Epcot Food & Wine — Culinary Demonstration — Michael Toussaint Gunn — United Kingdom Pavilion, Epcot

This Culinary Demonstration was a treat for us because… Calvin and Kate went too!

On to the specifics…

Food: Apple Wood Smoked Cornish Game Hen with Sautéed Shallots, Chard and Applewood Bacon, served on top of Mashed Rutabaga, with Chicken Jus

Wine: Mohau “Central Otago” Pinot Noir from Mohau-New Zealand

Our usual presenter, Pam

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Epcot Food & Wine — Culinary Demonstration, Bob Getchell – Sanaa

This demonstration was on 30 September, opening day of the 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. The culinary demonstration space has been altered for 2011. It is no longer a stage at the end of an elongated space with tables but is tables spread wide around a stage. If you attend events you’ll understand

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Reservations for 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

Well after dealing with other business for the last couple of months, I’ve finally made time to get back into Extra WDW Magic. It was kind of forced on me. One of our favorite events at WDW is the Food and Wine (F&W) Festival at Epcot. Although the food is often marginal – it is

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Plans…

If you know us at all you know that we like a plan. We like to try to know well in advance what we are doing and where we need to be. In fact I have trips on my calendar right now all the way through September 2013! Things might change but there are things

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Hoop Dee Doo Revue at Fort Wilderness

We're doing the Hoop Dee Doo!

We finally did the Hoop Dee Doo. Kate & Calvin and Walter went with us; Kate and Calvin were the only ones who’d attended before. We all rode together with Walter acting as our chauffeur – because – wait for it – the Hoop Dee Doo

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Disney’s Holiday D-Lights Tour Review – 2010

In addition to the Yuletide Fantasy Tour (backstage, review here), we went on the Holiday D-Lights Tour. This is a “new” tour, offered for the first time in 2009… as such, we weren’t at all sure of what would be happening or if we would enjoy it a little bit or a whole lot. We

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Epcot Food & Wine 2010 – Bunratty Mead and Liquor Co. Ltd

Who: Nancy Larkin

What: Bunratty Mead, Bunratty Potcheene, and O’Maras Irish Cream

When: Saturday, November 13, 2010

This was our last Food & Wine event for 2010 – unfortunately, it would end on a sour note… This was the worst beverage seminar we attended, for many reasons…

the presenter droned on and

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Culinary Adventure – Fulton’s Crab House

We had really looked forward to this – early last summer we read a rumor that Fulton’s might be redone as the Empress Lily (it’s original incarnation) for this special dinner. It was not.

third floor lounge at Fulton's Crab House

We were escorted up to the third floor lounge where we were offered

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Culinary Adventure – Raglan Road

A special five-course meal at Raglan Road to showcase the food and craft of Chef Kevin Dundon.

We were seated at a table for four with another couple (from Colorado, Jen & Gary). This was our first Culinary Adventure, but not the first for them. The place settings were very nice with yellow or red

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Epcot Food & Wine 2010 – Kevin Dundon

Food Who: Kevin Dundon from Raglan Road at Downtown Disney

Wine Who: Yarden, Israeli wine – the Golan Heights region has been growing wine off and on for centuries (5000 years). The current winery isn’t very old, the Golan Heights Winery released it’s first vintage in 1984. In 1986 they won their

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