2012 Epcot Food & Wine Festival – New Dishes & Twists on Favorites

by Julius Mayo Jr | October 12th, 2012 -
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The 2012 Epcot Food & Wine Festival is kicking off to a great start this year with new dishes, marketplaces, and a few twists to some favorite dishes. I attended the opening weekend and I was excited to try what was new. There were a few changes to some of the marketplace locations from the [...]

Tasting & Wading In Ocean Spray’s Cranberry Bog at Epcot Food & Wine Festival

by Julius Mayo Jr | October 4th, 2012 -
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On the opening day of the 2012 Epcot Food & Wine Festival, I attended a media event hosted by Ocean Spray. We were able to sample some food and cocktails using fresh cranberries and cranberry products. Later in the evening we were able to actually get into the cranberry bog and experience it.   (click [...]

2012 Epcot Food & Wine Festival Intro & Droolius’ Top 10 Food of 2011

by Julius Mayo Jr | September 27th, 2012 -
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The food event that many have been waiting for all year in Orlando, FL is finally here. The 17th Annual Epcot International Food and Wine Festival is starting this weekend and is going on from September 28 – November 12, 2012. It’s a culinary celebration with food, wines, beers, and more from around the globe. [...]

Taste of the Nation Orlando 2012 – Event Photos

by Julius Mayo Jr | August 31st, 2012 -
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Taste of the Nation Orlando 2012 took place last Saturday, August 25th at the Orlando World Center Marriott. It was my first time attending this culinary & fundraising event, with 100% of ticket sales supporting Share Our Strength’s efforts to end childhood hunger. The evening was full of delectable bites from 37 restaurants from around [...]

Food Truck Chefs Compete in Whole Foods Market Fill the Grill Challenge 2012 Orlando – Event Coverage

by Julius Mayo Jr | August 9th, 2012 -
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Whole Foods Market in Phillips Crossing hosted it’s “Fill The Grill Challenge” for 3 weeks in July. The challenge featured chefs from four local food trucks in the Orlando area, where they had a $20 budget, with 20 minutes to shop and then 20 minutes to cook. The chefs chose their own ingredients and were [...]

Droolius – where you been, where you been?

by Julius Mayo Jr | June 8th, 2012 -
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Hello blog! Where has Droolius been lately? Well I have been on the road, taking a few trips up North, and in turn the blog has been a little limited with blog posts recently. Not to worry, there is lots of content on the way. While traveling however, I am constantly updating via various social [...]

Celebrating Food Revolution Day in New York at GoogaMooga & Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket

by Julius Mayo Jr | May 30th, 2012 -
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Recently I was in New York City for one week, attending a conference, a food and music festival, and just roaming around discovering food. My previous blog post was about Food Revolution Day, the world wide celebration about standing up for real food and the event going on in Central Florida. Since I was out [...]

TECHmunch Tampa 2012 – Conference Photos & Recap

by Julius Mayo Jr | May 9th, 2012 -
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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 [...]

A success: Central Florida Food Blogger Bake Sale – Photos & Recap

by Julius Mayo Jr | May 3rd, 2012 -
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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 at Portofino 2012 – Event Photos & Recap

by Julius Mayo Jr | April 20th, 2012 -
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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 [...]

Uknighted for a Cure Food Truck Rally raises funds for UCF Relay for Life

by Julius Mayo Jr | April 11th, 2012 -
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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 [...]

The Grind Miami 2012 – Photos & Event Recap

by Julius Mayo Jr | April 5th, 2012 -
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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 [...]

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