Festive Food This Summer?

Posted by Michael Stern on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:38 PM

Gourmet Live has just published our list of 10 fun food festivals around the country. Will you be attending any this summer? (Above are the Green Chile Queen and the Red Chile Queen from the Chile Festival in Hatch, New Mexico. The picture was taken many years ago when we first starting hunting Roadfood.)

Source: 10 Festivals

8 Comments:

Holy Smoke! You left out the Bratwurst Festival in Bucyrus, Ohio, the Tomato Festival in Reynoldsburg, Ohio (I swear they say Reynoldsburg is the Birthplace of the Tomato), the Sweet Corn Festival in Millersport, Ohio and the Pumpkin Festival in Circleville, Ohio.

Posted by Michael Hoffman on Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 5:47 PM

If only our assignment was to write about 10 great Ohio festivals...

Posted by Michael Stern on Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 5:49 PM

There is that.

Posted by Michael Hoffman on Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 5:53 PM

"Birthplace of the tomato": I must know how that happened. What were its parents? Was it born on purpose or were they trying to create something else and the tomato was a fortuitous accident?

Posted by Michael Stern on Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 6:06 PM

Cheese Days in Monroe, Wisconsin. Fiesta Day in Sterling/Rock Falls, Illinois. Lots of great Mexican-American street food.

Posted by SpicyCheese on Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 7:40 PM

Birthplace of the Tomato refers to Alexander W. Livingston, the man who developed the commercial tomato in 1870.

http://www.roadmuseum.org/3_04_reynoldsburg,_oh.htm

Posted by Michael Hoffman on Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 7:58 PM

I know the timing was a little off for it to be included in the article...but the Big Apple BBQ Block Party happened this year without a word about it...on the front page.

Posted by CCinNJ on Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 9:51 PM

Right here in Texas you have the Poteet Strawberry Festival,Cuero has Turkey Days in the Fall, Floresville has the Peanut Festival,Stonewall has a peach festival, and Crystal City has a statue of Popeye,and a Spinach festival.Luling just had their Watermelon Thump, and Stockdale will have their watermelon festival coming up here shortly.Seguin has a pecan festival,and New Braunfels has WurstFest, to celebrate sausage,beer and all things German.These are all in easy reach of San Antonio.

Posted by HollyDolly on Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 10:48 AM

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