Cape May Food & Wine Festival

Pictured: Cheers to Cape May dining! Raise your wine glasses at the Harvest Food & Wine Tasting at the Carriage House Tearoom & Café located at the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., and enjoy an evening of sampling some of Cape May’s famous flavors with gourmet entrees and desserts from the chef at the Carriage House Tearoom & Café, butlered hors d’oeuvres and cheese sampling, a salad course, sampling of three dinner entrees and two desserts, all paired with wine. The Harvest Food & Wine Tasting on Saturday, Sept. 17 is part of the 15th annual Food & Wine Celebration, which runs from Friday, Sept. 16 through Sunday, Sept. 25. Indulge in the “restaurant capital of New Jersey” and discover Cape May’s local flavor with 10 days of tasty events including winery tours and tastings, a Beer Tasting Dinner, a Scotch Tasting Dinner, a Cape May Wine School Class, Fisherman’s Wharf Tours, a Gourmet Brunch Walk, Gourmet Lunches and much more! The 15th annual Cape May Food & Wine Celebration is presented with Cape May’s restaurant community. The Food & Wine Celebration events are also part of the 2nd annual Cape May Forum Chautauqua at the Shore: “Guess What’s Coming for Dinner?-The Politics of Food in the 21st Century” from Sept. 15 through Sept. 25. The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC) is a multifaceted not-for-profit organization committed to promoting the preservation, interpretation, and cultural enrichment of the Cape May region for its residents and visitors. MAC membership is open to all. For information about MAC’s year-round schedule of tours, festivals, and special events, call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278, or visit MAC’s Web site at www.capemaymac.org. For information about restaurants, accommodations and shopping, call the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May at 609-884-5508.

Pictured: Chefs from some of the finest restaurants race against the clock during the Gourmet Market Place’s Chefs Cook-off at the Cape May Winery, part of Cape May’s 13th annual Food and Wine Festival. With winery tours and tastings, gourmet luncheons, Chef’s Dine-Arounds, a beer tasting dinner, and many other edible activities, the festival has earned its American Bus Association designation as a “top 100 event in North America.” The 13th annual Cape May Food & Wine Festival runs Sept. 19-24, 2008 and is presented by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC), in conjunction with Cape May’s restaurant community. The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Cape May’s heritage. MAC also fosters the performing arts. MAC membership is open to all. For information about MAC’s year-round schedule of tours, festivals, and special events, call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278, or visit MAC’s Web site at www.capemaymac.org.

Pictured Here: Local chefs feel the heat as they face each other in a test of talent, skill and speed during the Chefs Cook-off at the Gourmet Marketplace, part of Cape May’s 13th annual Food & Wine Festival, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC). Discover what the New York Times has named “the restaurant capital of New Jersey” with over a week of delectable events and activities during the Cape May Food & Wine Festival, Sept. 19-27. Eat, drink and be merry with events like the new Cape Wine Trail, Cape May Harvest Food & Wine Tasting, the Gourmet Marketplace, People’s Choice Chowder Contest, Chefs’ Dine-Arounds, Gourmet Luncheons, Winery Cellar Tours & Tastings at the Cape May Winery, a Beer-Tasting Dinner, Cape May Wine Weekend, a Cape May Wine School, Fisherman’s Wharf Tours, a Gourmet Brunch Walk, and classes, demonstrations and seminars. The 13th annual Cape May Food & Wine Festival is presented in conjunction with Cape May’s restaurant community. The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Cape May’s heritage. MAC also fosters the performing arts. MAC membership is open to all. For information about MAC’s year-round schedule of tours, festivals, and special events, call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278, or visit MAC’s Web site at www.capemaymac.org. For information about restaurants, accommodations and shopping, call the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May at 609-884-5508.