Bay Area Food Festivals and Events - May 2012

[Civil Bear]

Third Annual No Bull BBQ Cook-off
Saturday May 12, 2012
Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center
16500 Condit Rd
Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Competition Teams will be selling $2 samples and other specialty delights from 11:00-3:00 as part of the "People's Choice" category.

Link to the website:
http://www.mhnobullbbq.com/#ppc

[Melanie Wong]

5/24-26 - Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair
http://healdsburgfair.org/
My old post on the livestock auction and fair.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/621238

5/26 - Noe Valley Bakesale, San Francisco
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3769839677692&set=a.1123216833775.20809.1027724106&type=1

5/28 - Jamaican Jerk Cook Off, Oakland
http://jamaicanjerkcookoff2012-es1.eventbrite.com/?srnk=95
http://jamaicanjerkcookoff.com/

5/28 - Ardenwood Historic Farm Open House, Fremont
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/23/NSON1OJ68F.DTL

5/29 - A Farm Bill for the 99%, Mission Pie, San Francisco
http://www.globalexchange.org/events/...

[zippo]

5/24 Noon - 2 pm Belcampo Meat Company will be grilling sirloin kebabs, $9, at pop-up outside Blue Bottle Coffee. 300 Webster St., Oakland.
http://www.belcampomeatco.com/

[Civil Bear]

5/26 & 5/27 in Brentwood
Second Annual Brews, Blues, & BBQ's
Streets of Brentwood

http://thepress.net/listings/11348122...

[Melanie Wong]

5/17 - Harry Travers Memorial Dinner, American Graffiti Salute, Petaluma
http://www.americangraffiti.net/2012schedule.html

5/17 - Facebook Pre-IPO Party, San Francisco
http://sf.funcheap.com/facebook-preipo-party-free-champagne-cocktails-sf/

5/19 - Slow Food Childhood Obesity Bay Area conference, San Francisco
http://www.slowfoodsanfrancisco.com/sf_events.html?evcode=00207

5/19 & 20 - Himalayan Fair, Berkeley
http://www.himalayanfair.net/

5/20 - Lagunitas Beer Circus, Petaluma
http://www.betterbeerblog.com/index.php/2012/05/09/the-4th-annual-lagunitas-beer-circus/

5/20, 6/3, 6/24 - BBQ 101, San Jose
http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/13-san-jose/deals/334184-nine-hour-bbq-101-workshop (discount expires today)
http://californiabbqinstitute.com/bbq-101/

5/23 - Women in Coffee, San Francisco
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/243594

5/23 - Early Summer Farm Forum, Future of Food and Farming in Sonoma County, Sebastopol
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3867703821741&set=a.1057619371386.2011126.1552925786&type=1&theater

5/26 & 27 - San Francisco Carnaval
http://sfcarnaval.org/2012/03/sf-carnaval-2012-poster/

5/26 & 27 - Treasure Island Flea Market
http://www.treasureislandflea.com/

5/26 & 27 - Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary & Festival, San Francisco
http://goldengatebridge75.org/celebra...

[Melanie Wong]

5/18 - Canine Companions for Independence, Blues at the Rock, Soda Rock Winery, Healdsburg
https://www.kintera.org/site/apps/ka/rg/ecreg.asp?c=cdKGIRNqEmG&b=7766471&en=efKEJMPtGdKGLMOzGcKGIZOGJoIVJ3MyFaLLI1OGIdIGKWOzF9LKI2OzEhJ1F

5/18 & 19 - Croquet Invitational, Dinner and Charity Auction, Sonoma-Cutrer, Windsor
http://sf.wish.org/2011/11/08/the-croquet-invitational-charity-auction/

5/19 & 5/23 - Grand Opening Celebration of Redwood Empire Farmers Market, Santa Rosa Memorial Veterans Building
http://refmkt.com/

5/19 - Opening day for new venue of Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts (previously located at the Santa Rosa Memorial Veterans Building)
http://thesantarosafarmersmarket.com/new-location/

5/19 & 20 - Kallari coop chocolate tastings, Palo Alto and Santa Cruz
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/248360
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/249219

5/26 - Pinot and Paella, Arista Winery, Healdsburg
http://www.aristawinery.com/product/Pinot-and-Paella-A-List-Ticket--May-29--2010?pageID=9530eef7-c4fd-fb07-951b-8874be0fcf40&sortBy=DisplayOrder&

5/27-7/1 - Alexander Valley Bar Summer Concert Series (live music, food trucks, wood-fired pizzas, drink specials)
http://www.medlockames.com/index.cfm?...

[Melanie Wong]

5/12 - Buddha's Birthday, food fundraiser, Wat Lao Saysettha, Santa Rosa
"12-5 p.m. Menu: Kao Piak (handmade noodles soup), papaya salad, meatballs on stick, kanom kok, and Thai ice tea."
https://www.facebook.com/events/439601396056799/

5/12 - Perennial Vegetable Workshop and Plant Sale, Berkeley
http://www.ecologycenter.org/calendar/event.php?title=Perennial+Vegetable+Workshop+and+Plant+Sale&eventID=37906

5/12 - Edible Schoolyard Plant Sale & Celebration, Berkeley
http://edibleschoolyard.org/plant-sale

5/12 - Healdsburg Firefighters Surf & Turf Dinner
http://www.ci.healdsburg.ca.us/index.aspx?page=28&recordid=575&returnURL=%2findex.aspx

5/16 - Expanding Urban Agriculture on Public Land, San Francisco
http://www.spur.org/events/calendar/expanding-urban-agriculture-public-land

5/19 & 20 - Sonoma Valley Reserve
http://www.reservesonomavalley.com/

5/19 & 20 - Taste Alexander Valley
http://tastealexandervalley.org/

[Glencora]

Melanie, thanks for posting about the Edible Schoolyard sale. I bought a $7 currant plant -- there were lots of vegetable plants, but I'm already set for those. Lovely setting. Tasty $3 pizza from the wood-fired oven. Now I'm starting to wonder whether my plant is self-pollinating.... oh, well, fun event in any case.

[Melanie Wong]

Nice! It's definitely spring planting time.

[Melanie Wong]

5/12 - Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, National
http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2012/pr12_048.htm

5/12 - Dishwalk, San Jose
http://www.dishcrawl.com/dishwalk/

5/12 - CUESA's Spring Breakfast, San Francisco
http://springbreakfastwithcuesa.eventbrite.com/?discount=Epicuring (with $10 discount promotion code from Epicuring)

5/13 - Mothers Day Pancake Breakfast, San Jose Buddhist Church
http://www.sanjosecys.org/pancakeBreakfast.htm

5/19 - Farm to Feast, Summerfield Waldorf School & Farm, Santa Rosa
http://www.farmtofeast.org/

5/19 - Luther Burbank Rose Parade and Battle of the High School Chefs, Santa Rosa
http://www.roseparadefestival.com/festival_iron_chef.html

5/19 - Guys Can Cook Too!, Forestville
http://www.guyscancook.com/

5/19 - Uncorked Wine Festival, San Francisco
http://www.ghirardellisq.com/events/uncorked-wine-festival/photos/uncorked-wine-festival

5/19 & 20 - Maker Faire Bay Area, San Mateo
http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2012/topics/index.csp?topic=80

5/20 - Bodega Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Breakfast
http://bodegabaytraveltips.com/pancake-breakfast-may-20th-730am-noon/

5/20 - Cochon 555, San Francisco
COCHON 555 – five chefs, five pigs, five winemakers – is a one‐of‐a‐kind traveling culinary competition and tasting event to promote sustainable farming of heritage breed pigs. The evening will be hosted by Fairmont Hotel San Francisco.
http://cochon555.com/2012/menu/2012-tour-dates/cochon-555/65-san-francisco/

5/20 - Coffee Roasting and Cupping at Highwire Coffee Roasters, Emeryville
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/248054

5/24 - Sake San Jose, Japantown San Jose
http://www.jtown.org/events/2012/5/24/sake-san-jose

5/26 & 27 - Blues, Brews and BBQs, Streets of Brentwood
http://www.palbbq.com/

[kelgar21]

TASTE OF POTRERO • MAY 10, 2012 • 6PM-10PM
http://tasteofpotrero.com/

[Melanie Wong]

5/10 - Bike to Work Day, hydration stations throughout Sonoma County including Epicurean Connection
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151692883380103&set=a.233702925102.299987.732015102&type=1&theater

5/12 - Knights Valley Chili and Rib Cook-off
http://www.kvfv.org/
KNIGHTS VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT
16850 Spencer Lane
Knights Valley
Calistoga, CA USA 94515

5/12 - Great Petaluma Chili Cookoff, Salsa & Beer Tasting
http://www.cinnabartheater.org/chili/

5/12 & 13 - Taco Conf, Oakland & San Francisco (free)
http://tacoconf.com/

5/19 - Food Revolution Day, Ferry Building, SF
http://www.epicuring.com/california/event/food-revolution-day-jamie-oliver-fdn-cuesa-epicuring-san-francisco-may-19-free/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=food-revolution-day-jamie-oliver-fdn-cuesa-epicuring-san-francisco-may-19-free

5/19 - Asian Heritage Street Celebration, San Francisco
http://asianfairsf.com/

[Robert Lauriston]

Oakland Greek festival, May 18-20

http://www.oaklandgreekfestival.com