{"id":12125,"date":"2014-09-06T07:29:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T14:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=12125"},"modified":"2014-09-06T07:29:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T14:29:46","slug":"best-food-festivals-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12125","title":{"rendered":"The Best Food Festivals of the Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Barbecue_DSCF0013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12126\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Barbecue_DSCF0013-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Food Fests 2014\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Hitting the road or need an excuse to? \u00a0 There are plenty of food events across the US this fall. \u00a0Here&#8217;a rundown of some of the best, in calendar order:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feastportland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feast Portland<\/a>, September 18-21 at various venues in the city, this is an opportunity to truly sample the best of Portland, quickly becoming one of America&#8217;s great food cities. Only three years old, a number of food magazines and critics call it &#8220;the best food festival in the country.&#8221; It&#8217;s presented (sponsored) by Bon Appetit magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Hob nob with top chefs and stars of country music at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musiccityfoodandwinefestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Music City Food &amp; Wine Fest<\/a>, September 20, 21. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musiccityfoodandwinefestival.com\/2014-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re thirsty after all that food, best head to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com\/tickets\/purchase-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great American Beer Fest in Denver<\/a>, October 2-4. \u00a0Do you think the mile high city will be hosting &#8220;Weedfest&#8221; in the future?<\/p>\n<p>If beer ain&#8217;t all that important, but getting sauced is, head to Kansas City for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanroyal.com\/events\/2014\/joes-kansas-city-open-contest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Series of Barbecue<\/a>, over 500 teams from all over the world competing to be awarded the &#8216;best of the best.&#8217; \u00a0October 2-5 are the dates, and in addition to the competitions, there will be demonstrations, \u00a0a trade expo, and the world&#8217; s largest barbecue sauce store. \u00a0(Bet there won&#8217;t be any Texans in there!)<\/p>\n<p>Downtown Keene, NH, presents <a href=\"http:\/\/pumpkinfestival2011.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pumpkin Fest,<\/a> Saturday, October 14. \u00a0Expect food, crafts, music and a carnival at this annual tradition that is rapidly becoming of the major events in the Northeast.<\/p>\n<p>Sail or drive in to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellfleetoysterfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wellfleet Oyster Fest<\/a> on Cape Cod, \u00a0October 18, and 19th. \u00a0Expect a whole mess of seafood, including several raw bars. \u00a0I&#8217;ll be at one, they&#8217;re behind the town hall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>food events calendar 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hitting the road or need an excuse to? \u00a0 There are plenty of food events across the US this fall. \u00a0Here&#8217;a rundown of some of the best, in calendar order: Feast Portland, September 18-21 at various venues in the city, this is an opportunity to truly sample the best of Portland, quickly becoming one of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12125\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Best Food Festivals of the Fall<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12125"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}