Tour - San Diego, California
Benefiting the James Beard Foundation, featuring Award-Winning Chefs
November 14, 2012 The Single Malt & Scotch Whisky Extravaganza
San Francisco, California
Features a sampling of over 100 of Scotland's most prestigious single malt & Scotch whiskies, as well as unique single malts from Ireland and Japan. The Extravaganza takes place during the spring and fall seasons. Each event is held at the finest hotels and private clubs in the United States to ensure an elegant, comfortable and relaxed environment.
November 14-18, 2012 9th San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival - San Diego, California
When classic cuisine, legendary wine and culinary all-stars hit the surf, you know it's time for the return of the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival. This November 14-18, celebrate the weeklong culinary classic that has become an iconic fixture in the national food and wine landscape. Join thousands of fellow epicureans and wine connoisseurs, cookbook authors, nationally acclaimed chefs and culinary personalities, and world-class winemakers during Southern California's largest lifestyle celebration. The five-day feast of the senses features wine-tasting and cooking classes, the Reserve and New Release Tasting, the star-studded Celebrity Chef Luncheon & Big Bottle Auction, the action-packed Chef of the Fest Competition, and the Grand Tasting on San Diego's magnificent bay. Tickets go on sale July 1
November 14-18, 2012 Flavor! Napa Valley - Napa, California
A Celebration of Food, Wine, Fun Benefiting the Culinary Institute of America, St. Helena Scholarship Fund. Flavor! Napa Valley is a four-day extravaganza of farm-to-table fine cuisine, world-class wines, and the fun that is had when these elements come together in America's premier wine region.
November 16-18, 2012 19th Annual Mandarin Festival - Auburn, California
Celebrates the new crop of locally grown Mandarin oranges, a Mandarin Recipe cooking contest, professional chef demonstrations, food, AGRO Art, local farmers selling freshly harvested Mandarin oranges, crafts and activities, free children’s area, live music and entertainment. Always held the weekend before Thanksgiving.
November 17, 2012 BevMo! Holiday Beerfest - San Francisco, California
Experience 200+ of the greatest holiday, seasonal and special beers-ciders from 100+ of the best breweries in the world. Held at Fort Mason, Herbst Pavilion, just a snowball's throw from the Golden Gate Bridge.
November 18, 2012 11th Annual Fall wine Classic - Yorba Linda, California
The Fall Wine Classic brings together over 50 prestigious wineries from all over California and over 500 wine enthusiasts for a wine tasting event like no other. The East Room of the Richard Nixon Library is stunning and provides the perfect sophisticated & elegant venue for our annual event.
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