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I've driven around Merced and the San Joaquin Valley for nearly 40 years. I used to think Merced motorists were much more docile and well-behaved behind the wheel than those from the San Francisco Bay Area. Now I'm not so sure. Driving around Merced these days can be a white-knuckle experience at certain times. It was particularly bad in early December during the height of the Christmas shopping rush.

As the writer of the Taste of Merced County and Beyond column, which is published twice a month on Wednesdays in the features section, I have been surprised and pleased to see so many food-related events taking place around this area.

There have been so many that I haven't been able to get all of them in. Although this one isn't happening until April, the deadline for nominations is Monday, so I thought I'd bring it up before next week's column.