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Tequila Lunch Pairing La Hacienda de San Angel October 5, 2012 We attended this event last year with Al, Judy, and Al’s Big Sister – we enjoyed it immensely and therefore wanted to do it again this year. As with last year (here), we waited until it was our turn to enter the lobby (they continue reading Tequila Lunch – La Hacienda, Mexico Pavilion – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Laurent Carillion, Chefs de France, France Pavilion, Epcot October 4, 2012
Pam Smith and Chef Laurent Carillion Wine: Chateau Trocard, Montrepos – Bordeaux B&B’s French Wine Club Bob Perkins and his friend, Bill, are the B&B of B&B’s French Wine Club. How did it get started? Someone gave Bob a wine tasting continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Chefs de France – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Cat Cora, Kouzzina(r) by Cat Cora, Disney’s BoardWalk Inn October 2, 2012 Wine: Brampton UnWooded Chardonnay Alistair Glen, DCG, Western Cape, South Africa This wine comes from one of a number of vineyards that the company has and is a “fabulous food wine because it’s unwooded.” The current vintage in the US is 2011, continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Cat Cora – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 Culinary Demonstration – Alisa Malavenda, POSH Salt™, Cliffside Park, New Jersey October 1, 2012 Laura Castelli, Pam Smith, and Chef Alisa Malavenda First off, we need to start with how delightful and engaging the trio was this evening… (Pam Smith from WDW, Alisa Malavenda a private continue reading Culinary Demonstration – POSH Salt™ – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 Culinary Demonstration – Michael Gonsalves – Yachtsman Steakhouse, Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club October 1, 2012 Chef Michael (L) is explaining how they make the sausages using a “stuffer” Wine: Domaine Skouras St George Ted Diamantis, President, Diamond Importers (Greece) Ted from Diamond Importers continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Yachtsman Steakhouse – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 The Edrington Group (Speyside, Scotland); Randolph Adams, Brand Ambassador September 30, 2012 Things that are different this year (there was no Edrington Group demonstration last year, we wrote quite a bit about the experience in 2010 (here) and will try to limit repetition in this post) The continue reading Mixology – The Edrington Group – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 David Njorge, Sanaa, Kidani Village, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge September 30, 2012 Pam Smith and Chef David Njoroge Wine: Spice Route Chenin Blanc Charl du Plessis, Vintner, The Spice Route Winery (South Africa) Tasting Note: Light straw colour. Complex tropical nose with spiced flavors continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Sanaa – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Safari Camp & Lunch After two hours we were ready for a break. The break comes at a custom built safari camp that sits at the highest point on the savannah. Our safari truck pulled up to a gate that was opened and then closed behind us (have to protect us from the animals). We continue reading Wild Africa Trek – Lunch and the end of our Trek … Our Wild Africa Trek at Disney’s Animal Kingdom continues… When we left you, nick had successfully crossed the bridges and all 12 trekkers had made it to our private savannah tour vehicle. (Crossing the bridges post is here) The tour vehicle is much smaller than the big trucks used on the Kilimanjaro Safari. Our truck continue reading Wild Africa Trek – Savannah Tour before Lunch … We noted in the first Wild Africa Trek post that nick was concerned about crossing the rope bridges. Nick has a fear of heights. Plus as he has gotten older he has had a couple of vertigo episodes. As we approached the first rope bridge, nick knew he would not be taking any photos WHILE continue reading Wild Africa Trek – Crossing the Bridges … |
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