Ballet San Jose will finish 2012 with a new production of The Nutcracker before introducing the 2013 season, which includes a world premiere, six company premieres and the return of live music to accompany performances.
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Local winemaker Adam Comartin, of Comartin Cellars, producer of some great grenache, will host a tasting party on Sept. 16 from 6 to 9pm at the Left Bank in Santana Row.
There are a few bright spots along the street now, but overall the neighborhood’s potential has not been fully realized. Eight-week-old Zona Rosa is one of those bright spots.
On my way to meeting Vincent Kartheiser, I feel underdressed. As Pete Campbell on AMC’s Mad Men, Kartheiser exudes some of the slippery polish of Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, all sharp angles and murderous, WASP-y bite.
San Pedro Square Market vendor Poppy Farm Home and Garden Shop will host what it hopes will be its first annual food and wine event in the San Pedro Square Market on Sept. 22, from 2 to 6pm. The event will feature wine from several premium local wineries and local eateries.
To say that chef Justin Perez, who runs Restaurant O Catering, has been through the wringer is a gross understatement. You think your life is tough? Consider what Perez has been through over the past decade.
The fact that Chapul Bars have crickets in them is not nearly as exciting, or alarming, as it may sound. There are no visual signs of the insects, and the amount of cricket flour used is so small that the flavor of the other ingredients overpowers their distinct nutty, earthy taste. It’s almost as if they’re not there, which was a deliberate decision on the part of co-founders Pat Crowley, a resident of Salt Lake City, and Dan O’Neill, a California native whose day job is at Intuit in Mountain View.
The Color Me Rad 5K adds some color to the San Jose running scene September 1. Participants in the fun run, inspired by the Hindu holiday Holi, wear white clothing while bombarding friends and other runners with colored dust.
Robert Dasalla is chef/owner at San Jose’s Little Chef Counter. Like the name implies, the restaurant offers just counter service inside downtown San Jose’s San Pedro Square Market.
Labor Day weekend marks the 31st-annual Livermore Valley Harvest Wine Celebration. Sunday, Sept. 2, and Monday, Sept. 3, between noon and 5pm, area wineries will offer wine, food, art and music to ticket holders.
