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HOLTVILLE61st Carrot Festival Through Feb. 10: The root-vegetable celebration brings out amateur chefs and duffers with cookery contests for kids and adults, plus a golf tournament, a parade and midway. A low-key, family vibe prevails at the Feb. 10 Día de la Familia, where a cook-off (carrots no...

MADERA COUNTYFeb. 9 and 10: Wine & Chocolate Weekend Winemakers will be on hand to chat with visitors as 10 family wineries on the Madera Wine Trail open their doors. Current and new vintages will be available for tasting while visitors nibble on chocolate, cheeses, olives and other specialty f...

INDIORiverside County Fair & National Date Festival Feb. 15 to 24: A different date concoction is whipped up daily at the annual fair by area chefs who stop in for a cooking show. Amateurs can compete for best date recipe or amble the grounds munching on date pastries washed down with date shakes (...

SANTA CRUZSanta Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off Feb. 23: It might be the seaside location or the theme of the day, but participants are inspired to dress up as scuba divers, mermaids -- there was even a "clam fairy," a spokeswoman said. Teams compete in three divisions (individuals, restaura...

SAN FRANCISCO6th annual Celebrity Crab Cracking March: Players for the San Francisco 49ers show they have finesse as well as muscle when they team with Bay Area chefs to provide a crab-cracking how-to demonstration. After the demo, the players, the 49ers' Gold Rush cheerleaders and local VIPs com...

PEBBLE BEACHPebble Beach Food & Wine March 27-30: This high-end event features culinary dream teams creating multi-course meals, such as a rare-wine auction dinner. In addition, two grand tastings will be held in a 30,000-square-foot tent where 300 wines from 200 top wineries will be poured...

STOCKTONAsparagus Festival April 15-28: The claim to fame is the best deep-fried asparagus found anywhere. Organizers also say they have the finest celebrity-chef cooking-demonstration kitchens. This year, the celeb kitchens feature chef Martin Yan (of TV cooking shows and travelogues and t...

OXNARD California Strawberry FestivalMay 17-18: Several publications have ranked Oxnard's event among the nation's top outdoor festivals, and this is its 25th anniversary year. The goings-on are going to get gooey with the Tart Toss, the Strawberry Pie Eating Contest and the Strawberry Stomp (...

SAN FRANCISCOUncorked! Wine Festival May 17: Seminars such as "Wine 101" and "Chocolate & Wine Pairings" are among highlights of the event, a fundraiser for COPIA, the Napa nonprofit dedicated to wine, art and food. Thirty-plus wineries will be pouring samples as area...

CASTROVILLEArtichoke Festival May 17-18: Artichokes aren't just boiled, grilled and fried at this fest, they're made into art. The "agro art" competition features three-dimensional fruit-and-veggie works; each work must be at least 10% artichoke. Cooked creations include artic...

GILROYGilroy Garlic Festival July 25-27: Perhaps the most aromatic festival around, the event this year features a return of the Garlic Showdown, an "Iron Chef"-style competition with four top San Francisco Bay Area chefs competing for $5,000 and 1,000 pounds of fresh garlic. And the...

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HOLTVILLE61st Carrot Festival Through Feb. 10: The root-vegetable celebration brings out amateur chefs and duffers with cookery contests for kids and adults, plus a golf tournament, a parade and midway. A low-key, family vibe prevails at the Feb. 10 Día de la Familia, where a cook-off (carrots no...
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MADERA COUNTYFeb. 9 and 10: Wine & Chocolate Weekend Winemakers will be on hand to chat with visitors as 10 family wineries on the Madera Wine Trail open their doors. Current and new vintages will be available for tasting while visitors nibble on chocolate, cheeses, olives and other specialty f...
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INDIORiverside County Fair & National Date Festival Feb. 15 to 24: A different date concoction is whipped up daily at the annual fair by area chefs who stop in for a cooking show. Amateurs can compete for best date recipe or amble the grounds munching on date pastries washed down with date shakes (...
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SANTA CRUZSanta Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off Feb. 23: It might be the seaside location or the theme of the day, but participants are inspired to dress up as scuba divers, mermaids -- there was even a "clam fairy," a spokeswoman said. Teams compete in three divisions (individuals, restaura...
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SAN FRANCISCO6th annual Celebrity Crab Cracking March: Players for the San Francisco 49ers show they have finesse as well as muscle when they team with Bay Area chefs to provide a crab-cracking how-to demonstration. After the demo, the players, the 49ers' Gold Rush cheerleaders and local VIPs com...
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PEBBLE BEACHPebble Beach Food & Wine March 27-30: This high-end event features culinary dream teams creating multi-course meals, such as a rare-wine auction dinner. In addition, two grand tastings will be held in a 30,000-square-foot tent where 300 wines from 200 top wineries will be poured...
Stockton festival food asparagus California Food Festivals - Asparagusfest in Stockton (Preview)	Marketplace	0	2139	Feb 5, 2008 by Anonymous
STOCKTONAsparagus Festival April 15-28: The claim to fame is the best deep-fried asparagus found anywhere. Organizers also say they have the finest celebrity-chef cooking-demonstration kitchens. This year, the celeb kitchens feature chef Martin Yan (of TV cooking shows and travelogues and t...
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OXNARD California Strawberry FestivalMay 17-18: Several publications have ranked Oxnard's event among the nation's top outdoor festivals, and this is its 25th anniversary year. The goings-on are going to get gooey with the Tart Toss, the Strawberry Pie Eating Contest and the Strawberry Stomp (...
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SAN FRANCISCOUncorked! Wine Festival May 17: Seminars such as "Wine 101" and "Chocolate & Wine Pairings" are among highlights of the event, a fundraiser for COPIA, the Napa nonprofit dedicated to wine, art and food. Thirty-plus wineries will be pouring samples as area...
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CASTROVILLEArtichoke Festival May 17-18: Artichokes aren't just boiled, grilled and fried at this fest, they're made into art. The "agro art" competition features three-dimensional fruit-and-veggie works; each work must be at least 10% artichoke. Cooked creations include artic...
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GILROYGilroy Garlic Festival July 25-27: Perhaps the most aromatic festival around, the event this year features a return of the Garlic Showdown, an "Iron Chef"-style competition with four top San Francisco Bay Area chefs competing for $5,000 and 1,000 pounds of fresh garlic. And the...