Lamorindans can learn about everything olive, from the chemistry of olive oil to how to make olive branch crowns and wreaths or create olive-inspired recipes, at the 6th Annual Orinda Olive Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 at the Wagner Ranch Nature Area, 350 Camino Pablo in Orinda. This free, family-friendly event, sponsored by the Friends of Wagner Ranch Nature Area, celebrates olives, of course, as well as the historic Wagner Ranch, which includes its 130-year-old Mission Olive Grove. Optional donations support outdoor, hands-on environmental science and social studies programs for K-5 Orinda Unified School District students. Multiple vendors will offer samples of olives, olive oils and vinegars, docents will provide tours of the 18-acre property, and there will be arts and crafts, games, food and live music for everyone to enjoy. For more information, visit http://fwrna.org. (See Susie Iventosch's Sharp Cheddar Olive Beer Bread recipe in the Sept. 9 Lamorinda Weekly archives at http://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue0914/Showing-the-Love-for-Olives-in-this-Cheesy-Beer-Bread.html.) J. Wake
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