2009 MARCH Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events 2009 Check previous year if not listed in current year: the event’s website may have recent update |
| these events are waiting for new datesMarch 5, 2009 Fresh Ideas Organic Marketplace - Anaheim, California Co-located with Natural Products Expo West
March 6-8, 2009 Southern Breeze Wine + Culinary Festival Biloxi, Mississippi The Southern Breeze Wine + Culinary Festival visits cities throughout the Gulf Coast states to share the love of fine wine, gourmet cuisine and Gulf Coast culture. March 7, 2009 6th Annual Crab & Fennel Fest - Santa Rosa, California Roll up your shirt sleeves, crack fresh Dungeness crab, enjoy Russian River Valley wine and experience culinary creations of fennel made by some of the area’s best local chefs. March 7-8, 2009 Kansas City Travel, Adventure & Culinary Experience Overland Park, Kansas Travel and culinary exhibits, celebrity chefs, demos, entertainment. March 9-13, 2009 Taste Napa Valley - New York, New York Twice a year, the Napa Valley Vintners hits the road with the principals and winemakers from 80 or more member wineries, focusing each trip on one market. The vintners spend several days in that market, hosting a mix of trade and consumer tasting events and educational programs. March 13-15, 2009 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo Owatonna, Minnesota Booths of hunting/shooting products, accessories, services and related outdoor items. 30 new seminars including cooking and butchering, plus contests and more.
March 14, 2009 Great Pit Ball Chef’s Dinner - Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas chefs serving up their favorite dishes at a station-style dinner to raise money for the Villalobos Animal Rescue Center, the largest rehabilitation and placement facility for abandoned pit balls in the world. March 14-15, 2009 West of Western Culinary Festival Phoenix, Arizona Fifty of Arizona's top independent and resort chefs join a hundred wineries in a two-day garden party, with chef cooking demos, wine classes, food seminars and jazz. Phoenix Art Museum.
March 20-22, 2009 Ohio Deer & Turkey Expo - Columbus, Ohio Booths of hunting/shooting products, accessories, services and related outdoor items. 30 new seminars including cooking and butchering, plus contests and more. March 21, 2009 Exploring the Flavors of Extra Virgin Olive Oil Los Angeles, California (no website) 12:00pm to 4:15pm. 7360 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. Iron Chef winner Neal Fraser of Grace Restaurant and ECCM are pleased to invite you to a special olive oil education and tasting workshop. The science of sensory assessment of olive oil; How to taste olive oil; How to identify defects in olive oil; Health benefits of good quality olive oil; Cooking with olive oil; Tasting comparisons with fresh mozzarella and vinaigrette. Cost: $100 per person, $85 for Slow Food Members and patients of the Eastern Center for Complementary Medicine.
March 26, 2009 13th Annual UCLA Extension Restaurant Industry Conference Los Angeles, California With keynote speaker Anthony Bourdain, this conference explores recent industry successes as well as key trends. March 29-31, 2009 Future Food Congress Henderson (Las Vegas), Nevada Designed to help food industry manufacturers overcome today's challenges and work towards tomorrow's solutions by bringing together some of the industry's leading experts and innovators. |