2009 Food & Wine Events (not your typical festivals)

以下幾個Food & Wine Events可不是一般美國暑假各城市週末的Festivals喔, 它們可是真正有知名大廚和製酒家出席現場, 表演烹飪, 擺盤, 品酒等Real Stuff, 很希望有一天能參加, 滿足一下味覺和視覺上的享受. 

2/19-22 South Beach Food & Wine Festival
The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival is a national, star-studded, four-day destination event showcasing the talents of the world's most renowned wine and spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities. Rub lbows with your favorite celebrity chefs and culinary personalities, including Mario Batali, Tom Colicchio, Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, Charlie Trotter and many more t the Festival.

4/4-5 Taste Washington (Seattle)
Hundreds of leading winemakers, chefs and experts will present illuminative seminars and savory tasting.  Survey the remarkable quality and value of award-winning Washington wines, then raise your glass and enjoy the taste of word-class achievement.

4/14-19 Scottsdale Culinary Festival
As the longest running festival of its kind in the United States, the Scottsdale Culinary Festival draws more than 40,000 visitors looking to enjoy fabulous food, fun and festivities (not to mention idyllic weather!) This year's festival will feature a host of events from cooking demonstrations by some the nation's top chefs to a one of a kind James Beard out of the house dinner.  No matter what kind of culinary experience you crave, the Scottsdale Culinary Festival has something for everyone!

4/16-19 Pebble Beach Food & Wine
Pebble Beach Food & Wine is the premier, grand-scale, epicurean lifestyle event on the West Coast, bringing more than 4000 national and international attendees to Del Monte Forest, one of the most picturesque strips of coastline in the world.

Hosted at Pebble Beach Resorts, this 4-day event combines 250 acclaimed wineries with 60 celebrity chefs.  The event offers countless wine tastings, cooking demonstrations, and some of the most remarkable dining opportunities available in the world, transforming Pebble Beach into a playground for food and wine enthusiasts.

Guests can choose from numerous multi-flight vertical and horizontal wine tasting from the world's premier cult producers and multiple multi-course lunches and dinners, prepared by some of today's most acclaimed chefs.

5/21-24 Hawaii Food & Wine Paradise
Come to paradise for four days of the finest in local and national talent in the worlds of food, wine and spirits and the best in entertainment offerings.

6/19-21 Food & Wine in Aspen
Each year, the world's most accomplished winemakers, celebrity chefs, culinary luminaries, afficionados and insiders come together in one breathtaking setting.  This June, the famed Food & Wine Classic in Aspen celebrates its 27th year as the premier culinary event in America. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the pinnacle of goof taste, mingle with the stars, and enjoy a pleasure-packed weekend at the base of spectacular Aspen Mountain.

6/21 Taste Washington (Spokane)
Hundreds of leading winemakers, chefs and experts will present illuminative seminars and savory tasting.  Survey the remarkable quality and value of award-winning Washington wines, then raise your glass and enjoy the taste of word-class achievement.