Category: Around Town
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TOP PICKS Of The Natural Foods Product Expo East 2015
I was really happy to be invited to the Natural Foods Expo East again this year to cover the show, especially since I missed the Summer Fancy Food Show in NYC due to time constraints of ongoing projects. The show took place again at the Baltimore Convention Center on September 16-19, 2015, with special events…
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New York City Summer Fancy Food Show 2014 – Bigger And Better Than Ever
Attending the Summer Fancy Food Show is an event I look forward to every year for so many reasons. This mammoth, bi-coastal production takes place each year in 2 locations — a winter event in San Francisco and a summer show in New York City. It skillfully brings together companies from around the world who…
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Snallygaster Craft Beer Festival, Union Market, Washington DC, 2013
The month of October is filled with events celebrating the traditional German festival known as Oktoberfest. The world’s largest fair takes place in Bavaria, and is actually a 16-day festival running from late September to the first weekend in October, with more than 6 million people from around the world attending the event every year.…
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Maryland Wine Festival, September 21-22, 2013
I had been looking forward to attending this event since I was invited back in July by the Maryland Wine Association. Their website provides a list of all of their planned events throughout the year, but this one was billed as the biggest event of them all. I was keen to snag an invitation for…
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46th Annual Maryland Seafood Festival Showcases The Best Of The Bay
I remember attending the Maryland Seafood Festival years ago and being disappointed at the food offerings from the participating restaurants. Other than the usual and always delicious steamed crabs, most of the other offerings were of the deep fried variety and very pedestrian. I’m glad to say that all of that has changed for the…
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For 2013, The Summer Fancy Food Show Was Back In The New York Groove
It’s a wonderful experience for anyone with an interest in the food industry to purchase a ticket and attend the Fancy Food Show, yet it’s another experience altogether to be able to attend the show as a guest of the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT), who sponsors the show on both coasts…
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Maryland Wines: A Surprise In A Bottle
From time to time, I would catch an article in our local paper about a new winery opening up in the Maryland area. I never really thought much about it, but filed it away in my mind as an interesting story to write about in the future. In April of this year, I had the…