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What are you doing this weekend? I'm pleased to say I will be down in Half Moon Bay at the Ritz-Carlton attending Inside the Kitchen events and classes and will be blogging about it all weekend long.

If you are going to be in San Francisco this weekend you may want to head over to my neighborhood and check out the Fall Harvest Festival at local gourmet retailer Cheese Plus. From noon until 6 pm Saturday and Sunday you'll be able to tastes the wares of local producers including Fra'Mani Salame,
Charles Chocolates, McQuade's Chutney, and Jimtown Store.

Also in the area are two of my favorite local wine shops, The Jug Shop, and William Cross Wine Merchants. Both are great places to find something special for under $15.

Wherever you are, and whatever you do, here's hoping your weekend is a tasty one!

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- Mcquade's Celtic Chutney Tasting
I love the idea of 18 Reasons. It's space where people can connect with artists, food producers and learn about food. I keep eyeing butchering classes, but there are also coffee roasting classes, cheese and beer pairing classes, the lineup changes...

- Try It, You'll Like It!
This Saturday June 2nd Cheese Plus is having an anniversay event. Stop by between 3 and 7 pm and taste local goodies I love like CMB Sweets jam, McQuade's Chutney and Charles Chocolates. In fact, I will be the one sampling my friend Alison's...

- Chocolatiers Come To Town
Ever since Lee's doctor told him to eat a little chocolate everyday, I've kept a stash of over 70% cocoa chocolate bars in a drawer in the kitchen. My everyday bar is Chocovic's Ocumare which uses Venezuelan criollo beans. That's probably...

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Today is Shop Local First at Union Square and from 10 am until 5 pm there will be more than 40 participating businesses selling their wares on the square. During the day local business owners will be awarded "Most Innovative Entrepreneurs of 2006"....

- Harvest Festival 2004
Have you got plans this weekend? If not, consider heading over to the Ferry Building Marketplace for the second annual Harvest Festival. The festival kicks off this evening with an organic wine tasting happy hour. Actually an all organic wine tasting...



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