{"id":17575,"date":"2014-09-24T02:22:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T09:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=17575"},"modified":"2014-09-24T02:22:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T09:22:25","slug":"colorful-culinary-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/colorful-culinary-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorful Culinary Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/tasthai.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured is new dining event, Taste of Thai, in Thousand Oaks\u00a0September 28, 2014<\/p>\n<p>As one of the largest melting pots in the world, there&#8217;s always something new and different around the bend\u00a0in California\u00a0when it comes to\u00a0dining\u00a0in this diverse state! Here are some\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/september-food.html\">culinary adventures to close out the month of September 2014<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 food wonders<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>raisin<\/strong> &#8211; DINUBA: Raisin Festival Sept. 26-28<\/li>\n<li><strong>tomato<\/strong> &#8211; FULTON: Kendall Jackson Heirloom Tomato Festival Sept. 27<\/li>\n<li><strong>pear<\/strong> &#8211; KELSEYVILLE: Kelseyville Pear Festival Downtown Kelseyville, Sept. 27<\/li>\n<li><strong>pear<\/strong> &#8211; MORAGA: Pear Festival Sept. 27 at Moraga Commons Park<\/li>\n<li><strong>banana<\/strong> &#8211; PORT HUENEME: Banana Festival Sept. 27<\/li>\n<li><strong>lobster<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0REDONDO BEACH: Lobster Festival Sept. 26-28 at Seaside Lagoon Water Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mexican &amp; Latin<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DEL MAR: The Spirits of Mexico Sept. 28 at the Fairgrounds<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: The Taste of Mexico Sept. 27 at 501 N. Main, Downtown LA thetasteofmexico.org<\/li>\n<li>EL CENTRO:\u00a0El Grito de Independencia and Taco Cook-off<\/li>\n<li>REDWOOD CITY: Salsa Festival Sept. 27<\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO: Latin Food &amp; Music Festival Sept. 27 at Cesar Chavez Plaza $5 admission, sachcc.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ethnic\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Italian<\/strong> &#8211; HOLLYWOOD: Italian Feast of San Gennaro LA September 26-28, 2014<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greek<\/strong> &#8211; SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO: Greek Festival Sept. 27-28 at St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church<\/li>\n<li><strong>German<\/strong> &#8211; VACAVILLE: Oktoberfest in the Town Square Sept. 27<\/li>\n<li><strong>German<\/strong> &#8211; YOUNTVILLE: Oktoberfest at Napa Valley Museum Sept. 27<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thai<\/strong> &#8211; THOUSAND OAKS: Taste of Thai Sept 28 in Courtyard of The Oaks Mall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>candy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FAIRFIELD: Jelly Belly Candy Palooza Sept. 27-28 at the factory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>harvests\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ARROYO GRANDE: Ag Harvest Festival &#8211; celebrating the Central Coast&#8217;s simple foods such as pies featured in<\/li>\n<li>CARMICHAEL: Founders Day Sept. 27 &#8211; awesome lineup of food trucks, car show in Carmichael Park<\/li>\n<li>PALO ALTO: Harvest Festival Sept. 27<\/li>\n<li>PIEDMONT: Harvest Festival Sept. 28<\/li>\n<li>SANTA BARBARA: SOL Food Festival Sept. 27 sustainability focus at Vera Cruz Park<\/li>\n<li>SONOMA: Valley of the Moon Festival Sept. 26-28 in the historic Plaza<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>food, beverage, etc.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MARTINEZ: Martinis on the Plaza Sept. 27<\/li>\n<li>MORGAN HILL: Taste of Morgan Hill Sept. 27-28 in Downtown<\/li>\n<li>ROUGH AND READY: Chili Cook-off Downtown on Sept. 28<\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO: Classics by the Capitol Sept. 28 shutting down 9th St. by Cesar Chavez Park, food trucks galore!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured is new dining event, Taste of Thai, in Thousand Oaks\u00a0September 28, 2014 As one of the largest melting pots in the world, there&#8217;s always something new and different around the bend\u00a0in California\u00a0when it comes to\u00a0dining\u00a0in this diverse state! 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