Food Festival

The free-to-enter celebration will boast creamy bites, live tunes, activities for kids, and more.

Thistle be good: Pros who know this unusual treat will take to the demo stage during the Monterey event.

The California Artisan Cheese Festival, our state’s “premier cheese festival,” returns to Santa Rosa in May.

Need some purply perfection at home? The Knott’s Berry Farm Marketplace has your gooey goodies.

A brine time is just ahead for both ocean-y burgs, with a heaping helping of crackers on top.

That delicious thistle, the one with the tender heart, is at the center of this annual Central Coast celebration.

The Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival returns in the spring, while Lunar New Year will dance into the theme park later in January.

In an effort to aid kelp forests, and help the under-the-waves ecosystem, purple urchins will pop up on plates aplenty in November 2021.

Savory supping and loamy adventures rule as the wintertime gathering returns as an in-person event.

Nosh on all sorts of piquant favorites, from the comfort of your car, at the scaled-back but super-flavorful 2021 to-do.

The dippable to-do will be back at the Monterey County Fairgrounds later in July 2021.