TICKETS TO GO ON SALE MONDAY, OCTOBER 27 for the 2009 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. One of the country's premiere culinary events, tickets sell out practically  overnight. For those of you who've been living under a rock, it's a national, star-studded, four-day destination event showcasing the talents of the world's most  renowned winemakers, spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities. A complete line-up of events for the 2009 Festival is available here.

It takes place Feb. 19-22, and the coolest thing seems to be a tribute dinner honoring Emeril Lagasse, prepared by Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, Eric Ripert, Charlie Trotter, Nobu Matsuhisa, Thomas Buckley, Gordon Maybury and Norman Van Aken. That sounds like some seriously good grub.