There are a lot of food events that don't really excite me or challenge me, but one that stands out from the bunch is the Have An Offal Day event this Sunday.

Twelve of Sacramento's finest chefs will stretch themselves creatively and present food you can't get anywhere else. They'll challenge themselves and each other to create dishes using offal, or, per the event's Web site, "other" parts: organs, feet, tongues, ears, skin, etc.

Here are the chefs who will be preparing a dish on Sunday.

• Jason Azevedo (Mighty Tavern, Testa Duro Salumi)
• Brett Bohlmann (Boulevard Bistro)
• Aimal Formoli (Formoli's Bistro)
• Ian MacBride (Lucca)
• Patrick Mulvaney (Mulvaney's B&L)
• Bill Ngo (Kru)
• Wes Nilssen (de Vere's Pub)
• Jason Poole (Dawson's)
• Oliver Ridgeway (Grange)
• Michael Thiemann (Mother, Empress)
• Michael Tuohy (Block Butcher Bar)
• Noah Zonca (Zonca's Catering, formerly The Kitchen)

I went last year and had a great time. You have to be adventurous, and you'll try the food before they tell you what it is. At the end of the day, I was stuffed, enlightened and even more willing to expand my food horizons.

Tickets are available online for $65. It's not a cheap event, but you'll eat unique food from more great chefs than at any other food event in Sacramento.

Click here for more information.

More News:

Have Another Offal Day in Sacramento offers ‘nose-to-tail’ eating experience - After years of neglect in the United States, these less-appreciated proteins are making a comeback. On Sunday, Sacramento will be host to Have Another Offal Day, a festival that celebrates offal and sets out to reverse any taste aversion by serving elegant dishes prepared by 12 top-rated Sacramento chefs, according to the event’s organizer, Catherine Enfield, who is known in the food blogging world as “Ms. Munchie” of www.munchiemusings.net. Vanessa Ochavillo in the Sac Bee.

Have Another Offal Day to test city's most adventurous eaters - Adventurous eaters will be challenged with offal offerings this weekend at Have Another Offal Day, a follow-up to last year’s culinary extravaganza where Sacramento chefs got a little experimental with the lesser-used parts of cow, pig and fowl. Jessica Rine in Sactown Mag.

Have Another Offal Day - When I think of exotic, slightly scary meat dishes, I think of sweetbreads and bone marrow and chicken feet. Maybe ostrich jerky, or buffalo burgers, too. The list of things I don't think of might include lamb brain samosas, pickled gizzards, and deep fried duck tongues and testicles. Shows how much of a foodie I am! Diana Bizjak in Sac Mag.