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Small Screen Cuisine

This fascinating book is not just for foodies, but also for anyone interested in American popular culture of food as entertainment.  I can’t even begin to touch on all the information in this book.  You will just have to buy it and see what I mean.  You won’t be able to put it down.  Starting with […]

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It’s Time for Another Box ‘O Books Give-Away!!

Okay, my dear readers.  You all blew me away with all the Disney Give-Away entries I received.  The world loves anything Disney, that’s for sure!!  Thank you to everyone who entered.  Congratulations to Valerie S. from Rhode Island who won the first give-away with the Disney cookbook package, and to Julie P. from Florida who […]

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A Recipe from the Epcot Food and Wine Festival Cookbook

One of our hosts, and cookbook author, Pam Brandon, told us that one of the most popular dishes of the Epcot festival is the Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup, which is in Pam’s fabulous cookbook of the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival.  This book is a keeper!  So many great recipes! CANADIAN CHEDDAR CHEESE SOUP […]

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Day Three of the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival: Now it’s Time to Say Good-bye, to All our Company…

Day three of the festival begins with breakfast at Kouzzina by Cat Cora of Iron Chef fame, at Disney’s Boardwalk, a short stroll from our hotel.  After a tasty breakfast, we were given tickets and wrist bands for the upcoming day and evening events, then headed out to a cheese and wine seminar, with Max McCalman of artisanalcheese.com.  […]

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Day Two, Part II, of the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival: Gingerbread Houses and African Huts

We left off Part I of yesterday’s blog after our incredible lunch at the California Grill.  If you haven’t read it yet, scroll down and read it, because you will wonder, as we did, how we could even think about food again so quickly.  But like the magic of Disney, it appeared and we took it […]

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Day Two, Part I, of the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival: Mickey Awaits!

Waking up on the second day of the festival, our stomachs still full from the incredible dinner of the night before, my daughter Kristina and I heard voices through the wall in the room next door.  “Wake up, kids!  Mickey awaits!” we heard a mother say to her excited children.  It was then we realized that it’s […]

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Day One of the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival: From Private Dining to Mickey Towels

When my daughter Kristina and I headed to O’Hare last Thursday afternoon on our flight to Orlando for the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, and a stay at the amazing Disney Yacht Club Resort, little did we know what adventures awaited us.  We knew it sounded grand,  but we weren’t expecting such royal treatment!  Our host, Charles (who we adore!) […]

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Disney Give-Away #2 From Epcot Food and Wine Festival

This give-away is all about wine and cheese! The wooden cheese board is from the fabulous California Grill, which I will talk about later, and the adorable bottle stopper is a chef from the event logo.  I have also included two cookbooks from my collection, one all about California wines, and the other called The International Cheese […]

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