The TECHmunch food blogger conference rolled into in Tampa, FL last month. This was my first time attending a TECHmunch event and I was excited to see this conference taking place in a nearby city. What made this conference different was that I was asked to speak at one of the segments. Jeff Houck, Food [...]

Last week, I was announcing a bake sale that I was participating in with fellow food bloggers. The Central Florida Food Blogger Bake Sale was the fundraising event to donate proceeds to the Share Our Strength organization – an organization trying to end childhood hunger in the U.S. The bake sale was a success and [...]

Food, wine, and exotic cars. An exciting combination for the culinary evening and part of the Annual Celebration Exotic Car Festival. This year’s Food & Wine at Portofino was a new location to the yearly event. The move to an outdoors event turned out to be a beautiful scenery in the courtyard of the Loews [...]

A group of University of Central Florida students organized a food truck event to help raise funds for Relay for Life. Uknighted for a Cure Food Truck Rally had several Orlando food trucks participate in the Relay Food Truck Rally event and portion of the proceeds will go to UCF’s Relay for Life 2012, sponsored [...]

Last weekend I traveled down to Miami to attend The Grind – Miami’s Burger Battle. The event was a competition where 30 restaurants created their best burger to be judged by a panel, along with a Fan Favorite award. Basically an all you can eat and drink event, featuring a wide variety of burgers with [...]

Earlier this week, Martha Stewart joined Orlando Firefighters for the Ultimate Chili Cook-off at Macy’s at the Mall at Millenia. Four Orlando Fire Stations competed for the title of “Best Chili in Orlando”. The chili recipes were judged based on taste, consistency, aroma, color and bite. Executive Director of Food and Entertaining at Martha Stewart [...]

A little over a week ago, food bloggers and speakers from around the country gathered for the Food Blog Forum Orlando 2012, hosted at the Walt Disney World Resort. This was my second year to attend this conference. From last year going in and not knowing anyone in the food blogging community, to this year [...]

I recently got to sit down with Ted Allen for an interview about pairing wine with food and his involvements as a brand ambassador for Robert Mondavi Private Selection. Ted is a television personality, accomplished writer, and the host of the Food Network’s show, Chopped. Check out the video as Ted Allen shares some knowledge [...]

When I found out there was going to be a food truck event at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival this year, I knew I had to go. It was my first time making plans to attend the festival and since I was not able to get down to Miami until the [...]

For the February Foodspotting Eatup, we decided to go off the beaten path of Orlando restaurants and explore the Latin food trucks located on South Orange Blossom Trail. These food trucks have been here for years and are more on the underground scene, outside of the popularity of the Orlando food trucks and mainstream events. [...]