National Pie Championship and American Pie Festival
Two major pie events are coming to the Orlando area in April.
The 15th Annual National Pie Championships are sponsored by the American Pie Council and Crisco®. Junior, amateur, professional, and commercial bakers will compete in more than 25 pie flavor categories for the National Pie Championships, and it’s not too late to enter. Prizes include Sears Kenmore ranges, Chef Depot gift certificates, Crisco® gift baskets, cash awards, and bragging rights as the best pie maker in the nation.
It takes place April 24-26 at the Ramada Orlando Celebration Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida. Entry forms are due April 9, 2009. Don’t bake? Be a judge. Limited amount of judging entries are also available.
In addition, the 2009 Great American Pie Festival, sponsored by Crisco® and the American Pie Council, will feature the all-you-can-eat 55,000-slice Never-Ending Pie Buffet, pie baking competition, cooking demonstrations, pie eating contest, games, music, “Piecasso” crafts, and other pie-related festivities.
This takes place April 25-26 at Lakeside Park, 631 Sycamore Street, in downtown Celebration, Florida. The Festival is free to the public. The Never-Ending Pie Buffet is $10 for Adults, $5 for Seniors 65-plus and for children ages 6 to 12; children under age 6 eat pie for free.
For registration and more information visit, www.piecouncil.org.
Wine Cruises Are Giving $1000 In Discounts
Food & Wine Trails, the nation’s largest provider of winery-hosted cruises, has announced discounts and cruise credits of up to $1000 per person for their 2009 series.
F&WT is owned by Larry Martin, chosen this year by Conde Nast Traveler magazine as the World’s Top Wine-Tour Travel Specialist. “Wine comes in all prices,” says Martin, “but wine-travel has traditionally only been expensive. Our programs offer an alternative, taking enthusiasts to some of the world’s best wine regions at reasonable prices. However, because peoples’ travel budgets have become even more limited, we’ve now either dropped our prices or are offering onboard cruise credits.”
All programs are on the smaller cruise lines of Oceania, Windstar, Silversea, and Regent. Each departure includes the normal trappings of a deluxe cruise, such as gourmet meals, deluxe accommodations, and nightly entertainment. But unique to Food & Wine Trails, they also include private tastings, seminars and winemaker dinners, as well as optional tours and lunches at top wine estates.
Details about all of the discounted cabin fares and cruise credits on Food & Wine Trails’ 2009 wine-cruises can be found on their website: http://www.foodandwinetrails.com/cruises
Drinking-Water Safety Tips When Traveling
Drinking unsafe water when traveling abroad can make you very sick. Here are ways to avoid that.
When you order bottled water at restaurants, there are three ways to be absolutely certain that the server isn’t just giving you tap water in a mineral water bottle.
- Make sure the seal around the cap hasn’t been broken. If it has, send it back.
- If you order sparkling water (such as Perrier), then you can be SURE it doesn’t contain tap water!
- Make sure they open the bottle at your table. Insist on it.
And don’t forget that the ice cubes are made from tap water. Don’t let them put ice cubes in ANYTHING you drink, if you’re unsure about the water quality.
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