A LA CARTE : FOOD AND WINE FESTIVALS.Byline: Larry Lipson Seems like the season for local food and wine festivals starts earlier this year. Again, many of them are fund-raisers, but noticeably, two major ones are missing with L.A. a la Carte and the L.A. Garlic Festival The Garlic Festival is a fundraising event that is held on the Isle of Wight. For 21 years, since 1985, the Newchurch Parish Sports & Community Association organised the annual Garlic Festival, achieving their major fund raising aims. scratched for 1997. Here are a few worth consideration: Taste of Ventura County Where: Waterside at Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard. When: 5 to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Phone: (805) 985-4852. Costs: $6 (seniors $4, children under 13 free). Tastes range from $1 to $5. Participants: 25 area restaurants, numerous wines, coffees, microbrews, premium spirits, cigars. Cooking demos, ice carving, face painting, displays, exhibits, drawings, giveaways. Entertainment: Continuous live music. Acts include King Cotton, Billy Vera Billy Vera (born William McCord, 28 May 1944, Riverside, California, U.S.) is an American singer, actor, writer and music historian. Career Vera began his singing career in 1962 as a member of the Resolutions. and the Beaters, Lindy lin·dy or Lin·dy n. pl. lin·dies A lively swing dance for couples. Also called lindy hop. [From Lindynickname of Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Hoppers. Culinary Evening With the California Winemasters Where: Streets of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Paramount Studios, Melrose Avenue Melrose Avenue is a well-known Los Angeles street that starts from Santa Monica Boulevard at the border between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood and ends at Hoover Street in Silver Lake. Melrose runs north of Beverly Boulevard and south of Santa Monica Boulevard. , Hollywood. When: 6 to 10:15 p.m. May 17. Phone: (818) 988-8002 or (310) 479-8585. Costs: $175 includes all food and drink tastes. Participants: 37 top wineries including Williams Selyem, Trefethen, Simi, Schramsberg, Rosenthal, Pahlmeyer, Phelps, Grgich, Duckhorn, Far Niente, Au Bon Climat Au Bon Climat is a U.S. based winery, founded in 1982. The winery is in Santa Maria, California. The winery produces over 30,000 cases of wine annually, including Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris varietals. . Chefs: Celestino Drago, Yujean Kang, Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller (born October 14, 1955) is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. , Josie LeBalch, Nobu Matsuhisa Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa (松久 信幸 Matsu-hisa Nobu-yuki; born[1] 1949 in Saitama, Japan) is an international celebrity chef and restaurateur. , Leonard Schwartz, Robert Simon. Entertainment: David Perrin's jazz trio The term trio in jazz usually refers to a group comprising a pianist, a double bass player and a drummer. The pianist is usually considered the leader of these trios, and trios are usually named after their pianist. . Beneficiary: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) is a non-profit organization in the United States established to provide the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis. The Foundation provides information about cystic fibrosis (CF) and finances CF research that aims to improve the . Taste of the Nation (Save Our Strength) Where: Universal Studios, Universal City. When: 7:30 to midnight May 17. Phone: (213) 848-5100 or (310) 288-3663. Costs: $65 in advance ($75 at the door) includes admission to Back to the Future, the Ride, and the tastes of food and drink. Participants: More than 75 restaurants, chefs, specialty food companies and beverage firms. Entertainment: House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically . Beneficiary: Hunger relief programs. Old Pasadena Summer Fest Where: Central Park on Fair Oaks Fair Oaks, town, United States Fair Oaks, uninc. residential town (1990 pop. 26,867), Sacramento co., N central Calif., on the American River, in a growing citrus fruit and farm area. and Memorial Park on Raymond, Pasadena. When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., May 24-26. Phone: (818) 797-6803. Costs: Free admission. Tastes range from $1.25 to $5. Payment by scrip. Participants: Area restaurants, beverage and food specialty companies. Art galleries and artists. Entertainment: Includes Playboy Jazz, Shakespeare and Classical Music Festival. Beneficiary: Five local charities involved in the arts and youth educational activities. Taste of Tarzana Where: Tarzana Square, 18399 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana. When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 8. Phone: (818) 343-3687. Costs: Admission $2. Children free. Tastes range from $1 to $4. Participants: Numerous local restaurants, beverage providers, arts-and-crafts boutiques. Also, adjacent job fair with free admission. Entertainment: Western dancers, western and popular music. Beneficiary: Local schools and Tarzana Chamber of Commerce. Absolut Best of L.A. Where: Universal Studios back lot, Universal City. When: 5 p.m. to midnight June 12-13, noon to midnight June 14, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. June 15. Phone: (888) 237-8635. Costs: $10 (seniors $5, children under 12 $2, infants and toddlers free). Tastes range from $1 to $6. Participants: Top chefs, restaurants, art exhibits, high-tech and virtual-reality exhibits, Father's Day gift booths, fashion models on runway. Entertainment: Mainstream musical acts (rock, jazz, blues, salsa). Children's entertainment by Universal's characters. Beneficiary: Project Angel Food and other charities. Summerday Where: Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. When: 3 to 7 p.m. June 15. Phone: (310) 450-5183. Costs: $65 includes all food and drink tastes. (For $20 more, you can attend a major wine auction here from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.) Participants: 30 chefs and 300 different wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks. Entertainment: Provided by music programmers from KCRW-FM (89.9). Beneficiary: Public radio station KCRW KCRW Kansas City Roller Warriors (women's roller derby league; Kansas City, Missouri) . Taste of Orange County Where Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. When: June 20-22. Phone: (714) 753-1551. Costs: Admission: $8 (children under 13 $3, under 3 free). Tastes range from $1 to $5. Participants: At least 25 area restaurants, ice sculptors, cooking demos, wines and other beverages. Entertainment: Continuous live music featuring such groups as Herb Alpert, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny Tillotson, JJ Jackson and the Monte Carlos. Also comedians and kiddie kid·die or kid·dy n. pl. kid·dies Slang A small child. kiddie Noun Informal a child entertainment, marionettes, face-painting and interactive activities. Taste of Encino Where: Naval and Marine Reserve Center, 6377 Balboa Blvd., Encino. When: Sept. 12-14. Phone: (818) 789-4711. Costs: $3 admission (seniors $1, children under 5 free). Tastes from $1 to $4. Participants: 30 or more local restaurants and several wineries, plus arts-and-crafts booths, carnival and classic car show. Entertainment: Continuous live music. Beneficiary: Encino Chamber of Commerce and public schools. Wolfgang Puck's American Wine & Food Festival Where: Universal Studios back lot, Universal City. When: Sept. 27. Phone: (310) 652-3706. Costs: $175 per person includes all food and drink tastes. Participants: Major restaurant chefs from around the nation and 70 of California's best wineries. Entertainment: Live band and dancing. Beneficiary: Meals on Wheels n. 1. A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are usually conducted by governmental or charitable organizations. . |
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