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| Africa |
Did you know? Honey is the only food that does not spoil; honey found in Egyptian tombs tasted very good - even after sitting for thousands of years! |
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| Asia |
- Interbake China - in Guangzhou, China; May 13 - 14, 2006
- Ice-Cream and Refrigeration Technology Exhibition - in Moscow, Russia; February 22 - 25, 2005
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| Middle East |
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| Australia and Oceania |
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| Australia - Australian Capital Territory & Queensland |
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| Australia - New South Wales, Tasmania & Victoria |
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| Australia - Southern & Western Australia |
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| New Zealand |
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| Europe |
- INTERGLACES International Trade Fair of Ice-Cream and Ice Techniques - in Paris, France; April 20 - 24, 2005
- INTERNORGA International Fair for the Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Baking and Confectionery Trades - in Hamburg, Germany; March 4 - 9, 2005
- ISM International Sweets and Biscuits Fair Cologne - in Cologne, Germany; January 30 - February 2, 2005
- Cadburyworld - in Birmingham, UK
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| Belgium |
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| North America |
- Perth Maple Festival - annual downtown festival featuring maple syrup displays, food, crafts, and more
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| Canada - Alberta |
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| Canada - British Columbia |
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| Canada - Manitoba |
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| Canada - Newfoundland |
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| Canada - Ontario |
- Delta Maple Syrup Festival - in Delta; April 16 - 17, 2005; Maple Syrup Festival - all you can eat pancakes, local market set up throughout the village, parade. Admission: $6-$7. Free parking.
- Elmira Maple Syrup Festival - in Elmira; April 2, 2005; pancake breakfast, pony rides, exploring the sugar bush, quilt and craft
sales, toy show and sale, a pancake flipping contest, Megamutts Dog Show; FREE; in the heart of Mennonite country
- Maple Madness Maple Syrup Festival - in Paisley; April 2 - 3, 2005; Unique Maple Syrup Festival complete will full historical encampment,
horse drawn wagon rides, pancakes and real maple syrup, demonstrations, games, activities and lots more.
- Maplefest - at MacLean Berry Farms in southern Ontario
- Red Cross Dessert Festival - in Brockville; April 3, 2005; Various Dessert competitions including corporate, schools and public. Dessert demonstrations during the day, silent auction and live
auction of the winning desserts. Admission $5. Free parking.
- Sugar Bush Maple Syrup Festival - in Woodbridge
- Sugar Fest - in Vanier (Ottawa Region); April 2 - 10, 2005; Sugarfest is a festival where you can find different activities that are sure to reach different age groups. Our program consists of
school visits, Sunday brunch, country night, lumberjack competition, clowns, hayrides, music, story telling. FREE.
- Sweet Taste of Spring Maple Syrup Festival - in Rockton; March 5 - 26, 2005; Join us at Westfield to discover one of Canada’s most
time honoured and delicious traditions. Explore the making of maple syrup from the tree to the table in three different time periods; the 18th century methods, 19th century pioneers and modern.
- Sweetwater Harvest - in Midland; April 2 - 3, 2005; Taste it! Smell it! See it run! Learn all about it...and join in the fun! A maple syrup
celebration - come and celebrate the sweet arrival of spring.
- Wheelers Maple Sugar Bush - in McDonalds Corners; events all year
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| Canada -Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick |
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| Canada - Quebec |
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| Canada - Saskatchewan |
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| Canada - territories |
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| Mexico |
- EXPO GOLOSINAS Delicacies, Cookies, Snacks and Candies Exhibition - in Leon; February 16 - 18, 2005
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| USA - Alabama |
- Syrup Sopping Day - in Loachapoka; October 22, 2005; music, arts & crafts, food and syrup
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| USA - Alaska |
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| USA - Arizona |
- Chocolate Sunday Dessert Fantasy - in Lake Havasu City; January 20, 2008;
includes a wide assortment of tempting desserts, live entertainment, benefits Havasu Concert Association
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| USA - Arkansas |
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| USA - California |
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| USA - Colorado |
- Chocolate Tasting Festival - in Creede; November 26 - 27, 2004; Thanksgiving weekend chocolate lover's extravaganza. Creede's pleasant
alternative to mall shopping. Judge lusious chocolate samples. Visit historic business district. Restaurants, lodging, stores open. Winter recreation. Snowmobile tours. Family holiday fun.
Reservations recommended.
- Great Boulder Pie and Art Festival - in Boulder; October 7, 2004; at the Boulder History Museum
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| USA - Connecticut |
- Hebron Maple Festival - in Hebron; March 8 - 9, 2003; self-tours of operating sugar houses, maple bake sale, used book sale, Sugar on Snow, nature walks, historic building tours, pancake
breakfast, pony rides, ice cream eating contest, girl scout cookie sale, historical quilt exhibition and sale, teacup auction, roast beef church supper, coloring contest, maple cotton candy, other
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| USA - Delaware |
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| USA - District of Columbia |
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| USA - Florida |
- Sugar Festival - in Clewiston; April 22, 2006
- Brown Sugar Festival - in Harlem (SE of Clewiston); May 6, 2006; Arts & Crafts, Music, Games, Exhibits, Food
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| USA - Georgia |
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| USA - Hawaii |
- Kona Coffee Cultural Festival - in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii; November 7 - 16, 2003; features a pageant and cupping competition, tours of coffee farms, floral displays, lauhala weaving workshop, grand parade, Miracle Mile Run, Lantern Parade,
festival of artists, concert
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| USA - Idaho |
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| USA - Illinois |
- NASFT Spring International Fancy Food and Confection Show - in Chicago; May 7 - 9, 2006
- Festival of the Sugar Maples - in Marengo; March 11 - 12 & 18 - 19, 2006
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| USA - Indiana |
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| USA - Iowa |
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| USA - Kansas |
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| USA - Kentucky |
- Chocolate Festival - in Washington; April 16 - 17, 2005; at Old Main Street; many chocolate treats, chocolate prizes,
contests, "Chocolate Bee" trivia contest, fudge cooking contest; set in the historic town with its antique shops and costumed guides
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| USA - Louisiana |
- Bee Gum Festival - in Stonewall; May 7, 2005; at Town Park; pancake breakfast, games, Honey of a Cookoff, craft booths, music, storytelling
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| USA - Maine |
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| USA - Maryland |
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| USA - Massachusetts |
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| USA - Michigan |
- Maple Sugar Festival - in Kalamazoo; March 18, 2003; at Kalamazoo Nature Center
- Marshmallow Drop - in Trenton; April 18, 2003; at Elizabeth Park; 20,000 marshmallows will be released from the Easter Bunny's helicopter; Kids collect the marshmallows and trade them for prizes
- Maple Sugar Festival - in Chelsea; March 15 - 16, 2003
- Michigan Maple Syrup Events - directory
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| USA - Minnesota |
- Maple Syrup Festival - in Vergas; April 5, 2003
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| USA - Mississippi |
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| USA - Missouri |
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| USA - Montana |
- Chocolate Festival - in Anaconda; February 7 - 8, 2003; Any local merchant caught not giving away free chocolates to customers is fined (proceeds to charity). There is also a chocolate baking
contest and events for kids
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| USA - Nebraska |
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| USA - Nevada |
- Chocolate Festival - in Crystal Bay; November 1, 2003; at Tahoe Biltmore Lodge; In its 15th year, this event is a fund-raiser, and very popular one, with wine tasting, silent auction, samplings
of chocolate desserts, chef presentations, prizes, raffle, plus entertainment. As a fund-raiser, the Chocolate Festival charges for entry, but proceeds go to help those who have been affected by
sexual assault and domestic violence
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| USA - New Hampshire |
- ChocolateFest Chocolate Challenge - in New London; March 1, 2008; at the New London Inn
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| USA - New Jersey |
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| USA - New Mexico |
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| USA - New York |
- Chocolate and Coffee Festival - in Queensbury; March 2, 2003; at Adirondack Community College; coffee and chocolate samplings, music, plus a raffle
- NASFT Summer International Fancy Food and Confection Show - in New York; July 9 - 11, 2006
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| USA - North Carolina |
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| USA - North Dakota |
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| USA - Ohio |
- Banana Split Festival - in Wilmington; June 7 - 8, 2005
- Broughton Ice Cream Social - in Marietta; July 14, 2005
- Caramel Festival - in Winchester; August 30 - September 1, 2005
- Chocolate Festival - in Lorain; March 8, 2005
- Geauga County Maple Festival - in Chardon; April 4 - 7, 2005; at Chardon Square
- Ice Cream Social - Delicious Dish: The Cold, Hard Facts about Ice Cream - in Columbus; July 31, 2005; at
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- Maple Syrup - in Richland County
- Maple Festival - in Lima; March 9 - 10, 2005
- Maple Sugar Festival at Labar State Farm and Park - in Lucas; March 2 - 10, 2005
- Maple Sugaring in the Hills - in Logan; March 9, 2005
- Maple Syrup Festival - in Waverly; March 16 - 17, 2005; at Mapleberry Farms; guided walking tours of the farm, and pancake dinners served all day
- Maple Syrup Festival - in College Corner; March 2 - 10, 2005
- Maple Sugar Festival - in Hale Farm and Village; March 2 - 3 & 9 - 10, 2005
- Sugar Maple Festival - in Bellbrook; April 20 - 21, 2005
- Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social - in Parma; June 23, 2005
- Utica Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival - in Utica; May 24 - 26, 2008; sheep herding demonstrations, motorcycle
show, kiddie tractor pull, displays of antique gas engines, ice cream eating contest, general store, entertainment, ice cream parlor, parade May 24th
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| USA - Oklahoma |
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| USA - Oregon |
- Chocolate & Coffee Lovers Festival - in Seaside; February 1 - 2, 2003; at Seaside Civic & Convention Center
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| USA - Pennsylvania |
- Maple Syrup Festival - in Beaver Falls; April 5 - 6, 2003; pancake breakfast, tours of maple-syrup making, arts and crafts and entertainment, historical presentations, pony rides
- Maple Festival - in Meyersdale; March 29 - 30 & April 2 - 6, 2003
- Maple Sugar and Syrup in Pennsylvania
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| USA - Rhode Island |
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| USA - South Carolina |
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| USA - South Dakota |
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| USA - Tennessee |
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| USA - Texas |
- Kolache Festival - in Caldwell; September 11, 2004; antique cars, Czech music, arts and crafts, kolache baking contest
- Heritage Syrup Festival - in Henderson, Texas; November 9, 2002; Sugar cane is made into golden brown syrup while some 40 artisans create old crafts; There is musical entertainment, a farm
petting zoo, antique tractor and engine display, stamp cancellation booth, hayride shuttle between event area, a melodrama play, and more
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| USA - Vermont |
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| USA - Virginia |
- Sorghum Molasses Festival - in Clifford; October 5 - 6, 2002; at the Ruritan Club; Arts and crafts, sorghum making, bluegrass music, food
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| USA - Washington |
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| USA - West Virginia |
- West Virginia Honey Festival - in Parkersburg; September 14, 2002; Honey baking contest, educational exhibits on beekeeping and the uses of honey, auction, entertainment, arts and
crafts, a beard of live bees
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| USA - Wisconsin |
- Maple Fall Festival - in Marshfield; September 14 - 15, 2002; at Wildwood Park & Zoo; entertainment, children's area, over 250 arts and crafts booths, Maple Syrup Queen, food
court & beer garden, Maple Fall Fest Dance, hot dog eating contest, pancake and maple syrup breakfast, sunflower contest
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| USA - Wyoming |
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| Central America & Caribbean |
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| Caribbean |
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| Central America |
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| Jamaica |
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| South America |
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directories
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- Bizarre Food Holidays - list of food-related days observed in the United States
- Months of Edible Celebrations -- Each month invites reasons to celebrate food, cooking, cookbooks, authors
discoveries and inventions. The days are portioned with recipes, links, trivia and so much more. Won't you come join us?
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shopping
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- American Chocolate Company
- Black Hound New York - Black hound new york has been dedicated to the art and craft of baking and
chocolate making since 1988. Our creations reflect our passion for unique flavor combinations, extraordinary taste, and artful presentation.
- Bread Making, Low Carb Bread - Bread Making, Low Carb Bread
- Heavenly Cheesecake Online - The one stop shop for all you cheesecake desires. 8”, 10”,
12” and mini cheesecakes in numerous flavors.
- Java Jakes Gourmet Coffee Co - Flavored coffee, international coffee, gourmet coffee,
green tea, black tea, tazo tea, and loose leaf teas are just a few of the products you will find at java jakes.
- Purjava Honduran Dark Roast
- Purjava Sumatra Decaffeinated
- Uncle Zacks water hole - out of Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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