9th Annual North Berkeley Spice of Life Festival
Saturday, September 17^th, 11am to 7pm
Free Admission

The North Shattuck Association presents a day of celebration for North Berkeley’s “Gourmet Ghetto” at the Spice of Life Festival on Vine Street. The event, sponsored by Google Offers, will feature cooking demos by local chefs on the main Culinary Stage at the festival. These demos will be hosted by the Kitchen on Fire Cooking School , which will also be featured, among other favorite East Bay businesses, in the upcoming Google Offers ‘Gourmet Ghetto’ week, which begins on September 17.

Enjoy tasty street food and neighborhood restaurant fare, make art with the Art is Moving project, listen to storytellers from the California Storytellers Association, and peruse eco-conscious and handcrafted arts, jewelry and clothing.  Listen to local musicians, including the Berkeley High Jazz Band, Maya Kronfeld Group, Con Permisso, and Misisipi Mike (2011 Bay Guardian Reader’s Choice Singer-Songwriter of the Year) and sample micro-brews from Sierra Nevada, Mendocino and Bison in the Saul’s Deli hosted beer garden. Enjoy wine tasting with Vintage Berkeley. Get a trim from the Peter Thomas Hair Design booth, get a massage at Yogakula’s tent, or shop the special things being brought out to the festival by Lobelia and M.Lowe & Co.Jewelry. Park your bike with the East Bay Bicycle Coalition valets and relax in parklets created for the day along Shattuck Ave.

Our Gourmet Ghetto shops, eateries and galleries along Shattuck Avenue will host musicians and artist demos and exhibits, and offer tastings for the day including:
Outdoor Seating and Music at The Cheeseboard Pizzeria Parklet – 1512 Shattuck Ave.
Samples from Epicurious Garden and Outdoor Parklet Seating at Mint Leaf Restaurant– 1509 Shattuck Ave.
Music by the Seratonins in front of M. Lowe & Co. (2-5pm) – 1519 Shattuck Ave.
Charcuterie Samples at The Local Butcher Shop – 1600 Shattuck Ave. – 1600 Shattuck Ave.
Bike Parking and Outdoor Seating at the Guerilla Cafe Café Parklet – 1620 Shattuck Ave.
Can-Do Art Exhibition at the ACCI Gallery – 1652 Shattuck Ave.
Cookie Decorating (11am-3pm), Balloon Animals & Face Painting at Virginia Bakery – 1698 Shattuck Ave.
Jewelers Trunk Show with Jennifer Obrochta and Carey Pelton from 1pm-7pm at Sala Berkeley – 1746 Shattuck
Grand Opening Celebration at the Hippie Gypsy Café 1797 Shattuck Ave.
Artist Demos at the Firehouse North Art Collective Parklet – 1752 Shattuck Ave.

Proceeds from beer, wine and wine soda sales will benefit the Berkeley High Jazz Program and the Edible Schoolyard Project. Thanks to our sponsors and partners:  Google Offers, Sierra Nevada Brewery, Vignette Wine Country Soda, East Bay Bike Coalition, Lmi.net, East Bay Express, The Monthly, The Daily Californian.

MORE DETAILS:
CHEF STAGE Line up (Sponsored by Google Offers):
11:15am          Chef Olive from Kitchen on Fire – Fruit & NutScones with Cardamom & Orange Blossom Water
12:00pm          Chefs Monica & Aaron Rocchino from The Local Butcher Shop – Roast Tying, Meatloaf
12:45pm          Chef Luis from Cafe Leila – Huevos Rancheros
1:45pm            Chef Dorothe from La Note – Chocolate Raspberry Charolette
2:45pm            Chef Rebecca Bernstein from Cioccolata Di Vino – Warm Polenta with Roasted Bell Pepper & Goat Cheese
3:45pm            Chef Todd Kneiss from Bistro Liaison – Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho
4:45pm            Peter Levitt from Saul‘s Restaurant & Deli – Housemade Pastrami
5:30pm            Chef Gilad from Kitchen on Fire – Garbanzo & Spicy Sausage Crostini with Saffron Aioli
6:15pm            Chef Olive from Kitchen on Fire – Fire Roasted Pepper & Feta Muffins

FOOD OFFERINGS
Bistro Liaison (whole roast pig), Boffo Cart, Patti Wagon, Ciocolata Di Vino, Hapa SF, Lush Gelato, Namu SF, Paul‘s Paella, Tru Gourmet, Tara‘s Organic Ice Cream, Aidell‘s Sausage – Samplers: Hey Hey Gourmet, Big Paw Olive Oil

WINE TASTING ON VINE STREET
Hosted by Vintage Berkeley Wine Shop
Taste 20 wines from Vintage Berkeley’s top suppliers: Kermit Lynch, Charles Neal, Oliver McCrum, Banshee / Valkyrie Selections, Blue Danube, and Northwest Wines . The tasting lineup digs deep into the world of wine with wines from Slovenia, Oregon, Piedmont, Croatia, Sonoma County, Hungary, Savoie, Quincy, Cahors, Burgundy.

ROSE STREET MUSIC STAGE Line-up
11am to 12:45pm        Berkeley High Jazz Combos
1pm to 2:45pm            Maya Kronfeld Group with Valerie Troutt, Raul Perales, and John Adams
3pm to 4:45pm Misisipi Mike and the Midnight Gamblers
5pm to 6:45pm Con Permisso with Andy & Melanie De Giovanni

BEER GARDEN AT ROSE STREET
Hosted by Saul’s Deli
Taste some of the best Northern California micro-brews: Sierra Nevada Kellerweis, Sierra Torpedo, Sierra Tumbler, Mendocino Eye of Hawk, Mendocino Seasonal Blond, Sudwerk Seasonal Marzen, Black Diamond Seasonal Saison, and Bison  Belgian Dubbel.

STORYTELLING TENT LINE-UP
Hosted by the California Storytellers Association presenting a line-up of the area’s best storytellers!
11am   Pauline Hale, Ken Foster
Noon   Linda Yemoto, Ruth Fraser
1pm     Ruth Halpern, Muriel Johnson
2pm     Michael Katz, Marian Ferrante
3pm     Erica Lann Clark
4pm     Jeff Byers, Linda Walls
5pm     Kate Frankel, Deborah Tatto
6pm     Cynthia Cudaback’