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Thur Aug 5	Pickling Party (Sold Out)
5:30-7:30 pm	The Urban Kitchen/CUESA pickling party is back by popular demand. Learn the secrets of pickling a variety of fresh seasonal produce with Todd Champagne of Happy Girl Kitchen. The class will take place from 5:30 - 7:30 pm in the CUESA Kitchen, on the North side of the Ferry Building.

Sat Aug 7	Market to Table
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing
	Nan Chase, author of Eat Your Yard: Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs, and Flowers For Your Landscape

Tue Aug 10	Food Wise Booth Guest Chef
12:30 pm	Amy Fothergill, the family chef

Wed Aug 11	Tomato Lover Benefit for CUESA
	Taste Catering is celebrating the unveiling of their own "Taste" tomato with a dinner benefiting CUESA. This flavorful new tomato is a combination of the Maglia Rosa and Zucchero varieties and will be served as part of a three-course meal at Macy's Cellar on Wednesday, August 11. See the menu or buy tickets here.

Thur Aug 12

California Culinary Academy Farmer Series

Lunch 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Dinner 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Thanks to a recent collaboration with CUESA, the California Culinary Academy (CCA) is hosting a series of farmer lunches and dinners in the student restaurant, Carême 350. The prix fixe meals mark the culmination of each class' culinary education and will feature produce grown by a local farmer. The next event includes lunch from 11:30 am to 1 pm or dinner from 6 to 8 pm, will feature the produce from Dirty Girl Produce. Tickets available through Open Table.

Sat Aug 14	Market to Table
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Elizabeth Binder, Bar Bambino
11:45 am	Seasonal cooking demonstration and book signing
	Andrew Swallow, author of Mixt Salads: A Chef's Bold Creations

Thur Aug 19	Sausage Making With Workshop Dave "the Butcher" Budworth (SOLD OUT)
5:30-7:30 pm	Our favorite butcher and all-around Man-o-Meat, Dave the Butcher, will teach the class how to make their own sausage at home using techniques that don't require a sausage stuffer or other special equipment. The class will learn one pork and one lamb recipe, taking home their creations and sample caul fat to recreate the magic at home.

Sat Aug 21	Preservation Festival
10 am -1 pm	A series of technique-based preservation demonstrations and Q&A sessions with Sherri Brooks Vinton, author of Put ‘Em Up (Storey, 2010) in the CUESA Kitchen 10:00 - Cold pack method: Learn to make spicy carrots 11:00 - Hot pack method: Learn to make heirloom tomato salsa 12:00 - Jam demo: Learn to make sweet pepper jam Sherri’s books will be available for purchase and signing.
10 am - 1 pm	In the South Driveway
	Taste a sampling of preserved foods created by Ferry Plaza Farmers Market sellers. $1 suggested donations

Sat Aug 28	Market to Table
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Kara Lind, Kara's Cupcakes
11:45 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing
	Marie Simnmons, author of Fig Heaven

Sat Sept 4	Market to Table
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Shekoh Moossavi, Shokolaat

Sat Sept 11	Tomato & Pepper Festival
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Joyce Goldstein, author of Mediterranean Fresh
11:45 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Sandra Keros, of Sandra Keros Inc.

Sun Sept 12

The Great Salsa ChampionChip

This event will be co-hosted by SF Food Wars and will take place in front of the Ferry Building. CUESA will furnish each of the 20 competitors with $15 worth of seasonal tomato and pepper goodness from the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market. Chips will be provided by Casa Sanchez.

Tickets (limited to 300) will go on sale on Monday, August 16, 2010 at 12PM noon. The “Get Tickets” button on the SF Food Wars site will appear the minute they go on sale. Limit: 4 tickets per buyer. 30 tickets will be reserved exclusively for CUESA newsletter readers (and will be available Friday Aug 20).

Fri Sept 17

Dairy Lovers' Farm Tour

8:30 am

- 5:00 pm

goat A tour like no udder! Travel with CUESA to the rolling hills of Petaluma. We’ll visit two dairies: Achadinha Cheese Company, where Donna Pacheco makes award-winning cheeses by hand with milk from her own goats, and Saint Benoit Yogurt, located at the Diamond M Dairy, where Benoit de Korsak crafts small batches of organic French-style yogurt from Jersey milk. Tour attendees will see the goats and cows in their pastures, learn about how they are raised and milked, and get a close look at the cheesemaking and yogurt making processes from start to finish.

The tour includes lunch made with farmers market ingredients.

Buy tickets.

Sat Sept 18	Market to Table
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Aida Mollenkamp, Host of Food Network's Ask Aida
11:45 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Charlie Ayres, Calafia

Thur Sept 23	Farmer Series at the California Culinary Academy
Lunch: 11 am - 1:00 om	Thanks to a recent collaboration with CUESA, the California Culinary Academy (CCA) is hosting a series of farmer lunches and dinners in the student restaurant, Carême 350. The prix fixe meals mark the culmination of each class' culinary education and will feature produce grown by La Tercera Farm and Star RouteFarm. The next event includes lunch from 11:30 am to 1 pm or dinner from 6 to 8 pm. Tickets available through Open Table.
Dinner: 6 pm- 8 pm

Sat Sept 25	Market to Table
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Scott Youkilis, Maverick
11:45 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Robbie Lewis, Bon Appetit

SEPTEMBER 2010

Sat Oct 2	Market to Table
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Gordon Drysdale

Sun Oct 3

CUESA's 8th Annual Sunday Supper Fundraiser

Reception
5:30 pm

Dinner
7:00 pm

tables Fall in San Francisco wouldn’t be the same without this iconic meal. For the last 8 years, CUESA has brought together, farmers, artisans, chefs and market lovers for a heartfelt evening. Guests come for the four-course feast, but leave feeling part of something much more unique, knowing they’ve done their part to help educate eaters and support local farmers. Read more.

Register for CUESA's 8th annual Sunday Supper in San Francisco, CA on Eventbrite

Sat Oct 9	Market to Table
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing
	Chris Jones, the girl and the fig
	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing
11:45 am	Rachel Saunders, author of The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook

Sat Oct 16	Harvest Festival
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
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	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing
11:45 am	Nicole LoBue, LoBue Events

Sat Oct 23	Harvest Festival
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration
	Mike Weller, Executive Chef at California Culinary Academy:
11:45 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing
	Vanessa Barrington, DIY Delicious: Recipes and Ideas for Simple Food from Scratch

Sat Oct 30	Market to Table
11 am	Seasonal Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing
	Laura Stec, author of Cool Cuisine: Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming:


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