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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Heading to Atlanta for the 1st Annual Atlanta Food Wine Festival!

Photo (c) Flickr User jbudlo2

Ill be grabbing a red-eye tonight out of San Francisco for my maiden voyage to Atlanta for the 1st Annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival. Ill be in Atlanta until Monday covering this event, which is being billed as a celebration of authentic Southern cuisine, wine and spirits.

You know Im a sucker for a good food and wine festival, especially one with chefs like Chris Lilly, John Besh, and Tim Love involved. The organizers are patterning the event after the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, which is the benchmark for these types of gatherings.

Heres what event organizer, Dominique Love had to say, "Were planning an experience like no other that will unite leaders of their craft - barbecue pit masters, award-winning chefs and mixologists, Master Sommeliers, fry cooks and local growers - to provide Festival guests the opportunity to sip, savor and learn about the best of Southern food and beverage traditions." Sounds good to me.

I do have a new, recently filmed breakfast video almost ready, so stay tuned for that, and as usual, I welcome you to follow along with all the fun on my Foodwishes Twitter account. Enjoy!

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Chef Johns Going to the 2009 Aspen Food and Wine Classic!

If you follow me on Twitter, you probably already know Im headed to Colorado to cover the 27th Annual Aspen Food and Wine Classic for About.com. I received one of the extremely coveted, full-access press passes, and will be taking full advantage.

This time each year, the Food and Wine Classic becomes the absolute center of the epicurean universe. Everyone whos anyone in food and wine (not to mention food/wine writing and blogging) makes their way to Aspen for three days (five for some) of delicious tax-deductible decadence.

Im flying out of San Francisco on Wednesday, and returning Monday. In between, my goal is to set the Food and Wine Classic record for media coverage – theres a chance Ill be moving from event to event, from tasting to tasting, from party to party, so fast and furiously that my press badge will actually burst into flames.

Of course, if that does happen I imagine one of the rising star chefs will run over and try and smoke some scallops over it. Its just that kind of event. Ill be posting every day on About.com, as well as doing my best to give you a play-by-play on Twitter. So, if youre not already following me, get on it!

As much as Im looking forward to seeing, and being seen with, the food worlds best and brightest, Im also excited to meet and trade war stories with fellow food writers and bloggers.

Ill be meeting up with my friends from Foodbuzz (they always know where the partys at), and a couple new food blogger friends, Heidi from SavoryTV and Average Betty, who will both be there with Plum TV. Heres a little taste they shot at the 2007 Aspen Food and Wine Classic. Enjoy, and stay tuned!

Classic Fireworks Photo (c) Steve Mundinger
Jacques Pépin, Danny Meyer, and Bobby Flay Photo (c) David Sawyer
The Grand Tasting Pavilion Courtyard Photo (c) Perry Johnson