events

EVENTS CALENDAR

Wednesday Nov 15

4:30pm

Port Tasting at Ferry Plaza Wine Merchants

Bartholomew Broadbent will be at Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant on Wednesday, November 15th, from 4:30-7:30pm, to present a flight of Port and Madeira. Those of you who joined Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant earlier in the year for Bartholomew's import tasting know that he is an affable, gentle Englishman who loves to talk about wi... Read more

LOCATION: Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant

Tuesday Nov 21 - Monday Jan 1

3pm

Nave Holiday Illumination

Starting November 21st at 3 pm, the Ferry Building will unveil to the public the restored lights on the iron trusses in the Grand Nave. The restoration of the Ferry Building by Equity Office, returned to the city one of San Francisco's most notable pieces of architectural heritage and restored to the community a vital hub for civi... Read more

Saturday Nov 25

2pm

John Scharffenberger: The Essence of Chocolate

John Scharffenberger talks about The Essence of Chocolate on Saturday, November 25, 2pm at Book Pasage. The first cookbook from America's premier chocolate makers, Scharffen Berger Chocolate, features more than 100 spectacular—and often simple—recipes drawn from the company files and two dozen top pastry chefs... Read more

LOCATION: Book Passage (Books & Literary Events)

Saturday Nov 25 - Sunday Nov 26

10am

Ferry Building Fungus Festival

On Saturday November 25th and Sunday November 26th, 2006 the Ferry Building Marketplace, Far West Fungi and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market celebrate culinary mushrooms with the first Ferry Building Fungus Festival. Festivities begin on Saturday at 10 am with a range of free events including Mushroom Growing Tables, Meet the Mushroom Farmer Ta... Read more

Wednesday Nov 29

4:30-7:30pm

Shafer Vineyards at Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant

On Wednesday, November 29 from 4:30-7:30pm, Doug Shafer of Shafer Vineyards will be in Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant to present a special vertical tasting of Shafer Hillside Select. The annual release of this extremely limited Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is always eagerly anticipated by long-time Shafer fans as well as those who are beg... Read more

LOCATION: Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant

Thursday Nov 30

7pm

Book Talk with David Kamp

On Thursday, November 30, 7pm, David Kamp talks with Clark Wolf about United States of Arugula. Kamp, a writer and editor for GQ and Vanity Fair, chronicles the amazing transformation from the overcooked vegetables and scary gelatin salads of yore to the current heyday of free-range chickens, extra-virgin oli... Read more

LOCATION: Book Passage (Books & Literary Events)