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 […]
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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 […]
Quick Bite: You’re My Boy Bleu from Oblivion Taproom
One of the first questions I like to ask people is, “What do you like to order?” When I’m at Oblivion Taproom in the East Colonial/Fashion Square Mall area, my favorite things to order on the food menu is the You’re My Boy Bleu. I couldn’t eat in this time around, but I did bring […]
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 […]
Upcoming: Food Revolution Day Orlando
Food is at the heart of everything. — The Jamie Oliver Foundation Life is hectic. Even as a kid, breakfasts were small, prepackaged, and harried, but dinner was the one time when my family could spend time together over a home-style Puerto Rican meal. The temptation for fast food has started to seep into every […]
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. […]
Food Blog Forum Orlando 2012: Finale
The Food Blog Forum attendees took a break from learning for a mini Party for the Senses in the World ShowPlace, which is located inside Epcot in that odd little gap on the right just after the Canada Pavilion. The building beyond the gates is an event space for anything from galas, to luncheons, to […]