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By TED ROBERTS, The Scibbler on the Roof<\/em><\/p>\n

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It is the world renowned New Orleans Wine and Food Experience (NOWFE).\u00a0 A few days looked forward to by us homegrown gourmets like Pandas pant for their five-day mating season.<\/p>\n

In short, it is a four-day extravaganza of the best food and drink in
\nthe solar system.\u00a0 And this year\u2019s festival is the 21st renewal of the
\nfood and drink orgy in New Orleans, the city that prizes wine and food
\nover that other thrill.\u00a0 A city that never puts down its fork or wine
\ngoblet.<\/p>\n

This year to brighten the event even further NOWFE, on Saturday night, is partnering with the John Besh Foundations \u2013 a restaurant group dedicated to the training of future world class chefs by awarding scholarship loans.\u00a0 Both organizations are non-profit.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll sponsor a unique experience featuring exceptional cuisine with
\nmusic and an auction; the Vinola dinner, a cherry on top of the sundae
\nwe call NOWFE.<\/p>\n

NOWFE is a cornucopia of:<\/p>\n

1) Food seminars.\u00a0 The seminars even include
\none on glassware and crystal.\u00a0 And you get to take the glasses home!<\/p>\n

2) Strolls down Royal Street where every antique shop tempts your
\nappetite as well as your purse \u2013 they fill up your wine glass, too.<\/p>\n

3) A grand tasting where New Orleans\u2019 finest eateries display and fill
\nyour plate with their culinary creations.\u00a0 Seconds and thirds?\u00a0 Sure.
\nAnd 175 wineries pour their favorites \u2013 thousands of wines are
\noffered.Seventy-five prize-winning chefs present their best. There\u2019s
\neven Barbecue which New Orleans chefs have just discovered. The
\nvintners, too, are anxious to soothe your soul with their liquid
\nambrosia.<\/p>\n

4) Then there are special dinners at select restaurants
\nwhere chefs try hard to show you why they\u2019re the best in their class
\nand deserve your returning appetite.\u00a0 This includes such names as
\nAntoine’s and Arnaud’s.<\/p>\n

No self-respecting gourmet or even gobbler should miss NOWFE.\u00a0 Picture
\nyourself walking down Royal Street; plate and glass ready for
\nfilling.\u00a0 One shop after another.\u00a0 Survey the pictures, figurines, and
\nfurniture.\u00a0 Sample their food that they have especially prepared for
\nNOWFE.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to be bored; one after the other \u2013 each offering a
\nmouthwatering treat.\u00a0 And out on the street marches the sassiest,
\nbrassy band you\u2019ve heard since John Philip Sousa hit the scene.\u00a0 Like
\nthe song says, \u201cWho Could Ask for Anything More?\u201d\u00a0 A couple years back
\non the Royal Street stroll as we observed an amply-fleshed gentleman
\nmixing a batch of Jambalaya, I whispered to my wife, my tablemate of
\n58 years, \u201cHey, his jambalaya looks as good as mine.”\u00a0 The gentleman
\nmust have had ears like a rabbit before he\u2019s stewed in onion and wine
\nsauce.\u00a0 \u201cCome on over here, Shorty, let\u2019s get a picture.\u201d\u00a0 It was Paul
\nPrudhomme himself.\u00a0 And he filled my bowl with his jambalaya.\u00a0 Yeah,
\nyou never know who you\u2019ll bump into.\u00a0 And his dish was as good as
\nmine, I told him.\u00a0 Such is his good nature that he appeared flattered.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s hard to beat the Champagne Seminar where bubbly that retails
\nfor $85 to $185 awaits your pleasure and the vintner of each explains
\nhis wares.\u00a0 My mouth hasn\u2019t been so happy since I put in my new
\nbridge.\u00a0 And there are several of such seminars.\u00a0 You learn and you eat.<\/p>\n

What makes NOWFE memorable in culinary history is not just the
\noverwhelming choice of food and drink.\u00a0 It\u2019s the fact that world
\nfamous chefs are catering to your tastes.\u00a0 And the vintners are on
\nsite to educate and delight you with their finest.\u00a0 And each event is
\nseparately priced.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a fantastic legend that the angels, busily working their magic
\non earth, complained to the Master Chef above, \u201cWe miss our heavenly
\nmeals.\u00a0 There\u2019s no place to eat on that planet called Earth.\u201d\u00a0 And God
\nmade New Orleans.\u00a0 A taste of NOWFE and you can believe it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve only scratched the surface.\u00a0 Go to NOWFE.com<\/a> for details and
\nticket information.<\/p>\n

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