International Food Festivals

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-10-6 16:47:50

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Northern Bites

Photograph by Bragi Thor Josefsson

Reykjavík, Iceland—The Food and Fun Festival features an international chef’s competition and local guest-chef collaborations at Reykjavík’s best restaurants. It’s a chance to see how this small island nation has made the most of its luscious lamb, fisheries, and burgeoning dairy farms. Between meals, make sure to nab a pylsur—Iceland’s famously succulent hot dogs. (March)

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-10-6 16:48:21

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Oyster Love

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Galway, Ireland—Champion shuckers from around the world pack their oyster knives for Ireland to compete at the World Oyster Opening Championship, the centerpiece of the three-day-long Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival. Get ready to shell out for the buttery bivalve in its many incarnations—raw, chowder, fried—and prepare to swoon for this ultimate aphrodisiac as bands jam in dozens of bars, Irish ales flow, and a lucky girl named the Oyster Pearl takes home her crown. (September)

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-10-6 16:48:45

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Really Bizarre Foods

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Hokitika, New Zealand—Not even Gollum would dream of devouring wasp larvae ice cream. But you—along with 12,000 other scorpion-sampling culinary daredevils—can. Every year, the globe’s gutsiest diners alight on the South Island at Hokitika’s Wildfoods Festival to feast on the world’s most extreme cuisine, from crocodile to kangaroo to worm sushi. Wandering musicians and mimes bring a carnival spirit. Anyone for the last chocolate-covered huhu grub? (It’s a long-horned beetle, but it reportedly tastes like peanut butter.) (March)

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-10-6 16:49:19

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Gaga for Garlic

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Gilroy, California—“There’s no such thing as a little garlic,” quipped humorist Arthur Baer. This is especially true at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, an aromatic annual homage to the humble bulb. Some two tons of garlic fuel the festival, which features a recipe contest/cook-off, boundless servings of garlic ice cream and zesty garlic-topped dishes like scampi and stuffed mushrooms, and appearances by the current Garlic Queen. Our hint: Bring mints. (July)

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-10-6 16:51:20

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Mango Mania

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Delhi, India—Some 500 varieties of India’s national fruit—revered in Hindu mythology as a symbol of joy and spiritual attainment—take center stage at the two-day International Mango Festival. The many-colored king of fruits is a major export of India, but flavorful fun is the theme here—take in the mango-eating competition, mango-carving demonstration, mango savoring stalls (jams, juice, pickles), and some decidedly haute-cuisine preparations of mango that bring this ancient fruit to the forefront of modern gastronomy. (July)

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-10-6 16:51:53

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Flask Masters

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

Speyside, Scotland—Scotland’s national drink brings a spark to five days of frivolity during the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. You may know the storied names—Cardhu, Glenfiddich, Strathisla—but to savor these sips in their natural habitat is a thrill. Events also include distillery tours, tastings of new releases that will never be exported, whisky feasts, and wildlife walks (bring your own flask). (May)

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-10-6 16:53:29

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Long Live the Vegetable

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Schwetzingen, Germany—Asparagus roots run deep in Baden-Württemberg, but it’s the asparagus shoots that locals celebrate. Springtime in southern Germany brings spargelzeit—a season to devour these white stalks in all their permutations. With its sandy soil, Schwetzingen prides itself on being the asparagus capital of the world (it’s in the heart of the “Asparagus Triangle”). Its Spargelfest honors the königliches gemüse (royal vegetable) with song and dance. Food stalls serve the tender, savory sprout with smoked ham, beneath waves of hollandaise, and in soups and salads. (May)

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-10-6 16:54:12

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Sugar, Spice, Everything Rice

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Seoul, South Korea—Korean tteok (rice cakes) are soft, colorful, whimsically shaped glutinous rice treasures. The Institute of Traditional Korean Food, which organizes the International Tteok Fair in the country’s capital, has even dedicated a museum to these sticky rice staples, which easily absorb a range of flavors, from spicy kimchi to fermented bean paste to honey and peanut. At the fair, sign up for rice-cake–making classes or wander around sipping rice wine and gobbling up these confections. (May)

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