Last year’s Latin Food and Wine Festival passed me by, but I was determined not to let this annual event pass me by again this year. Think of this festival as a showcase of Latin flavors from around Central Florida. Representatives from local restaurants set up tents in a tight stretch of Crane’s Roost Park beside Altamonte […]
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Epcot Int’l Food and Wine Festival 2011: Part 2
There are several festival dishes that will look familiar from my last post, so I would retrace those steps again, but consider those dishes apart of my festival favorites. Many menu items, like Argentina’s beef skewers with chimichurri sauce and the Fisherman’s Pie, were also present at last year’s festival, which makes them reliable hold-overs […]
Cevíche Tapas Bar and Restaurant
Hispanic dinners are boisterous and involve sharing conversation over courses upon courses of food with family and friends. A meal is as fun as it is intimate. Cevíche Tapas Bar & Restaurant specializes in tapas — small plates of cold and hot entrées — which is one of the best ways to share a group dinning experience. […]
Epcot Int’l Food and Wine Festival 2011: Part 1
Epcot International Food and Wine Festival annually takes advantage of the beautiful Fall Florida weather and existing World Showcase pavilions to feature tapas-style dishes from around the world. There are several new booths this year, including Hawai’i, Caribbean Islands, Scandinavia, and Portugal, which also includes a Portugal Wine Bar. I’m a little sad that Puerto […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
Foodspotting Eat-Up at Steak and Salad Turkish Kitchen
[Updated 03/25/2012: Steak and Salad Turkish Cuisine is now known as Atilla’s Steak and Salad Bar & Grill.] Steak and Salad Turkish Cuisine was open, welcoming, and wonderful venue for July’s Foodspotting Eat-Up. The dining room was cozy and filled with a flood of natural light from the many wooden-framed windows. Several tables lined with […]
Dave & Buster’s Orlando VIP Pre-Opening Event
About ten years ago is when I saw my first Dave & Buster’s ad, but for the life of me I could not figure out why there wasn’t a Dave & Buster’s in Orlando. Now, we need not wonder any longer. On July 18, 2011, Dave & Buster’s Orlando opened its doors to the public, […]