Street Eats The Taste 2011 Paramount Studios 5555 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA Dining date: 9/4/11 Day three of The Taste brought 4 events: Fashion Bites Brunch, Street Eats, Desserts After Dark, and Food Noir. I wanted to check out the Hollywood venue, and “Street Eats” would provide a perfect opportunity. I feel like ‘street…
Secrets from the Kitchen & Cellar The Taste 2011 9900 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Dining date: 9/3/11 After Friday’s opening night event “Burgers & Beer,” Saturday brought two more: “Secrets from the Kitchen & Cellar” and “Taco Tequila Tryst.” I elected to go to the first. Whereas the “Burgers & Beer” event was focused around…
Burgers & Beer The Taste 2011 9900 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Dining date: 9/2/11 Last year, the Labor Day weekend brought the debut of two new food festivals to LA. LA Times brought the one-day fest called the LA Times Celebration of Food & Wine to Hollywood, while Food & Wine Magazine presented…
Project by Project’s Plate by Plate 2011 Vibiana 214 S Main St Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dining date: 8/6/11 Project by Project is a national nonprofit focusing on issues in the Asian-American community. They host an annual benefit called Plate by Plate (this is the 9th) which features a host of local restaurants and drink purveyors. Each…
Taste of the Nation Los Angeles 2011 Media Park 9070 Venice Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 Dining date: 6/12/11 Taste of the Nation is a series of nationwide culinary benefits, with 100% of proceeds being used by the charity Share Our Strength to help end childhood hunger. In LA, the annual event is essentially a…
2011 Grande Marque Champagne Tasting Presented by Wally’s Wine Le Merigot Hotel 1740 Ocean Ave Santa Monica, CA Dining date: 6/5/11 My friend Lilly has been going to this annual event ever since she turned 21 with her mother (who has an even longer streak running). She’s been raving about it for a couple of…
Gold Standard 2011 Petersen Auto Museum 6060 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036 Dining date: 3/6/11 I came. I saw. I left full. That pretty much sums up my experience from this year’s Gold Standard, the third annual event presented by LA Weekly and LA food critic Jonathan Gold. Last year was my first time…
American Wine & Food Festival Universal Studios Backlot 3900 Lankershim Blvd Universal City, CA If there’s one food event I look forward to each year, it’s this one. I’m not the only one – my family flies down from San Francisco each year for this experience. For the most part, the festival works similar to…