Articles tagged with: August 2009

Potato-loving Road Trip Foodies need to make tracks to Barnesville, Minnesota, August 28 and 29, 2009, for the annual Potato Days Festival. The lowly spud takes center stage at this fest, set right in the …

The third edition of Belgium’s biggest culinary festival starts today (so get on that airplane, Road Trip Foodies!). Taste of Antwerp (Antwerpen Proeft in Flemish) takes place on the southern Antwerp squares called Vlaamse Kaai …

Winners of the San Francisco International Wine and Spirits competition are featured at the Wine & Spirits Festival in Beaver Creek Resort, Colorado, August 20-22, 2009. In addition to culinary demonstrations, there’s a chef-prepared barbecue, …

Hot or iced, bagged or loose, black or green — whatever form it takes, enjoying a cup of tea is an act performed at least three billion times a day the world over. Indeed, more …

The Vermont Cheesemakers Festival takes place August 23, 2009, just south of Burlington, Vermont. There’ll be more than 100 types of cheese to sample from 40 different cheesemakers, a variety of locally produced wines and …

There’s no better place to savor the essence of summer than this year’s Indiana State Fair, now underway at 1202 East 38th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. Why? Because the Hoosier State has declared 2009 “The Year …

Barlow’s Mill, 369 West Main Street, Fredonia, New York, describes its farm tours as “intimate” — because this is a small family-owned farm along the shore of Lake Erie. They tell you how the Barlow …

Road Tripping Foodies already know that the Finger Lakes region of upper New York State is a well-established wine-growing region. This month, the wineries and restaurants of the area promise “a mile of family fun” …

Stokin’ the Fire BBQ & Music Festival is set for August 21 and 22, 2009, in Alabama, at Sloss Furnaces, Twenty 32nd Street North, Birmingham — a National Historic Site. The BBQ competition, sanctioned by …

Road Trip Foodies already in Ireland have a must-stop this weekend. The 2009 Belfast Taste & Music Fest takes place August 6-9, 2009 — and 14 Chicago’s finest chefs will be there! The fest takes …