I didn’t get the memo to dress in my summer finery for the annual Foodwise Summer Bash fundraiser on Sunday, which flooded the Ferry Building with goodies from dozens of local restaurants, bars, caterers, and producers. But I embraced my inner hunger-goth, and fortunately my dark clothing hid how stuffed I was when I left.
Imagine a cocktail party where you had endless access to the best appetizers you could imagine, full of diverse and friendly people, in the rare evening sunshine of the Embarcadero waterfront, and you have some idea of what went down. Everybody looked so lovely and swell, and the fundraiser benefitted “Foodwise‘s farmers markets, food access initiatives, and education programs like Foodwise Kids and Foodwise Teens, which empower the next generation of healthy eaters.” I did, indeed, eat healthily. Photos by David Schnur.
Giant hummus from Pomell 
Summer melon with passion fruit vinaigrette from The Pleasure Principle 
Fresh and cute at the Pleasure Principle booth 
Highland Park + Pacific Cocktail Haven mixes it up. 
Stone fruit salsa from Tory Farms 
Brucato Amaro + Wildhawk’s Ruby Duby Du cocktail 
Compressed melon with togarashi masala from ROOH 
Watermelon gazpacho from Canela 
Greens’ heirloom melon and blue cheese lettuce cups 
Prubechu’s halibut kelaguen 
Brentwood corn soup with smoked maitake mushrooms from Del Popolo 
Awesome DJ Jordan Springman from Heart of Gold DJs 
Barbacco’s tomato passato with stracciatella 
The photographer enjoying a mais doughnut with Brentwood sweet corn cremeaux from D.R.E.A.M. doughnuts
