Events

April 3 - April 9

Wednesday October 20, 2010 through Wednesday May 18, 2011

The 5 O'Clock Club
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Boston, MA
http:/­/­www.culinaryguild.org/­events.html
New this year to the Culinary Guild calendar, the 5 o’clock Club is an opportunity for members to gather informally over complimentary appetizers and discounted signature cocktails provided by the host restaurateur or chef, who also gives a short culinary-related presentation. The 5 o’clock Club is held on the third Wednesday of the month between 5:30-7:30 PM. more »

Wednesday February 2, 2011 through Wednesday May 25, 2011

Blackstone Valley Secret Ingredient Food tours
6:00pm - 9:00pm
RI
http:/­/­www.blackstoneculinaria.com/­
Since 2009, the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council has been offering weekly food tours in various dining establishments and attractions throughout the Blackstone Valley. Almost 50 restaurants and attractions have participated in the program that generally consists of a demonstration of how foods or drinks are made and a meal.

Thursday March 31, 2011 through Sunday April 3, 2011

Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival
12:00pm - 6:00pm
Austin, TX
http:/­/­texaswineandfood.org/­
The Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival is among the premier epicurean celebrations in the Southern United States. Join 9,000 attendees at more than two dozen unique food and wine events including "Live Fire!," a beef-centric live-fire cooking event that showcases top chefs, ingredients, and technique from Australia, Austin, and the Americas. Educational panels in 2011 will include beef tastings, butchery classes, and symposiums on liquor, wine and beer, plus wine and food tastings led by top experts, sommeliers, beverage directors, and award winning journalists.

Sunday April 3, 2011

Member Mart at the Commander's Mansion
11:00am - 3:00pm
Boston, MA
http:/­/­www.culinaryguild.org/­c_events_main.html
The first annual Member Mart showcases Boston’s best vendors of everything from baked goods and cookbooks to kitchen utensils and flowers. Come sample delicious snacks and stay for cooking and knife skill demonstrations, wine tastings, door prizes and more.

Sunday April 3, 2011

NYC Vegetarian Food Festival
10:00am - 6:00pm
Brooklyn, NY
http:/­/­nycvegfoodfest.com/­
The festival will feature food sampling and meals from New York City’s top vegetarian restaurants and food companies, vegetarian/animal welfare information tables, a raffle benefiting Empty Cages Collective and live entertainment and activities throughout the day. With free admission and free samples, it has never been a better time to see for yourself what the vegetarian buzz is about.

Sunday April 3, 2011

Cooks Confab: School Lunch
12:00pm - 4:00pm
San Diego, CA
http:/­/­www.cooksconfab.com/­
This event is dedicated to everyone and anyone who cares about what their children are eating for school lunch. Learn how the food they eat is funded, subsidized, what qualifies as a healthy meal according to USDA guidelines, and realize the complexities that challenge the progress needed to change the food and food sources in school lunch. It takes more than better ingredients to make better school lunch. more »

Tuesday April 5, 2011 through Sunday April 10, 2011

Scottsdale Culinary Festival
12:00am - 12:00am
Scottsdale, AZ
http:/­/­www.scottsdaleculinaryfestival.org/­
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!) more »

Wednesday April 6, 2011 through Saturday April 9, 2011

Taste of Vail
3:30pm - 12:00am
Vail, CO
http:/­/­www.tasteofvail.com/­
Participants at the Taste of Vail experience the Vail Valley's world-class restaurants, fine wine poured by winemakers and winery owners from top wineries around the globe, along with interactive seminars, auction and dance, the Colorado Lamb Cook Off, apres ski tasting and the popular mountaintop picnic sensory extravaganza at the top of Vail Mountain. more »

Saturday April 9, 2011

Rhythm and Vine
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Escondido, CA
http:/­/­www.rhythmandvine.org/­
Featuring three musical performances, silent auction and VIP exclusive tent, this spectacular music, wine and food extravaganza will strike a new chord in San Diego’s North County this spring. This event is benefitting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego.

Saturday April 9, 2011

Baconfest Chicago
11:00am - 9:00pm
Chicago, IL
http:/­/­baconfestchicago.com
Baconfest Chicago 2011 is a full day celebration of bacon: a Fest to end all Fests. Baconfest’s roster of bacon-foods, bacon-inspired crafts, and bacon-spirits comprises the greatest single culinary and cultural festival ever dedicated to Bacon and Bacon only. more »

Thursday May 19, 2011 through Tuesday March 22, 2011

Atlanta Food & Wine Festival
7:00pm - 3:00pm
Atlanta, GA
http:/­/­atlfoodandwinefestival.com/­
The nation’s first culinary weekend still unites leaders of their craft – barbecue pitmasters, award-winning chefs and mixologists, Master Sommeliers, fry cooks and local growers – in the spirit of celebrating the rich food and beverage traditions of the South.