Food Festivals

Food Network Fan · 05-11-2008, 12:34 PM

Food Festivals
By gianni(gianni)
NB: I'm striving to avoid reproducing a Food Network-style litany of endless BBQ contests, chili pageants, and fried chicken roundups; these are all, for the most part, harvest festivals of some sort or another. Some of them will have, ...
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Chefnot · 05-13-2008, 02:00 AM

I think we should all pick one close and report back!

BerryBaby · 05-13-2008, 08:42 AM

Come summer, we have some sort of festival every weekend. Each produce has its own festival. I think strawberries are first.

Sukie · 05-13-2008, 10:06 AM

2 are near me (under an hour away) Welfleet and Nantucket. Might be fun to go.
Have never had oysters, they just look gross (could have added that to foods don't like.) But cranberries, that is another story. Love 'em.

Sukie · 05-19-2008, 04:11 PM

found a new one!

Cape Cod Life Food & Wine Festival

BerryBaby · 05-19-2008, 07:15 PM

Maybe this year I will try and attend all (well, some) of the festivals around here and report back.

I've been to the Potato Festival in October and that is very strange, fun but strange.

I've always wanted to go to the Onion Festival, which is held about 15 minutes from here.

This should be an interesting summer of good eats and festivals!

Chefnot · 05-20-2008, 01:26 AM

I'm going to every one that's close. Be a good day with my lady. AND I will report back!

Chefnot · 05-20-2008, 01:27 AM

Btw...got to have pictures!

bakerman · 05-20-2008, 11:31 PM

We have different international festivals, I have been to the India festival and the Greek festival. I loved the Greek festival, the food was incredible, and the festivities were so much fun.

MAC

Food Network Fan · 07-03-2008, 03:40 PM

JULY 19
MILAN, OHIO
Chef's Garden 2008 Food & Wine Celebration: This vegetable garden for the country's celebrity chefs opens to the public for an afternoon celebration. Thirty food stations will offer the cuisine of well-known chefs from around the country. Food demonstrations, an auction of dining experiences and resort stays, and wine tastings will be part of the day. Participating chefs include Michael Symon, an Iron Chef winner; Bravo TV's Top Chef winner Marcel Vigneron; and John Ashton, food correspondent for "The Daily Buzz." A Star Chef Cook-Off will round out the day. The cost of entry is $145 with the proceeds going to Chef's Garden's Veggie U, which provides a five-week curriculum for schools to teach fourth-graders healthy eating habits. For tickets, call 419-499-7500, ext. 119; chefs-garden.com.
JULY 4-20
TORONTO
Summer licious:Boston and New York have Restaurant Weeks, and so does Canada's biggest city. More than 130 restaurants in Toronto are offering lunch for $15 or $20, and dinner for $25 or $35 over this 17-day stretch. Eateries include Across the Road, the 5th Element, Cataplana, and Gamelle. This is a great chance to sample Toronto's fine dining at discounted prices. For a complete listing of restaurants and locations, visit toronto.ca/special_events/summerlicious.
JULY 11-13, 18-20
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA.
Culinary Tour of Rural Virginia: These weekends combine the luxuries of the Lansdowne Resort on the Potomac River in Leesburg with tours of an organic farm and a winery. Gala dinners featuring farm-fresh vegetables and other products; dinner at a private historical estate, Murray Hill; cooking classes; and jazz brunches round out the weekends. Cost is $799 to $950, 540-822-5000, goodtastetours.com.
AUG. 7
GRIMENTZ, SWITZERLAND
Wine gala: Swiss wines fly under the radar. If you're visiting this tidy country, you might want to stop by and try the vintages of the Coteaux de Sierre. The tastings are free, and there will be plenty of bottles for sale. 011-41-27-475-1493, grimentz-stjean.ch/en/place.
AUG. 22-24
FORT BRAGG, CALIF.
Vibrant Living Expo: Raw food is all the rage. This three-day show is chock-full of classes, displays of food and products, appearances by raw food chefs, a "Rawsome Pie" contest, and culinary demonstrations. Cost is $75 a day, or $195 for three days. There will be classes before and after the expo dates on raw food diets and exercise for varying fees. rawfoodchef.com/events/RawFoodsExpo.
PLAN AHEAD
SEPT. 6
HEALDSBURG, CALIF.
Heirloom tomato festival: Kendall Jackson Winery is celebrating its 12th annual harvest by featuring its more than 170 tomato varieties. There will be opportunities to taste and compare varieties, and visitors can watch Sean O'Brien, chef of Myth in San Francisco, and John Besh, chef of Restaurant August in New Orleans, compete at preparing tomato dishes. Cost $55-$65, 800-769-3649, kj.com.