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Planning for Food & Wine is always exciting and at the same time a bit daunting… How many special events do we want to do? How many special events fit into our schedule (we always seem to have lots of visitors during Food & Wine, and isn’t a given that they want to go to continue reading thoughts and plans for Food & Wine 2014 … We like to look back at each year’s Epcot International Food & Wine Festival before we really charge into Holidays at Disney World – it really helps us when we start planning the next year’s Festival. Our “festival habits” have changed a lot in recent years… 2010 2011 2012 2013 Signature Dinners 2 1 0 continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Let’s wrap this up, final thoughts … We did a quick summary of wines, beer, etc… part way through the Festival (here). Quick recap if you don’t want to follow the link… Brazil Marketplace – Xingu Black Beer, not so great but not bad Outpost (near Africa) – St George Beer, not likely to go out of our way to have again continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – summary of wines beer etc … I mentioned earlier that we attended the last Culinary Demonstration of the 2013 Epcot Food & Wine Festival… At the end of our demo, the cast members who had participated in the culinary demos, the wine demos, the cocktail demos, etc… were recognized for another successful Food & Wine. Pam Smith made it a point continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – A Good-Bye and Thank-You to the Festival Center Cast Members … So, yesterday I showed you one of the two items from our “must have” or “really want” lists that we were able to get AND I told you that some booths were sold out of some items (excepting Ireland – they only had dessert left)… We both had the lettuce wrap from South Korea on continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – South Korea Marketplace – Lettuce Wrap with Roast Pork … Well, it’s the last night of the Food & Wine Festival and there are a few things that we really wanted to try that we haven’t gotten around to yet… Let’s start with the Pork Slider (nick) and the Tuna Poke (me). Kalua Pork Slider with Sweet and Sour Dole® Pineapple Chutney & continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Hawaii Marketplace – Pork Slider & Tuna Poke … Okay, the zapiekanki is an example of memory outpacing actual experience. We both thought that this was one of our hits from 2012 (ha! not so much)… So we had eagerly awaited a cooler evening during the 2013 Festival when we could get this tasty gem and actually enjoy it. So, on the first cool continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Poland Marketplace – Zapiekanki & Okocim O.K. Beer … Okay, I know that the photos taken with my iPhone aren’t that great but this concert was… In fact, we stayed later than we intended to, just to see the last set. A few quick comments Dennis DeYoung has done a marvelous job preserving his voice, he sounded great (Augus Zedra performed the harder continue reading Dennis DeYoung (formerly of Styx) Eat to the Beat Concert … The day of the huge group tour of food & wine – we split a Lamb Meatball with Spicy Tomato Chutney from the New Zealand Marketplace, it wasn’t any better than last year, and we each had our own Venison Sausage with Pickled Mushrooms, Baby Arugula & Black Currant Reduction, it was good enough to continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – New Zealand Marketplace – Venison Sausage … I wanted to sample the Schinkennudeln (Pasta Gratin with Ham & Cheese) – Nick didn’t have this as a “must have” on his list… a digression, not to be confused with digestion By the way… Have you heard of the new cookbook that’s all over the blogosphere the last few weeks? It’s “Melt: The Art continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Germany Marketplace – Schinkennudeln & Riesling Kabinett … |
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