Enjoy Craft Beer Week, check out a food truck rodeo, or take a drive to a whole-animal roast
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Congratulations!
More James Breard Award honorees! The 2015 James Beard Foundation Book Award for American Cooking goes to Heritage, by Sean Brock, of Charleston’s Husk and McCrady’s, published by Artisan. And cookbook author, television personality and Charleston resident Nathalie Dupree was inducted into the James Beard Foundation Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.
Contests
Enter the Lexington County Peach Festival Annual Peachy Recipe Contest, to be held July 4 at the Gilbert Primary School Cafeteria, 520 Main St., Gilbert. This year the categories are (1) salads and main dishes and (2) desserts. See rules for entry and judging at www.lexingtoncountypeachfestival.com or call Mary Ellis, (803) 892-5207.
Special events
It’s American Craft Beer Week through May 17. Take the opportunity to enjoy a local brew at one of these locations: Conquest Brewery, River Rat Brewery, Swamp Cabbage Brewing Company, Hunter-Gatherer Brewery & Alehouse, and Old Mill Brewpub or check out Keg Cowboy, Craft & Draft or Krafty Draft Brew Pub.
Beer Dinner at Liberty Tap Room
Circle the wagons ... er, food trucks!
Gervais & Vine Wine-nebago Trip
Get crabby at Myrtle Beach Blue Crab Festival
Bovinoche is back, baby! And this time, there’s yak!
https://bovinoche.eventbrite.com
Embrace your inner hippie at Winestock Music Festival
Let’s pretend ... “My Faux Wedding”
New Belgium Tap Takeover at River Rat Brewery,
Two Gals and a Fork Food Tours,
Willstock,
Palmetto State Chili Cookoff,
Dining with Dogs is back at Solstice Kitchen and Mr Friendly’s!Mr. Friendly’s,Solstice
Shrimp, Shaggin’ and Suds
Atlanta Food & Wine Festival
Carolina Farm Stewards’ Upstate Farm Tour,
Artisan Confections
Hampton County Watermelon Festival
Ridge Peach Festival,
Gaffney Peach Festival,
The Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival
Pageland Watermelon Festival,
pagelandwatermelonfestival.com
SouthEast Crab Feast,
A three-ring culinary circus: Asheville (N.C.) Wine & Food Festival
Really love fish & seafood? The you’ll enjoy AquaCurean,
Euphoria Greenville
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic
www.SwanDolphinFoodandWineClassic.com
www.facebook.com/swananddolphin
Carolina Farm Stewards Association Sustainable Agriculture Conference
Wine Wednesdays at Craft And Draft.
Columbia Food Tours,
Columbia Brew Bus
Greenville Brew Tours
Cooking classes
Learn to make sushi at SakiTumi. Tuesdays and Thursdays between 5-8 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays between 5-5:30 p.m., couples and small groups can call and arrange classes in the art of making sushi. Pricing options include food and class or choose to include wine or hot sake. Call (803) 931-0700 after 2 p.m. for scheduling or information. SakiTumi is at 807 Gervais St.
SC BLUE
www.SCBlueRetailCenters.com/Events
Charleston Cooks! at Cross Hill.
Fleur de Lys Home Culinary Institute
Let’s Cook Culinary Studio events:
Cocoa Lab at The Ritz-Carlton Charlotte
Market News
Farmers in the Forest, Forest Acres Farmers Market at Richland Mall in the parking lot along Beltline Boulevard. Wednesdays 3-7 p.m. through Oct. 28. Vendor applications can be found at farmersintheforest.org; follow on Facebook.
Blythewood Farmers Market,
302 Artisans at Senate’s End,
Northeast Farmers Market,
Rosewood Market Farmers Market,
Irmo Farmers Market,
Kershaw County Farmers Market,
Lexington Farmers Market,
Soda City Market
Sandhills Farmers Market,
Healthy Carolina’s Farmers Market,
Have an upcoming food event? Email details to food@thestate.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday.
For more listings, go to thestate.com.
This story was originally published May 12, 2015 at 1:16 PM with the headline "Enjoy Craft Beer Week, check out a food truck rodeo, or take a drive to a whole-animal roast."