Bay Area Food Festivals and Events - January (& New Year's Eve), 2013

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East Bay

- New Year's Eve Dining: East Bay restaurants offering special New Year's Eve menus include Ajanta in Berkeley (www.ajantarestaurant.com); Borgo Italia in Oakland (www.borgoitaliaoakland.com); District in Oakland (www.districtoak.com); Gather in Berkeley (www.gatherrestaurant.com); the Joshu-ya Brasserie, also in Berkeley. (www.joshu-ya.com); and Lake Chalet on the shores of Oakland's Lake Merritt (www.thelakechalet.com) [from Mercury News

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- 1/18 to 1/27,Oakland, 3rd Annual Restaurant Week, about 43 restaurants

http://visitoakland.org/restaurantweek.cfm

- Saturdays, Oakland, 2-6 pm. Wine tastings at Two Miles Wines, 477 25th St.

http://www.twomilewines.com/

[Melanie Wong]

1/25 Marian Brown's 86th birthday, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, SF
http://sfist.com/2013/01/24/happy_birthday_marian_surviving_bro.php

1/29 Workshop and Farm Tour, Pastured Poultry, ALBA, Salinas
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

[Melanie Wong]

1/18 & 19 - Good Food Awards, San Francisco
http://www.eventbrite.com/org/1777855479/

1/19 - National Day of Service to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr and in conjunction with the presidential inauguration weekend. To find events near you,
http://action.2013pic.org/page/event/search_simple

Some examples:
Collecting cookware and household goods for veterans and military families, Menlo Park
http://action.2013pic.org/page/event/detail/nationaldayofserviceveteransandmilitaryfamilies/4vx8b

Volunteer at the Petaluma Kitchen
http://action.2013pic.org/page/event/detail/nationaldayofservicecommunityresilience/4v787

Feeding Kaden's Park Friends, Oakland
http://action.2013pic.org/page/event/detail/nationaldayofservicefaith/4jjrh

1/31 Magnolia Mixology, San Francisco Botanical Garden
http://www.sfbotanicalgardensociety.o...

[Melanie Wong]

1/16 Fifth Golden Barspoon Cocktail Competition at Spoonbar, Healdsburg
http://www.mutineermagazine.com/blog/2013/01/spoonbars-5th-golden-barspoon-cocktail-competition-with-bombay-sapphire-east-jan-16/

1/19 Piner Olivet Charter and Jack London Elementary School Crab Feed, Windsor
http://events.pressdemocrat.com/windsor_ca/events/show/299814845-piner-olivet-charter-and-jack-london-elementary-schools

1/19 Cloverdale Knights of Columbus Annual Crab Cioppino Feed
http://www.cloverdale.net/Calendar.aspx?EID=2164

1/19 Grace Episcopal Church Crab Feed, Martinez
http://martinez.patch.com/events/grace-church-crab-feed

1/26 Our Lady of Grace Church Crab Feed, Castro Valley
http://www.olgcv.org/

1/26 Boys and Girls Club Crab Feed, Windsor
https://secureonlinegiving.com/events/site/index.asp?eventID=1033

1/26 30th Annual Rotary Club of West Santa Rosa Crab Feed
http://www.sr-rotary-west.org/Crab_Feed/index.htm

1/29 Cinnabar Theater Crab and Shrimp Feed, Lagunitas Brewing, Petaluma
http://www.cinnabartheater.org/1213se...

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- 1/16, Oakland, 7:30am -9:30 am, "Grits and Greens," breakfast at Miss Ollie's, 901 Washington St., with panel discussion on food, art and technology. $12.

http://www.facebook.com/events/403917273016256/?ref=ts&fref=ts&__req=2u%20%20

http://gritsandgreens2-huboakland.eventbrite.com/

- 1/16, Oakland, 6-9pm, screening of film "Soul Food Junkies" and panel with director. Also food from Taste of Africa and Smokin' Warehouse. Free.

http://soulfoodoakland.eventbrite.com/#

- 1/17, Oakland, 6-8pm, "Food:An Atlas & People's Kitchen,"...
"What would it take to assemble an international collection of food systems maps and data visualizations from around the world and then publish it as both an electronic and a printed e book?"

http://oaktechtalks1.eventbrite.com/

- 1/18-1/27 Oakland Restaurant Week. Annalee Allen of the Oakland Tribune notes that many of the restaurant week sites are located in historic buildings.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/annalee-...

[Melanie Wong]

1/15 - Vegetarian Pop Up Market, Oakland
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=326436974131983&set=a.270834343025580.58286.270812473027767&type=1&theater

1/18-21 Napa Truffle Festival
http://napatrufflefestival.eventbrite.com/#

1/19 - 27th Annual Spark Plugs Crab Feed, Sebastopol Masonic Hall
http://sebastopolmasons.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=50&year=2013&month=01&day=19&Itemid=88888935

1/19 Petaluma Lions 31st Annual Crab Feed (lunch or dinner seatings)
http://events.petaluma360.com/petaluma_ca/events/show/302309025-7-11-lions-crab-feed

1/19 Redwood Empire Crab Feed Benefiting Children's Charities
http://www.redwoodempire2030.com/events/crab-feed.asp

1/19 4th Annual Santa Rosa High School Crab Feed
http://srhsf.org/crab-feed.html

1/19 & 20 Winter Wineland, Northern Sonoma County Wine Road
http://www.wineroad.com/events/winter_wineland/4

1/20 Bodega Bay Grange Crab Cioppino Feed
http://www.bodegabaygrange.org/images/Crab%20Feed%20001.jpg

1/20 Celebrate Jack London's Birthday, Jack London State Historic Park, Glen Ellen
http://www.jacklondonpark.com/special-hike.html
http://www.kenwoodpress.com/pub/cal_ev/10181

1/26 Analy Boosters Crab Feed, Sebastopol
http://www.analyboosters.org/events.html

1/26 Children's Diabetes Foundation 20th Annual Crab Feed & Pasta Dinner, Petaluma
http://cdfnb.org/WPr/

[Melanie Wong]

1/16 - Bay Area Agriculture in a Changing Climate, San Francisco
http://www.spur.org/events/calendar/bay-area-agriculture-changing-climate

1/21 - Convivial Table, Salumeria (Slow Food, SF
)http://www.slowfoodsanfrancisco.com/sf_events.html?evcode=00238

1/26 - 10th Annual Bodega Bay Chowder Day
http://bodegabayca.org/chowder-day-2012/
This was one of my favorite events and fundraisers last year. In my critique to the organizers, I suggested that the price be increased, and I see that it has gone up from $5 per person to $10. Still a bargain considering I sampled 16 different chowders, 2 oz each, for a total of a quart. And all but two were very good to excellent, not the overthickened wallpaper paste that's become too common. So far there seem to be 10 entrants on the slate. My notes and scoresheet from last year,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/melaniew...

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- 1/13 - 1/20, 1st Berkeley Restaurant Week, $30 for three-course prix-fixe dinner at 20 restaurants including Ajanta, Angeline's, Anh Hong, Cafe Rouge, Comal, Gather, Revival, Riva Cucina, Rivoli, Corso.

http://visitberkeley.com/berkeley-restaurant-week

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/WhatThe...

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- 1/25 Oakland Museum of California- and every Friday after that from 5-9 p.m., Off the Grid with ten mobile food vendors parked on 10th Street, between Oak and Fallon, Live music, films, dancing, 1/2 price admission to museum.

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/WhatThe...

[Robert Lauriston]

Other East Bay places doing special NYE menus include A Cote, Rumbo al Sur, Miss Ollie's, Dopo, and Liaison. Some may be sold out by now.