Edible San Francisco

The California Native Garden Foundation (5:30PM - 9:30PM)
The California Native Garden Foundation invites you to attend our summer fund raising banquet, Eating California, on August 2, 2008 at the Palo Alto Art Center at 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. The banquet, which features a tasting menu of over 25 California native foods, is the culmination of a series of classes taught this spring by John Farais, a chef who specializes in indigenous edible cuisine and Alrie Middlebrook, a garden designer, and co-author of the book, Designing California Native Gardens. The food will be prepared by the students in the class, Chef Farais, and other guest chefs. A no-host cocktail bar featuring local, organic wines and prickly pear margaritas will open at 5:30 PM. The progressive banquet, which kicks off at 6:15, will be staged in seven courses. The event will end at 9:00 PM. Between the courses, attendees will be entertained by our guest speaker, Dr. Kat Andersen, author of Tending the Wild. Dr. Anderson spent several years interviewing and recording the oral histories of California indigenous people. Here Kat will describe native food gathering and harvesting techniques, including prescribed burning and other sophisticated agricultural practices. Representatives from regional schools and local non-profit organizations who are the recipients of the Foundation's services will describe their native garden projects and show photos of their progress. Many raffle items have been donated for this event, including delicious foods, native plants, professional gardening and landscaping products and services, coupons for fine restaurant dining, and several valuable surprise items. The funds generated by this event will be used for the CNGF's Garden Designer Scholarship Fund and matching grants for native garden construction, which are available to California schools and non-profit organizations.

Contact Info : All seating is reserved and limited. Tickets for this event are $150.00 each and can be purchased online at cngf.org or via US mail to: The California Native Garden Foundation, 76 Race. St. San Jose, CA. 95126

MALT Tour - Murphy Ranch Family Day & Ice Cream Tasting (11:00AM - 3:00PM)
MARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST (MALT)
MURPHY RANCH FAMILY DAY & ICE CREAM TASTING
Saturday, August 9
TIME: 11 A.M.–3 P.M.
COST: $15 / $20 non-members $8/$12 for children ( $55 per family of five or more)

Bring your whole family to spend the day at a working cattle ranch. Now operated by the Murphy family, the Historic “A” Ranch is the oldest of the historic ranches on the Point Reyes Peninsula. Collect eggs in the hen house, visit with the cattle, pet a horse, feed the sheep, take a hike, and taste a selection of ice creams produced with local milk. Pre-registration required.







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MALT Tour - Hog Island Oyster Co. & Straus Dairy Family Tour (11:00AM - 3:00PM)
Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) Tour: Hog Island Oyster Co. & Straus Dairy Join local oystermen for a tour of an oyster-growing operation. Taste oysters fresh from Tomales Bay while enjoying great views. Eat your own lunch or pre-order a made-in-Marin lunch from Tomales Bay Foods with your registration. Afterwards, carpool to the Straus Dairy where dairyman Albert Straus will talk about his organic dairy operation. Learn about the methane digester and other energy-producing and -conserving techniques used at the ranch. Watch the cows being milked in the dairy that was converted to organic in 1993. Pre-registration required.

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Foreign Cinema And Marin Organic (5:30PM - 9:30PM)
Foreign Cinema and Marin Organic pair up to create a Slow Dinner not to be missed. Friday August 29th Location: Foreign Cinema 2534 Mission St, San Francisco 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. - Reception and Film Screening 6 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. – Dinner Reservations Cost: $180.00, gratuity and wine included. A No-host bar will be available for cocktails and beer. Foreign Cinema’s changing menu of California-Mediterranean cuisine is inspired by the finest organic, seasonal vegetables, meats and fish available daily. Their menu reflects a strong commitment to providing you with the ultimate products available prepared in their signature style of purity and flavor. www.foreigncinema.com/home.html Marin Organic is an association of organic producers in Marin County whose livelihood is based on a respect for nature and a sense of place. Marin Organics mission is to practice, support and promote sustainable, organic agriculture and encourage a preference for locally produced food. www.marinorganic.org The evening will feature a screening of the high definition documentary film, Hidden Bounty of Marin: Farm Families in Transition. This 28 minute film captures the rich landscape and daily life on the farms and ranches of West Marin. Come and meet the farmers, ranchers, and food producers featured in the film and then enjoy their high quality, local and organic food in an elegant sit down dinner.

Contact Info : To make reservations, please call Foreign Cinema at 415.648.7600 ext. 0 between 11:00am and 6:00pm.