Behind the Scenes: Our Food Lover’s Launch Party

The launch of our March Food Lover’s issue—our first-ever all-food issue—wouldn’t be complete without a party devoted to the subject. To celebrate, we invited our Chefs Feed partners (check out the story here) and a group of food-loving bloggers to tour the Sunset campus and meet few stars from the issue, including chef Michael Mina and Sunset‘s talented food editor, Margo True.

Food, prepared from the more than 30 recipes in the mag, took center stage: Trays of mini Umami burgers, slices of whole orange cake, decadent fried Mormon funeral potatoes, and even flatbreads served from a tandoor oven hitched to a moped.

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What to do in your Southern California garden in April

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Sample dishes highlighting local ingredients paired with the region's best wines

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Where to stay, what to do in the northeastern corner of the state

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A classy scale for the kitchen

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Bringing the Paciflc to autistic kids

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Tips for a great looking garden

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Get some secrets to adding color and charm to even the smallest of spaces

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Add rich, low-fat flavor

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A long-lost local discovers Sitka's secrets by visiting it over and over again

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San Diego project makes the most of a steep and leafy site

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What's new in design and materials

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The Big Island's agricultural renaissance is the result of a creative collaboration between growers and innovative Hawaiian chefs

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Farmed trout from Idaho tastes delicious, is responsibly raised, and is easy to find. Toss it on the grill for a quick dinner

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Food, family, and good times around the grill

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A living sculpture dresses a hot, dry bank

Photographs by Spencer Toy

A recap of the party from a few of our fellow bloggers:

– Zagat’s Meesha Halm swoons over the “wicked delicious” Hatch chile burger featured on our cover. 

– 10 Things You Might Not Know About Sunset Magazine, by Katie Sweeney of Six Twists.

– Mika Takeuchi of Food Fashionista put together a fantastic slideshow of the night.

Finally, props to the Dapper Diner, who won the #SunsetFoodLovers social challenge with his snappy (and prolific) tweets:

Join us next Friday, March 1st from 12-12:30 PST for a Twitter party with chefs from the issue! More details to follow early next week.