Tips from the Mini-Guide: Food and Wine Festival Daily Schedule

The DFB Mini-Guide to the 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival e-Book is our new guide to help you navigate the flavors, feasts and fun offered at this year’s Epcot Food and Wine Festival! (Don’t forget to use code “CHEF” for your $2 discount!)

Find the Info That’s Helpful for YOU

Finding your way around the largest food and wine festival in the world can be daunting. For many people, searching through every event listing is tiring and frustrating, since most of us will only be at the festival for a day or two.

To help cut down on planning time, we’ve broken down every published event into an easy-to-read, day-by-day schedule so that you can quickly find out what is being offered on the day (or hopefully days!) of your visit to Epcot. There’s no need for you to wade through details of events that are happening when you’re not there — use our schedule to review only the information you need to make your Food & Wine Festival visit as magical as possible.

Here’s a sample page to show you what we mean… [Read more…]

Ode to Mickey Beignets

By AJ 24 Comments

We made it to Disneyland! We arrived Wednesday morning, and what’s the first thing we did? Eat beignets. A lot of beignets!

As you may know, one of our favorite restaurants in Disneyland, Cafe Orleans, offers Mickey-shaped beignets as a dessert menu item. Beignets are a New Orleans staple (which is why you’ll find them at Cafe Orleans and at the Mint Julep Bar in Disneyland’s New Orleans Square) — rich, buttery pastry fried in hot oil until it turns into a golden brown pillow of deliciousness.

Mickey Beignets with Raspberry Coulis and Vanilla Bean Creme Anglaise

The beignets are doused in powdered sugar and artfully stacked upon one another to form a towering pile of dessert. And, at Cafe Orleans, the beignets are served with [Read more…]

Disney Foodie Vinylmation Update

By Erin 2 Comments

Disney Food for Families columnist Erin Foster is our Vinylmation guru, too! Check out these cute new food Vinylmation figures and ear hats!

We’ve covered the world of foodie Vinylmation several times in the past, from a Rice Krispie create-your-own to sushi and, of course cupcakes.

Since then, there have been some additions to the Vinyl food world. The Urban 7 series of Vinylmation figures was released in July. I couldn’t resist adding this spaghetti and meatballs figure to my buffet of food-themed Vinylmations.

Spaghetti and meatballs front.

Isn’t it adorable? Makes me think of [Read more…]

Disney Cruise Review: Mojito Seminar Aboard the Disney Magic

By Heather 7 Comments

Our Dining in Disneyland columnist, Heather Sievers, is morphing into a Cruise columnist today! Check out this awesome Mojito Seminar!!

Looking for a fun and inexpensive way to get in some adult beverage time on your Disney Cruise? Go to a drink seminar! On our recent 11-day Mediterranean cruise we learned that there is no need to pay $10 for 1 mojito when you can pay $15 for four or more!

Being our third Disney Cruise, you’d think we would have heard about these special seminars, but, alas we had not…until our lovely concierge, Lynda, asked us if we liked mojitos. Sure, we’ll check that out! Here’s how it works: Sign up, show up, drink up.

Specs

The seminars take place during the day in one of the ship’s restaurants. Ours was in Animator’s Palate.

Animator's Palate

There were probably about 30-40 people in the seminar. The event was set up with about 4 tables with 8-10 chairs each, which all faced our “instructor.”

This is how you do it!

When we sat at our spots, we saw that everything was right and ready for our lesson!

Mojito Supplies!

The seminar included learning how to make four different types of mojitos. Each glass was [Read more…]

Disney Food Blog D23 Expo Meet-Up

By AJ 9 Comments

As we pack for the D23 Expo, we want to extend an invite to Disney Food Blog readers for an informal get-together in Disneyland!

Since the food options at the Expo might not be the greatest, we’ve decided to hang out at Trader Sam’s in Disneyland Hotel from 2:30-3:30pm on Saturday August 20, 2011!

Entrance to Trader Sam's

While Food and Beverage is at your own expense, the options here and over at the new Tangaroa Terrace should be fun and interesting to sample. Plus we know the Trader Sam’s drinks are good! 😉

For food, friends, and fun, join us at Trader Sam’s on Saturday, August 20th, at 2:30pm! We’re looking forward to meeting you! You can RSVP over on facebook here.

Mickey-Shaped Pretzels Spotted in Disney World!

By Kim LaPaglia 22 Comments

Big news for Mickey foodie fans! The pretzels that we are so fond of in Disneyland Park are now being served in Walt Disney World, we hear!!

Mickey Pretzel with Cheese in Disneyland

Mickey-shaped soft pretzels were recently spotted in the Magic Kingdom. And that makes my foodie heart go pitter patter! 😉

Have you seen the Mickey pretzels in the MK or anywhere else in WDW? If so, let us know in the comments below!

Thanks to Orlando Attractions Magazine for the heads up!

Snack Series: Walt Disney World Jumps on the Cake Pop Bandwagon

By Erin 22 Comments

Disney Food for Families columnist Erin Foster takes an in-depth look at the trendy Cake Pop infiltration of Walt Disney World.

The new addition to the world of Mickey-shaped sweet treats is the cake pop. In case you’ve missed out on this relatively new foodie trend, cake pops are small treats composed of cake and frosting mashed up to form a sort of cake paste, then formed into a ball or circle, and served on a stick.

The cake is almost always dipped into a chocolate or candy coating and often amusingly decorated. You can find do-it-yourself cake pop recipes here.

The sugar-coated cake pop.

Intro to Cake Pops in Disney World

On a recent trip to Walt Disney World, I found cake pops sold at the Magic Kingdom’s Main Street Confectionery, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ Sweet Spells, and at Downtown Disney’s Goofy’s Candy Company and Candy Cauldron.

The pops come in four possible cake flavors: chocolate, vanilla, marble, and red velvet. The candy coating is milk chocolate with either [Read more…]

2011 Epcot Food and Wine Festival Booking Starts Today!

By AJ 13 Comments

Epcot Food and Wine Festival bookings begin today, August 16th

, at 7am EST, and believe me — with the new events being introduced this year, it’s worth it to plan ahead! All events can be booked by calling 407-WDW-FEST. Low-cost seminars and demos, Party for the Senses, and 3D Disney’s Dessert Discovery can be booked online.* See links below.

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Check out the list of Special and Signature Events like Italy’s new pizza and beer tastings, the new Discovery of Chocolate Seminars, and the popular, celebrity-chef-studded Signature Dining Events. If you’re booking Party for the Senses or 3D Disney’s Dessert Discovery, you can book online here: Party for the Senses, Disney’s Dessert Discovery events.

If budget-friendly is more your speed, the low-cost seminars and demos are the thing to choose. Consider one of the [Read more…]

The “DFB Mini-Guide to the 2011 Epcot Food & Wine Festival” Grand Launch!

By AJ 7 Comments

We’re thrilled to announce the grand launch of the DFB Mini-Guide to the 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival e-Book! And, honestly, it’s not so “mini.” With over 125 pages and multiple bonus items, it’s pretty substantial!

In honor of our grand launch, we have a discount option for DFB readers (as always!). You can get the new mini-guide for $2 off the regular purchase price for the next 7 days — just use code CHEF at the check-out! And don’t forget to keep your transaction number — it may provide a discount on upcoming Disney Food Blog products!

The DFB Mini-Guide to the 2011 Epcot Food & Wine Festival e-Book

The DFB Mini-Guide to the 2011 Epcot Food & Wine Festival e-Book

is the second in a new series of mini-guides being published on your favorite Disney food topics. We couldn’t fit this level of detailed information into our overview book, The DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining, so this mini-guide series covers specific topics in great detail!

And with the Epcot Food & Wine festival rapidly approaching, we’ve got all the info you need now! Booking for festival events opens tomorrow, so now is the perfect time to make use of our exclusive daily schedule of events. It’s a quick, easy way to decide what seminars, demos, and signature events you [Read more…]

Reader Favorites: Disney Bed Time Snacks

By AJ 7 Comments

We asked for your fave on-the-go breakfast options and received great suggestions. So we next wondered what snacks help you sleep after a fabulous vacation day!

DFB readers and Facebook Friends shared their Disney bedtime snacks via the Disney Food Blog Facebook page.

Gasparilla Bakery

Bedtime snacks that received the most shout-outs were Mickey Rice Krispie Treats, Popcorn and large bakery-style cookies. Honorable mentions go to Mickey Ice Cream Sandwiches and Mickey Ice Cream Bars.

Mickey Rice Krispie Treat

According to our readers, you won’t be the only vacationer grabbing one of these chewy, gooey [Read more…]

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