FoodBuzz Festival 2011 {Day 1}

The Foodbuzz Festival this year was everything I hoped for (minus a few tummy aches here and there). It was filled with amazing  food, wine, friends, more food and a ton of laughter!!

Emily lives outside of SF and was so gracious to host Melissa, Megan and I on Thursday night. When we woke up she had the most wonderful breakfast ready for us, Fresh & Easy Pumpkin Muffins (addicted) and French Press coffee 🙂

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We got all bundled up and then took the BART into the city!

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We decided to go all out while on vacation and enjoyed a fancy Italian Lunch in the city!

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We were told that Scala’s Bistro’s was the place to go, they were so right!

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Megan, Emil  and I split a half bottle of the Rocca Delle Macie Chiantu Classico 2008.

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We also split a fig salad, yum! I just loved FIGS, why don’t I eat them more often?? The cheesy toast on top was my favorite.

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Our main dish was a pear, bacon and Gorgonzola salad… all I have to say is HEAVEN!

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I am such a big fan of Gorgonzola and fruit on a pizza! I once made a peach, Gorgonzola and balsamic vinegar pizza it was nothing like this!

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After lunch we met up with Mara andDianna our roommates for the weekend to check into the Hyatt. It was a Girls Weekend all the way!

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Then it was time to check in with Foodbuzz!

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Gotta love the SWAG!

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Then it was time to take on the windy city!

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Bloggers unite!

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Foodbuzz bussed us out to our evening event. When we walked in we started with a Sabra hummus display of all kinds of hummus and of course wine 🙂 This year was a lot more classy then the food trucks last year.

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After we mingled awhile we headed upstairs to the main event where there was more food!

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All the recipes were blogger inspired recipes starting with comfort food (loved Mara’s meatloaf cupcakes) to sea food delicacies.

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For the full menu you can check out the PDF—–> here

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I also was delighted to sit next to the beautiful Jenna who is a delightful in every way! I have loved getting to know her she has been such a blessing to me! She won the Foodbuzz award for best cooking blog, go Jenna!

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Of course our table had to take the cheesy shots too! I met Jessica from “How Sweet it Is”, she was so nice!!! Love her blog 🙂

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I spent most the night with a new blogger friend, Lauren from Whole Wheat or Bust!

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Oh I almost forgot dessert!!! There was a creamy Italian Nougat, Valrhona Chocolate Ganache bite and some amazing Cheesecake on a Gingersnap Crumble. So delish!

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This was only the beginning…


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