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This Epcot Food & Wine Experience took place on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 This was Walter’s first ever Culinary Demonstration. We expected beef but instead discovered that we were going to get chocolate! Again, the protein was changed but this time it morphed into sweets – wow. Our Celebrity Chef was continue reading Culinary Demonstration with Emily Ellyn – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2014 … This Epcot Food & Wine Festival experience took place on Thursday, September 25, 2014 Yes! Two “food & wine lunches” in one day… there was a brief nap at American Adventure between lunches 🙂 As this was part of Nevie’s visit, my report will be brief and mainly pictorial. A full dtailed review continue reading first Tokyo Dining Sake & Food Pairing – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2014 … this culinary demonstration took place on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 This is the fifth year in a row that we’ve seen Kevin Dundon’s Culinary Demonstration at Food & Wine. And yes, he’s that good; he’s not only a great chef, he can demonstrate and talk and tell stories and banter all at the continue reading Kevin Dundon Culinary Demonstration – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2014 … Planning for Food & Wine is always exciting and at the same time a bit daunting… How many special events do we want to do? How many special events fit into our schedule (we always seem to have lots of visitors during Food & Wine, and isn’t a given that they want to go to continue reading thoughts and plans for Food & Wine 2014 … Artisanal Hand Made Charcuterie and Cheese Board Duck Pastrami, Bison Sausage, and Cow Girl Creamery Cheese with Artisanal Mustard and Craisin® Preserves paired with Iron Horse Estate Pinot Noir David Munksgard & Pam Smith It’s David from Iron Horse Vineyards (to avoid being redundant, here’s continue reading 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Culinary Demonstration with Michael Gonsalves from Golden Oak’s Summerhouse … 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) … This year, we decided to “rate” the items from the tasting booths. In summary… BOOTH ITEM RATING Australia Grilled Lamb Chop 9 South Africa Spinach & Paneer Pocket 8.5 Australia Wines 8 Japan Sake 7.5 China Mango Tapioca Pudding 7.5 South Korea Mung Bean Pancake with Shrimp 6.5 Singapore Seared Mahi Mahi 6 China Mongolian continue reading Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 – Wrap Up … Warren Brown, CakeLove, Washington, DC November 10, 2012 Wine: Jarvis Merlot David Crane, Presenter Jarvis Merlot Talking about Merlot… the movie “Sideways”, while not at all favorable to California Merlot, had the positive effect of causing a lot of bad California Merlots to be “weeded out”… The Merlot grape was originally used continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Warren Brown, CakeLove – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Glenn O’Brien, Boma – Flavors of Africa, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge November 12, 2012 Spice Route “Chakalaka”, South Africa Jim Killems, fun guy and wine educator Spice Route Chakalaka We’ve written a lot about South Africa wines over the last few years (here, here, and here), particularly Spice Route wines. Lisa and continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Boma’s – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh The Hearty Boys Catering, Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2012 Hearty Boys Cocktails, Chicago, Illinois Ward 8 Cocktail The Ward 8 Cocktail has been around for quite a while, since 1898. There are a lot of stories about it’s origin, basically, the cocktail was created to honor a politician from continue reading Culinary Demonstration – The Hearty Boys Catering – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … |
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