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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 … A nice mix of textures Mongolian Beef with Chinese Steamed Bun The steamed bun was soft and slightly sweet. There wasn’t as much beef or sauce as we expected (based on Eating WDW review here), but what was there tasted nice. The onions and the grilled green onion added some needed texture. On continue reading China Booth – Mongolian Beef Bun – 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 … Spice Route Wines, Swartland, South Africa Chenin Blanc, Pinotage, and Chakalaka October 2, 2012 Chenin Blanc, Pinotage, and Chakalaka We’ve had all of these Spice Route wines before; at Jiko with Lisa and Andy (Chakalaka), at a culinary demonstration during last year’s Epcot Food & Wine Festival (Pinotage, here), and just two days continue reading Beverage Seminar – Spice Route – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Culinary Demonstration – Kevin Dundon – Raglan Road™ Irish Pub and Restaurant, Downtown Disney (plus a lot of other famous chef stuff including Dunbroddy House in Ireland, we so want to visit there) October 2, 2012 Amy Meddins (wine), John Ekin (host), Chef Kevin Dundon (fabulous cook), and Sharon (helpful assistant) Culinary Demonstration – Kevin Dundon – Raglan Road™ Irish Pub and Restaurant, Downtown Disney – 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 … |
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