{"id":282772,"date":"2026-04-23T22:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282772\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:58:08","slug":"what-makes-sacramentos-ca-food-scene-unique-join-our-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282772\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes Sacramento\u2019s, CA, food scene unique? Join our Q&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FoodandDrink-April-30-event.jpg\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"Tune in to a virtual live Zoom webinar on April 30 at 6 p.m. to hear food and drink reporter Sean Timberlake talk about all things Sacramento food scene and more.\" alt=\"Tune in to a virtual live Zoom webinar on April 30 at 6 p.m. to hear food and drink reporter Sean Timberlake talk about all things Sacramento food scene and more.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Tune in to a virtual live Zoom webinar on April 30 at 6 p.m. to hear food and drink reporter Sean Timberlake talk about all things Sacramento food scene and more.<\/p>\n<p>                The Sacramento Bee staff<\/p>\n<p>            Kat Tran, Samantha Sullivan<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/312888885\/\">Sean Timberlake<\/a> has a self-described \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/restaurants\/article313161350.html\">mental database<\/a>\u201d of Sacramento\u2019s food scene.<\/p>\n<p>As The Bee\u2019s new(ish) food and drink reporter, he\u2019s covered everything from openings and closings, to building a comprehensive <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/restaurants\/article314822819.html\">local pizza style guide<\/a>, to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/restaurants\/article315330198.html\">allegations against Michelin-starred chef Chris Barnum-Dann<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Timberlake has also revamped <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/newsletters?newsletter=sacramento_food_drink_newsletter\">The Bee\u2019s Food &amp; Drink newsletter<\/a>, which now hits your inboxes every Wednesday and Friday afternoon. Friday\u2019s version lets you join him as he samples Sacramento\u2019s food scene with its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/restaurants\/article315420653.html\">Bee Appetit feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What has it been like covering Sacramento\u2019s vibrant food scene so far? Are there exclusive stories he is looking forward to covering? And what makes Sacramento\u2019s food scene so unique?<\/p>\n<p>Tune in to a virtual live Zoom webinar on Thursday, April 30 at 6 p.m. to hear Timberlake talk about all things food and more. You can ask him questions or submit some in advance to The Bee\u2019s Lauren Chapman at lchapman@sacbee.com, who will moderate the event.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll aim to keep the free event to around 30 minutes. The event will be recorded and the video will be posted to the website afterwards.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/what-makes-sacramentos-food-scene-unique-tickets-1987968062991?aff=oddtdtcreator\">RSVP here<\/a>. We\u2019ll send you a Zoom link on the day of the event. Be sure to join us sharply at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to see you on April 30. Here\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/what-makes-sacramentos-food-scene-unique-tickets-1987968062991?aff=oddtdtcreator\">the link to RSVP again<\/a> &#8211; and don\u2019t forget the event is free!<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published April 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tune in to a virtual live Zoom webinar on April 30 at 6 p.m. to hear food and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-282772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}