CUESA Summer Celebration 2014

CUESA Summer Celebration 2014

Last weekend CUESA (Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture) held their annual ‘Summer Celebration’ at the San Francisco Ferry Building. As usual it was a party like no other. If you love food and drink and dining out this was the party to attend. Star chefs and bartenders from some of the best restaurants in town were on hand to support a great cause (and spoil everyone present in the process). If you are not familiar with CUESA and all the great work they do you can find out more about them here. I strongly recommend following this great organization and subscribing to their newsletters. I could go on about all the great food and drinks but I am just going to share some of the pictures from the celebration instead. Enjoy!

Honeydew Melon with Thai Beef & Pumpkin Seed from Paula Leduc Fine Catering

Smoked Stone Fruit with Buratta and Ham Crumbs from Starbelly

Andrew Court and his team from the Fairmont Hotel

The team from the Fairmont Hotel

Ancient Grain & Seaweed Salad with Wasabi Vinaigrette

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Isaac Miller from Maven preparing Summer Squash with Cocoa Mole & Spiced Pepitas

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Francis Hogan of Bluestem Brasserie

Sausage Stuffed Ronde de Nice Squash & Squash Blossom-Pepita Pesto

Tony Ferrari and Jonathan Sutton of Hillside Supper Club

Liberty Duck Liver Mousse with Wild Rice, Crunchy Seeds & Pickled Wax Beans

Huckeleberry with Venison Tartare & Rosemary Lemon Meringue and Olallieberry “Cobbler” from Sprig

Chard and Ricotta Crostino with Onion Sprouts from Barbacco

Cucumber Sunomono with Mini Tomatoes from Delica

Stone Fruit and Roasted Beet Salad with Sheep’s Milk Yogurt, Pistachio & Dragoncello Sauce

Brown Rice & White Bean “Tabbouleh” with Mint, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Kale, & Crispy Quinoa

Ryan Farr from 4505 Meats

Dried Stone Fruit & Puffed Quinoa Muesli with Smoked Chicken Liver Gianduja, Miso & Blueberry from The Blue Plate

Strawberry Macarons from Miette

With over 45 restaurants contributing to the evening, you can bet that I was only able to scratch the surface here. I hope I have convinced you to check out next years CUESA’s ‘Summer Celebration’. See you at the Farmers Market. Have a great summer!

Check out some more pictures on my photography site:  http://www.shyimage.com/galleries-2/cuesa-summer-celebration/ 

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Cocktails from Suzanne Long and Erik Mariscal of Longitude Oakland