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Seabourn Pride to Host Second Annual 'Great American Food & Wine
Festival' in October

Guest Chefs Explore Regional Cuisine, Culinary Events on the Eastern
Seaboard

MIAMI, July 26
The all-suite, 208-guest Seabourn Pride will host its second annual
Great American Food & Wine Festival on a 13-day cruise from New York
to Nassau departing October 17, 2004.
During the cruise, guests will enjoy onboard cooking demonstrations by
guest chef Charlie Palmer of Aureole in New York and Las Vegas,
kitchen 22 and others nationwide, as well as Robbin Haas, chef/owner
of the Latin-flavored restaurant Chispa in Coral Gables, Florida.
Signature dishes created by the guest chefs will be featured on menus
in the ship's open-seating restaurant and the casual alternative
Veranda Cafe and the ship will host wine tastings featuring vintages
from some of America's most prestigious vineyards.

The harvest-time cruise itinerary includes visits to a number of
cities that enjoy rich culinary traditions and vibrant contemporary
cooking scenes. In ports that include Newport, RI; Philadelphia;
Baltimore; Alexandria, VA (for Washington DC); Norfolk (for
Williamsburg) VA; Charleston SC; Amelia Island and Port Canaveral, FL,
guests will explore these by means of optional tours and visits to
local culinary attractions.

At Newport, an optional excursion will include information about the
variety and bounty of local shellfish available in New England, and a
demonstration of different traditional methods of preparing clam
chowders. The end products will then provide a delicious luncheon for
participants.
An overnight stay in Philadelphia will provide the opportunity to
experience a comparative tasting of the city's iconic Philly Cheese
Steaks on site at the rival landmarks Geno's and Pat's.
In Baltimore, guests will enjoy a luncheon feast of steamed blue crabs
at Bo Brooks' classic crab shack and, afterward, explore the historic
220-year old Lexington Market.
From Alexandria, an excursion into the gently rolling Virginia
Piedmont leads to the award-winning Chrysalis Vineyards, for a tour
and a tasting of wines from their unusual Spanish and French varietals
as well as the native Norton Virginia grapes.
In Norfolk, visit Rowena's in the historic Ghent section, a business
that started with a family recipe for almond pound cake and has earned
praises in the pages of Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Southern Living and on
PBS television and the Food Network.
Amanda Dew Manning, a 10th generation South Carolinian, leads a tour
of Charleston's rich "Lowcountry" culinary heritage including a
cooking demonstration and luncheon by the chef at the city's
award-winning Magnolia's restaurant. All guests will also enjoy an
Exclusively Seabourn Charleston experience when they ride by
horsedrawn carriage to a traditional Southern tea in an elegant 19th
century home.
At Amelia Island, a boardinghouse-style luncheon is offered at The
Florida House Inn. Located in the Fernandina Beach Historic District,
Florida's oldest surviving hotel is only one of the architectural gems
seen in this picturesque Victorian seaport.
At Port Canaveral, guests are invited to "Follow the Wild Ocean
Shrimp" on a boat tour of the Indian River Lagoon, a visit to a shrimp
processor's and a feast of locally caught rock shrimp and boat run
shrimp at the famous Dixie Crossroads.
With special savings of 50 percent off the published rates, fares for
the 13-night cruise start from just $5,132 per person, based on double
occupancy of a 277-square foot ocean view Seabourn Suite.
For details, or to reserve a suite for Seabourn Pride's Great American
Food & Wine Festival, call your travel agent.

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