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August '12

Cocktail Calories

Free Summer Concerts

July '12

Echi Sushi

Side Bar (Beverly Wilshire Hotel)

Gladstone's Malibu

June '12

Mercado

Ink & Vine

May '12

JFC Sake Expo 2012

Club Culinaire Picnic de Chefs

Cinco de Mayo 2012

April '12

LAFW 2012

Sushi Roku Hollywood

March '12

El Coyote - Margarita Mondays

The Hungry Cat

February '12

BLT Launches Late Night HH

Super Bowl 2012

January '12

The Galley

The 3rd Stop

December '11

The Spanish Kitchen

November '11

Whisper Lounge

October '11

Halloween Wines

NFL Game Happy Hours

Fireplace HappyHours

September '11

PLAYA - Local's Night

BOA West Hollywood

August '11

LA Epicurean Festival

PF Chang's

Hair of the Dog - Crescent Hotel

July '11

Crescent Hotel

The Edison

The Fat Dog

Carmegeddon

June '11

Sushi Roku

Fourth of July

May '11

Cinco De Mayo

April '11

Half Price Wine

March '11

Japan Relief Effort

St. Patrick's Day

February '11

Happy Hour 2.0 Sushi Roku

Best Happy Hours for Singles

Best Daily Happy Hours

January '11

Best Sushi Bar Happy Hours

Best Tequila Bar Happy Hours

December '10

Best Happy Hours for Microbrews

 

November '10

"Katsu!"

October '10

"Los Angeles' Wine Bar Happy Hours"

"Best Rum Happy Hours in LA"

September '10

"Los Angeles' Sexiest Happy Hours"

July '10

"WELCOME"

"The Happiest Tradition"

"Best Happy Hours in West Hollywood"

June '10

"There's More Than Booze in Bouzy"

"LA's Longest Happy Hours"

"The Secret is Out: Happy Hours at LA's Speakeasies"

April '10

"Classic LA Happy Hours"

by Maren Swanson

August 28th, 2012

 

 

 


This upcoming Labor Day weekend forecasts no shortage of foodie fun, which is why this year's The Taste is the perfect opportunity to step into three days of delicious drinking and eating. Held at Paramount Studios on Melrose, the LA Times hosts one of the hottest annual culinary events in Southern California featuring cooking demonstrations, endless tastings and seminars from top chefs and mixologists.

 

 

 

 

Panelists include Thomas Keller (Bouchon, The French Laundry), Nancy Silverton (Osteria Mozza), Susan Feniger (Street) and many more. Attendees can choose from 5 different events: Field to Fork, Cocktail Confidential (with fellow friend Hallie Beaune, The Beer Chicks), Flavors of L.A., Dinner & Drinks and Labor Day Picnic. All events are 21+ excpect for the Labor Day Picnic which is open to all ages. Tickets will cost you $65 in advance and $75 at the door. A portion of proceeds from this year's event will benefit benefit Collins College of Hospitality Management at Cal Poly Pomona and the Los Angeles Times Family Fund's Summer Camp Campaign.

 

 

Saturday, September 1
FIELD TO FORK | 11:00am – 3:00pm
Hosts: Times Food Editor Russ Parsons & Chef Ray Garcia (FIG)
Cooking demos: Ray Garcia, David LeFevre (M.B. Post), Roxana Jullapat (Cooks County), Nyesha Arrington (Wilshire), Jason Kim (Forage)
Panels & seminars: "State of the Farmer's Market," "How to Taste Wine Like a Master Sommelier," "Everyday Bordeaux"
 
COCKTAIL CONFIDENTIAL | 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Hosts: Times Food & Night Life Writer Jessica Gelt & mixologist Julian Cox (Rivera, Playa)
Mixology demos: Tricia Alley, Alex Day
Mix-off challenge: Jaymee Mandeville (Drago Centro), Nathan Oliver (The Vagrancy Project), Paul Sanguinetti (Ray's and Stark Bar), Brian Summers (Parish), Marcos Tello (Feed), Damian Windsor (Roger Room)
 


Sunday, September 2
FLAVORS OF L.A. | 11:00am – 3:00pm
Hosts: Times Restaurant Critic Jonathan Gold & chef, author & host of KCRW's "Good Food" Evan Kleiman
Cooking demos: Susan Feniger (STREET), Ludo Lefebvre (LudoBites), Kris Yenbamroong (NIGHT + MARKET), Ricardo Zarate (Picca)
Panels & seminars: "The L.A. Food Scene," "Authentic Flavors of Mexico," "Sake 101," and Cline Cellars 
 
DINNER & DRINKS | 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Hosts: Times Deputy Food Editor Betty Hallock & "The Beer Chicks," Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune
Cocktail demos: The Beer Chicks, Alie Ward & Georgia Hardstarck (The Cooking Channel), Tricia Alley

 


 
Monday, September 3
LABOR DAY PICNIC PRESENTED BY TARGET | 11:00am – 3:00pm
Hosts: Times Test Kitchen Director Noelle Carter & Zoe Nathan (Huckleberry, Milo & Olive)
Cooking demos: Zoe Nathan, Nancy Silverton (Osteria Mozza), Judy Han (Mendocino Farms), Steve Lopez's Firehouse Cookoff
Panels & seminars: Thomas Keller (Bouchon, The French Laundry), roundtable with winners of this year's Battle of the Burgers, "Wine Lists & How They Are Created," "A Tour of California Appellations"

 

 

 

 

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