Food Festival News

By JOEL McNEECE The 36th Annual Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival kicks off this Saturday with the arts and crafts festival on Main Street.

Ready for the cooler temperatures Lady Jane, a miniature Dachsund takes in her surroudings from a low angle as visitors to the Urbanna Oyster Festival stroll Virginia Street in 2006.

Save the dates for the International Food Festival to savor the tastes of the world beginning at 11 am until 4 pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 6, 7 and 8, at the Fiesta Mall, 82-227 Highway 111, in Indio, . The entry fee is $5, which will go to charity to benefit the Coachella Valley YMCA.. . The best of the best foods from Europe, ...

Tennessee-based bluegrass group Shadow Ridge will perform Saturday at the Alabama Pecan Festival as part of a tribute to bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe.

Tony's Seafood Restaurant will bring its award-winning clam chowder down from Cedar Key.

MEDIA CONTACTS: Henri Boucher, Show Producer Cathleen McDonald, Show Manager Dianna Stampfler, Show Publicist GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - Of the 1000+ beers, wines, ciders and spirits to be featured at the 2nd Annual Grand Rapids International Wine & Food Festival, as many as 200 are proudly crafted in Michigan.

One of the photos that Mango Festival organizers did not want you to see. a The Mango Festival of Deerfield Beach has a math problem: Its most recent festival, in June 2008, attracted a lot of people.

Rep. Tommy Woods will put his knowledge of cotton gins to use at the fall festival in Jackson next month to get an old gin working at the Agriculture Museum.

It's a perfect setting to indulge in fine wine and culinary specialties. The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival, taking place Nov.

An International Food Festival is being held at the Indio Fiesta Mall this weekend.

Revellers at the 18th annual Wine and Food Fesitval at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel included Edmontonians, from left, Dr.

"Last year we had over 18,000 attendees and this year I am hoping for 20,000 over the course of the weekend," said Melanie Morrison, Executive Director of the Ruskin Chamber of Commerce.

A sizzlingly good day in honour of the county's favourite food has been held at Lincoln Castle.

Growing up in Samson, Shane Owens always saw a future on the gridiron rather than on a stage.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:26 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:26 a.m. THOMASVILLE For the second year, Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina employee Carolyn Adams is taking her love of chocolate and using it to help the children in the agency's care.

Orange Beach makes fuel from Shrimp Festival cooking grease - al.com : "Among the many things that the National Shrimp Festival produces in great quantity a ' traffic, tourists, tax revenue a ' is grease.

"Try not to drool too much!" That was the Husband's parting shot as I left the cottage, en route to interview Willie Harcourt-Cooze at the Temple Bar Chocolate Festival on Saturday.

All three being held without bail. The Marion County Sheriff's Department has made three arrests in connection with trademark counterfeiting.

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? If you're in NYC, you can check out the Cook.Eat.Drink.Live Food Festival along with David and another GNN correspondent! Sponsored by Zagat and the Astor Center, 2009's festival will feature culinary celebrities, restaurants, tastings, live cooking demonstrations and holiday shopping from November ...

The 8th Annual Taste of Atlanta and the move to a spacious new location to Tech Square at Spring Street at 5th in Midtown was a tremendous success.