Food Festivals: Eating Your Way from Coast to Coast Book

Food, glorious food! Imagine traveling across the United States, savoring the delectable dishes of each region, in the spirited company of other food lovers like you. Open this book and you're halfway there.

Food and travel writer Barbara Carlson indulges all you culinary cravings with mouthwatering details of more than 400 of the biggest, best and most unusual food festivals in America. Discover delicious events inyour own area, or explore the savory offerings of other regions, from the Main Lobster Festival to California's Gilroy Garlic Festival and the world's Biggest Fish Fry in Paris, Tennessee.

You'll learn all about the origins of each festival and the palate-pleasing foods seved. Plus, you'll find out where and when to go, how to get there and how to get more information. Recipes are sprinkled throughout, so you can recreate such delicacies as Apricot Lemon Bread and Vidalia's Favorite Onion Dip in your own kitchen.

If you love festivals, are looking for a fun and unusual vacation, want a taste of American lore, or just plain like to eat, Food Festivals is a moveable feast.