date:Sep 26, 2012
lavish tastings and dinners that cost $150 and $200 a head, but spread throughout the four-day event were lower-priced classes, demonstrations and talks with some of the smartest people in the food industry. (An all-in package, which included the major events but not the dinners and classes, cost $650. For comparison, the weekender VIP pass for the Austin Food Wine Festival cost $850, which covered all the events in the two-and-a-half-day fest.)
Portland Monthly editor Randy Gragg curated wha