food events

Say farewell to Summer with a cold brewski! Choose your poison, the Great American Beer Festival or the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. If a classy wine and dine event is more your style, the Celebrity Chef Tour is making its way to Minneapolis on Sept. 16, featuring chefs Susur Lee from Top Chef Masters and James Beard Award winner Tim McKee. And for those of you toughing out the sunny temps in So Cal, it's San Diego Restaurant Week, so be sure to reserve your three-course meal at your favorite foodie hot spot!

• New York, NY: Taste of the Village — Sept. 15
• Minneapolis, MN: Celebrity Chef Tour — Sept. 16
• Denver, CO: Great American Beer Festival — Sept. 16-18
• La Crescent, MN: Applefest — Sept. 16-19
• Grapevine, TX: GrapeFest — Sept. 16-19
• San Pedro, CA: The Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival — Sept. 17-19
• Telluride, CO: Telluride Blues & Brews Festival — Sept. 17-19
• Mariposa, CA: Blazin' Hog Competition BBQ & Zydeco Music Festival — Sept. 18
• San Diego, CA: San Diego Restaurant Week — Sept. 19-24

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We try to make as many local food festivals as we can, and this weekend I plan on venturing over to the Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival to satisfy my sweet tooth. But if you're not in the area, don't fret: this week brings many tasty events for you to partake in.

All you shellfish lovers are in luck, since you can check out the Long Beach Lobster Festival or the Maryland Seafood Festival to get your fix. Or see below for everything from garlic to rice fests.

• Lake Tahoe, NV: Lake Tahoe Autumn Food & Wine Festival — Sept. 10-11
• Long Beach, CA: The Original Long Beach Lobster Festival — Sept. 10-12
• Historic Batavia, OH: Taste of Clermont — Sept. 10-12
• Kennett Square, PA: Mushroom Festival — Sept. 10-12
• Annapolis, MD: Maryland Seafood Festival — Sept.10-12
• Honolulu, HI: Hawaii Rice Fest — Sept. 11
• Washington DC: DC VegFest — Sept. 11
• San Francisco, CA: 15th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival — Sept. 11-12
• Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Garlic Festival — Sept. 11-12

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I spent last year's Labor Day weekend eating my way through the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off. Though I'm skipping it this year, I've found a bevy of other barbecue events for you to sink your teeth into this holiday weekend.

Looking for something a bit more chichi? Consider checking out the inaugural Taste of Beverly Hills hosted by Food & Wine and featuring chefs Michael Voltaggio and Art Smith, among many others. Where are you and your appetite headed this long weekend? Pipe up in the comments below.

• Sparks, NV: Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off — Sept. 1–6
• Pittsburgh, PA: Savor Pittsburgh — Sept. 2
• Beverly Hills, CA: Taste of Beverly Hills — Sept. 2–5
• Sonoma, CA: Sonoma Wine Country Weekend — Sept. 3–5
• Denver: A Taste of Colorado — Sept. 3–6
• Indianapolis: 15th Annual Rib America Festival — Sept. 3–6
• Morgan City, LA: Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival — Sept. 3–6
• Hamburg, PA: Taste of Hamburg-er Festival — Sept. 4
• Buffalo, NY: National Buffalo Wing Festival — Sept. 4–5

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Succulent seafood and iconic regional foods are on the menu this Memorial Day. Louisiana and Texas go mad for mudbugs (aka crawfish) while Alaska celebrates crabs, Cleveland and St. Louis savor barbecued ribs, and Wisconsin welcomes the world's largest bratfest. Meanwhile, Paula Deen joins John Besh and other NOLA chefs for the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience. Here's what's happening in the food world.

• Chicago, IL: Sweets and Snacks Expo — May 25-27
• New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Wine and Food Experience — May 26-29
• Waikiki, HI: Hawaii Food & Wine Paradise — May 27-29
• Shreveport, LA: Mudbug Madness — May 27-30
• Kodiak, AK: Kodiak Crab Festival — May 27-31
• Fredricksburg, TX: Fredricksburg Crawfish Fest — May 28 and 29
• Vancouver, BC: Eat! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival — May 28-30
• Madison, WI: World's Largest Bratfest — May 28-31
• St. Louis, MO: Rib America Festival — May 28-31
• Cleveland, OH: Marc's Great American Rib Cook-Off and Music Festival — May 28-31
• Mystic Seaport, CT: Lobster Days — May 29-31

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