A Tale of Two Tastes

I recently heard about the Taste of Marin festival near where I live, and it reminded me a little of the Taste of Chicago, near where I used to live. My sister is there, although with her current training schedule I doubt that she showed up at the Taste this year ... unless Pockets was there. Maybe by next year she'll be running her own booth selling custom cookie creations at the Taste.

What struck me about the two Tastes is how the differences between them reflect the culture around them. In Chicago, the Taste means turkey legs, gyros, beer, and lots of other delicious but not necessarily healthy indulgences, paid for with tickets purchased in strips of 11 for $7. In Marin County, CA, the Taste is a $150-per-person fancy formal dinner with organic food and guest speakers talking about environmental issues. Similar names, very different events.