{"id":25288,"date":"2018-07-20T15:42:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T22:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=25288"},"modified":"2018-07-20T15:42:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T22:42:57","slug":"fresh-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/fresh-food\/","title":{"rendered":"California Festival Life is Good with Fresh Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/oakrata.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/oakland-art-soul.html\">Oakland Art + Soul<\/a> July 28-29, 2018 with Key to the City presented to The Pointer Sisters!<\/p>\n<p>You can have a carnival, fair or fiesta, and people will come. But when you sweeten the pot with chili supreme, smokin&#8217; BBQ ribs, spicy salsa, blackberry pie, peach ice cream or cold watermelon, now you&#8217;re cooking!<\/p>\n<p>Newcomers to SeeCalifornia.com may have missed our posts about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/farms\/california-farm-facts.html\">California being tops in a variety of crops<\/a>. Grapes, almonds, avocados, artichokes and tomatoes are just a few in a long list of produce and foods in which California leads the nation. In the state&#8217;s cultural stew encompassing hundreds of cultures and tastes, the public can find a lot to chew on any given weekend.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/july-food.html\">Food for Happiness<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>July 21 \/ 22, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BENICIA:\u00a0Holy Ghost Festa<\/li>\n<li>CAMARILLO:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/camarillo-fiesta.html\">Fiesta Street Fair<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CHULA VISTA:\u00a0South Bay Salsa Festival<\/li>\n<li>DIXON:\u00a0Grillin and Chillin Chili Cookoff<\/li>\n<li>IRVINE:\u00a0Armenian American Picnic<\/li>\n<li>JOHNSVILLE:\u00a0Ice Cream Social<\/li>\n<li>LAWNDALE:\u00a0Ho&#8217;olaule&#8217;a<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES:\u00a0Delicious Little Tokyo<\/li>\n<li>MARYSVILLE:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/marysville-peach-festival.html\">Peach Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MENLO PARK:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/menlo-park-block-party.html\">Summerfest<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PLACERVILLE:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/placerville-cowboys-cornbread.html\"> Buckles &amp; BBQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PLEASANT HILL:\u00a0Blues &amp; Brews Festival<\/li>\n<li>SEAL BEACH:\u00a0Lions Club Fish Fry<\/li>\n<li>VENTURA:\u00a0Tequila &amp; Taco Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>July 28 \/29, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ALAMEDA: Street Art and Wine Faire<\/li>\n<li>ANAHEIM: Vegan Faire<\/li>\n<li>CAMARILLO: A Taste of Camarillo<\/li>\n<li>CAPAY: Tomato Festival<\/li>\n<li>CHINO HILLS: Jerk\u00a0Fest<\/li>\n<li>COURTLAND:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/courtland-pear-fair.html\"> Courtland Pear Fair <\/a><\/li>\n<li>CYPRESS: Chili Cookoff<\/li>\n<li>GILROY: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/gilroy-garlic-festival.html\"> Gilroy Garlic Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>FORT ROSS: International Food Bazaar<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH:\u00a0 Crawfish Festival<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/watermelon-festival.html\">Watermelon Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MAMMOTH LAKES: Chili Cook-off, Rib &amp; Chicken Cookoff, Crawdad Boil and Mammoth Burger Battle<\/li>\n<li>McCLOUD: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/mccloud-lumberjack-fiesta.html\">Lumberjack Fiesta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAPA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/napa-festival-del-sole.html\"> Festival Napa Valley<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OAKLAND: Oakland Zoo Feast for the Beasts<\/li>\n<li>OXNARD: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/oxnard-salsa-festival.html\">Oxnard Salsa Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO: Sacratomato<\/li>\n<li>SAINT HELENA: Festa Italiana<\/li>\n<li>SANTA BARBARA: Greek Festival<\/li>\n<li>TRINIDAD: Westhaven Blackberry Festival<\/li>\n<li>TWAIN HARTE: Summer Arts &amp; Wine Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured: Oakland Art + Soul July 28-29, 2018 with Key to the City presented to The Pointer Sisters! You can have a carnival, fair or fiesta, and people will come. But when you sweeten the pot with chili supreme, smokin&#8217; BBQ ribs, spicy salsa, blackberry pie, peach ice cream or cold watermelon, now you&#8217;re cooking! 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