Photos: Food lust and chef candy from the 2011 Aspen Food & Wine Classic

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Lori Midson
For the Grand Cochon, Seidel created a "Fruition farm stand deli," which included everything from a fenel-curred porchetta di testa club sandwich to bacon-wrapped "dirty rice" pate with kidney and spleen confit.

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Lori Midson
While Seidel didn't clinch the Prince of Porc title at the Grand Cochon, the three dishes he served to the judges were superb -- and the presentation was by far the best in show.

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Lori Midson
The bacon waffles, fried trotters and pork buns from chefs Duskie Estes and John Stewart, who command the line at Zazu in Santa Rosa, were enough to win over the judges and the voting public at the Grand Cochon, earning them the Price of Porc title.

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Lori Midson
Winemaker Francis Ford Coppola got his swine on during the Grand Cochon.

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Lori Midson
Cheese!

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Lori Midson
There was never a dull moment in the grand tasting tent, which swelled with foodniks and oenophiles.

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