Rise Up Sonoma Fundraising Event for North Bay Fires

Sonoma, CA - Lael Keane of Healdsburg was standing next to American celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse in the packed lobby of the Jackson Theater Sunday evening when the famous New Orleans-based chef spoon-fed her a bit of Cajun caviar, harvested from bowfin fish in Louisiana.  The fish eggs were part of a dizzying array of fine food and wine offerings assembled for the Rise Up Sonoma fundraising event for local residents affected by the North Bay fires. More than 600 attended the event at Sonoma Country Day School, which featured 60 of San Francisco and Sonoma County’s finest chefs and restaurants, and 40 local wineries.  www.fundraising-ideas.org