Fermentation Trifecta 2010 Northern California artisan cheese, beer and bread

Buongiorno,
Given the great success of our NorCal artisan wine and cheese pairing event, I'm delighted to announce an all new CH&N Pairings event: the trifecta of fermented foods -- artisan cheeses, beers and breads.

When and where
Saturday, June 12 from 2 to 5 pm, in San Francisco

The plan
60 of us will gather, each bringing a sample of our favorite Northern California beers, cheeses or breads.
As for all our pairing events, priority for the sign-up will be given to people bringing homemade beer, cheese or bread. I'll be baking two or three of my long-fermentation breads.
Here's a list of Northern California breweries from the NorCal Brewer's Guild.
Here's a list of artisan cheesemakers from the California Artisan Cheese Guild.
Some of us will make an accompanying dessert to enjoy along with our tasting.

I strongly recommend signing up with a friend and bringing a pairing of a beer with a cheese.

This is a community event, open to all. We need to rent the space from the city, so there is a $6 donation per person. The PayPal link will be emailed to the participants tomorrow. Check your calendar before signing up, since donations are non-refundable.

To attend, post a comment on this blog. (Don't email me directly.)
Every person coming (including any guest you bring) will need to sign up for a slot, and contribute beers, cheeses or homemade dessert.

Since participation is limited, please let us know at least 4 days before the event if you're not going to be able to make it, so we can invite someone else to join us. If you cancel 4 days before the event, you can't join us for the following 2 events. If you don't show at all, you can't join us for the next 3. Canceling on short notice (or none at all) is unfair to everyone, especially people who wanted to participate and couldn't because all the slots were taken.

We'll divide the slots among the participants this way:
24 slots for people bringing their favorite Northern California beers. ( At least 2 6-packs.)
24 slots for people bringing their favorite Northern California artisan cheeses -- either one pound of cheese or two 8 oz pieces of two cheeses, so that everyone can sample it
5 slots for people bringing us artisan or homemade breads ALL SLOTS TAKEN
5 slots for people making a dessert (homemade please) ALL SLOTS TAKEN
2 slots for people bringing compostable plates, knives and napkins

Please let me know who is coming by name. Once we reach 60 people confirmed and paid, I'll close the event and start another post for the waiting list. If the slots are full for what you'd like to bring, please choose something else instead.

So post a comment on the blog (do not email me directly) under the call-for-participation post letting me know the following:
First and last name
Email address
What you'll be bringing (bread, cheese, wine, etc.)

Here's a list of suggested cheese and beer pairings from Real California Milk board.
Download Beer&CheesePairings

This is going to be great (and quick to fill up)! So sign up before the spaces are gone.

A presto,
Marco Flavio

Comments

[David Gartner]

I'm bringing Anchor Small Beer.

[Andre deRosier]

Howdy Marco,
Please sign us up for 2 spots.
Lisa - cheese
Andre - homemade bread
Will rev up the sourdough starter for this.
Cheers,
Andre

[Sandy Crozier]

Count me in for cheese.

Sandy

[Walter Martin]

Hello,

Walter Martin
Karyn Ganceski

Ill be bringing 2 six packs of beer and cheese.

[Siddharth Bajaj]

Hey Marco,
Been a while. Please sign me up for 2 spots.
- I'll bring some beer
- my friend will bring some cheese.
Siddharth

[Wendy]

Please sign me up for two people:
Wendy Cheese
Vicky cheese

[Kim S.]

Me - Dessert
Scott - Beer
Kirsten - Cheese

[Sheila Yazdi]

Sheila and Dave for one cheese and one beer!

[Arrigo]

Arrigo and Angela: one beer and one dessert!

[Slava Veselova]

Hi, Marco! Please sign me up for 2 spots.
Me-beer, my friend-cheese.
Thank you!
Slava V.

[Vivian]

I'll bring cheese, possibly a dessert as well.

[Aravinda]

Marco,

Sounds great! Please sign me up for two and we'll each bring a loaf of homemade bread.

[Ilona Koren-Deutsch]

Please sign me up for 2 spots. Both of us bringing cheese.

Thank you!

Ilona

[Giselle]

Sounds fun! 3 slots please!

Giselle- beer
Brian- cheese
Linz- desert

[yeun mi]

Me - Beer
Carolyn - Cheese

[Sigrid Reinsch]

if you need desserts - I'm happy to bring that instead...of course homemade with homegrown

[Anna Efanova]

2 people

cheese and bread

[Dave Jones]

Hi Marco,
Count me in for dessert. Looking forward to seeing you guys again.

Dave

[James Brown]

Hi Marco,

It's James Brown. I'll be coming and bringing beer. Not sure which one but I'll scan the list and get something good.

James

[Anuja Patel]

anuja - beer
hannah - cheese

we're both CH&N newbies looking forward to this gathering!

[Melanie Barti]

Mike and I would like to attend! Can we bring Mike's homebrew?

From Marco Flavio:
of course! What other slot? I say bring a cheese to go with it.

[David Gartner]

I will take a guest to pair a cheese with my bottles of Anchor Small.

[Elsa]

I'd like to attend and I can bring compostable dinnerware!

[Jessa]

Hi Marco - I'm new to this but would love to come as I finally have a Saturday off! I'll bring beer...either Half Moon Bay Brewing Company or Russian River Valley. Excited to meet everyone!

[Kate gagnon]

can bring compostable plates, silverware
Kate gagnon
Alberto leon

[Lisa Carey]

Ok, finally making it official. (Sorry - it's been a week!) Beer. I will bring beer!

[Wendy]

Hi,
I thought I signed up for this event with my friend Vicky but I have not gotten and e-mail with the paypal info or the event location. Please let me know if we are in or out.

Thanks,
Wendy

From Marco Flavio:
my details email might have gone in your spam folder. I just sent another. See you Sat!
MF