A LA CARTE : SUMMER FOOD AND WINE FESTIVALS.Byline: Larry Lipson The California Winemasters event held May 16 at Paramount Studios has kicked off the annual food and wine festival season and raised in excess of $500,000 to fight cystic fibrosis. For more fund-raising fun, consider these other local food and wine festivals: Great Chefs of Los Angeles Where: Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. , 9641 W. Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills. When: 5:30 p.m. June 14. Phone: (310) 641-8152. Costs: $185 per person (or $1,300 per table) includes all drink and food tastes. Black tie optional. Participants: Josiah Citrin and Raphael Lunetta of JiRaffe in Santa Monica are coordinating chefs with Katsuo ``Suki'' Sugiura of the Beverly Hills Hotel and Joe Miller of Joe's in Venice. Also on hand will be chefs Patrick Healy of the Buffalo Club in Santa Monica, Lee Hefter and Matt Bencivenga of Spago in Beverly Hills, Nancy Silverton of Campanile campanile (kămpənē`lē, Ital. kämpänē`lā), Italian form of bell tower, constructed chiefly during the Middle Ages. and La Brea Bakery in Los Angeles and Suzanne Tracht of Jozu in West Hollywood. Beneficiary: National Kidney Foundation Not to be confused with American Kidney Fund. The National Kidney Foundation, Inc. (NKF) is a major voluntary health organization in the United States. Its mission is to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and of Southern California. Taste of Orange County Where: Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. (Take the 405 or 5 freeways to Sand Canyon Avenue exit in Irvine. When: 5 p.m. to midnight June 26, noon to midnight June 27, noon to to 10 p.m. June 28. Phone: (714) 753-1551. Costs: $8 admission (under 13 free). Food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. tastes from $1 to $5. Participants: 30 Orange County restaurants, 40 concerts include B.B. King, Improv comedy showcase, chefs' demonstrations, kid's stuff expo by Radio Disney and a nightclub with live music and dancing. KCRW's Summerday Where: Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. When: Auction at 11 a.m., tasting at 3 p.m. June 21. Phone: (310) 450-5183. Costs: $100 for auction and tasting events, $70 tasting only. Tickets go on sale June 1. Participants: Top wineries including 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. , Boony Doon, Chalone chalone /chal·one/ (kal´on) a group of tissue-specific water-soluble substances that are produced within a tissue and that inhibit mitosis of cells of that tissue and whose action is reversible. , Chappellet, Justin, Kenwood, Pyramid. Restaurants include Gadsby's, Jozu, Michi, 2424 Pico, Atlantic, Boxer, Limbo, Maui Beach Cafe, Angeli, Campanile, Cava, Cha Cha Cha, El Cholo For the Choloa language, see . For the 1986 video game, see . Cholo, broadly, is a term applied to persons of mixed Amerindian and Spanish ancestry. However, its precise usage has varied widely in different times and places. , Vida, Hal's, Michael's, Water Grill, Yujean Kang's. Beneficiary: KCRW-FM (89.9). Taste of the Nation (Save Our Strength) Where: On the Plaza, Music Center of Los Angeles County. When: 4 to 7 p.m. June 7. Phone: (213) 848-5100 (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 ticket line). Costs: $65 advance, $75 at door (children $20) includes all food and drink. Participants: Border Grill, Boxer, Cafe del Rey, Chris Michaels, Coco Pazzo, Granita gra·ni·ta n. A granular dessert ice with a sugar-syrup base, usually flavored with fruit purée, coffee, or wine. [Italian, from feminine past participle of granire, to make grainy, granulate , Impresario, Otto's Tomy Tang's 72 Market St., Morton's, Michi, Rix, Sonora Cafe are some of the restaurants. Thirty premium wineries will pour samples. There will also be a ``kidz zone'' with animals, magicians and strolling characters. Beneficiary: Various charities for the hungry and homeless. Old Pasadena Summer Fest and Taste of Pasadena Where: Central Park on Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena. When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday through Monday. Phone: (626) 797-6803. Costs: Admission free. Payment by scrip. Tastes priced from $1.25 to $8.75. Rides and amusements from $1.25 to $7.50. Participants: Area restaurants, beverage and food specialty companies. Art galleries and artists. Jazz music, pony rides, petting zoo, llama llama (lä`mə), South American domesticated ruminant mammal, Lama glama, of the camel family. Genetic studies indicate that it is descended from the guanaco. and train rides, animals, face painting, ferris wheel, slide, swings. Beneficiary: Pasadena Scholarship Committee for Americans of Mexican and Latino Descent. Also Pasadena Jaycees. |
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