Things every foodie must know about food festivals — foxnews.com

Food Network star Bobby Flay performs an outdoor kitchen demo at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami. (AP Photo) Attending a star-studded, multi-day culinary bonanza like the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is the stuff of foodie fantasies. Here are the essential strategies for tasting, sipping, and partying your way through a delicious event. You can always spot the ringers at a destination food event like the South Beach Wine & Food Festival (known as SBWFF) in Miami. While noshing newbies in fancy footwear are literally sinking in the sand as they queue up to crowded booths, pro festival-goers are lapping the floor in flip-flops and sinking their teeth into the tastiest morsels before sidling up to celeb chefs for requisite selfies.

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