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" Pumpkin Mania Day - November 1, 2009 - Litchfield, MN   It&amp;#039;s Pumpkin Mania Day: Recycle your Halloween pumpkins! Contests for tossing, bowling, dropping, and smashing. Also, free seeds for roasting. Rocky Mountain Wine &amp;amp;amp; Food Festival - November 4-7, 2009 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada The largest and most exciting wine and food event in Alberta, this festival offers a chance to sample a wide variety of wine, scotch, import beer, and premium spirits, along with gourmet food samples from local restaurants and hotels. 3rd Annual Chocolate Festival of Texas &amp;amp;amp; Texas Wines - November 6-7, 2009 - Houston, TX The festival features chocolate sampling, wine tastings, culinary cooking classes, chocolate competition, and a &amp;quot;Sugar &amp;amp;amp; Spice Kids Korner&amp;quot; plus a &amp;quot;Death by Chocolate&amp;quot; murder mystery dinner. A portion of the proceeds will benefit culinary arts education students. Florida Seafood Festival - November 6-7, 2009 - Apalachicola, FL The oldest seafood festival in the state. Great seafood, arts and crafts, fine folks, and wonderful entertainment all wrapped into a magnificent family atmosphere. The Big Sur Food and Wine Festival - November 6-7, 2009 - Big Sur, CA Make Big Sur your culinary destination for a fabulous weekend of stunning food and wine. Come play on the wild coast! We&amp;#039;ll see you there. Tastings New York City - November 6-8, 2009 - New York City, NY This unparalleled culinary event brings together the best of New York&amp;#039;s up-and-coming chefs, award-winning restaurants, the latest food products, and tantalizing wines and spirits in one of New York&amp;#039;s premier show spaces. 5th GoodTaste! Pittsburgh Food &amp;amp;amp; Cooking Expo - November 7, 2009 - Pittsburgh, PA The largest food and cooking show in the region. A day full of celebrity and local chefs, cooking demonstrations and workshops, vendor sampling and sales, cookbook sales, and much more. Beer, Bourbon &amp;amp;amp; BBQ Festival - November 7, 2009 - Nashville, TN 60 beers, 40 bourbons, lots of BBQ, and one unforgettable good time! Giant Omelette Celebration - November 7-8, 2009 - Abbeville, LA The cooking of a 5,000-egg omelet, plus authentic Cajun food, an art show, musical entertainment, antique car show, kids&amp;#039; activities, and much more! The Fabulous Food Festival - November 7-8, 2009 - San Francisco, CA The only consumer specialty food show for the San Francisco Bay Area, this event provides a showcase for exhibitors and sponsors, offering everything from cheeses to chocolates for sampling and sale. Metropolitan Cooking &amp;amp;amp; Entertaining Show - November 7-8, 2009 - Washington, DC The show features Food Network stars Giada De Laurentiis, Paula Deen, Guy Fieri, Tyler Florence, and the Neelys, plus more than 200 exhibitors ranging from specialty food companies to caterers, stationers, appliance manufacturers, and more. See the DC area&amp;#039;s hottest chefs plus a guest appearance from Chef Richard Blais from Top Chef Chicago and the Deen Brothers! 21st Annual Ruskin Seafood Festival - November 7-8, 2009 - Ruskin, FL The seafood festival is Hillsborough County&amp;#039;s largest community event with more than 18,000 attendees. Feast on lobster, oysters, clams, grouper, mullet, shrimp, and much more. New World Wine &amp;amp;amp; Food Festival - November 8-15, 2009 - San Antonio, TX The New World Wine and Food Festival features something for everyone, regardless of age or culinary taste. From a black-tie event to a grand tasting, winemaker dinners, and family fun, the variety of festival events guarantees that you will find something to please your palate. 12th Annual Worlds of Flavor International Conference &amp;amp;amp; Festival - November 12-14, 2009 - Napa Valley, CA Discover the fast casual, slow savory, and &amp;quot;big value&amp;quot; culinary traditions of Asia, the Mediterranean, and Latin America. 1st Annual Dia del Taco - November 13-15, 2009- Los Angeles, CA Featuring the &amp;quot;Best Taco&amp;quot; contest as well as a taco-eating contest and taco-making demo. 5th Annual Los Angeles International Tamale Festival - November 13-15, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA Enjoy the tamale cook-off and other contests, arts and crafts, kids&amp;#039; activities, free entertainment, and more. A caned food drive will benefit local food pantries. Fabulous Food Show - November 13-15, 2009 - Cleveland, OH If you love the art of food, want to learn the latest techniques from world-renowned chefs, collect new recipes, shop for the holidays, sample outstanding food, and taste fantastic wines, don&amp;#039;t miss the Midwest&amp;#039;s premier culinary event of the year. Northwest Food &amp;amp;amp; Wine Festival - November 14, 2009 - Portland, OR This half-day wine and food celebration was created to present a rich, rewarding experience for wine lovers and gourmet food enthusiasts alike. Orlando Food &amp;amp;amp; Wine Fest - November 14-15, 2009 - Orlando, FL Entertainment from national recording artists, food from top-notch restaurants, wine from premier vineyards, fun, and much more. Get your tickets early because space will be limited! 6th San Diego Bay Wine &amp;amp;amp; Food Festival - November 18-22, 2009 - San Diego, CA The largest luxury wine and food festival in Southern California, with 170 of the world&amp;#039;s top wine and spirits producers, 70 chefs, gourmet food producers, authors, and celebrity chefs. Gourmet Food &amp;amp;amp; Wine Expo - November 19-22, 2009 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Offers 35,000 guests an unparalleled opportunity to sample over 1,200 fine wines, beers, and spirits from around the globe. This event is a chance for everyone from the novice to the collector to experience wines from nearly every winemaking region worldwide. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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