August 2012 Culinary Travel Events Calendar: Page 2 of 2
Looking for September 2012 culinary events?- Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland, Maine.
At this festival where 20,000 pounds of lobster are prepared, cooked and consumed, it's all about the crustacean. There's a cooking contest that anyone can enter, a blueberry pancake breakfast, a parade, live music, and lots of kid friendly events.
Location and information: Harbor Park, in Rockland, Maine. Buy tickets online, or call 1-800-LOB-CLAW or 207-596-0376.
- Telluride Mushroom Festival, in Telluride, Colorado.
This event bills itself as the "the nation's oldest mycological conference exploring all things fungal", a three day love affair with mushrooms that includes mushroom hunting in the San Juan Mountains, seminars, and something called "fungal folk dancing".
- Epicurean Classic, in St. Joseph, Michigan.
This three day event includes 45 cooking demonstrations, 16 cheese/wine/beer tasting seminars, six Guest Chef Dinners - including a Great Lakes Great Wines BBQ, the Grand Reception and the daily Tasting Pavilion.
- Foxwoods Food and Wine Festival, at Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut.
This event features tastings and seminars led by celebrity chefs.
