Contact:Karla Stockli
California Fig Advisory Board
California Fresh Fig Growers Association
Office:559-243-8600
Mobile: 559-281-0440
Celebrate a Valley Treasure at 9th Annual Fig Fest
Aug. 5, 2012 (Fresno, CA) – The California fig industry presents the 9th Annual Fig Fest to celebrate one of the region’s most prized and enjoyed treats, the California Fig, on Saturday Aug 11, 2012. The event will be a delicious affair featuring California figs in innovative flavorful dishes along with specialty foods, wine and entertainment at the California State University, Fresno campus.
From 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Fresno State’s Ag East Lawn, attendees can enjoy gourmet food samples and delicious wines courtesy of California’s brightest and best chefs, specialty wine makers and food purveyors.
Local restaurants scheduled to participateinclude; Bella Pasta Italian Restaurant, The Cheese Cake Factory, Cracked Pepper Bistro, Etoile Restaurant, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Love & Garlic, School House Restaurant & Tavern, Tavola Italian Kitchen, The Vineyard, Trelio Restaurant and Untamed Chef. Specialty food companies such as Café Corazon, Central Valley Healthy Snacks, Doug-Out Cookies, Enzo Olive Oil Company, Fiscalini Cheese Company, Jammin with Joyce, Nature’s Bakery, P*DE*Q, Rosetti’s Fine Foods Bakery and Biscotti House, Sartori Cheese Company, Squaw Valley Herb Gardens, We Olive, Whole Foods Market, and You Sweet Thing Jellies will also have treats to taste.
While browsing the spectacular food options, attendees can sip wines from California favorites such as Birdstone Winery, Cardella Winery, Carica Winery, Cru Winery, Ficklin Vineyards, Fresno State Winery, Jackson Del Grillo Winery, Quady Winery, and San Joaquin Wine Co.
General Admission tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the gate. General Admission tickets including wine tasting are $13 in advance and $15 at the door and include a commemorative Fig Fest wine glass. Children 12 and under are free.
Fig festivities continue into the evening with the annual Fig Feast, a special food and wine pairing event at The Vineyard Restaurant in Madera, CA. From 6-10 p.m., owner Chris Mariscotti and Chef Benjamin Brandt will showcase fresh savory and seasonal options using fresh and dried California Figs with hand selected wine pairings. Tickets are $75. This fun and tasty event will benefit Fresno State Ag One Foundation and Slow Food Madera.
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About California Figs – Dried and Fresh
California produces 100 percent of the nation’s dried figs and 98 percent of the fresh figs under the best growing conditions and world’s highest quality standards, according to Karla Stockli, CEO of the California Fig Advisory Board.
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Available year-round, California Dried Figs make great snacks and naturally sweet, flavorful recipe additions. The dense, sweet flesh, coupled with figs’ unique texture go well in baked goods and desserts, and are a perfect complement to meat, poultry, fish, whole grains, other fruits, and vegetables, as well. Dried figs are ready to eat right out of the package or are easily diced and sliced. For dried fig recipes and tips, visit
The California Fresh Fig season starts in mid-May and continues through mid-December. California Fresh Figs are exceptionally versatile, and can be integrated into every course for family meals or used to add flare and elegance to any party or guest meal, too. Figs not only add taste and enjoyment to every course of a meal, but they can come to the table at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack time, too. For fresh fig recipes and tips, visit
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About the California Fig Advisory Board and the California Fresh Fig Growers Association
The California Fig Advisory Board and California Fresh Fig Growers Association promote awareness and the use of California-produced dried and fresh figs domestically and internationally. California fig growers, processors and marketers fund the activities of the industry.