Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival, Pushing Daisies, and Free Pie

Posted on 9/4/2008 by grubgirl

I’d seen a few commercials for ABC’s Pushing Daisies but had no idea what it was about (except for possible some similarity to HBO’s former series about a family of undertakers, Six Feet Under.)

Well, Miguel wrote in to tell me that the show is hosting a free pie tour, where a truck known as the Mobile Pie Hole is going to give out free pie tastings at Ghirardelli Square on Sunday, September 7, from 12pm – 5pm. Not bad, huh? For more information on the tour and the show, check out their Pushing Daisies Tour site. (Note: Getting into the actual Chocolate Festival will set you back $15-20, so make sure you get your money’s worth if you plan on checking it out!)

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Tiger Beer, Curry, and CelebrASIAN

Posted on 9/2/2008 by grubgirl

David wrote in to tell me about a free food event on September 15 in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow district.

From the looks of what he wrote, we’re talking some Tiger Beer samples, free curry samples, and even a little massage. Tiger Beer is from Singapore (home of Raffles Hotel, the Merlion, and the Singapore Sling cocktail), and I think this is a big marketing push to build brand awareness in SF, or the States as a whole.

“Tiger Beer an award-winning gold medal lager from Singapore and perfect
pairing for spicy foods, is proud to sponsor a month long Curry
CelebrASIAN.

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Food Network on Hulu

Posted on 8/17/2008 by grubgirl

If you’re either picky about the quality of the video you watch online, or happen to have a high-tech kitchen with a touch screen, networked monitor in it, you should register for Hulu and check out their Food Network channel. Of course, they don’t have Alton Brown on there (why, Food Network, why hold back???), but two series do seem intriguing to me:

  1. Food Network Chef Robin Miller
  2. Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger

…as their descriptions say they’ve got quick and healthy recipes for the stressed out urbanite.

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Julia Child: Spy Chef?

Posted on 8/15/2008 by grubgirl

Maybe Bravo TV’s Top Chef creators can get some task ideas from this latest disclosure from the US National Archives: Julia Child was a spy for the Office of Strategic Services (or OSS), which was the precursor to the CIA. Not bad! The video says she handled “secret field reports” during World War II…maybe those were top secret recipes like the Coca Cola formula!

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