Plenty to chose from this weekend:

The Seattle Cheese Festival kicks off today.

The Seattle Cheese Festival will return for the fourth year, May 16-18th 2008. As artisanal cheese production grows, so does the festival! Come taste more than 200 cheeses from local and international producers along the cobblestone street of Pike Place Market. The Seattle Cheese Festival is the first of its kind on the West Coast with artisanal cheese at center stage.

© Jessica DeWinter

The 26th Annual Paso Robles Wine Festival Weekend in Paso Robles, California offers several events such as winemaker dinners, seminars, winery tours and special tastings at over 100 of the area wineries.

The 25th Annual Dermott Crawfish Festival in Dermott, Arkansas is on all weekend.

Don't miss the live music, crawfish dinners, official crawfish t-shirts, arts, crafts and food vendors and free train and fire truck rides for the kids on Saturday.

Hurry up! There's just two days left to enjoy the World Championship Barbecue Festival in Memphis, Tennessee. More than 100 teams are competing for the coveted Barbecue Champion bragging rights.

Muscoda, Wisconson is proud to present its 26th Annual Morel Mushroom Festival this Saturday and Sunday. Go and try some mouth-watering sautéed morel mushrooms and local wine, visit the arts and crafts booths, enjoy the fireworks and other family events.

A few other events to check out:
Nantucket Wine Festival in Nantucket, Massachusetts
The Greek Food Festival in Little Rock, Arkansas
The 19th Annual New Jersey State Chili and Salsa Cook Off in Tom's River, New Jersey
The 49th Annual Artichoke Festival in Castroville, California