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Grasshopper Festival June 1-2, 2007 Grasshopper Festival Augusta, Kansas
The name and theme come from a time in Augusta's past when the town almost died after a plague of grasshoppers chewed every tree, shrub, crop and even the clothes on the line.
The following is a schedule of Events for the 2007 Grasshopper Festival. The 2007 Grasshopper Festival will take place June 1 through June 2, 2007.
Downtown Augusta, Kansas
June 1, 2007 June 2, 2007 Main Stage Events
What is the Grasshopper Festival?
In its third year, The Grasshopper Festival has become one of the fastest growing events in the south central region of Kansas. The Grasshopper Festival brings a "family friendly" atmosphere to Augusta and to all its visitors and participants!
The Grasshopper Festival is an annual event that returns us to a time and a location from our past where families came to the downtown core of the community to celebrate and have fun. There is no charge for the festival itself. Vendors will line the brick streets of our downtown and several games and booths will keep families having fun. Two years ago, the non-sanctioned barbeque filled our streets with a wonderful aroma as well as giving participants cash awards. This year's KCBS santioned event proved to be a gigantic addition to our festival, attracting cooks from all over the central United States.

The name and theme come from a time in Augusta's past when the town almost died after a plague of grasshoppers chewed every tree, shrub, crop and even the clothes on the line. A hearty group of men and women persevered after the devastation. They rebuilt and replanted; they kept their minds clear and focused on Augusta, rejecting defeat!
Continue to visit our website for information on the 2007 Grasshopper Festival!
Downtown Augusta, Inc.
114 E. 6th Street Augusta, Kansas 67010 Phone: 316.775.4585 E:mail: downtownaugust9109@sbcglobal.net
August 10-11, 2007 Gran Cru’s Second Annual Oregon Wine Festival Orlando, Florida
The biggest Oregon tasting ever to take place in Florida. Delicious food, outrageous wine and a select opportunity to “meet and greet” with 12 winemakers and proprietors. A rare chance to sample over 100 wines from the Willamette, Rogue & Umpqua Valleys. Workshops, Reciption, etc.
February 16-17, 2008 Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival Cortez, Florida
Celebrate Florida’s commercial seafood industry – its past, present and future. The festival will also feature seafood, live music, nautical arts and crafts, children’s activities and environmental exhibits. The entire event is organized by the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage. Annually, 3rd weekend in February. [Interesting history]
Spring 2008 International Olive Oil Festival Florida
The First Annual Int'l Olive Oil Fest will be held in early spring of 2008. The location is yet to be determined.
The Olive Oil Fest plans to offer food and fun for everyone. olive oil tasting competitions, vendor booths, live ethnic music from olive oil producing nations. Also, agricultural booths, and other food exhibits in related food industries including: Wine, Vinegar, Pesto, Olive Products, Bakeries and Bread, Organic Grocers, Restaurants etc.

[more to be added when I have time]

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Butter vs. Margarine ? I trust cows over scientists.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their diets."

“If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose."
Jack Handy

"Just Give Me Chocolate and Nobody Gets Hurt."
Seen on a girl's T-shirt.

Coffee, Chocolate, Men ... Some things are just better rich.

I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen.

"A converted cannibal is one who, on Friday, eats only fishermen."
Emily Lotney

Did you hear about the M&M inspector that got fired for tossing out all the W's?
Sent in by website visitor, Scott Phillipson, Mead, WA
TO A GOOSE
If thou didst feed on western plains of yore;

Or waddle wide with flat and flabby feet

Over some Cambrian mountain's plashy moor;

Or find in famer's yard a safe retreat

From gypsy thieves, and foxes sly and fleet;

If thy grey quills, by lawyer guided, trace

Deeds big with ruin to some wretched race,

Or love-sick poet's sonnet, sad and sweet,

Wailing the rigour of his lady fair;

Or if, the drudge of housemaid's daily toil,

Cobwebs and dust thy pinions white besoil,

Departed Goose! I neither know nor care.

But this I know, that we pronounced thee fine,

Seasoned with sage and onions, and port wine.

Robert Southey

FOOD HUMOR
FOOD POEMS
Where's the Beef
Alligator Pear
The Clean Plater
Louisiana Jambalaya Giant...
The Back of the Refrigerator
Apple Dumplings and a King
A Cook (Chaucer)
To A Fish
A Fish Answers
A Lady's Adieu to Her Tea-Table
Animal Crackers
Advertising poem from 1859
The Ballad Of Bouillabaisse
Bouillabaisse Recipe
Be Merry
Beautiful Soup
Bread-and-Butter
Bread and Milk Verse
Cabbage and Rose
I gave my love a cherry
Chowder
Cider Apples
Cooking
The Cow
A Day For Wishing
Dining and Dancing
Dinner
A Dinner of Herbs
Poems about Drinking
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Blueberries by Robert Frost
Fish House Punch
Some hae meat
Give Me Champagne
Hasty Pudding
He Didn't Like My Pudding
Holly and Ivy
In Praise of Ale
A Kitchen Is Like A Wheel
Lasagna and Coffee
Leekes Onyons Garlicke
Let your dinner be a poem
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Love "Uncooked"
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Restaurants Marked with a Star * are my choices for the best of Key West. Chef James

Some Articles & Poems on Food & Dining in Key West
‘Key West Doggie Bag’
Sunday Brunch in Key West
Poems from Key West

Links to related pages
Key West & Keys Websites
Florida Food Festivals
Other Food Festivals
Food & Wine Tours
Culinary Schools
Send your comments
A message from Chef James:
I lived in Key West from 1987 to September of 2005, hence the section on Key West Restaurants. Any suggestions or comments from other Key West residents or visitors are welcome. (I moved to Winona, Minnesota in September, 2005) james@foodreference.com

If you would like to know a little more about me, click on my photo. [If it does not work I included the link. LI] Who am I? How to subscribe. And see all there is go Home.
KEY WEST RESTAURANTS and Key West Food Stores
Page 1 - ‘A’ to ‘J’ Page 2 - ‘K’ to ‘W’

A & B Lobster House ( Steaks and Seafood )
Abondanzza Italian Restaurant ( Italian )
* Alice’s Key West ( Whimsical New World Fusion )
Alonzo’s Oyster Bar ( Raw Bar and Seafood )
Ambrosia Restaurant ( Japanese and Sushi Bar )
Antonia’s ( Italian Cuisine )
B’s Cuban Restaurant - closed
* B.O.’s Fish Wagon ( Key West Food )
Baby’s Coffee ( Coffee Roaster )
* Bagatelle Restaurant ( Caribbean Cuisine )
Banana Cafe ( French Tropical Bistro )
Benihana (closed for good in March 2006)
Big John’s Pizza, Pasta and Subs
Bistro 245 at the Hilton
* Blue Heaven Restaurant ( Caribbean, Vegetarian )
BobaLu’s Southern Cafe ( Southern )
Cafe Marquesa ( Contemporary American )
Cafe Med at the Eden House (Mediterranean)
Cafe Sole ( European, Caribbean )
* Camille’s Restaurant ( Key West Eclectic )
Chico’s Cantina (Mexican Food)
* Cole’s Peace ( Artisian Bakery )
Conch Flyer Restaurant (Airport)
Conch Republic Seafood Co ( Seafood )
Crabby Dicks ( Seafood Restaurant & Lounge )
Croissants de France ( French Bakery Bistro )
* Damn Good Food To Go
* Deli Restaurant ( Comfort and Seafood )
Diner Shores ( Breakfast - Brunch )
Duffy’s Steak & Lobster House ( Steak & Seafood )
Duval Beach Club ( Key West Casual )
El Maison de Pepes, New Town Closed
* El Siboney ( Cuban Cuisine )
Fausto’s Food Palace ( Food Store )
Finnegan’s Wake Irish Pub & Eatery
Flagler’s Seafood Steaks and Chops ( Steak & Seafood )
Geiger Key Pub & Grill
Goldman’s Bagel Deli ( Philadelphia Style Deli )
Grand Cafe ( Key West Eclectic )
Half Shell Raw Bar ( Seafood )
Harbor Lights Bar & Seafood Restaurant Closed
Hong Kong Restaurant ( Chinese, Japanese )
Hunan Restaurant ( Chinese )
Island Joe's Gourmet Coffee Roasting Co. (Coffee)
Jose’s Cantina ( Cuban Restaurant )
TO A GOOSE
If thou didst feed on western plains of yore;

Or waddle wide with flat and flabby feet

Over some Cambrian mountain's plashy moor;

Or find in famer's yard a safe retreat

From gypsy thieves, and foxes sly and fleet;

If thy grey quills, by lawyer guided, trace

Deeds big with ruin to some wretched race,

Or love-sick poet's sonnet, sad and sweet,

Wailing the rigour of his lady fair;

Or if, the drudge of housemaid's daily toil,

Cobwebs and dust thy pinions white besoil,

Departed Goose! I neither know nor care.

But this I know, that we pronounced thee fine,

Seasoned with sage and onions, and port wine.

Robert Southey
TO A GOOSE
If thou didst feed on western plains of yore;

Or waddle wide with flat and flabby feet

Over some Cambrian mountain's plashy moor;

Or find in famer's yard a safe retreat

From gypsy thieves, and foxes sly and fleet;

If thy grey quills, by lawyer guided, trace

Deeds big with ruin to some wretched race,

Or love-sick poet's sonnet, sad and sweet,

Wailing the rigour of his lady fair;

Or if, the drudge of housemaid's daily toil,

Cobwebs and dust thy pinions white besoil,

Departed Goose! I neither know nor care.

But this I know, that we pronounced thee fine,

Seasoned with sage and onions, and port wine.

Robert Southey
Don’t forget to mention that you found them on the Food Reference Website!
Restaurants Marked with a Star * are my choices for the best of Key West. Chef James

Some Articles & Poems on Food & Dining in Key West
‘Key West Doggie Bag’
Sunday Brunch in Key West
Poems from Key West

Links to related pages
Key West & Keys Websites
Florida Food Festivals
Other Food Festivals
Food & Wine Tours
Culinary Schools
Send your comments
A message from Chef James:
I lived in Key West from 1987 to September of 2005, hence the section on Key West Restaurants. Any suggestions or comments from other Key West residents or visitors are welcome. (I moved to Winona, Minnesota in September, 2005) james@foodreference.com

If you would like to know a little more about me, click on my photo. [If it does not work I included the link. LI] Who am I? How to subscribe. And see all there is go Home.
TO A GOOSE
If thou didst feed on western plains of yore;

Or waddle wide with flat and flabby feet

Over some Cambrian mountain's plashy moor;

Or find in famer's yard a safe retreat

From gypsy thieves, and foxes sly and fleet;

If thy grey quills, by lawyer guided, trace

Deeds big with ruin to some wretched race,

Or love-sick poet's sonnet, sad and sweet,

Wailing the rigour of his lady fair;

Or if, the drudge of housemaid's daily toil,

Cobwebs and dust thy pinions white besoil,

Departed Goose! I neither know nor care.

But this I know, that we pronounced thee fine,

Seasoned with sage and onions, and port wine.

Robert Southey