Cooks and Corks is one of several events that takes place over several days each spring as part of the Scottsdale Culinary Festival. If you'll be buying tickets for Cooks and Corks, here are a few tips that might help you navigate your way around the event.
Enjoy these photos from Cooks and Corks 2008.
- The admission charge for Cooks and Corks is $75. (2008)
- Your admission to Cooks and Corks includes admission to the Great Arizona Picnic.
- Cooks and Corks takes place indoors, in the lobby of the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
- Because it is indoors, it isn't subject to the elements, like hot days or windy days. The down side is that space is finite.
- You can expect Cooks and Corks to be very busy in the afternoon. There are times when you might have to navigate around quite a crowd to sample wines or get food samples. Be patient!
- There are very few places to sit, so you'll be standing while you eat and taste the wines. Try not to have too many other things in your hands when you come.
- You'll be given a wine glass as well as a nifty tray for food samples when you enter.
- Seminars and demonstrations are also indoors in convenient locations, right near the food and wine action.
- No one under 21 is permitted into Cooks and Corks. That includes children in strollers.
- There is no dress code here. You'll see everything from shorts and jeans to resort casual attire.
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