National Food Festivals and Food Events, Apr. 14-21, 2009

by POPSUGAR Food 1

Food festival season appears to be in full swing! The weekend's chock full of fancy food productions, from Scottsdale to Pebble Beach to Blue Ridge food and wine festivals. A number of your favorite celebrity chefs, like Top Chef's Fabio and Carla, Paula Deen, and Thomas Keller, will be making appearances across the nation. And what Southerner could miss out on crawfish and grits? If you think of anything we've left off, please feel free to add in below. What events will you be hitting up?

• Scottsdale, AZ: Scottsdale Culinary Festival — Apr. 14-19
• Charlotte, NC: Taste of the Nation Charlotte — Apr. 15
• San Antonio, TX: Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour — Apr. 15
• Atlanta, GA: World Barista Championship — Apr. 15-19
• Atlanta, GA: Toast of the Town Atlanta — Apr. 16
• Austin, TX: Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival — Apr. 16-19
• Pebble Beach, CA: Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival — Apr. 16-19
• Blowing Rock, NC: Blue Ridge Wine Festival — Apr. 16-19
• Biloxi, MS: MS Coast Coliseum Crawfish Festival — Apr. 16-19
• Springfield, MO: Rock 'n Ribs BBQ Festival — Apr. 17-18

To see the rest, read more.

• York, PA: Pennsylvania Herb Festival — Apr. 17-18
• St. George, SC: World Grits Festival — Apr. 17-19
• Salisbury, MD: Pork in the Park — Apr. 17-19
• New York, NY: Coffee & Tea Festival NY — Apr. 18-19
• Moulton, AL: Alabama Chicken & Egg Festival — Apr. 18-19
• Atlanta, GA: Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show — Apr. 18-19
• Norfolk, VA: Virginia Culinary Expo — Apr. 19
• Princeton, NJ: Taste of the Nation Princeton — Apr. 20