Photo Gallery: St. Michaels Food and Wine Festival

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Photo Gallery: St. Michaels Food and Wine Festival

At the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum dock

A lovely weekend! More than 2,000 food and wine fans descended on St. Michaels and its environs for guest chefs, wine dinners, hundreds of wines to taste, cheeses, charcuterie, demonstrations and even teeny martinis. We met some great people, picked up cool tips and in general, celebrated food.

Local names including St. Michaels Winery, Salter's Gourmet, Firefly Farms' cheeses and Dragonfly Farm's varietal vinegars took their place next to our urban visitors. Guests chefs Jeffrey Buben of D.C.'s Vidalia and Bistro Bis, and Cedric Maupillier of Central Michel Richard, among many others, demonstrated two fab dishes for the crowd -- Citrus-cured Salmon and Crabcakes with Leek Tartare, respectively. For recipes, click here.

Mike Koch of Firefly Farms serves the chevre.

Bacchus Distributors pours Zaca Mesa and more.

Super creamy Mountain Top Blue and Merry Go Round Brie

Citrus Cured Salmon for a Crowd

J. Buben picks our local microgreens

Jeffrey Buben of Vidalia cooks for the crowd

Laurie Forster, the Wine Coach, walks us through a blind tasting.

Flavorful Speck from Northern Italy -- find it!

Cedric Maupillier demonstrates a new take on crabcakes.

Teeny Tastes from Tommy Bahama Rum

Maupillier of Central Michel Richard in DC

Lou DiPalo talks about his imported treasures: Asiago and Speck

Fine brews from Flying Dog, Oxford and Wild Goose