Bacara Resort & Spa in Goleta will host the Second Annual Santa Barbara Food & Wine Weekend from April 16 through April 19. (Coast Photography) The annual Santa Barbara Food & Wine Weekend celebrates the spirit of the late Julia Child, an acclaimed chef, author, TV personality and longtime Montecito resident. (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University) Eric Spivey, president of the Julia Child Foundation, and wife Cynthia. (Coast Photography) (Coast Photography) (Coast Photography) (Coast Photography) (Coast Photography) (Coast Photography) (Coast Photography) (Coast Photography) Kurt Russell will be the star of the Saturday Night Grand Dinner. You may know him as an award-winning actor, but he’s passionate about his GoGi Wines — as well as stepdaughter Kate Hudson’s Hudson Bellamy Wines. (Justin Melnick) (Coast Photography)

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