There'll be plenty for both foodies and music lovers to enjoy at the Great American Food and Music Fest, a one-day event running from noon to 10 p.m. on June 13 at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View.Chef and Food Network star Bobby Flay is the host, and will demonstrate his famed grilling technique. Local-boy-made-good Guy Fieri, the most successful winner of the Food Network's The Next Food Network Star, will also appear onstage.Food booths offering quintessential American delights have
The Super Bowl of food? Let's hope the half-time show is betterAn unusual group of local chefs, TV food celebrities, and Boomer bands are coming together at Shoreline this Saturday for the Great American Food and Music Fest. "There'll be more deliciousness per square inch than you will find anywhere on this Earth," New York author and food blogger Ed Levine -- a festival organizer -- told SFoodie. Levine said he'd heard the event called "the Super Bowl of food," a description that seemed to expr
bernardus/FlickrNancy Oakes: Fearing a throwdown?Nancy Oakes told SFoodie she's not sure what to expect at tomorrow's Great American Food and Music Fest, the sprawling Shoreline event that brings together Food Network personalities, local chefs, and rock bands. The chef and owner of Boulevard is doing an crab cake demo late Saturday. "I'm just going to play it as it goes -- I think it'll be interesting and fun for people," said Oakes. She acknowledged that the lineup, which includes Bobby Flay a
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Flayed: At Chez Pim, ambivalence about the lineup at tomorrow's Great American Food and Music Fest (a mashup of Food Network stars and actual chefs) bubbled over into a sticky brown goo. Pim? Totally stoked -- she called it the place to be this Saturday. Commenters? Not so much. Dr Fred sniffed Why would you go? Food Network is not about cooking and their stars are not chefs. DaTruff had a full-on hissy fit, food-nerd style: French foie gras
offalgood.comChris Cosentino must like adventurous BBQ.Tonight, offal good chef Chris Cosentino (Incanto/Boccalone) joins national colleagues Bobby Flay, Ted Allen, and Tyler Florence on television. He'll be talking about his favorite barbecue spots on the special "Bar-B-Que" edition of The Best Thing I Ever Ate.The episode airs at 9:30 p.m. on the Food Network, but you can spoil your appetite now and learn about what places they picked (but not who picked 'em) on the program's Web page. Hint: I
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