Right on the heels of the Perth International Arts Festival is the City Food & Wine Month. An entire month of celebrating all things yummy and sippy. The events vary widely: a progressive supper (each course at a different place), cooking demonstrations, freebie wine tastings, way too expensive cooking competitions where you get to eat a bit of the entries, festivals on the foreshore, cooking master classes, tours of notable food suppliers (grazed my way 
through Kakulas on this one), a wide variety of ethnicities and price tags.
through Kakulas on this one), a wide variety of ethnicities and price tags.We ended the month at the Butcher's Picnic. Free samples (naturally), a state championship judging of independent butcher sausage recipes, entertainment, the ubiquitous bouncy castle, a 
picnic set-up competition and some meaty demonstrations. Now, this was hardly the world's fair and the crowds not as huge as you might hope, but I enjoyed it anyway. Is that real pig intestine getting ground meat squirted into it? A pizza oven on wheels is cooking some lamb meat for sandwiches. Classic tunes with hokey sheep & sausage lyrics being sung by a local siren. The classic egg & spoon dash is done with cocktail ("little boys") wieners. The state cha
mpionship sausage judging almost passes unnoticed. It is in a roped off corner of the large tent. No drum roll, please. Just three judges munching away at a white draped table. Much like the toothpick-armed public around the sampling stands.
picnic set-up competition and some meaty demonstrations. Now, this was hardly the world's fair and the crowds not as huge as you might hope, but I enjoyed it anyway. Is that real pig intestine getting ground meat squirted into it? A pizza oven on wheels is cooking some lamb meat for sandwiches. Classic tunes with hokey sheep & sausage lyrics being sung by a local siren. The classic egg & spoon dash is done with cocktail ("little boys") wieners. The state cha
mpionship sausage judging almost passes unnoticed. It is in a roped off corner of the large tent. No drum roll, please. Just three judges munching away at a white draped table. Much like the toothpick-armed public around the sampling stands.We missed out on a really interesting wine tasting ($6 for 48 wines) but only because the group sponsoring that particular event had failed to procure the necessary alcohol permits. Oooops. No matter, we'll just await Perth's next festival coming soon.
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