Are you into the food truck craze? If so, what’s your favorite? Or maybe you’d like to attend Foodie Fest so you can check it out! Either way, leave a comment below to WIN TWO TICKETS!! Winner will be chosen by random drawing on Friday the 13th.

What is it? The OC Foodie Fest is Orange County’s first major gourmet food truck event taking place Saturday, August 28th at the Honda Center in Anaheim.  The one-day event will be the ultimate foodie destination, featuring the best in popular mobile eats combined with a unique forum to showcase local entertainment & shopping to help support local charities.

This summer, the OC Foodie Fest is bringing Orange County 50 of the most popular, creative and unique food trucks Southern California has to offer. They’ll be serving up a wide variety of culinary creations, international cuisine and specialties such as fusion tacos, freshly steamed hand-made dumplings, the finest in delicious baked treats and so much more! The participating food trucks will include local favorites Taco Dawg, Calbi BBQ,  Oh For Sweet’s Sake, Piaggio on Wheels, Seabirds, Tropical Shave Ice.  The event will also feature gourmet eats from well-known chefs including the LudoTruck from Chef Ludo Lefebvre best known for his appearances on Bravo’s Top Chef Masters & the Food Network’s Iron Chef America and recently named Chef of the Future by Time Magazine.

Who will be there? Attendees will be treated to a full day of fun and entertainment, which boasts something for everyone. Local OC bands will showcase their award-winning original music (including soul/folk rock Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, indie pop four-piece The New Limb, the reggae sounds of Seedless and more) on our entertainment stage, along with DJ & dance crew performances that will feature The Beat Freaks from MTV reality show America’s Best Dance Crew (ABDC). Event partners, Pretend City Children’s Museum will also bring their unique learning environment to the on-site Kid’s Area. Passionate shoppers will have the opportunity to buy accessories, clothing, handmade jewelry and more from our local shopping vendors.

It’s a for a Good  Cause! A portion of the event’s proceeds will go back to local nonprofits Child S.H.A.R.E, finding homes for foster children in Orange County, and Pretend City Children’s Museum, the first educational facility of its kind and largest children’s museum in Orange County.  Cart for a Cause will also be in attendance with a custom event menu, featuring a guest chef from a well-known local OC eatery, with sale proceeds benefiting St. Vincent Meals on Wheels, delivering daily life-saving meals and warm greetings to homebound and hungry seniors and disabled or seriously ill adults.

When? The event takes place on Saturday, August 28th from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Where? Honda Center, Anaheim

How Much? Pre-sale tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for children 12 & under, and free for children 3 and under.  A limited quantity of tickets will be available the day of the event for $15 per person. V.I.P pre-sale tickets are $50, and include early event entry, free parking, free samples from participating food truck sponsors, an exclusive event gift bag and a private seating area with preferred entertainment seating.

For a complete list of the food trucks and more information about the festival, please visit http://www.ocfoodiefest.com

Winner will be chosen by random drawing on Friday the 13th muaaaahhhh. You will be notified by email –  AND I’ll post it on the She’s Cookin’ Facebook page so like me over there, OK?

CONGRATULATIONS! The winner is comment #31 – Kirbie.

Do you mourn the demise of Gourmet Magazine or do you just want a fabulous new cookbook?  YOU CAN WIN Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen, by Ruth Reichl, hardcover, 1,024 pages, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, list price: $40.00.

One of the 10 Best Cookbooks of 2009, I quote T. Susan Chang’s NPR’s article:

Gourmet Magazine, that recently extinguished flame, was many things to many people: For some, it was a cheap ticket to faraway food cultures, a menu for special occasions; for others it was pure food porn. But one of the things Gourmet did best can be found in what turns out to be the magazine’s valedictory cookbook: weeknight dishes with an international flair.

Like the 2004 Gourmet Cookbook, Gourmet Today is a good go-to reference for basic matters of technique, like making fresh pasta or how to make a roux. Though its slick, bright food fantasies may no longer arrive in the mailbox each month, Gourmet has found a way to deliver every night — a guarantee that though it may be gone, it won’t be forgotten.

This is how you  can WIN this fabulous cookbook: Enter by becoming a Fan on FaceBook and leaving a comment (so I know you’re a new fan as of Feb. 1) and/or subscribing by clicking on the Subscribe button on the website (sidebar) and leaving a comment here or on the fan page. Invite your other foodie or cooking friends to become fans and leave a comment on the fan page (see below) for another entry.

And to all my existing fans *luv ya* – refer a friend(s) to the site and have them leave a comment saying “I joined TopMomBlog because of my friend, your name” and you will both be entered
(Winner will be decided by random.org at midnight on February 28, 2010.)

And for all my veteran fans – have no fear!  You can enter by having a friend become a fan and leave a comment that says, “I became a Fan because of my friend, _____ ” and you’ll both be entered.

The Gourmet Today cookbook is featured in our TM Shop, click here or on the navigation bar above. Find out what other cookbooks are on the list of 10 Best Cookbooks of 2009.