Food festival
A food festival is a festival, usually held annually, that uses food, often produce, as its central theme. The largest one in the United States is the Taste of Chicago held in Chicago, Illinois.
Others include the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California; Brentwood Cornfest in Brentwood, California; Mushroom Festivals in various locales; the Castroville Artichoke Festival, in Castroville, California; the Posen Potato Festival, in Posen, Michigan; the NSA Oyster Festival, in Norwalk, Connecticut, and the Howell Melon Festival in Howell, Michigan, known for electing the Howell Melon Queen.
Increasingly, vegetarian food festivals are becoming some of the largest food celebrations in the country, including Vegfest in Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California, and the Los Angeles Tofu Festival in Little Tokyo.
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