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MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE
Saturday, July 24th
Noon - 1pm
Wine Tasting Music with Phillip Bray
1pm - 3:30pm
Looking for Lester
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Looking for Lester is an impressive lineup of three accomplished musicians based in Washington, DC. They play cover music spanning multiple generations and genres. They always delight audiences with their unique interpretations of classic rock, pop, and funk music sound and attitude!
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3:30pm - 6pm
Junkyard Saints
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Baltimore-based band, Junkyard Saints are sure to rock the festival. Their 7 piece band with full horn section performing its own brand of New Orleans-style party music, blending funk, swing, Latin, R&B, with a splash of zydeco to round out the mix. You don’t want to miss this band as they spice up the stage.
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Sunday, July 25th
Noon - 1pm
Wine Tasting Music with Phillip Bray
1pm - 3:30pm
Natty Beaux
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A new fun-lovin', finger-snappin', hoppin' and boppin' combo band that plays toe-tappin' numbers from Louis Prima, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan, Bobby Darin, Elvis, Gene Vincent, Nat King Cole, Jerry Lee Lewis and more. This is good-time music!www.nattybeaux.com |
3:30pm - 6pm
Kelly Bell Band
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Based out of Baltimore, The Kelly Bell Band have been voted "Best Blues Band" for ten years in a row. You don't want to muss the Kelly Bell Band as they rock the stage. As Kelly Bell is fond of saying, "If you didn't come here to shake it and get down, you're in the wrong place!"
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Tasting Theater Schedule
Saturday, July 24th
1pm - 2pm
From the Ambassador's Table Summer Whitford
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Summer Whitford
In her seminar, Summer Whitford, will highlight wines from the countries featured in her book Join Us At The Embassy. Her book is about the food, wine, culture, entertaining styles of 10 countries as seen through the eyes of the ambassadors from each country. Summer give you the insider look into their winemaking history and winemaking regions. If you want to track down the best wines from around the world here is where you will find out about them!
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2pm - 3pm
Summer Picnic and Pairings
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Lauren DeSantis
Join Lauren to make Deviled Eggs paired with Domodimonti Deja, Vegetable Ratatouille paired with Domodimonti Picens, Insalata Caprese Bites paired with Carafe Winery Platinum Gewurztraminer and Fruit Pizza paired with Carafe Winery Potomac Picnic White. You don't want to miss this delicious demonstration and don't forget to get your book signed after the show. For more information about the Capital Cooking go to capitalcookingshow.blogspot.com. |
3pm - 4pm
Weird Science: Food & Wine Reactions
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Laurie Forster
Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach® will teach you how to taste wine, rather than just drinking it. Attendees will interactively taste their way to understanding how to create great food and wine pairings every time! The Wine Coach® will teach you everything you need to know to get the most flavor from each and every meal. For more information visit www.thewinecoach.com
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5pm - 6pm
A New Twist On An Old Favorite!
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Sunday, July 25th
1pm - 2pm
Fabulous Thoughts from Food Bloggers
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Listen in on these fabulous Maryland & D.C. area food bloggers as they talk about their favorite things….FOOD and everything that goes with it. Here about their favorite treats, restaurants, and recipes. Maybe they will even give you some of their insider tips too!
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Dara Bunjon (Moderator)
Dining Dish / Baltimore Dining Examiner
STYLE MAGAZINE SAYS: "If Lucy Ricardo wrote a food blog in Baltimore, diningdish.blogspot.com would be it. A professional food stylist, PR maven and devout foodie, Dara Bunjon beguiles readers with tales of bizarre culinary adventures." The Dining Dish blog was chosen as Baltimore's best food blog through the Baltimore Sun newspaper people's poll.
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Nakiya Shurman
Taste of Baltimore http://tasteofbaltimore.blogspot.com/
For the past two years she has been chronicling her experiences on her blog, Taste of Baltimore, detailing meals at restaurants across the city and suburbs and inviting readers to share their own impressions. Visit her blog for the scoop on the latest restaurant, or that small coffee shop you've been meaning to try for years!
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Mary Lynn Allen
Sweet Mary http://sweetmary.typepad.com/
Mary Lynn Allen has an eclectic background as an advisor and administrator in higher
education with a not-so-secret passion for delicious desserts and pastry. She returned to Baltimore, MD to live, work, teach both private and community-based culinary classes and run her food blog, Sweet Mary.
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Elizabeth Griffiths
Strawberries in Paris http://strawberriesinparis.com/
Elizabeth Griffiths writes the blog, Strawberries in Paris. She went to college to become a perfume chemist, but switched it up and now uses her chemistry knowledge during the day to do environmental chemistry and at night to bake and make dinner with local and fresh ingredients.
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Kristin Potler
LoveFeast Table
Kristin co-writes LoveFeast Table with best friend Chris Ann Brekhus. She loves to gather people at the table, hear their stories, try new foods and take in the sights and sounds while dining! "Join us at the Table or we'll meet you at yours!" LoveFeast Table is about what happens on and around the table...the food, the conversations, the guests and the inspiration.
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Julie Thorne
Kitchenography
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2pm - 3pm
Get a Crash Course in Wine with The Wine Coach®
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Laurie Forster Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach®- for "A Crash Course in Wine" at the Gourmet Live Tent. Laurie will be arming you with the practical essentials of wine in plain English with a sense of humor. Author of the award winning book The Sipping Point. For more information visit www.thewinecoach.com
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3pm - 4pm
Summer Picnic and Pairings
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Lauren DeSantis
Lauren DeSantis
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4pm-5pm
It is time to get DIRTY with the DIRT Man
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Todd's Dirt
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