California Artisan Cheese Festival – Part 1

A visit to the annual California Artisan Cheese Festival grand tasting event, in the Northern California Sonoma Valley town of Petaluma, featuring local and national celebrity cheese makers and of course, cheese.

Per the organization: “Starting with the first festival in March 2007, this festival is the first-ever weekend-long celebration and exploration of handcrafted cheeses, foods, wines and beers from California and beyond. In our first eight years more than 20,000 attendees have met more than a dozen international award-winning cheesemakers and learned how to taste, buy, serve and enjoy distinctive artisan cheeses from the experts. The educational seminars and tastings are led by cheese experts, cheesemakers, chefs and fromagiers from across the country, and virtually every session involves tastings and/or pairings of artisan cheeses. The festival features a wide variety of artisan cheeses from California and beyond, together with their artisan bread, food, wine and beer complements.”

This feature video is excerpted from TasteTV’s weekly television series, TASTEABLE: CALIFORNIA.

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Portuguese Fish Stew Recipe

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seafoodstew-HMBB-1A tasty recipe for Avos Portuguese Fish Stew Recipe, as made at the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company in Half Moon Bay, California.

Excerpt from the “TASTEABLE: California” television series.

 

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Recipe – How to Make Nudi Cheese Pasta

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A recipe for Italian “Nudi” cheese pasta, as made by celebrity Chef Miriam Russell-Wadleigh at Piacere Restaurant in San Carlos, California. Excerpt from “TASTEABLE: California” television series.

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TASTEABLE California Restaurant Award Winners Announced

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TasteTV is pleased to announce the winners of the:

 

1st Annual Viewers Choice TASTEABLE CALIFORNIA Restaurant Awards.

 

The Restaurant Award Categories are for:

  • BEST CALIFORNIA CUISINE
  • BEST LATIN RESTAURANT
  • BEST PASTRY SHOP
  • BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
  • BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT
  • BEST PAN-ASIAN/CHINESE RESTAURANT
  • BEST SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT
  • BEST SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT
  • HONORARY: BEST IN SOCAL / VEGAS

The full list of winners can be seen HERE

Congratulations!!!!

TASTEABLE: California Restaurant Awards logo unveiled

Voila! The new logo for the TASTEABLE CALIFORNIA Restaurant Awards!

 

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The 2014 Awards winning restaurants will be announced shortly!

TASTEABLE: California – Episode 16 Intro

This episode includes a recipe for Caldo Verde at Belcampo in Larkspur in Marin County, a classic cocktail from Jackson’s Bar and Oven in Sonoma, a dinner for Spanish olives at Canela in San Francisco’s Castro district, our latest roundup of California cookbooks, and a recipe for duck breast at Brasserie S&P of the Mandarin Oriental in San Francisco