Epcot Food & Wine 2010 – The Great Whiskey Debate

The Great Whiskey (or is it Whisky) Debate

Debate spectators awaiting a "spirited" presentation

Who & What: The Great Whiskey Debate , presented by Bobby “G” Gleason (moderator for Beam Global Spirits, master mixer), Dan Tulio (Canadian Club Whisky), Bernie Lubbers (Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey), and Simon Brooking

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Epcot Food & Wine 2010 – Boston Brewing Company Seminar

Who & What: The Boston Beer Company, presented by Elyse Bell

When: Monday, October 11, 2010

Where: Festival Center, Epcot

Beverage Seminar area set up for our beer class

Tastings: Samuel Adams Light, Samuel Adams Lager, Samuel Adams Octoberfest

Samuel Adams Light, Lager, and Octoberfest (left to right)

What We Learned:

History of

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WDW Swan & Dolphin Food & Wine Classic 2010 – Tastings

Who & What: Tastings of Food from the Swan & Dolphin Restaurants, including…

Todd English’s bluezoo Shula’s Steak House Il Mulino New York Tratorria Kimono’s Sushi Bar Cabana Bar & Beach Club The Fountain Delectable Desserts from Chef Laurent Braniard

When: Friday, October 8th 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Where: Causeway

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WDW Swan & Dolphin Food & Wine Classic 2010 – Educational Seminar

All Things Sake

From Food & Wine Classic Preview Materials…

“Dive into the history of sake, the current trends in the industry, and a hint at what we can expect tomorrow. Topics include vessels, labeling, when to warm your sake and how the production and milling of sake produces different grades and taste profiles.

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Epcot Food & Wine 2010 – Culinary Demonstration – Peng Looi

Who & What: Peng Looi, August Moon & Asiatique, Louisville, Kentucky

When: Friday, October 8th @ 1:00 p.m.

Where: Festival Center, Epcot

Menu: Roasted Quail “Rendang Style” with Pickled Root Vegetables (recipe below with Nora’s changes)

Nick: “the recipe uses very little vegetables – what’s up with people

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Food & Wine 2010 Reservations

We’ve planned a pretty busy schedule for this year’s Epcot Food & Wine Festival (for more details check allearsnet here, disney food blog here, and disney world’s website here). And this doesn’t include all of the Eat to the Beat concerts we want to attend!

Culinary Demonstrations

Oct 08 – Peng Looi, August Moon Oct

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Random Notes from Backstage Magic Tour

(originally posted on FrugalDinks May.19.2010)

I was cleaning out my bag last night & ran across some notes

(granted, they’re skimpy notes by my usual standards, but there wasn’t a lot of opportunity to take my usual voluminous tomes)

Electrical Energy – WDW has three power plants & they must buy more power from

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Our Backstage Magic Tour – Part 2

(originally posted on FrugalDinks May.14.2010)

Now, back to the Backstage Magic Tour.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

The first thing we noticed as we drove backstage on the big cruise bus – backstage is “finished” – it looks like a hollywood studio – with good reason, it used to be a working studio.

Our first stop

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Our Backstage Magic Tour – Part 1

(originally posted on FrugalDinks May.12.2010)

Yesterday, we took the Backstage Magic Tour; this tour was focused on the four WDW theme parks and provided a glimpse of what goes on backstage to create the magic we all enjoy.

Right up front, while we enjoyed the tour – we’re big readers, I’m a particularly avid

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Wilderness Back Trail Adventure – another Segway Tour

On May 8th 2010, we (Nick, Kate, Calvin & I) went on the Wilderness Back Trail Adventure (see allearsnet for the basic rundown) – and was it ever fun! So much so that Nick & I are ready and willing to do it again!

We met our guides (Ron & Sean) at the bike

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