Epcot International Food & Wine Festival continues almost a month, featuring culinary demonstrations, seminars, food samplings, wine tastings, special dinners, appearances of celebrities of the food and wine world, and live entertainment. Epcot expects 200 sommeliers and more than 20 of the nation's most celebrated chefs. From Saturday, Oct. 20, through Sunday, Nov. 18. Epcot admission is free to those 3 and under; ages 3-9, $38; 10 and older, $48. Various special dinners cost $25-135 in addition to the price of Epcot admission. Call 407-WDW-DINE.
The Tampa Bay Culinary Club features Karl Klumpp, chef of the popular Wine Cellar Restaurant, cooking a signature dish, $10 a person. 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, Wine Cellar Restaurant, 17307 Gulf Blvd., North Redington Beach. 727-789-2605.
Free Vegetarian Cooking Class Chef Debby DeGraaff presents All About Almonds 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, and 10-11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 1. Nature's Harvest, 1021 N. MacDill Ave., Tampa. 813-873-7428.
The Colony's 12th Annual Stone Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival kicks off stone crab season with events, cooking demonstrations and wine tastings. An impressive slate of chefs and vintners will host progressive learning lunches, costing $75 per person, plus tax, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2; Tasting on the Beach features a casual presentation of seafood dishes and wines, live music and mermaid entertainment, $150 per person, plus tax, Friday, Nov. 2; and the finale, Chef's Gala Collaboration Dinner, entails a seven-course, sit-down meal, $195 per person, plus tax, The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, 1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. 941-383-6464, fax, 941-383-4981. www.colonybeachresort.com.
This article appears in Oct 18-24, 2001.