Happenings around the US
Atlanta's Downtown Restaurant Week runs from Saturday, May 28 to Sunday, June 5. It will feature 26 restaurants offering three-course dinner menus. Pricing is $25.00 to $35.00 plus tax. For additional information and a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus, click here. -guest contributor
Philadelphia’s South 9th Annual Italian Festival will run May 14-15, 2011 from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm daily (Located on South 9th Street from Fitzwater to Federal Street). Join the merchants of Philadelphia’s South Street Market for the Annual Italian Festival which will feature a variety of vendors, live entertainment, a half-ball contest and more. Free Admission. For more information, click here.
The Dinner Detective is America’s largest murder mystery comedy dinner show. Attendees enjoy a four-course meal while trying to solve a hilarious murder case, with a prize package for the evenings top detective. Everyone is a suspect! Tickets start at $74.95 with various dates/times throughout the week. For more information, click here.
The Atlanta Food & Wine Festival is a weekend full of the food and spirits of the South in Midtown, May 19 - 22, 2011. Choose between the 3-Day, VIP, and Connoisseur packages for a variety of cooking demonstrations, food tastings, seminars, and much more. The three festival themes include Old Traditions, New Traditions, and Imports & Inspirations. The Festival was started to commemorate the best foods and drinks of the South. Cuisine and drinks available to guests includes fare from D.C. to Texas. Tickets start at $75. For questions, to purchase tickets or find additional information, click here.
Explore street food from around the globe on Sunday, May 1, 2001 by joining KCRW and The SMC Associates for Global Street Food with Evan Kleiman — host of KCRW’s Good Food — and OC Weekly’s Gustavo Arellano from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm at The Broad Stage at 1310 11th Street, in Santa Monica. Enjoy samples from some of L.A.‘s best food trucks, including Mariscos Jalisco, Let’s Be Frank, India Jones, Piaggio Gourmet on Wheels and the Nom Nom Truck. Tickets are $40.00 - $42.50. For more information or to purchase tickets click here. -guest contributor
On April 30, 2011, the Bottle Shop will host Flavors of the Avenue Afterparty – Beer Tasting Block Party from 5 – 8 pm at After Flavors on 1837 East Passyunk Avenue in Philadelphia. Listen to live music as you sample beer which will include Yards, Flying Dog, Wells and Young’s, Timmermans, Lefebvre, and Belhaven. For more information, click here.
Get a glimpse of downtown Los Angeles while tasting food from a variety of eateries such as Micelli, Loteria, Angelato and Boardner’s with Six Taste Food Tours. Tours meet in Pershing Square at the corner of Olive Street and 5th Street (532 South Olive Street) every Saturday at 1:30 and 2:30 pm and Sunday at 2:30 pm for a three and a half hour tour featuring landmark sites including Pershing Square, the Bradbury Building and the Richard Riordan Central Library. Highlights include pupusas, mac and cheese, and modern Thai cuisine. To purchase tickets ($60.00) or to see a listing of other tours click here. - guest contributor
Got at least $500 to throw away and really want to make it rain? Well, you've still probably got nothing on Zane Lamprey, who just happen to set the world record for Champagne sabering during the most recent Superbowl. In fact, Lamprey not only broke the record - he shattered it! As part of the annual Celebrity Beach Bowl festivities, Zane Lamprey, the host of HDNet’s “Drinking Made Easy,” set a new world record by opening 31 champagne bottles with a saber in less than one minute. The stunt was taped live and in 3D by DIRECTV film crews on Super Bowl 'Saturday' in Dallas, Texas. Lamprey destroyed the previous [...]
Living Without magazine will present a Gluten and Allergen Free event from April 29 - May 1, 2011 from 10am to 4 pm at The Wyndham Hotel (3000 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois). The expo will feature about 70 gluten and allergen free vendors including Whole Foods, Enjoy Life and Gluten-Free Oats. Attendees can sample products, learn to cook, and much more. To purchase tickets ($10.00 online and $15.00 at the door) or to see a schedule of events visit: https://gfafexpo.com/
Boston’s 22nd annual wine festival — the national’s longest running food & wine pairing series — is underway at the Boston Harbor Hotel and runs through April 1, 2011. The event on March 31 will feature Maison Joseph Drouhin. Family owned for 130 years, Joseph Drouhin offers a variety of wines from their Burgundy vineyards. Boston Harbor's Hotel chef, Daniel Bruce will present Burgundian-style cuisine paired with their wines. To purchase tickets ($175) or to learn additional details about this or other events, click here. - Guest contributor
Golden Glass takes place Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 1:00 - 5:00 pm at the Fort Mason Center. The event will feature wine and food artisans from around the world and from some of the Bay's top restaurants with benefits going to Slow Food San Francisco. There will be over 250 wines from New Zealand, Italy, France, California and other areas. For a full list of wine and participating restaurants or to purchase tickets (tickets range from $25.00 - $80.00 + fees), click here. - guest contributor
On National Pie Day, Sunday, January 23rd, Rockland, ME — dubbed “Pie Town USA” by the Food Network when Bobby Flay visited for a pie throwdown — is planning their annual pie-a-thon from 1:00 – 5:00pm when the Historic Inns of Rockland are joined by town businesses and restaurants to welcome hungry pie eaters to the town for the 7th Annual Pies on Parade Pie Tour. The Inns of Rockland will offer tours of their facilities along with keepsake recipe collection and plenty of pie to sample. Move aside Mom’s apple pie, Rockland’s inns and restaurants will serve up everything from Shepherds Pie, Cornish Meat Pasties and gourmet Pizza Pies [...]
Chicago food aficionados have spoken. Sticky Toffee Pudding from Sticky Toffee Pudding Company was voted Chicago’s City Choice in a contest at the foodspring.com Specialty Food Pavilion at Chicago Gourmet. The winner, a warm cake-based dessert made with dates and buttery toffee sauce, received the most votes during two days of tastings and voting at a food festival this fall. The Chicago contest was extremely close with Sticky Toffee Pudding winning by a single vote, besting Almond Toffee from Amy E’s Bakery. Third place honors went to Dave’s Gourmet for Masala Marinara pasta sauce. Apparently Chicago is a Toffee kinda town. Other sofi Gold Winners in the Chicago City Choice [...]
Shmaltz Brewing Company, ringleaders of the new Coney Island Craft Lagers, continues the national launch of its new line of sideshow-themed beers with the seasonal release of Coney Island Freaktoberfest, a Blood Red Lager!! The ultimate Halloween beer, Coney Island Freaktoberfest is brewed with 6 malts, 6 hops, and comes in at 6.66% alc. Upcoming Coney Island Freaktoberfest special events include: Sunday, October 24 @ Beer Revolution (Oakland, CA): Freaktoberfest will be featured alongside other select Coney Island Craft Lagers. Wednesday, October 27 @ Sip (NYC): Donny Vomit, the current MC of the Coney Island Sideshow, will perform his daring act and Freaktoberfest will be the featured beer of the [...]
Executive Chef Anthony Keene and his culinary team will lend their expertise in a Chef’s Master Class— Classic Italian: Pastas and Sauces, hosted at Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood on Saturday, October 23rd, Guests will learn the art of pasta making and basic sauces preparation for classic Italian dishes. The culinary experience starts with champagne, canapés, and a tour of the award-winning kitchen. The themed menu consists of Ravioli, Fettuccine, Pesto and Tomato-basil sauces and will be accompanied by wine or beer chosen by the restaurant’s Sommelier. Each dish is served in the kitchen as it’s completed. Guests will receive a signature Gordon Ramsay butcher’s apron, copies of [...]
Now in its seventh year, the annual Wine & Spirits event held tomorrow — Wednesday October 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 — honors the 100 wineries that delivered the best overall performances in the magazine's tastings conducted during the past year. The "Wineries of the Year" will be profiled in the Winter issue of Wine & Spirits, available now on newsstands. In addition to the Wineries of the Year, Wine & Spirits recognizes its "New & Notable" restaurants in the Bay Area that include Baker & Banker, Barbacco, Comstock Saloon, Diamond Lil "Bustaurant", Heirloom Café, Hibiscus, Hog & Rocks, Locanda da Eva, Nombe, and Saison. Each restaurant will serve bites [...]
Shake Shack’s annual Shacktoberfest celebration takes place through Sunday, October 10th in some New York City and Miami Beach locations. In addition to its regular menu, Shake Shack offers a selection of Shacktoberfest specials inspired by the beloved Bavarian festival. For a limited time, all Shake Shack locations are serving an assortment of Usinger’s sausages (Polish-style Garlic Sausage, Hungarian Sausage and Currywurst) an expanded beverage menu featuring seasonal beers from artisanal producers and special Concretes (Cranberry-Almond Struesel and German Chocolate Cake). Ein Prosit! Enjoy the flavors of Shacktoberfest at every Shake Shack except Citi Field & Saratoga Race Course. Specifically available at: Madison Square Park (corner of 23rd and Madison [...]
Our cabertnet was ready for bottling! It's been almost two years since a group of us gathered at The Wine Press to de-stem and crush the grapes that were harvested in central California. During the two years, we gathered periodically at the large modern facility in North Haven for the incredibly fun four-step process to make both wine and memories. The result: 20 cases of our very own homemade wine, camaraderie and lots of new friends. Let me back up and explain. The second step in the wine-making process happened a few weeks after the crush. At that time, we pressed the juice from our grapes and transferred it into [...]
5th Annual “Shrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival” to Kick Off September 17 What was once a simple food pairing deeply rooted in the South, shrimp and grits has become a menu must for exclusive restaurants nationwide. September 17 marks the kickoff of the only festival of its kind dedication to this quintessential Southern dish and spotlighting Wild Georgia Shrimp. Set on Georgia’s coast in the storied Jekyll Island Historic District, the popular festival boasts amateur and professional cooking competitions, shrimp boat excursions, shrimp eating contests, cooking demonstrations, races, entertainment and much more. In honor of this popular Southern dish, September has officially been declared “Wild Georgia Shrimp [...]
Sunday, October 10, from 11 pm until 7 pm you can enjoy wine and food at the Wine and Food Festival of Santa Monica within walking distance of the Santa Monica Pier. You must be 21 to attend The $40 general includes all the wine you can drink plus a food voucher; the $65 VIP entrance fee covers estate wine, upgraded food vouchers and reserved seating. For additional information, visit santamonicawinefest.com
