An energetic crowd, an eclectic collection of vendors, a variety of entertainers and, most importantly, a rare sunny but not so windy day on the San Francisco Peace Plaza blessed the 11th Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival June 3 with a packed crowd of soy aficionados. The second Soy and Tofu Festival since the […]
A Soyful Experience: The 11th Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival
July 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Redeeming the Bean: CAAMFest Hosts ‘A Soy Story’
June 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Much maligned and misunderstood, the soybean has fallen into disrepute as the poster child for all that is wrong with corporate agriculture. Tangled up in legal disputes and bioengineering controversies while blamed for monopolizing land at the expense of crop diversity, the East Asian legume has drawn the ire of countless critics. Some people don’t […]
To-fun for all as Soy and Tofu Festival makes comeback
July 7, 2022 by Leave a Comment
After two years of dormancy due to the pandemic, the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival returned July 2 to where it all began to hold its festival on San Francisco Japantown’s Peace Plaza. The festival, praising all that is the “joy of soy,” celebrates and educates visitors about the versatile legume and the Asian […]
Evolving and interactive Soy and Tofu Festival highlights the variety of the bean
July 5, 2018 by Leave a Comment
In its annual mission to share the many applications of soy with the general public, the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival welcomed soy aficionados back to The Event Center at Saint Mary’s Cathedral June 30 in San Francisco. With expanded cooking demonstrations and activities, the eighth annual fundraiser for the Nichi Bei Foundation invited […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Not your mother’s milk
June 21, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Most of us started life with our mother’s milk as our first form of sustenance. Then at some point, we started infringing on the sustenance of calves, namely cow’s milk. From there, we either continued on some form of the same, whether it was full fat, reduced fat or skim or totally eliminated it from […]
Celebrating the soy bean: 2017 Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival
July 6, 2017 by Leave a Comment
The Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival returned to The Event Center at Saint Mary’s Cathedral June 17 in San Francisco to celebrate the many applications of the soy bean. Paired with music, games and its annual Soy and Tofu Dessert Competition, the seventh annual fundraiser for the Nichi Bei Foundation, publishers of the Nichi […]
Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival rocks the cathedral
June 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Celebrating the “joy of soy,” the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival took over The Event Center at Saint Mary’s Cathedral June 4 to celebrate the versatile soy bean and all its applications. This year marked the sixth year the Nichi Bei Foundation held its festival and fundraiser, featuring entertainment, food and fun for the […]
Soy and Tofu Fest at new venue June 4
May 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Major changes are in store for the sixth annual Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival, which will be held Saturday, June 4, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at a new venue: The Event Center at Saint Mary’s Center, 1111 Gough St. (at Geary Boulevard) in San Francisco’s Japantown. It will feature live entertainment, soy- […]
LETTERS: A salute to Sacramento Tofu
January 21, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: The following comment was posted on www.nichibei.org in response to the article entitled “END OF AN ERA: Sacramento Tofu Company closes after 68 years,” which was published in the Jan. 1 issue of the Nichi Bei Weekly. So sorry to see Sacramento Tofu go. As a fellow tofu maker, I understand the hard […]
Five years of soy, five years of joy at Soy and Tofu Fest
June 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Under the auspices of relatively warm weather, the fifth annual Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival celebrated everything and anything related to the “almighty soy bean” at the San Francisco Japantown Peace Plaza and Buchanan Mall June 6. The annual fundraiser for the Nichi Bei Foundation invited attendees to learn about the versatility of the […]
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