Fall Food Festivals
Your summer grill may soon go cool for another year, but the nation's fall food festivals are just heating up.
By Katie Arnold-Ratliff
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the September 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine 
Photo: Casa 1921 Tequila
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Blanco, Reposado, Anejo, Oh My! At the San Diego Spirits of Mexico Festival (September 12), you can rub elbows with master distillers while tippling a few of the finest agave-based liquors bottled south of the border, including hundreds of tequilas and mezcals—plus the lesser-known sotol, a spirit derived from the Desert Spoon plant. The celebrations include a parade of Andalusian horses, a silent auction including rare tequilas, and local dishes created by San Diego chefs—many inspired by (and infused with) Mexican spirits. (Tickets $40, PolishedPalate.com/events.) Can't make it? Take your kitchen down Mexico way with the recipes found in chef Joanne Weir's cookbook Tequila ($17; Ten Speed). |
