National Gingerbread Competition

Grove Park Inn - Asheville, NC

Experience the enchantment of gingerbread.

Contestants from across the country will bring their culinary masterpieces to The Grove Park Inn this holiday season. Delight in the imagination shown in these sugar-and-spice creations, strolling through the competition display is a sure way to be swept up in the holiday spirit. 

The 2009 National Gingerbread House Competition will take place on Nov. 16, 2009 and the gingerbread houses will be on display from Nov. 18, 2009-Jan. 3, 2010.

For more information on our National Gingerbread House Competition, please call our Gingerbread Hotline at 1-800-413-5778.

Orlando Food & Wine Fest

The Orlando Food and Wine Fest returns to Downtown Orlando November 14th and 15th!

Smooth 103.1 WLOQ, Orlando Home & Leisure magazine, and The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association will join forces to produce a festival that will celebrate great food, great wine, and great entertainment.

* Over 35 of Orlando's top restaurants.
* The very popular Sports bar where you can watch your favorite collegiate and pro sports games.
* The Metro PCS Main Stage featuring two days of live entertainment and national recording artists.
* The Brighthouse Chef's Stage with seminars and cooking demonstrations
* Vendors, multiple wine stations, beverage stations and more.

Location: The setting will be Robinson Street along Lake Eola from Rosalind to Eola Drive. This wide boulevard offers plenty of room for strolling in a picturesque setting bordering Lake Eola Park. This year you will be able to sprawl out into the north side of lake Eola park and enjoy your food and beverage.  

Entertainment:  The MetroPCS Entertainment stage will feature all of the musical performances, and will be located in the northeast corner of the park, at the corner of Eola and Robinson.

Dates & Time: Saturday, November 14th from 12:00pm to 9:00pm
Sunday, November 15th from 12:00pm to 6:00pm

Admission price: Advance tickets can be bought on our website or at ticket locations all over town. Weekend pass: $15; One-day pass: $10; At the gate: $15. Ticket sales will be limited.

Charity: This event will help benefit the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Educational Foundation and the Children's Home Society of Florida (CHS). Interested in Volunteering with CHS? Click here!

Hotel Special: The Crowne Plaza Orlando-Downtown is offering a special Food and Wine Fest rate of just $99 per night. Call 407-843-8700 and ask for the Orlando Food and Wine Fest special.

Buy Tickets Here

 

 

 

3rd Annual Pinot Days Grand Festival Public Tasting

November 13-14

 

Pinot Days is a wine event that celebrates pinot noir in its many styles, ranging from modern to earthy to elegant. Unlike wine events that appeal to a narrow customer base featuring wines more alike than different, Pinot Days brings together pinot producers representing every California pinot style, appellation and price point, as well as a number of pinots from Oregon, Germany, New Zealand and Burgundy. Pinot Days also celebrates the passionate people who make pinot noir, which is no easy variety of grape with which to contend, but one that has the innate ability to surpass all other grape varieties.  Pinot Days will enable you to explore new producers, find wines you love and can afford, and become a pinot devotee if you are not one already.

 

From the Grand Festival to the Winemakers Dinner to the more intimate tastings, each of the Pinot Days events will be educational, stimulating and fun. Our goal is to make each event accessible to everyone by keeping the costs reasonable and the attitude casual. Pinot Days will never become an elitist event affordable only to the rich, nor will it become an “insider” event accessible only to industry folks and pinot geeks like us. Rather, we invite insiders to come and enjoy, and we encourage those new to pinot noir – those of you who do not yet know the depth, breadth and sheer loveliness of our noblest grape – to come and taste for yourselves.  And meet the winemakers, who are some of the most interesting, passionate, gifted and colorful people we know.  We hope to see you there.

Purchase Tickets Here

 

Northwest Food & Wine Festival
November 14, 2009

In 2009 The Northwest Food and Wine Festival will continue its quest in becoming the definitive wine festival in Portland with a targeted half day wine and food celebration created to present a rich rewarding experience for wine lovers and gourmet food enthusiasts. Held on Saturday at the Memorial Coliseum Exhibit Hall in the Blazers Rose Quarter Complex the festival kicks off with the Big Grand Wine Tasting Event on the main floor of the exhibit hall. Guests can expect a floor filled with over 800 wines and 50 restaurants and gourmet food tastes which feature an incredible array of options for guests. They will receive a commemorative wine glass, and be able to navigate the floor, smelling,savoring and seeing the bounty of the Northwest, delighting in its offerings. Wines and restaurants and gourmet food distributors are intermingled creating a wonderful opportunity for guests to try the gourmet pairings that are created. Whether enjoying the raw oysters and wonderful seafood bar, the chocolate fountains with fresh strawberries or the one on one conversations with the restaurants involved all will appreciate the epicurean atmosphere. Certified sommeliers and chefs will be available to answer questions about wines and their establishments. Industry booths of gourmet food, wine and culinary accoutrement's will introduce their brand or product to attendees.

A silent auction for charity adds to the overall fun and enjoyment.

Live music in several locations on the festival floor feature incredible musicians that only add pleasure for the ears as every sense is joyously engaged by this purely decadent evening. Music by Joel Kabakov accompanied by Antonia Kabakov, Jay "Bird" Koder, Jim Fisher, Ronnie Robins.

Wine enthusiasts and food lovers will savor and remember the flavors they experienced at the Northwest Food and Wine Festival long after the doors to The Memorial Coliseum are closed.

Many wineries will be offering bottle and case discounts and free shipping. Guests will have the opportunity to find that great wine buy!

Get your tickets now and be ready to .....
Sip, Taste and Swirl!

Purchase Tickets Here

Los Angeles International Tamale Festival

November 13-15

Friday: Noon-8pm

Saturday: 10am-9pm

Sunday: 11am-6pm

 

• Tamale Cook-off
• Art & Crafts Booths
• Best Commercial Tamale Contest & Best Homemade Tamale Contest
• Tamale Eating Contest
• Tamale Making Demo
• Commercial Booths
• Beer Garden
• Non-profit Booths
• Kids Zone
• Entertainment
  

• Can Food Drive, it will benefit the House of Ruth Food Pantrie and The River Food Pantrie. Drop off point will be at the event information booth.

 

 

General 1-Day Admission - $5.00

Premium Ticket includes 1-Day Admission + Official T-Shirt - $14.99 VIP

Pass includes 3-Day Admission + Official T-Shirt -$24.99

 

Denver International Wine Festival

November 12 & 13th 

Wine lovers can attend events such as:

1. TASTE OF ELEGANCE CHEF’S WINE AND FOOD COMPETITION/AUCTION
2. Colorado VIP Winery Day Tour & Chef’s Demo
3. GRAND TASTING OF INTERNATIONAL WINES & FOOD

Attendees can attend seminars such as:

1. Grains to Grapes- Small Batch Bourbon Seminar & Tasting
2. Pairing Food & Beer A Delicious Cooking Class & Tasting
3. Journey to Southern France! Guided Tasting & Seminar The Winegrowers of Vin de Pays of Côtes de Thongue
4. Wine with Chocolate Quady California Desert Wines
5. A one-of-a-kind demonstration/presentation with Denver’s own celebrity chef Keith Jones!

The exibitions and booths will be set up at the Mile Hi Station near Invesco field.  The tours and dinners could be held elsewhere.

To get more information about the festival go to:  http://www.denverwinefest.com

 

Oklahoma Wine Fest

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Oklahoma WineFest showcases Oklahoma's premier wineries featuring award winning wines. Music provided by: Keys, Satchmo & the Bees, Lisa Curl and Russ Hulme. Food, shopping and wine tasting will be available throughout the day.   Ticket cost is only $20! Festival begins at 11:00 a.m. and concludes at 8:00 p.m. Proceeds go to the Oklahoma Grape Growers & Wine Makers Association who strive to improve the Oklahoma wine industry! 50 Penn Place offers great holiday shopping opportunities. Sip some wine, listen to great music and make some Christmas purchases. For more information please contact Andrew Snyder 405 343-2463

 

Celebrity Chef Tour Brings Bravo's Top Chef  Season Five Trio to Cook at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel

Who:  Celebrity Chef Tour benefitting the James Beard Foundation

What: Multi-course dinner featuring Bravo's Top Chef Contestants Carla Hall, Fabio Viviani and CJ Jacobson

When: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7pm

Where: Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20036

Cost: $170; to RSVP call  720-201-1853 or email jeff@celebritycheftour.com

Details: The Celebrity Chef Tour comes to D.C. for what promises to be a great night of food and drink. Join popular Top Chef contestants Carla Hall, Fabio Viviani and CJ
Jacobson as they collaborate and prepare their favorite seasonal dishes. Chefs will be available for a post dinner "talk back" to answer questions about the meal and about their current projects.

About the Celebrity Chef Tour benefiting the James Beard Foundation:

Since its inception in 2004, the Celebrity Chef Tour benefiting the James Beard Foundation has become a favorite event for both the chefs to participate in and guests to attend. The Celebrity Chef Tour brings James Beard Foundation Award winners and other celebrity chefs to private clubs, resorts, and other exclusive venues around the country for spectacular dining events. The tour was created to benefit the James Beard Foundation and to promote the culinary arts across America.

About the James Beard House and the James Beard Foundation:

James Beard is widely recognized as the father of American culinary arts. Throughout his life, he pursued and advocated the highest standards, and served as a mentor to emerging talents. The James Beard House is where Beard lived, taught, and welcomed friends and colleagues who shared his love for food. Shortly after he passed away, a group of friends sparked a drive to save his home and create a living memorial and a center for the culinary community. It has become what Founding President Peter Kump envisioned it could be, “a culinary place to see and taste the work of this country’s most talented chef’s, wine makers, cookbook authors, and teachers.” The James Beard House’s sister non-profit organization, the James Beard Foundation, whose mission is to “celebrate, preserve and nurture America’s culinary heritage and diversity in order to elevate the appreciation of our culinary excellence,” furthers Mr. Kump’s vision by providing scholarships and volunteer opportunities for aspiring culinary professionals, educating today’s youth on the importance of good food and essential nutrition.
 
For more information: http://www.jamesbeard.org
 

Beer, Bourbon, & BBQ

Noon - 6pm

Nashville Municipal Auditorium 

60 Beers, 40 Bourbons, & Lots of BBQ

Join us at the festival for a great day of beer sippin', bourbon tastin', music listenin', cigar smokin', and barbeque eatin'. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an ALL-YOU-CARE –TO-TASTE sampling of beer and bourbon. Some of the best barbeque vendors are on-site if you get hungry all while enjoying seminars in the tasting theater and LIVE music all day.

 

VIP Tasting Glass: 
$35 advance ONLY - THIS IS 87% SOLD OUT  – BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!
Valid from Noon-6pm. Includes admission into the event, a souvenir tasting glass, unlimited sampling, TWO EXTRA hours of tastes and a souvenir t-shirt.

Regular Tasting Glass: 
$25 advance online or $30 on-site – BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Includes admission into the event, a souvenir tasting glass, unlimited samples from 2pm - 6pm.

Designated Driver Ticket: 
$20 advance online or on-site. Valid from noon-6pm.

Includes admission into the event only.

Kids 12 and under are FREE. 

 

 

 

 

Cook. Eat. Drink. Live.

Enjoy a taste of the good life and kick-off the holiday dining and entertaining season in NYC!  Cook Eat Drink Live is a three-day modern food and wine event at The Tunnel & La.Venue (608 West 28th Street), featuring a large sampling of ultra-premium gourmet foods and spirits, plus appearances from some of the city’s premier chefs.  Indulge in samples from your favorite Zagat-rated restaurant and shop for the favorite “foodie” in your life.

SHOW HOURS:

Friday, November 6: 6pm – 9pm
Saturday, November 7: 2pm – 6pm
Sunday, November 8: 2pm – 6pm 

Tickets on sale now!

This event is strictly limited to guests age 21 and over.

Click here for tickets

*Ticket price is all inclusive of event components which include gourmet food and restaurant sample tastings, wine tastings and chef demonstrations.

 

From Serious Eats' Ed Levine: "Last week (Aug 8, 2008) we began talking about farmers and farmers' markets and the crucial role they play in the food culture (as far as we're concerned, they're heroes). Yesterday we met one of our favorite farmers, Rick Bishop of Mountain Sweet Berry Farm in Roscoe, New York, who grows strawberries and vegetables and sells them at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York City."

Today, thanks to the good folks who work on behalf of Serious Eats advertiser Pure Kraft Salad Dressings, we are proud to bring you a video portrait of Bishop. It's beautifully shot and edited by our friends at Optic Nerve, and it chronicles both Bishop's story and the story of farmers' markets in general. So thank you, Kraft, thank you, Optic Nerve, and thanks in advance, serious eaters, for taking the time to watch.