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We wanted to give you a quick rundown of our impressions of the beer and wine offerings at the 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival (so far)… WINE So far, all of the wine we’ve had has come from the Festival Center. Nick took some photos of the menus there… Complete menu continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – review of BEER & WINE so far… … Last year, there were chocolate sculptures from Disney World chefs showcased in the Ghirardelli Chocolate Center… This very popular exhibit is back this year with new works of art… “Romantic Ocean Sunset” Yoly Lazo, Jessie Sudsa-nguan, Lexy Ross, Agueda Vasquez, and Yanibelka Contreras (Epcot and Disney’s BoardWalk Resort) “Wild Mustangs continue reading Chocolate Sculptures – Ghirardelli Chocolate Center, Festival Center – 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival … We headed back over to bluezoo on Friday night, if you follow our twitter feed (@extrawdwmagic) then you already know about most of the meal… BUT here’s a recap, and a story… When we arrived, we noticed that Monique was behind the bar! Yay! Nick could order a Boulevardier (Monique has been working to get continue reading Yes, we’re becoming bluezoo fanboys (well, one of us is a fangirl) … There’s a new snack bar at the Lake Buena Vista golf course located at Saratoga Springs resort. Nick had heard about it on the internet (do you ever stop and think about how incongruous it is that we say that we “heard” something on the internet – it’s mainly a reading and writing medium)… So, continue reading Chips & Slices, new snack bar at Lake Buena Vista Golf Course … We did this event two years ago, during the first year of it’s existence… it wasn’t as impressive as our first Tequila Lunch, so we decided to give it a year or two to mature. This year, Calvin agreed to come with us – it was nice to have a friend sharing the experience. We continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Beer & Food Pairing at Via Napoli … We did the POSH Salt Culinary Demo last year and were really impressed with the products and the presenters, so much so that it was one of our top two culinary demonstrations (the other one in the top two was Kevin Dundon 2012). Salina Faris (?) wine presenter and Pam Smith (Walt Disney continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Culinary Demonstration with Alisa Malavenda, POSH Salt(tm) … On Wednesday of last week (October 2nd), I had seen a post on The Disney Food Blog – an exclusive news story – there’s a new pressed brioche ice cream sandwich at Epcot’s L’Artisan des Glaces in France… I thought it sounded interesting and of course, had to relay the news to Nick and to continue reading NEW Ice Cream Sandwich from France Pavilion in Epcot … Last year, we surprised ourselves by buying two bottles of wine at the “wine store” inside the Food & Wine Festival Center (known as Wonders of Life pavilion to old-timers)… We liked the Bernau Block from Williamette Valley Vineyards so much that we had to have some all for ourselves (btw here is the blog continue reading Review – purchase at the Wine Store – 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival … A few days ago we went to the Tequila Pairing Lunch with our friends Lisa and Andy… This is the first of two times that we’ve scheduled to do this event, while it’s the third time for us, it’s the first time for them. Since we’ve posted about the event before (2011 & 2012) and continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Tequila Lunch #1 … On Thursday of last week, we went to dinner at Todd English’s bluezoo with our friends Lisa & Andy (we were celebrating their 45th Wedding Anniversary… congratulations!)… In addition to our dinner, Chef Ryan brought out two surprises for us and we wanted to share them here. First treat was braised duck leg quarter served continue reading bluezoo treats … |
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