Entries tagged with 'events'
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Crispy Critters preps its whole hog entry at last year's Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest enjoys the saucy subtitle, "Superbowl of Swine." Like the football game that sorta shares that handle, it can be almost impossible for spectators to get up close to the sizzling hot action at Memphis in May, which starts Thursday and wraps up Saturday. It’s like going to a party and being told to stay away from the buffet. After watching the mouthwatering competition on the Food Network, hundreds of ‘cue fans make the pilgrimage to the annual event only to be bummed when they learn it’s not cool to walk up to...
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For all you rice cake lovers in South Korea, here's a reminder that the 7th Annual Tteok Fair starts tomorrow, Friday, and runs through Saturday, in Seoul. There will be an international rice cake competition, rice cake–tasting sessions, rice cake–making demonstrations, and more. I'll be at the fair on both days and would love to meet some serious eaters. If it's too hard to spot the short, Asian girl lugging around a dSLR, you can call my cell at 010-8061-5215....
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Mmm, pretty rice cakes. Photograph from the Institute of Traditional Korean Food. When I was little, the term rice cake meant fat, round, mostly flavorless disks of puffed rice that I thought people only ate if they were on a diet. At some point this image left my mental food dictionary, and now rice cakes can only mean the soft, squidgy Asian variety made of pounded glutinous rice transformed into sweet and savory dishes. Growing up in a Chinese family with an affinity for Japanese cuisine, I've tried a variety of Chinese and Japanese rice cakes, but Korean rice cakes—in particular the sweet varieties—have been off my radar until now. In Korea, different kinds of rice cakes, or tteok...
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The good folks at Roadfood.com are putting on what sounds like a seriously delicious Louisiana Roadfood Festival this Saturday and Sunday along three blocks in New Orleans' French Quarter. Admission is free, you'll get to see and sample the world's longest oyster po' boy, brass bands are going to be rockin' the streets, and there's going to be lots of seriously delicious local Louisiana food sold in tasting size portions for $3 to $5. Organizers estimate that 20,000 serious eaters will show up in the course of the two days. All the proceeds from the festival are going to Cafe Reconcile, a restaurant in New Orleans that, among other things, trains at-risk and less fortunate folks to work in the...
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The winning "Honey Pot" sandwich. Photograph by Stephanie Im from Lick My Spoon. The results of the 2nd Annual NorCal Regional Grilled Cheese Invitational are in! Unfortunately there aren't detailed descriptions of the winning sandwiches, but Bay Area Bites reports that the winning "Honey Pot" sandwich (a dessert sandwich made with any combination of bread, cheese, and additional ingredients) by Laura Wiles and Katherine Scherbel was made of "a round honey bun, fried in fragrant coconut oil, and filled with a nutty mixture of pistachio, orange zest, and cinnamon, ricotta and mozzarella cheese, and drizzled with chocolate sauce." SFoodie has more photos and commentary. More Grilled Cheese Invitationals are coming up in Austin (March 15) and Los Angeles (April 25)....
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"DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A GRILLED CHEESE CHAMPION?" Then register for the 2nd Annual NorCal Regional Grilled Cheese Invitational taking place next Saturday, February 21, in San Francisco and compete for cheese glory! 1st, 2nd. and 3rd place prizes will be awarded in three categories: The Missionary Position: Standard bread, standard butter and standard cheese. No additional ingredients or flavorings allowed. The Kama Sutra: Any kind of bread, any kind of butter, and any kind of cheese (or blend of cheeses) plus additional ingredients. The Honey Pot: Any kind of bread, any kind of butter, any kind of cheese (or blend of cheeses), and any additional ingredients, but a sandwich that is sweet in flavor, or...
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Photograph from mary pcb on Flickr Want to explore Seattle while being super caffeinated? Seattle By Foot offers walking tours specific to the city's coffee culture, as the Seattle Times reports this week. Vicki Schuman, a former airline business analyst, leads the 1.6 mile tour, which includes pit stops for a peppermint mocha from Seattle's Best Coffee, Panamanian and Colombian roasts from Seattle Coffee Works, Ephemere hot chocolate from Dilettante Mocha Café, and a demitasse of Clover machine-brewed Ethiopian Yirgacheffe at Trabant Coffee & Chai. While brewing, baristas at the cafes will explain the bean's history and filtration techniques. According to the Seattle by Foot's FAQ page, the amount of coffee you drink is at your discretion and restroom...
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If you're planning to attend Slow Food Nation, the political food festival in San Francisco starting tomorrow and running until Monday, check out this Slow Food Nation guide from the San Francisco Chronicle. Even though many events are sold-out, some activities don't require tickets and still have tickets available....
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The Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis is already in session, but you have until Sunday, August 17, to enjoy the best of what it has to offer: deep-fried fair food and a giant, diseased colon. Indulge in the fair's wide array of deep fried foods, foods on sticks, and deep fried foods on sticks. How about the 2008 Indiana State Fair signature food contest winner, deep-fried bananas foster cheesecake on a stick? Count me in. Indystar.com describes other offerings, from typical corn dogs to not-so-typical chocolate-covered chicken stick. After getting your fill of fair food, visit "Coco" the Colossal Colon, a 40-foot long, four-foot tall model of a human colon "designed to educate about colorectal cancer and other diseases...
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In our globalized world, it’s refreshing to remember that each part of our culinary universe has a distinctive home. This also applies to cocktails; while New York is certainly a world capital of mixology and has the historical record to back it up, New Orleans is the spiritual home of all things spirituous. Every July, New Orleans hosts thousands of fans of good cocktails and great food who come together for an event called Tales of the Cocktail—the Super Bowl, World Series, and World Cup of the spirits world, all wrapped up in one event. Now in its sixth year from July 16 to 20, Tales of the Cocktail is poised to have its biggest showing ever: the five days...
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