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"16th Annual Central Carolina Food and Wine Festival - March 1 - April 30, 2010 - Columbia Area, SC   Experience intimate wine dinners, private wine tastings, and a gala event with more than 300 wines from around the world, delicious treats from the Midlands&amp;#039; top chefs, and live music. Known as the premier wine festival in the Midlands, these events are sure to have something to please every taste and budget. 18th Annual Waltham Food and Wine Festival - March 2, 2010 - Waltham, MA An elegant evening of food, wine, and music including samples from Waltham&amp;#039;s restaurants and Gordon&amp;#039;s Liquors fine wines. Entertainment will be provided by the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra along with cooking demonstrations from Waltham&amp;#039;s celebrity chefs. Florida Strawberry Festival - March 4-14, 2010 - Plant City, FL Exhibits of agriculture, commerce, industry, livestock, fine arts, horticulture, and crafts. Bring your whole family to enjoy the social events, contests, youth developmental programs, top-name entertainment, and parades with glorious floats and high-stepping marching bands. 22nd Annual National Fiery Foods &amp;amp;amp; Barbecue Show - March 5-7, 2010 - Albuquerque, NM Not for the fainthearted (or faint-stomached), this show features some of the hottest ingredients, and you can try your hand at cooking lessons while you&amp;#039;re there, too. Savor Dallas - March 5-7, 2010 - Dallas, TX An international experience of wine, food, spirits, and the arts. The largest premium wine and food event in Dallas hosts 60 top chefs from throughout Dallas-Fort Worth, and more than 400 high-end wines, spirits, and imported beers. Coffee Fest New York - March 5-7, 2010 - New York, NY Coffee Fest at the Meadowlands Convention Center with events, workshops, and discussions for coffee aficionados. Soak up all the best that specialty coffee industry professionals have to offer. Ballpark Beer Fest - March 6, 2010 - Bryan, TX This year&amp;#039;s festival will include more than 200 beers to sample, a fajita cook-off, games and entertainment, live music, wines to sample, kids&amp;#039; zone with inflatables, and much more. Free admission. The Festival of Chocolate - March 6-7, 2010 - Orlando, FL The Festival of Chocolate is central Florida&amp;#039;s premiere chocolate tasting: a weekend full of chocolate tastings, demonstrations, crafts for kids, and shopping, all complimentary with paid admission to the Orlando Science Center. Parke County Maple Syrup Fair - March 6-7, 2010 - Parke County, IN Tour the maple syrup camps and enjoy pancakes with maple syrup plus arts and crafts at the fairgrounds. No admission. Toward the end of winter, Parke County&amp;#039;s Maple Syrup Producers begin tapping the maple trees that provide sugar water for making maple syrup. National Maple Syrup Festival - March 6-7 and 13-14, 2010 - Medora, IN The National Maple Syrup Festival is an annual event created to celebrate maple-sugaring season and the coming of spring. Hosted each year by Burton&amp;#039;s Maplewood Farm in Medora, Indiana, the festival includes demonstrations, entertainment, food, and maple syrup from every maple-syrup producing state in the country. It&amp;#039;s the first and only event of its kind, so don&amp;#039;t miss out. Taste of the Beach - March 11-14, 2010 - The Outer Banks, NC This grand food festival event will feature wine tastings, cooking classes, special menu presentations, celebrity guest chef appearances by Ed Brantley and Heba Salama from The Biggest Loser, brewery tours, tapas crawls, and many more events with an exciting array of creative combinations of culinary delights and fun activities on the Outer Banks. 29th Annual Seafood &amp;amp;amp; Music Festival - March 12-14, 2010 - St. Augustine, FL Great seafood nearly any way you want it, live bluegrass, folk, and country music, and more than 100 arts and crafts exhibitors. A favorite throughout northeast Florida, this festival features tons of delicious seafood, outstanding music, and affordable arts and crafts. It&amp;#039;s fun for all ages so bring the kids. The business showcase, contests, and prizes add to the festivities. Family Winemakers of California Presents Tasting 2010 - March 14, 2010 - Del Mar, CA More than 200 wineries, all members of the Family Winemakers of California, will be at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on Sunday, March 14, for the association&amp;#039;s second annual consumer and trade appearance. The most comprehensive tastings of California wines in the world, showcasing the state&amp;#039;s small, family-owned wineries. International Boston Seafood Show - March 14-16, 2010 - Boston, MA The International Boston Seafood Show is North America&amp;#039;s largest seafood event, featuring more than 800 exhibits, offering a vast array of seafood, seafood products, seafood services, and seafood equipment from all over the world. Co-located with Seafood Processing America.  World Championship Cheese Contest - March 16-18, 2010 - Madison, WI Participate with cheesemakers and buttermakers from around the world in the 28th biennial World Championship Cheese Contest. Judging will take place at the Monona Terrace Convention Center from March 16-18, 2010. The awards will be presented at the Awards Banquet on April 22. Paso Robles Zinfandel Festival - March 19-21, 2010 Paso Robles, CA More than 50 wineries showcase their Zinfandel and Zinfandel blends; Zin-friendly food from the wine country&amp;#039;s best restaurants and caterers will be there to enhance the experience. In addition to great Zinfandel and wine country cuisine, a Wine Country Auction will be held, full of unique items. Wineries across Paso Robles will also be hosting activities in celebration of everything Zinfandel throughout the weekend. Barrel Tasting Weekend - March 20-21, 2010 - Livermore, CA Taste wines right out of the barrel, meet winemakers, purchase future wines before they are even bottled, enjoy food pairings, and more. American Bakery Expo - March 21-23, 2010 - Atlantic City, NJ The Atlantic City Bakery Show has grown to be the largest bakery exposition on the East Coast, offering educational programs, demonstrations, seminars, and hands-on classes, workshops, networking opportunities, product information, and many contests for decorators and bakers go along with a trade-show floor packed with exhibits.  Village Voice 3rd Annual Choice Eats Tasting Event - March 22, 2010 - New York, NY Featuring eclectic culinary favorites of resident food critics Robert Sietsema and Sarah DiGregorio, the Village Voice is proud to present the third annual curated Choice Eats tasting event. Handpicked restaurants from all five boroughs featured in the Fork in the Road and Counter Culture columns are represented, along with complimentary craft beer pairings, wine, and liquor beverages. Taste of Rockport - March 25, 2010 - Rockport, TX This culinary showcase offers mouthwatering cuisine with a wine tasting, a fabulous live auction, and live entertainment. Sample food stations from over 15 local restaurants, caterers, and chefs are perfectly paired with the latest selection of wines from Martin Ulisse Imports. Benefiting the Charles E. Evans Scholarship Foundation. 11th Annual Flavors of Neponset Valley Gala - March 25, 2010 - Foxboro, MA Sample sensational fare from fantastic food and beverage stations staffed by the area&amp;#039;s finest restaurants, caterers, vineyards, breweries, spirits, confectioners, and more. Attend a seminar on &amp;quot;How to Navigate a Wine Tasting&amp;quot; and enjoy live music. Bid on great wines, gourmet gift baskets, restaurant gift certificates, and more in the silent auction. Gulf Coast Antiques Food and Wine Festival - March 25-27, 2010 - Mobile, AL Experience a world-class antiques show while sampling gourmet food and wine from Mobile&amp;#039;s finest restaurants. Each day a wide selection of fine wines will be paired with samplings from some of the best restaurants along the Gulf Coast. Pittsburgh Farm to Table: Eat Local Food - March 26-27, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA This conference touts the benefits of locally produced food and offers a unique learning opportunity that includes food tastings, a farmers&amp;#039; market, cooking demonstrations, and presentations by researchers and scientists about the benefits of eating local food. International Rum Festival - March 27, 2010 - St. Petersburg, FL Who needs wine when there&amp;#039;s a rum festival in town? Featuring dozens of world-class sugar-cane-based spirits from the all over the world. Sample hors d&amp;#039;oeuvres while sipping dozens of world-class rums, rhums, cacha\u00E7as, and more. Olives Ol\u00E9, Texas International Olive Oil Festival - March 27, 2010 - Elmendorf, TX An array of vendors, gourmet food, and Texas wine concessions for genuine foodies, cooking demonstrations by chefs and experts, health and nutrition seminars, olive oil beauty products, presentations on Mediterranean herbs and growing olive trees, entertainment, tours of the ranch. Featuring an olive buffet with samples of olives from around the world. Cherry Blossom Festival - March 27-28, 2010 - Conyers, GA The Cherry Blossom Festival originated as a way to encourage cultural understanding and friendship through international music, dance, games, food, and crafts. The festival offers multiple stages for continuous entertainment and more than 300 booths consisting of arts and crafts vendors, various children&amp;#039;s activities, and civic and nonprofit organizations. Free admission, $5 parking. 6th Annual Deering Seafood Festival - March 28, 2010 - Miami, FL A celebration for all ages with live music, dancing, scrumptious seafood, cooking demonstrations by local chefs, art exhibits, the Li&amp;#039;l Shrimp Kids&amp;#039; Zone, pontoon boat rides, tours of the historic Deering Estate, and more. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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