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<\/a>The crowd at the 2018 LA Food Fest. Photo by Brian Feinzimer.<\/p><\/div>\n
And since I don\u2019t want any of you<\/em> to miss-out now, either, here\u2019s all the essential information on the festival.<\/p>\n It will be held on June 29th at a venue I visited a few times last year, and really enjoyed\u2014Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. But it\u2019s on the infield<\/em>, a place I\u2019ve never been before! So that\u2019s a little bonus that I\u2019m really looking forward to, besides stuffing my face with delish treats all day! (Just make sure to wear comfortable shoes. And expandable pants<\/em>!!! Just sayin\u2019.)<\/p>\n And just who provides these tidbits, you may ask? There will be about one hundred food and drink purveyors, including restaurants, carts, food trucks, bars, and breweries! Who needs more than that?!<\/p>\n I\u2019m so glad that I\u2019ve already been dieting for seven weeks at this point, so that I can enjoy the many desserts<\/em> at this event! Let me at \u2019em!<\/p>\n There will also be live music and activities for the kiddies, although many of the young \u2019uns I know would much rather eat<\/em> than have their faces painted! That\u2019s my<\/em> kind of tots! (Younger self Ronnie Hazel\u2014I\u2019m thinking of you<\/em>!)<\/p>\n And it\u2019s one of those pay-only-one-price-for-it-all dealios. You pay, and then enter and eat and drink to your heart\u2019s content without having to go into your wallet even one more time!!! How cool is that<\/em>?!<\/p>\n Photo by Brian Feinzimer.<\/p><\/div>\n I especially love the \u201cfood fest\u201d moniker, which I labeled all my<\/em> parties over a decade ago, (because I either shorten or lengthen a lot of words. ) Many of my show\u2019s viewers and e-zine readers deemed it a quaint expression that I came up with back then, and thought it wouldn\u2019t catch-on, but every time I hear it or read it somewhere, I swell with pride. (Not that anyone is ever copying<\/em> me; but these expressions have to begin somewhere, and if I was even a minuscule part of this one, I\u2019m proud!) For now, I\u2019m just glad to not have to throw the events myself<\/em> anymore\u2014I\u2019d much rather attend this LA Food Fest, and let them<\/em> do all the work!<\/p>\n And you know that I really appreciate events who give to charities. Well, the LA Food Fest gives a portion of their proceeds to Food Forward, an organization that\u00a0\u201cfights hunger, and\u00a0prevents\u00a0food\u00a0waste\u00a0by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people in need, and inspiring others to do the same.\u201d \u00a0That collaboration is perfect for LA Food Fest because, as of right now, it\u2019s LA’s only Zero Food Waste event!<\/p>\n Photo by Brian Feinzimer.<\/p><\/div>\n All that being said, for once I don\u2019t have all<\/em> the answers, (I know\u2014it\u2019s a shock, right?,) so I suggest you check-out their website below for the exact deets.<\/p>\n And I hope to see you all there! Please come up and say hi, unless I\u2019m about to bite into a Pie Hole, (which I\u2019ve been dying to try!)<\/p>\n For all the info, (since it\u2019s so much longer than just my preview here!,) go to www.LAFoodFest.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LA FOOD FEST 2019 Being a foodie since Day 1, (okay, an acknowledged one since I was first a restaurant critic on my former TV series, Karen\u2019s Restaurant Revue,) I cannot believe that this is the first year I\u2019ve ever heard of the upcoming ten-year-old LA Food Fest! But now that I\u2019m finally in the<\/p>\n<\/a>In addition to fare from tried and true places, guests will be the first to sample food from new<\/em> eateries, which is always a special feeling, being in with the in-crowd. The LA Food Fest will also feature vegan food, so you can take your annoying<\/del> meat-and-dairy-shunning friends with you, and not have to worry about them!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>