Nothing against my favorite Sacramento eateries, but sometimes I need a bit of a show with my dinner and if that involves the outdoors then I’ve found the perfect dinner combo. Thankfully, the Sacramento RiverTrain must have had people like me in mind when planning their Sunset Dinner series, offering up three-course meals while traversing 28 miles of scenery, chugging along at a leisurely 10 to 15 miles per hour. Entrée selections include beef, chicken, fish or veggie and a house or premium wine option to accompany your dish. The train staff even welcomes guests with a champagne toast to kick off the evening. The next Sunset Dinner departs 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, September 30, 2015 and there are just a few tickets left, so don’t miss the train!
What: Sacramento RiverTrain Sunset Dinner
When: 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Cost: $83 and up
Tickets: (800) 866-1690 or http://goo.gl/rAqro3
Bites and Brews Demo Class Coming Up
Don’t miss out on a delicious opportunity to learn all about food and craft beer pairings from a local chef. Track 7 Brewing Co. and Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op’s Chef Dio will be teaming up to host Bites and Brews with Track 7 Brewing Co., a demonstration-style cooking class that will inform while offering up small bites and tasty brews for students. The fresh-made dishes will include blistered Padrón peppers with goat cheese; crispy salmon skin sushi rolls with avocado; jerk chicken wings; heirloom tomato and burrata pizza with smoked bacon, and chorizo and potato empanadas with smoky salsa. Need we say more?
Well, maybe a note about the cost. It’s $55, and $45 for Co-op owners. But really, when was the last time you were in a class that let you cook and drink beer? Ok, party university alum put your hands down, we’re all jealous. At any rate, the education and libations are definitely worth the cash
What: Bites and Brews with Track 7 Brewing Co.
When: 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Thursday, August 13, 2015
Where: Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op: 1914 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95816
Cost: $45 to $55
RSVP: Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op (916) 868-6399
Snap a Food Photo and Win Some Dough
Calling all amateur food photographers! If you have great skills with the camera and love taking photos of freshly plated food, crops in the field, harvesting, animals, rural scenery, ranch life…basically anything California food and agriculture related, then it’s time to enter California Farm Bureau Federation’s annual photo contest!
The grand prize is $1,000 for the all-ages group, and there’s even a category called “Budding Artists” so those 13 years old and younger can get involved and get creative. So whether it’s a great photo of you and your pet hen, or a great scramble you made from her lovely eggs for breakfast, get online and submit your snapshot by September 30th to win!
Check out official rules, forms and past winners at www.cfbf.com/photocontest
Get your Piña Colada On!
What’s better than a Friday?
A Friday that falls on National Piña Colada Day, that’s what.
This refreshing tropical indulgence is one of my favorites! Every time I taste one it reminds me of sitting on a beach in the Virgin Islands, getting a tan, listening to the waves…
Ok, back to reality… If you’re in Sacramento and want to give this day the justice it deserves (without hopping on a flight), you’ll need to do one of the following:
- Watch this video tutorial and make a rockin’ home-made version for you and your friends tonight. Make your presentation even cooler by serving it in a pineapple cup. They’ll be impressed you took the time to lovingly carve each one.
- Head to midtown Zocalo and get my favorite piña colada in town.
- Do both 1 and 2 – I recommended in that order because who knows what your pineapple cups would look like after 2.
Photo courtesy of cookingchanneltv.com
April Fool's Day
Today the SacFoodies office was hit with a cruel April Fools Day prank! We really wanted those brownies… For the sweetest ways to fool foodies in your life, check out the great ideas below:
April Fools/Easter Cupcake Eggs
April Fools Fried Chicken and Sides
April Fools Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Fried Egg April Fools