Garlic Festival Tidbits

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Garlic Festival Tidbits

Jul 31, 2007


Miguel Santos, from Woodburn, Ore., was shooting photos of the calamari cooks and their eight-foot flames at Gourmet Alley about noon Friday. He and 28 brothers, sisters, cousins and other family members re-unite each year at the festival, said Santos, 52.
"All our birthdays are in August so we meet here. This is the first place we come to," he said.

Guy Fieri of Food Network's hit show "Guy's Big Bite" entertained the crowd during the cook-off Saturday. He also interviewed the Christophers of Christopher Ranch during a radio show from the cook-off stage. He jumped over the railing to visit with contestant's spouses during the show, to feed audience members gnocchi, one of the entrees, and to sign autographs and pose for pictures. "Is this an awesome festival or what?" he said.


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[Food Network Fan]

I garlic!!

[BerryBaby]

I love this time of year with all the food festivals! Every week, here in Oregon, from now until Halloween, you can find a festival for almost every vegetable or fruit.

My favorite is the potato festival..yes, the potato has its own celebration at Baggensto's Farm, which grows all kinds of potatoes. We have onion, peach, apple, zuchinni, hazelnuts, you name it, we celebrate it!

Not to forget the wine fests and of course, seafood! We are fortunate to have such an abundance of great local produce and products.

[Food Network Fan]

Sounds like just getting out on the weekends would be fun.