Tequila Lunch – La Hacienda, Mexico Pavilion – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

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

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Culinary Demonstration – Chefs de France – 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

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Culinary Demonstration – Kevin Dundon – Raglan Road™ Irish Pub and Restaurant, Downtown Disney – 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 …

Culinary Demonstration – POSH Salt™ – 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

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Culinary Demonstration – Yachtsman Steakhouse – 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

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Culinary Demonstration – Sanaa – 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

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Plans for Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

Big Plans – the Festival starts on Friday (yes, only three days away!) We’re going to start our F&W doings with a special event at Epcot. Some of you may know that October 1st is Epcot’s Anniversary and this year marks 30 years since Epcot opened. We made special efforts to attend Epcot’s 25th Anniversary

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Bongos Cuban Cafe Signature Dinner

Cast of Characters: nick, nora & Asta

We arrived at Bongos about 20 minutes before the start of check-in, the podium staff and the manager, Tony Montana, welcomed us. Tony was very friendly and escorted us to a bar in a smaller back area – this bar was set aside for the Signature Dinner. The

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Via Napoli Beer and Pizza Pairing – 2011

This year we had planned three pairings and this was the last one (Mexico’s Tequila Lunch and Japan’s Food & Sake were the other two). The Food & Beer Pairing at Via Napoli took place on Tuesdays this year and our event was the last one of the Food & Wine Festival.

Arrival and Location

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Tokyo Dining Food & Sake Pairing

Last year we did two pairings, Japan’s Food & Sake Pairing (here) and Morocco’s Food & Wine Pairing (here). We enjoyed the event in Japan quite a lot, so we’re repeating it this year; and luckily for us, they’ve changed the menu and the presentation a bit. This was our second of three such pairings

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