{"id":20090,"date":"2014-04-08T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/introducing-the-santa-barbara-food-wine-weekend-at-bacara\/"},"modified":"2014-04-08T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T12:53:00","slug":"introducing-the-santa-barbara-food-wine-weekend-at-bacara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/04\/introducing-the-santa-barbara-food-wine-weekend-at-bacara\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Santa Barbara Food &#038; Wine Weekend at Bacara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DULD-1Hl0No\/U0PxStYS41I\/AAAAAAAABAc\/lOYMrmYCYxM\/s1600\/167349_num697583_600x600.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DULD-1Hl0No\/U0PxStYS41I\/AAAAAAAABAc\/lOYMrmYCYxM\/s1600\/167349_num697583_600x600.jpg\" height=\"212\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">With miles of rolling vineyards, dozens of farmers and fishermen, nationally-acclaimed artisans and trendy new restaurants, Santa Barbara County is growing into one of the nation&#8217;s top up-and-coming culinary destinations. But much about what makes this region so unique remains a well-kept secret; until now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">In partnership with Edible Santa Barbara and The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, Bacara Resort &amp; Spa is pleased to introduce the Santa Barbara Food &amp; Wine Weekend at Bacara from June 6-8, 2014. Set within the luxurious surroundings of Bacara Resort, the three-day event will take guests on a culinary tour of Santa Barbara County from sea to Santa Ynez.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Highlights of the Santa Barbara Food &amp; Wine Weekend at Bacara include:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 5px 0px 10px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style: disc; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Santa Barbara sea urchin education by fisherwoman Stephanie Mutz followed by a cooking demonstration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style: disc; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Tribute to Santa Barbara County&#8217;s most talked about culinary neighborhoods, including The Funk Zone, Los Alamos and Arts District<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style: disc; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Tour of Good Land Organics, the only farm in the continental United States to grow coffee as a commercial crop<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style: disc; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Local wine reception and tastings by Santa Barbara County Vintners&#8217; Association and Santa Barbara&#8217;s only Master Sommelier Brian McClintic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style: disc; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Additional events, including cooking classes and educational seminars<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">At the heart of the weekend is a special tribute to Julia Child who spent her final years in Santa Barbara, a city she described as a \u201cbit of heaven.\u201d The weekend is inspired by Julia&#8217;s lifelong&nbsp;passion for learning, love of eating well and mission to further gastronomy. A portion of event proceeds will benefit The Julia Child Foundation.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cThe Foundation is very proud of Julia&#8217;s and our connection to Santa Barbara.&nbsp; We can&#8217;t think of a better way to honor Julia&#8217;s legacy than a weekend celebrating the food and wine bounty around Santa Barbara.&nbsp; We are so pleased that Bacara has partnered with the Foundation to produce this most appetizing event.\u201d \u2013 Todd Schulkin, Executive Director, The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Santa Barbara Food &amp; Wine Weekend ticket prices range from zero to $250. Bacara Resort is offering an overnight package that includes: two-night stay at Bacara Resort &amp; Spa on June 6 and 7; two tickets to the opening night wine reception on June 6; two tickets to the Sunday neighborhood tasting on June 8, and valet parking. Prices start at $515 a night (normally $657 if purchased separately). Advanced reservations are recommended.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">For tickets or more information, please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bacaraculinaryweekend.com\/\" style=\"color: #3c3c3c; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\">www.BacaraCulinaryWeekend.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With miles of rolling vineyards, dozens of farmers and fishermen, nationally-acclaimed artisans and trendy new restaurants, Santa Barbara County is growing into one of the nation&#8217;s top up-and-coming culinary destinations. But much about what makes this region so unique remains a well-kept secret; until now. In partnership with Edible Santa Barbara and The Julia Child [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[284],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ipw2014"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}