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Archive for EventsFoodie Things to Do This Weekend and Beyond
Foodie Things To do This Weekend and Beyond!
Foodie Things to Do This Weekend and Beyond
Foodie Things to Do This Weekend and Beyond
Macaroni and Cheese Cook Off Engages Local Chefs and the Food Bank of South Jersey
»» Macaroni and Cheese Cook Off Engages Local Chefs and the Food Bank of South Jersey Foodie Things to Do This Weekend and BeyondBarrel Tasting, Saturday, January 7th. Wallington, NJ. The goal of Barrel Tasting is to introduce people to wines still in the barrel, help them learn about wine, get a better understanding of what they taste, and to offer partnerships in wine-making. For more information: 201-876-9463 Make Wine With Us »» Foodie Things to Do This Weekend and Beyond Foodie Things to Do This Weekend and Beyond
The Taste of Passion: NYC Chocolate Show
Food events like this are, above all, overwhelming. With more than 65 exhibitors filling the room, live demonstrations happening in various corners, and a Pantone fan deck–worth of color and design vying for your attention from signage, packaging, book jackets, and displays at every turn, it is enough to cause vertigo. Happily there is plenty of curative chocolate on hand to restore you as quickly as it did Harry Potter after a bout with the Dementors.
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International Great Beer Expo, February 4th. Meadowlands. This international beer tasting extravaganza will showcase more than 50 breweries from across the globe, each providing samples of their country’s proudest brewing achievement. Shoulder to shoulder with some of America’s best breweries, will be amazing breweries from Japan, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, Austria, Nicaragua, Thailand, Poland, New Zealand, Indonesia, Sweden, China, and others. For more information: 
NOFA 22nd Annual Winter Conference, Saturday & Sunday, January 28th & 29th. Northeast Organic Farming Association Winter Conference. Theme: Cultivating Change: Growing the Organic Food Movement. The premier sustainable food and agriculture event in New Jersey! Two full days of sessions for farmers, gardeners, foodies and food activists, plus a Kids’ Conference with crafts and food projects! For more information: 
Winter Beer Fest, Saturday, January 21st. High Street Grill, Mount Holly. This is the most fun you can have tasting beer in the area, on a cold winter weekend. Enjoy the heated tent, and sampling the best Big Winter Brews from Flying Dog, Troegs, Founders, Allagash, Ommegang, Oskar Blues and more! 2 Sessions available, each are 2 hours long. Tickets are on sale at the Grill only. For more information: 
People say “I love chocolate” all the time. I say (and demonstrate through worshipful consumption) how much I “love” chocolate all the time, practically defining my personality by it. There are cat people, there are electronic gadget people, there are craft people; I am a chocolate person. And so were the many hundreds of others who gathered at the Metropolitan Pavilion last month for the gorgeous, glorious, gastronomically glamorous 14th Annual 
The key to navigating the Chocolate Show, I’ve found, is to seek out the passion. Everything tastes good, everything looks lovely, but when you find the exhibitor (whether the chocolatier him or herself or an enthusiastic brand ambassador) whose honest excitement about and true dedication to their product—their art—are as boldly on display as their edible wares, that’s where you strike gold.