California January Food Festivals

Cinnabar Crab Feed January 28, 2014 5:30 - 8:30pm
At Lagunitas Brewing Company 1280 North McDowell Boulevard, Petaluma
This delicious culinary adventure in the beer garden and heated tent includes loads of freshly caught crab along with salads, bread, and desserts. Wash it down with your favorite Lagunitas beer or a wonderful local wine. (Beverages are not included in the ticket price). Be sure to bring your own crab implements. All Tickets: $55 (Buy early. Last year sold out!)
cinnabartheater.org

Napa Truffle Festival Napa, California
World class cuisine meets cutting edge truffle science! Featuring black truffles, cultivation and culinary programs, leading truffle scientists, a truffle orchard excursion and epicurean marketplace, fabulous food and wine pairings, and world-famous Michelin Star chefs. Programs and activities throughout the weekend will include culinary/cooking classes, lunch in local wineries, a truffle orchard tour excursion with a truffle-hunting dog, a lively Epicurean Marketplace showcasing local artisanal vendors and more!
napatrufflefestival.com

Santa Cruz Fungus Fair
Over 200 local mushrooms on display. Educational classes, art, vendors, kid's room, cooking demos. Bring in your mushrooms for identification. Santa Cruz, CA Call: (831) 684-2275.

Asian American Expo
Pomona, California

The largest Asian Trade Show. Celebrating the Lunar New Year festivities, building dialogue between the booming Asian and U.S. markets, offering joy, fun and happiness to all!

NASFT Winter Fancy Food Show
San Francisco, California

Each year the 17,000+ Winter Fancy Food Show attendees discover more than 80,000 products featuring the world's finest foods and beverages from more than 1,300 exhibitors representing 35+ countries. Produced by the NASFT since 1955, the Fancy Food Shows are North America's largest specialty food and beverage marketplace.

San Diego Restaurant Week
San Diego, California
sandiegorestaurantweek.com
Extraordinary 3 course menus from San Diego's best restaurants. Experience cuisine that delights your palate and defines the art of dining in San Diego. Choose from over 180 of San Diego's best restaurants and enjoy a 3 course meal for $20, $30 or $40 per person, depending on the restaurant. Now is your chance to discover new restaurants and enjoy all your favorites at a discounted price!

Annual Mendocino Crab and Wine Days
Mendocino, California
visitmendocino.com

Top 10 Seafood & Wine Festivals features two of Mendocino County's most highly prized commodities: Dungeness Crab and Premier Wines! Every January, Mendocino County celebrates this delightful crustacean and locally grown and produced wines with a Festival that delights foodies and oenophiles alike!

Unified Wine & Grape Symposium
Sacramento, California
unifiedsymposium.org

By combining a trade show with a broad spectrum of seminars, the Unified Symposium provides attendees direct access to all the latest information - held annually in Sacramento, California and is the largest event of its kind in the western hemisphere. Serving as a clearinghouse for practical information important to wine and grape industry professionals, the Unified Symposium also hosts a trade show with over 650 suppliers displaying their products and services to the more than 12,000 people who attend annually.

ZAP Annual Zinfandel Festival
San Francisco, California
zinfandel.org

Zinfandel Festival is an internationally recognized series of tastings that are the premier single-varietal events in the world. With an estimated 275 wineries and 10,000 attendees. Early entrance at 1:00 pm (before the general public!) at Festival Grand Tasting
Enjoy the exclusive members' lounge with special seminars at Festival Grand Tasting
Interactive website with Members' Only offers and features
Special pricing to ZAP's Festival, events, tours, cruises, tastings, and partner events
Exclusive invitations to tastings and events that encourage interaction with the winemakers
Discounts and special offers at selected wineries.
Epicuria Food & Zin Pairings
Flights
Winemakers Dinner
Grand Tasting

Annual Holtville Rib Cook-Off
Holtville, California
holtville.net

Hosted by the Holtville Athletic Club, this event is scheduled one weekend prior to the Super Bowl and is expected to draw a crowd of 15,000 people. Holtville Rib Cook-off
Holtville Rib Cook-off BBQ Teams, Pie Contest and more

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.