email this pageTiny Hatch, N.M., handles the 10-fold swell of population for the chile festival by directing travelers to the nearby towns of Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences or Deming. By car, from Las Cruces (at the junction of Interstate 10 and Interstate 25) head north on I-25 about 15 minutes. Take exit 41 to the festival grounds.
To learn more, go to hatchchilefest.com or newmexico.org. You may also contact the Hatch Valley Chamber of Commerce by mail at P.O. Box 38, Hatch, N.M. 87937, (505) 267-5050. To buy Hatch peppers fresh, flame-roasted, frozen or canned, go to nmcchile.com Here are some additional recipes using Hatch chiles.
Hudson Valley Garlic Festival, Sept. 29-30, 2007, Saugerties, N.Y.
The festival is held at Cantine Field in Saugerties, N.Y., 100 miles north of New York City and 50 Miles south of Albany. Saugerties is accessible via the New York State Thruway (Exit 20, Mile Marker 101). State Routes 9W, 212 and 32 all meet in the Village of Saugerties. The days of the festival, the police will provide plenty of help to get you to a parking spot.
To learn more about the festival, go to hvgf.org or call 845-246-3090.
Pudding Hollow Contest, Oct. 13, 2007, Charlemont, Mass.
The 2007 finals for this fun culinary event will take place at the Federated Church on Route 2 in Charlemont, Mass., a hilltown community of about 1,300 residents located along the Deerfield River and the scenic Mohawk Trail in northwestern Massachusetts. Recipe entries are due by Sept. 10, 2007.
To learn more about the festival, go to merrylion.com/master/events/events.html
Here is another recipe from the 2006 Pudding Hollow Contest.
Additional Upcoming Food FestivalsSept. 1-2, 2007—Annual National Buffalo Wing Festival, Buffalo, N.Y. www.buffalowing.com
Sept. 1-2, 2007—Pocono Garlic Festival, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa., www.poconogarlic.com
Sept. 1-9, 2007—Tennessee Soybean Festival, Martin, Tenn., www.tnsoybeanfestival.org
Sept. 5-8, 2007—Peach Days Celebration, Brigham City, Utah, www.bcareachamber.com
Sept. 6-8, 2007—Marion Popcorn Festival, Marion, Ohio, www.popcornfestival.com
Sept. 7, 2007—Annual Bay Seafood Festival, Kilmarnock, Va., www.kiwsrotary.org
Sept. 7-8, 2007—Chile Pepper Food Festival. Bowers, Pa., www.pepperfestival.com
Sept. 7-9, 2007—Colorado Fest, Gunnison, Crested Butte, & Mt. Crested Butte, Colo., www.coloradofest.com
Sept. 7-9, 2007—Wine and Harvest Festival, Paw Paw, Mich., www.wineandharvestfestival.com
Sept. 7-9, 2007—Annual Seafood Festival, Hampton Beach, N.H., www.hamptonbeachseafoodfestival.com
Sept. 8, 2007—24th Annual Lenexa Spinach Festival, Lenexa, Kan., www.ci.lenexa.ks.us/parks/spinachfestival.html
Sept. 8, 2007—Valparaiso Popcorn Festival, Valparaiso, Ind., www.popcornfest.org
Sept. 8-9, 2007—Mushroom Festival, Kennett Square, Pa., www.mushroomfestival.org
Sept. 13-17, 2007—Applefest 07, La Crescent, Minn., www.applefestusa.com
Sept. 14-15, 2007—Smoke on the Water, Pine Bluff, Ark., www.smokeonthewaterbbq.com
Sept. 14-16, 2007—Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Telluride, Colo., www.tellurideblues.com
Sept. 15, 2007—3rd Annual Lowville Cream Cheese Festival, Lowville, N.Y., www.creamcheesefestival.com
Sept. 15, 2007—30th Annual Boones Mill Apple Festival, Boones Mill, Va., www.boonesmillapplefestival.com
Sept. 15, 2007—Charlotte Shout Blues, Brews & BBQ, Charlotte, N.C., http://www.charlotteshout.com
Sept. 29-30, 2007—Texas Pecan Festival, Groves, Texas, http://www.tesaspecanfestival.com
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