Let’s get back to basics. There is a jewel of a sandwich shop with amazing barbecue, salads, and wraps in the heart of Gotha called Yellow Dog Eats. The building is a historical 1910’s to 1920’s home restored and converted into a cozy, laid-back getaway with some unforgettable noms by Culinary Institute of America alum, […]
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Gulf Wild at Fulton’s Crab House
Jason Delacruz and many other Florida Gulf Coast fisherman want to change the way wild-caught fish are harvested from the Gulf of Mexico. Sustainable, safely-caught seafood is the focus. Uniquely numbered gill tags make individual fish easily trackable right down to the men who pull them from the water. Fisherman, dealers, and consumers can be […]
Stay Calm Cupcake Truck Grand Opening
Central Florida’s own Stay Calm Cupcake goes mobile this week with the Stay Calm Cupcake Truck. They have been in business for two years, and most recently served their cupcakes to hungry foodies at CRAVEup 2012 a few months ago. Among the featured cupcakes at Crave were Mocha Caramel, Toasted Coconut, Cherry Passion Fruit, and Peach Cobbler. […]
The Generous Pour Wine Event at The Capital Grille
The Capital Grille has brought back The Generous Pour Wine Event, since the words “generous” and “wine” worked together like gangbusters last year! The idea is guests can add on unlimited pours of their favorite featured wines and are guided through their meal by a Sommelier for $25 per person. I’ll mention the favorite wines […]
Medieval Times in Kissimmee
The House of Mouse isn’t the only place in Central Florida to dine inside a castle. Medieval Times has been in Kissimmee for almost thirty years and is the dinner show’s first castle. I remember this Medieval Times as one of the first big landmarks on Highway 192 — along with Xanadu: Home of the […]
Pastry Chef Alon Gontowski Talks Hard Rock, Food Network, and Gluten-Free
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s Pastry Chef, Alon Gontowski, strode onto the kitchen battlefield of Food Network confection competition show, Sweet Genius, to put his confectionery mettle to the test. He fought through the gauntlet of mystery ingredients — including vermicelli noodles, spicy tamarind candy, pomelos, and honeycombs — and emerged the winner of bragging rights and the […]
Jeremiah’s Italian Ice in Maitland
What have I been up to these days? Trying to live life to the coolest! Mr. Forkful and I have taken Jeremiah’s Italian Ice motto to heart ever since our college days — he was the first person to introduce me to the transcendent layering of Italian ice and vanilla soft serve ice cream. Whenever […]
Central Florida Food Blogger Bake Sale 2012
Central Florida food bloggers partnered with Great American Bake Sale this year and raised funds for Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, an organization dedicated to eliminating childhood hunger in the United States by 2015. A big thank you to John Rife of Winter Garden Harvest Festival, who donated space for the bake sale […]
Border Grill Near Universal Orlando Resort
Taco Tuesday and Orlando Foodspotting Eatup joined forces and filled Border Grill with hungry foodies last month! Casual observers in the same plaza on Vineland Road also filed into Border Grill curious about the sudden food party. The owners of Border Grill serve Mexican tacos with a neat mix of familiar Hispanic staples as fillings […]
Recipe: Apricot Granola Crumble Pie and Giveaway
My approach to pie mostly starts with a small dose of panic and the knowledge that every pie is a learning experience. The word “pie” conjures a toasty, lattice-topped apple dessert in my mind, so logically I decided to try my hand at an apricot pie. My main personal hurdle here was the crust. […]