Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Orlando has a full-service restaurant, Technique, which is open to the public with very limited dinner hours from Tuesday through Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The opportunity to experience culinary students using what they’ve learned in a traditional dinner setting was what interested me most about […]
Author: Marilyn
Sit ‘n Stay Pet Cafe Debut in Thornton Park
Sit ‘n Stay Pet Cafe recently debuted in Thornton Park offering free samples of their all-natural doggie treats like Sliders and Jamaican Beef Patties. The items are elegantly simple — they’re made with all-natural ingredients so dog owners can be sure their dog is safe from preservatives. Sit ‘n Stay definitely has me looking forward to bring […]
Fat Cat Gourmet All-Natural Sauces
Fat Cat is a line of gourmet condiments and hot sauces that focus on the flavor of its fresh ingredients instead of sheer heat. Owners, Eyal Goldshmid and Deborah Moskowitz, started Fat Cat in their kitchen with vegetables from their home garden and flavor stories from childhood inspiration. They have since expanded Fat Cat from […]
Big Wheel Provisions at Central Florida Blogger Conference
Big Wheel Provisions helped set the food truck bar in Orlando in terms of keeping menus fresh and local. They brought the yum during the Central Florida Blogger Conference this year with several interesting plates that included a cilantro curry dip, crispy artichokes, and house smoked pimentón — oh my! The Griddled Chicken Thigh Skewers […]
Fill the Grill $20 in 20 Minutes Ultimate Chef Showdown: Final Round
Chef Steve Saelg of The Crooked Spoon and Chef Alec Cheak of Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar brought their expertise to Whole Foods Phillips Crossing for the final round of Fill the Grill. As in the previous two rounds of Fill the Grill, both chefs were given $20 to buy groceries and 20 minutes to […]
The Tasting Room at the Chef’s Table in Winter Garden
Kathleen and Mike treated Adam and I to a fabulous birthday dinner at the new Tasting Room at the Chef’s Table in the Edgewater. The Chef’s Table at the Edgewater Hotel is located in historical Downtown Winter Garden a few minutes off West Colonial Drive. The restaurant is an intimate and fun dining experience owned […]
Omni Orlando Resort Introduces Homegrown Cocktails
Guest Post By: Kathleen Drozdowski, The Seasonal Vegetarian • kdrozdowski [at] gmail.com • @theseasonalkat Early this week, my friend Marilyn extended an invitation for me to take her place in attending the Homegrown Cocktail menu launch at the Omni Resort at Champion’s Gate. I was glad to help out, especially after finding the menu online. After […]
Fill the Grill $20 in 20 Minutes Ultimate Chef Showdown: Round 2
Earlier this week, the second round of Whole Foods Market’s Fill the Grill challenge took place at Whole Foods on Turkey Lake Road. Chef Steve Saelg of The Crooked Spoon food truck and Chef Tuan Tran of CRAVE Restaurant near Mall at Millenia were pitted against each other, given $20 to shop for ingredients in 20 […]
Delish New York Bakery in Doctor Phillips
One of the biggest charms of New York City for me are the number of cafés, bakeries, and delis within walking distance or a short subway ride away. Yet, somehow I managed to miss out on fresh-made New York bagels and cupcakes during my last visit to Gotham because I filled up on crepes, Chinese, […]
Fill the Grill $20 in 20 Minutes Ultimate Chef Showdown: Round 1
Whole Foods Market, in partnership with fabulous local chefs, started a cooking competition on August 2 in which chefs shop and create dishes on-the-fly for a panel of three judges. Think Supermarket Sweep crossed with Iron Chef. One catch: Each chef is only allowed to buy $20 worth of groceries in Whole Foods. Game on! […]