There's plenty to keep food and drink lovers busy this weekend.

The 37th Annual Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival in Ponchatoula, Louisiana features a parade, live music, events for the kids and lots of strawberries and great food to enjoy.
For more strawberries, there are also the 21st Annual Baldwin County Strawberry Festival in Loxley, Alabama and the Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, Texas.

Beer aficionados need to head to Finland this weekend! The Helsinki Beer Festival is held this Saturday and Sunday and features contests for Best Beer, Best Cider and Whisky of the Year as well as live music, fabulous food from local restaurants and beer and cider tasting.


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This Sunday San Francisco, California is hosting the 2nd Annual San Francisco International Chocolate Salon. Chocolate lovers can revel in chocolate tastings and demonstrations, meet chefs and chocolatiers and get advice about pairing chocolate with wine.

The popular Taste of St. Croix Thursday, April 17, in St. Croix on the US Virgin Islands.

A Taste of St. Croix welcomes both island visitors and island residents to participate in the event, now in its 7th year. Guests will sample an amazing variety of foods, from Cajun to Lebanese, Creole, Italian, French, and many exciting Caribbean recipes from over 50 local chefs that take advantage of the local fruits, vegetables and spices. This year's event will be judged by celebrity chefs from New York, Miami and California who will vote on their top picks in such categories as best appetizer, entree, dessert, presentation and more.

St. George, South Carolina, the Grits Capitol of the World is celebrating this weekend with their World Grits Festival. Events include plenty of fantastic food to try, live music, arts and crafts and a Grits Eating Contest.

Other events not to miss:
The Pennsylvania Herb Festival in York, Pennsylvania
The Blue Ridge Food and Wine Festival in Blowing Rock, North Carolina
The California Wine Festival in San Diego, California
The Montana Beer Festival in Bozeman, Montana