September Food and Wine Events

Filed in archive Morsels of Info on September 11, 2008

Here's a small taste of what's on this weekend:

The Ludlow Marches Food Festival kicks off Friday in Ludlow, England, offering a weekend of fantastic food and drink.

Held every year in Ludlow, the small town with the large reputation for good food and drink - this year's Festival features more than 130 top quality small independent food and drink producers from the Marches, the England-Wales border country.

The 17th Annual Budapest Wine Festival takes place September 10-14 in Budapest, Hungary. Some the events include a Wine Exhibition and Fair, a Harvest Parade, Gala concert and a Charity Wine Auction.


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The Shellfish Shindig in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, offers delicious fun for the whole family.

Come enjoy oysters, quahogs and steamers by the bucket and meet the shellfishermen and women that farm them. This celebration of mollusks will showcase the varied salty delicacies of Massachusetts' waters as well as sustainable aquaculture traditions.

A Chili Cook-Off, live music and arts and crafts vendors are just a few of the events on offer at the 10th Annual ChiliFest in Wells, Maine this Saturday and Sunday.

Caldwell, Texas, the self proclaimed "Kolache Capital of Texas" is hosting their 24th Annual Kolache Festival this Saturday.

Come to the Kolache Festival and learn the wonderful Czech philosophy. See the technique of stenciling, basket weaving, egg decorating, quilting, woodcraft, carving, sculpturing. Dance to the polka, and sing the songs of the musician. Taste the true ethnic food and lend your soul to the fulfillment of the Czech cultural heritage.

A few others to check out:

Salt Festival in Salies de Béarn, France
Euphoria in Greenville, South Carolina
The Murphysboro Apple Festival in Murphysboro, Illinois