You could spend $2 at Del Taco this weekend and you wouldn’t have to get out of your car (or get dressed, for that matter.) Or you can spend $2,000 at LA’s Food & Wine Festival sampling cuisine from over 120 celebrity chefs, along with fine wines from around the globe. The producers of Pebble Beach Food & Wine festival also host the annual Los Angeles Food & Wine festival Santa Monica / Los Angeles area. With 16 culinary events costing around $130-200 each, the tab can exceed $2,000. Most people select one or several instead, such as — Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse August 25, 2016. A great introduction is: three hour Grand Tasting on Aug.27 and Aug.28.