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| | | 11 Close Regional Italian Cooking: Cioppino
Wednesday, July 11 
Westside Santa Cruz
Regional Italian Cooking: CioppinoFood & Drink
6:00pm - 8:30pm
$45.00 With WEST Certified Kristen Valenza, Living Roots Food & Floral
Enjoy the best of The Bay with local crab, salmon, shrimp, mussels, and clams, in a wonderful stew-based broth. Kristen will teach you how to make this traditional stew in a step-by-step process in this interactive hands-on cooking class.
Cioppino originated in San Francisco in the late 1800's by Italian immigrants who moved to the North Beach area. The name of the dish comes from ciuppin which is the name of a classic soup from the Italian region Liguria, similar in flavor to cioppino but with less tomato and different types of seafood.
This classic American-Italian dish will be served with fresh garlic bead, and paired with an Italian wine.
About the Instructor:
Kristen grew up in New Jersey where she began cooking with her family at a young age, learning the roots of Italian and Mediterranean cooking. Kristen found a passion for traveling and experiencing other cultures through food, wine, and good company. She brought her expertise to Santa Cruz, where she teaches cooking classes and offers high quality catering through her business Living Roots Food and Floral. Sign Up For Event
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| | 17 CloseMovie Night: Forks Over Knives
Tuesday, July 17
Westside Santa Cruz
Movie Night: Forks Over KnivesFilm, Media & Entertainment
6:00pm - 8:00pm
 Forks Over Knives (2011) is an film that examines a profound claim that food is medicine! The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, and their groundbreaking studies that brought them to meet each other.
Their research led them separately to the startling and now shared conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even several forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented—and in many cases reversed—by adopting a whole-foods, plant-based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public... until now.
The filmmakers travel with Drs. Campbell and Esselstyn on their separate but similar paths, from their childhood farms where they both produced “nature’s perfect food”; to China and Cleveland, where they explored ideas that challenged the established thinking and shook their own core beliefs.
The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Throughout the film, cameras follow ‘reality patients’ who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole-food, plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments—while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.
Forks Over Knives utilizes state of the art 3-D graphics and rare archival footage. The film features numerous leading experts on health, examines the question “why we don’t know,” and tackles the issue of diet and disease in a way that will have people talking for years.
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| | | 20 CloseBeer & Street Tacos with Sierra Nevada Brewery
Friday, July 20
Westside Santa Cruz
Beer & Street Tacos with Sierra Nevada BreweryFood & Drink
6:00pm - 7:30pm
$14.00 With Sierra Nevada Brewery
Sierra Nevada brings you this fun interactive pairing class, centered around street tacos! Beer and Mexican food are a classic combination, so come hungry- there will be plenty to taste!
Potential Menu:
Otra Vez Agave Lime GOSE- starter beer with chips and salsa
BFD Hoppy Blonde Ale with halibut fish tacos (fish, mango salsa, cabbage, special sauce)
Pale Ale with carnitas tacos (pulled pork, corn cilantro cabbage slaw, avocado)
Tropical Torpedo IPA with pulled chicken tacos (chicken, tomatillo salsa, cotija cheese)
Hazy Little Thing with a refried bean and sauteed summer veggie tostada
About the Brewery:
Inspired by the nearby Sierra Nevada Mountains, our beers are designed to be as bold, wild and unwavering as those storied granite peaks. With respect to tradition and an unbridled passion for innovation, Sierra Nevada beers are inspired by the philosophy that anything is possible. We are committed to pushing the boundaries of craft beer and we look forward to the day that flavorful beers are the standard throughout the world. Sign Up For Event
| 21 CloseEnergy Medicine Essentials for Health, Vitality, and Joy
Saturday, July 21
Half Moon Bay
Energy Medicine Essentials for Health, Vitality, and JoyHealth & Wellness
10:00am - 6:00pm
 With Ruthetta, Certified Advanced Practitioner of Eden Energy Medicine
Discover how to use the natural energies of your body to balance and strengthen your energies with simple, yet powerful techniques. Leave with a “Daily Energy Routine” to help keep your energies humming, harmonious, and healthy, and to foster healing and energy of others. Bring yoga mat, pillows, or massage table.
Tickets: $120
REGISTER HERE through instructor. Sign Up For Event
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