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  • Edwin McCain rocked festival-goers on a beautiful evening
    Edwin McCain rocked festival-goers on a beautiful evening
    Downtown Greenville served as a beautiful backdrop to the Friday night Taste of the South event that opened the 2010 festival
  • A tasty competition
    A tasty competition
    A culinary battle of the sexes was part of last year's Euphoria events. The contest pitted Greenville chefs Vicky Moore and Teryi Youngblood against Chef Andre Jones of The Green Room in Greenville and Chef Michael Kramer of the Tasting Room Wine Café in Houston. Each team had to complete as many dishes as possible in 45 minutes using four mystery ingredients: Japanese sweet potatoes, whole-grain mustard, top-round lamb and sea beans.
  • Euphoria co-founder Edwin McCain serenades the crowd
    Euphoria co-founder Edwin McCain serenades the crowd
    Musician and festival co-founder Edwin McCain  played his guitar and sang some favorite tunes while acclaimed Chef Kevin Rathbun cooked up a favorite scallop dish during Saturday cooking demonstrations.
  • Soby's Chef Shaun Garcia shined with bbq and collard greens
    Soby's Chef Shaun Garcia shined with bbq and collard greens
    Soby’s Chef Shaun Garcia was happy to share his slow-cooked Red Wattle pork, topped with green tomato marmalade, served with sweet potatoes and collard greens at the Taste of the South kickoff event at the 2010 euphoria Food & Wine Festival.
  • McCain entertains the Friday night diners
    McCain entertains the Friday night diners
    Musician Edwin McCain sings during the Friday night Taste of the South event that opened the 2010 festival.
  • Sunday jazz brunch is a local favorite
    Sunday jazz brunch is a local favorite
    Sunday Brunch was held under tent while participants enjoyed brunch foods prepared by Greenville restaurants and listened to jazz musician Mark Rapp
 

Get your tickets now for Greenville's fabulous Euphoria food and wine festival

Posted 7/18/2011 4:48:00 PM

Tickets are now on sale for Euphoria 2011, which has added new events this year, including a Sunday Supper, a beer garden, and beer and spirits dinners.

Euphoria, in its sixth year, will be held Sept. 22-25 in downtown Greenville. It was founded by musician Edwin McCain and restaurateur Carl Sobocinski of Table 301 to highlight the culinary and arts offerings of South Carolina's Upcountry.


The Sunday Supper will be a farm-to-table dinner prepared by Chef Sean Brock of McCrady’s and Husk in Charleston and the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef of the Southeast for 2010. It will be in the open-air Wyche Pavilion on the Reedy River.

Also new -- and joining the wine village that has been part of the festival -- will be a beer garden during the Tasting Showcase on Saturday. The Tasting Showcase includes demonstrations and seminars by chefs and master sommeliers as well as musical performances.

In addition to the wine dinners on Saturday night, there will be spirits and beer dinners. The spirits dinner will be at High Cotton with host chef Anthony Gray and guest chef Michael Kramer of Felix 55 in Houston. The beer dinner will be at Nose Dive gastropub, with host chef Joey Pearson and guest chefs David Guas of Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar and Eatery in Arlington, Va., and Robert Wiedmaier of Brasserie Beck in Washington, D.C.

Guest chefs will be working with host chefs at wine dinners at six restaurants. The one at American Grocery Restaurant with host chef Joe Clarke and Steven Satterfield of Miller Union in Atlanta has already sold out.

One of the most popular events of Euphoria, Taste of the South, will be held Friday night at Peace Center Amphitheatre. A number of restaurants will be offering a taste of their specialties, and McCain will perform in concert with several guest musicians.

Euphoria begins this year with Songwriters Recipe: Songs and Stories from Euphoria Unplugged on Thursday night. It is an intimate evening with McCain and several singers and songwriters talking about performing and how they make music.

Other events include the BMW Mini-Driving School Experience on Friday; a jazz brunch on Sunday featuring jazz musician Mark Rapp and the Clemson University Gospel Choir; and a culinary competition among local chefs on Sunday.