By: Shreya Suresh
Halloween is sure to be a frightfully good time. Since we’ve all caught the Halloween bug, we dug up some fun happenings going on this weekend.
Track Seventies Nights
Tonight, head on over to Track 7 Brewing Co. at 7 p.m. to celebrate Halloween Eve with a ‘70s costume contest, a Halloween scream contest, and a disco ball, of course.
3747 W Pacific Ave., Suite F
Sacramento
(916) 520-4677
www.track7brewing.com
Rancho Roble Hallow-Wine Party
On Saturday from 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., head on up to Lincoln for the first-ever Ranch Roble Hallow-Wine Party at Rancho Roble Vineyards. Adults tickets ($20) include a vertical wine flight, tacos and treats, and a costume contest. Kids can come as well ($10, under 5 are free).
Rancho Roble Vineyards
340 Fleming Rd
Lincoln
(916) 645-2075
www.ranchroble.com
Día de los Muertos at the Sacramento Children’s Museum
Saturday and Sunday kids will have the opportunity to decorate sugar skulls, traditional Mexican Folk Art, at the Sacramento Children’s Museum to celebrate a Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
2701 Prospect Park
Rancho Cordova
(916) 638-7225
www.sackids.org/
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Spoonful of Chutney – Masala Popcorn
By: Shreya Suresh
Of late, I’ve been nostalgic for the popcorn of my childhood – a little spicier and a little less buttery. Then I visited a cousin who told me it’s quite easy to make at home. I could’ve waited until the weekend to enjoy it with a late night movie, but my impatience got the best of me and I made it on a Monday night.
Without further ado, here’s the recipe for Masala Popcorn.
Masala Popcorn
Ingredients
¼ cup popping kernels
1 tablespoon oil
Salt to taste
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon red chili powder
½ teaspoon ground cumin
Curry powder (adjust according to how spicy you want it)
Add all the ingredients to a thick-bottomed pot and place over a medium heat. Keep the pot partially covered with a lid and shake around from time to time. When the popping slows down, pour into a large serving bowl.
Enjoy with hot tea and a movie!
SLICED: A Celebration of All Things Pizza
A celebration of all things pizza, you say? I, for one, LOVE pizza, (refer to “favorite food” in my SacFoodies bio), so I knew that I immediately needed to get the details on this Sacramento pizza celebration.
Over the next week or so, the SLICED Pizza Celebration will bring Sacramento pizza-lovers a wealth of opportunities to enjoy some of the best pizza the area has to offer, including slices from SacFoodies favorites like Federalist Public House & Beer Garden, Hot Italian, Masullo (my personal Land Park neighborhood pizza staple), Chicago Fire, Buffalo Pizza, Urbano and more.
From October 17th – 25th, these local pizzerias and more will be celebrating and demonstrating their craft for all to enjoy. From nightly specials, to chef competitions, instructional courses and even a bike pizza tour with Sac Brew Bike, there’s a pizza party for every personality, including the kids. Highlights include:
- Family Pizza Making Class at Federalist on Saturday, October 17th, plus an all-day special menu benefitting the Food Literacy Center
- New Helvetia & Buffalo Pizza event on Sunday, October 18th
- Stuff Yourself Pizza Eating Competition at Chicago Fire on October 20th
- Pizza Crawls on the Sac Brew Bike on October 24th
SLICED will be posting more details over the coming days on the SLICED event Facebook page, so be sure to check there for updates.
Round up: This Week’s Food & Drink News
By: Shreya Suresh
Welcome to Sacramento, where the perpetually hungry are never bored. This week, we decided to round up the most delicious bits of news around town:
Jersey Mike’s Plans to Expand
Jersey Mike’s opened its first Sacramento location about two weeks ago, and is already making plans to add more. Look out for five to six more locations in the region in 2016 – locations already locked-in include the Rocklin Commons shopping center and Folsom’s Commonwealth Square at East Bidwell Street and Wales Drive.
In the meantime, you can get your sub at 2912 Fulton Ave. in the Town & Country Village shopping center.
Dunkin’ Donuts Comes to Town
Dunkin Donutsopened itsfirst storein the Sacramento region on October 6th. We’ve heard people lined up well before the store opened its doors at 5 am, and one man waited for more than three hours to get his donut. (Meanwhile in New England, a pedestrian walks past the fourth Dunkin Donuts in a half-mile radius.)
Get your coffee and donut on at 5010 Foothills Blvd.
Sac Foodies Tip: For a sweet, refreshing treat, try the French Vanilla Coolatta.
Coffee Roasting and Beer Brewing Together at Last
Midtown Sacramento could soon house its mostexciting beverage conceptyet – a combination of coffee roaster and craft microbrewery. An application has been submitted to the city for establishingBig Stump Brewing Co. at 1716 L Street, in a building owned by the operators of the neighboring Old Soul Co. coffee operation. The project narrative suggests Big Stump visitors might be able to walk through to the roastery.
It’s slated to open in the first quarter of 2016.
With all this great food action, is it any surprise that Sacramento is considered the “secretly cool” city?