January 12^th on Dining Around with Joel Riddell

Carmen Orton Back from the Ahwahnee and her time at the Chefs Holidays * Still 6 Chefs Holidays to come www.Yosemitepark.com   

Sam Mogannam, Proprietor of Bi-Rite Market- 3639 18th Street  San Francisco, CA 94110 www.biritemarket.com   (415) 241-9760* family owned since 1964 plus 2 farms in Sonoma, an orchard in Placerville, and apiaries

Beyond Bubbie, Thursday January 24^th  from 6:30-8:30pm www.BeyondBubbie.com  *15.00 tickets at the Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art  736 Mission Street  San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 655-7800 www.thecjm.org

Anya Fernald Co-Founder and CEO of Belcampo Meats ** California, Belize and Uruguay  2405 Larkspur Landing Circle, Bldg 4 Larkspur, CA 94939 www.belcampoinc.com     PHONE: (415) 448-5810

Joanne Weir Executive Chef/ owner of Copita, Cook Book Author, Television Personality, Tequila Expert and Traveler  www.JoanneWeir.com

* “Joanne Weir’s Cooking Confidence, dinner made simple”, companion to the program published by Taunton * Copita Tequileria Y Comida 739 Bridgeway Sausalito, CA (415) 331-7400www.copitarestaurant.com

Frances Wilson of Tante Marie's Cooking School 271 Francisco Street  San Francisco, CA www.tantemarie.com   (415) 788-6699

Kerry Heffernan, Executive Chef, Aidells Sausage Company / Gallo Salami - The Gourmet Foods Division of Hillshire Brands * Since 1934  www.hillshirebrands.com

Woman Chefs and Restaurateurs 20^th anniversary Celebrating our Roots, Creating our Future January 16^th – 18^th - at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel www.womenchefs.org

Eating out?

Farmer Brown, 25 Mason at Market  www.farmerbrownsf.com  415-409-3276 farm-fresh soul food, cocktails, live music & dj’s

Tango and Stache pop up *chef Joshua Wilder Oakley www.tangoandstache.com at Dear Mom’s 2700 16th St at Harrison  *Negroni Smoked Pork, Coca-Cola Braised Pork, Goat Stew, Taco’s, Waffles with Bacon

Events on the way?’

Olive Festival in Sonoma Valley www.OliveFestival.com  January and February 2013 January 26th – Feast of the Olive Dinner, Ramekins * Illbe there!

The Taste Awards, Thank you for all of the votes in the Peoples Choice Category, I lost out to Americas Test Kitchen, Christopher Kimball – a guest on the program Event, Thursday January 17^th in Los Angeles CA www.TastyAwards.com

SOS(Share our Strength) dinner (End Childhood Hunger) Tuesday, January 22, 2013at 6:00 p.m. Joining Chef Sullivan and Chef de Cuisine John Madriaga (Maud-Re-A-Ga) of Spruce in the kitchen will be Chefs Craig Stoll and Anthony Strong of Locanda; Jason Berthold of RN74, Belinda Leong of b. patisserie and  Amanda Freitag of the Food Network.  Spruce, The Village Pub in Woodside, Café Des Amis, Pizza Antica, Mayfield Bakery and Café, RoastCo www.bacchusmanagement.com ** on the way to the Ahwahnee Hotel Jan 9^th and 10^th

Black Truffle Menu at Ken Frank’s La Toque 1314 McKinstry Street  Napa, CA 94559 (707) 257-5157www.latoque.com/truffle.html

3^rd annual Napa Valley Truffle Festival www.NapaTruffleFestival.com January 18-21, 2013 World Class Cuisine Meets Cutting Edge Truffle Science

Tomato Fest – seed sale, Gary Ibsen and Dagma Lacey  have over 600 in the catalogue, offering their favorite 220 heirlooms ** heirloom, colors, shapes sizes- specific varietals for hot climate, warm climate, indoor and on the deck. www.Tomatofest.com