If you love oysters, food, beer, and wine this just might be the contest for you. I have two tickets valued at $150 for the Chesapeake Oyster and Beer Festival on Saturday, February 20th at the National Harbor in Washington DC.
From noon to 4 p.m. eat as many oysters that you can consume, ten differents types shipped in from around the world. There will be raw, grilled, Rockerfeller and Charleston’s roasted oysters. Taste over 30 beers, 30 wines and a few spirits. There will be at least 20 restaurants offering assorted dishes beyond the oysters and seafood.
The Chesapeake Oyster and Beer Festival is holding three sessions, Friday evening, February 19 th 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, February 20th from noon to 4 p.m. and Saturday evening, February 20 th 5 to 9 p.m. Tickets for this contest are for Saturday at noon.
Take A Gluttony Break - join us at the Food Blogger Panel Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
Food Blogger Panel:
Monica Bhide; A Life of Spice - focuses on food and culture and its affect on our lives. It is filled with recipes, essays, observations and even guest posts from fellow food lovers.
Monica Bhide: author, Modern Spice – Inspired Indian Flavors for the Contemporary Kitchen; writes a weekly column, iSpice, for The Washington Post online, blogs about cooking at AARP.org; other credits include The New York Times, REAL SIMPLE, Parenting, Food & Wine, Health, Prevention, Cooking Light, The Chicago Tribune, and National Geographic Traveler, Town & Country, SELF, AARP the magazine and many more.
Jamie Hardin - DC Organic Food Examiner Jamie lives in Bethesda with her husband Joe and their dog Miss Piggy. Jamie is passionate about organic food, agriculture, cooking and the environment.
In her spare time, when she’s not tending to her garden or composting with worms, she writes about food as the DC Organic Food Examiner for examiner.com. She is the founder and administrator for the Facebook group DC Foodies, which began in the winter of 2008 and is now 2,500+ members strong.
Dara Bunjon - Dining Dish & Dining Examiner-Baltimore
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." Rants, raves, reviews, reminiscences, recipes are her inspiration – if it is about food she will write about it.
Dara's business Dara Does It - Creative Solutions for the Food Industry offers her clients a plethora of services: public relations, marketing, social media administrator and trainer, food stylist, food writer, cookbook developer and more. A member of the Restaurant Association of Maryland Education Foundation and the public relations committee for the Women Chefs and Restaurateurs Association.
The Contest
There are two ways to play to win:
1. In the comment section of this article tell me why you should be going to the Chesapeake Oyster and Beer Festival – creativity in your response will be the determining factor. Send me your email address at examiner@diningdish.otherinbox.com so I can contact you if you win.
2. If you are into tweeting, tweet a link to this story with the hashtag #chesapeakeoyster.
Contest ends Monday, February 15, 2010. Be sure if you are tweeting to use the hashtag #chesapeakeoyster. The winner will be notifed when the contest ends on Monday, February 15. Winner will pick their tickets up at will call for the 2nd session which is on Saturday, February 20th at noon at the National Harbor The Sunset Room 3rd Floor 137 National Plaza National Harbor, MD 20745.
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Comments
I just shoveled thirty inches of snow. All of this after the back injuries of 2004. As it is just the cat and I stuck in the house, I have no source of consolation. So I could really use some oysters and beer. (Okay, the wine cellar has been a great source of comfort but it is not the same.)
Lingering dreams of the summer’s last,
Marinate my mind with a tasteful past.
Aromatic notes play on my tongue,
As Mom-Mom’s recipe is being sung.
Entering the kitchen to get a peak,
A crescendo of smell, a kiss on the cheek.
Oatmeal-covered oysters dance on the pan,
Turning golden brown since the song began.
Orchestrated beauty placed before me.
A smile from her that my heart can still see.
My eyes open with sorrow to know she is gone.
But I will never forget my Mom-Mom’s song.
Let's see, why would I want to go...should I tug on an emotional string and hope sentimentality will tug at a judge's heartstrings? Or should I be so blatant and post a reason where humor oozes through the cracks in its abusrdity? I will throw out the sentimentality and just say I want the experience and I want to write about it. Food is my passion, writing is my skill, and my hobby is combining the two. I will breathe in everything through all five senses then exhale my experience through my fingertips onto black and white lettering. Every taste, aroma, and chill in the air will be recorded and displayed for anyone who cares to read it to see.
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