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About Monthly Events
We offer monthly educational events featuring presentations and demonstrations by distinguished experts from every corner of the culinary community. We tour, we have tastings, and we feast at places of culinary interest, such as specialty food producers, cooking schools, restaurants, wineries, ranches, and farms.

Past event topics have included pairing Russian River wine with Thai curries, exploring the culinary art of brewing fresh roasted coffee, tasting local extra virgin olive oils, and discovering the bright flavors of Oaxacan cuisine.

We have tasted heirloom tomatoes right off the vine at the California Coast Wine Center Gardens and abalone fresh from the waters of Tomales Bay.

One of our communal feasts at Terra Sonoma at
"Life with Verjus" event in August 2006

We have gone behind the scenes at celebrated venues like Dean and DeLuca and the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone.

Guest speakers have taught us how to style food, how to write about it, and how to bring a product to market.

Each event includes a communal feast, usually a potluck that extends the theme of the event. These meals provide a time for enjoying each other's company and networking.


"If you would like to know the difference between Inchelium Red and Polish Softneck garlics, the way Eritreans debone a chicken in a flash, and how terroir imprints Sonoma County wines, this Guild is for you. Members explore the art of cuisine and science of food in enjoyable, educational monthly meetings."

—Barbara Bowman, Writer and consultant, past president, and member since 1990

A Sampling of Previous Events
 
Patty James of Patty James Cooking School
 
Making Goat Cheese at Redwood Hill Farms
January How to Make a Good Wine Pairing Great
Chef Bruce Riezenman
February Wild Mushroom Foray
Amy Beber Vanzo
March Yogurt and Probiotics
Jennifer Bice, Redwood Hill Farm and Creamery
May Mobile Eateries
Jillian Dorman
June Not Your Typical Hydroponic Tomatoes
Kelley Parsons
July Savory Spice Shop
Pat Benfer and Cheryl Ytreeide
August Preserving
Merrilee Olson, CAM FoodWorks
September Beet Generation Farm
Libby Batzel, Ali Levesque, David Batzel
October Octoberfest
Eric Kirchner, Russian River Brewing Co., James Holt, North Bay Brewery Tours
November A Journey to the Greek Isles: Taverna Sofia
Sofia Petridis-Lim
     Ice Cream flavors at Ice Cream Fantasia event
Potatoes in the barn at Oh! Tommy Boy's Organic Farm
 
Bo Simmons of the Wine Library in Healdsburg
 
Sushi Night
January Guerilla Bootstrap Marketing
Karen MacKenzie
February D'Argenzio Winery Celebration of the Italian Lifestyle
Ray D'Argenzio
March Fresh Mozzarella Cheese Making
John Franchetti
April The Chocolate Project: Pairing Chocolate with Cheese, Bread, and Fruit
Kirsten Tripplett
May The Raw, The Canned, and the Fermented
Jill Nussinow
July North Carolina Barbecue
Chef Jim Cason
August An Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social
Shelly Kaldunski
September The Strength of Partnership: Sonoma County Tourism Board
Beth Snow, Ken Fischang, Mark Crabb
November

Iron Stone Restaurant at Hotel la Rose
Tom and John McNulty

                             Sushi Night
Terra Sonoma and Garden Creek Winery, Geyserville
 
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