LABOR DAY WEEKEND | SEPTEMBER 1 – 3, 2017
GREEN MUSIC CENER AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Nestled in the picturesque foothills of Sonoma County’s esteemed wine country, the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University offers an exciting new location for an event where Sonoma County’s top winemakers, growers and chefs come together to celebrate the region’s finest wine and food.
At Taste of Sonoma at Green Music Center at Sonoma State University you’ll taste your way through a microcosm of Sonoma County’s most incredible flavors. Over 200 wineries pour literally thousands of wines. Over 60 local chefs concoct their most perfect pairings. All set within the backdrop of musical inspiration.
Plus, you’re invited to experience seminars and demonstrations that cover a wide range of topics from terroir to technique, as well as chef’s tips and tricks. Taste of Sonoma is THE wine event of the year, and it promises a weekend filled with fabulous wine, food and fun. New this year, enjoy Taste of Sonoma for TWO days! Saturday, gates are open from 12pm to 4pm and Sunday gates are open from 11am to 3pm. Club Reserve ticket holders also receive exclusive VIP access to Taste of Sonoma on Saturday from 11:00am – 12:00pm, before the event opens to the general public.
UPGRADE YOUR EXPERIENCE
Step into the luxurious Club Reserve, where you’ll taste some of Sonoma County’s most sought-after wines. The winemakers and owners of Sonoma County’s iconic wineries will sample their limited production, reserve and award-winning wines from large format bottles—and they’ll be on hand for you to ask questions. Featuring food pairings by noted local Chefs. Club Reserve is open to a limited number of guests and is open on both Saturday and Sunday during Taste of Sonoma. This experience is exclusively for Club Reserve ticket holders only. Sponsored by TricorBraun WinePak.
Visa Signature® and Visa Infinite® cardholders receive special pricing plus benefits throughout the event, including reserved seating and special access.
NEW THIS YEAR, ENJOY TASTE OF SONOMA FOR TWO DAYS!
GATES OPEN SATURDAY 12PM TO 4PM AND SUNDAY 11AM TO 3PM
WEEKEND (SAT & SUN) PASSES
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FOOD/LIFESTYLE WRITER CHEF GABY DALKIN - AUTHOR, ABSOLUTELY AVOCADOS
An incredible collection of recipes just for avocado lovers
If you love avocados, but don't know what to do with them other than serve them with tortilla chips, this is the perfect cookbook for you. With its buttery texture and subtle flavor, the avocado pairs well with meat and seafood, makes a great topping for burgers and salads, and adds a wonderful creaminess to dips, sauces, and even desserts. Absolutely Avocados presents delightfully delicious new ways to use avocados in breakfasts, lunches, salads, snacks, and plenty of the ways you haven't even imagined.
But this is more than just a book of avocado recipes; it's also the first cookbook from renowned blogger Gaby Dalkin. Displaying her fresh and simple cooking style—a mix of California casual with a healthy dose of Southwestern flair—Gaby's recipes are ideal for anyone who loves avocados or just scrumptious meals.
Features 75 to-die-for recipes like Crab and Avocado Quesadilla and Avocado and Tuna Ceviche
The first book by popular food blogger and avocado expert Gaby Dalkin
Illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs from acclaimed food photographer Matt Armendariz
Includes an introductory section that describes common varieties of avocado and includes foolproof advice on cutting, storing, and picking ripe avocados at the market
If you love avocados and fresh, delicious meals, this is the ideal cookbook for you. Absolutely Avocados serves up a wide range of recipes that get the most of out of this popular, but under-used food.
ABOUT GABBY:
Gaby Dalkin is a trained chef, recipe developer and food/lifestyle writer based in Los Angeles. Her food and recipe blog, WhatsGabyCooking.com features original recipes and images that inspire and delight even the pickiest of palates, along with anecdotes from Gaby's life on-the-go. Her first cookbook, being published in Spring 2013, celebrates her uncontrollable obsession with nature's most perfect food: the avocado.
Gaby is a regular contributor to Food Network, and her recipes and writing have also been featured on HGTV, the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, Saveur, Design*Sponge, Glamour, The Kitchn and KNBC. In addition, you may have heard her world-famous Slutty Brownies mentioned on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno or E!'s Fashion Police.
In 2009, Gaby founded the National Food Bloggers Bake Sale, an event that brings together food bloggers from across the country in support efforts to end childhood hunger.
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