One of the hottest trends in 2013 is cooking with beer and we got a chance to watch Emily Ellyn, the Retro Rad Chef, give a Baking with Beer cooking demonstration. This was Emily’s second cooking with beer class at Shipyard Brew Pub in Winter Park, FL. In the video, we do a quick interview [...]

Today, my friend Chef Fabio Viviani, is featuring my burger recipe on his website and magazine. For those who keep up with this blog, I last saw Fabio in Miami during SOBEWFF where he taught me how to make gnocchi and we filmed an interview. In return I wrote a burger recipe for him, using [...]

During the South Beach Wine and Food Festival weekend, I had a chance to catch up with Chef Fabio Viviani and film another video interview with him. Fabio was in town giving a cooking demonstration for Bertolli Olive Oil for a group of media at Casa Tua, located in Miami Beach. Chef Fabio showed us [...]

The Annual Celebration Exotic Car Festival is back for it’s 10th year and will be having its culinary celebration once again with the Food & Wine at Portofino. This will be the second year for the festival’s food and wine event at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando on April 13, 2013. More [...]

Chef Richard Blais joined evian for an Instagram takeover at the Grand Tasting Village during the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. During this two day takeover, Chef Blais captured his moments “through the lens of a chef” as he experienced SOBEWFF and uploaded them onto the @evianwater Instagram for viewers to see. I was [...]

The South Beach Wine and Food Festival kicked off the 2013 event weekend with Moët Hennessy’s “The Q” hosted by Paula Deen. The evening event featured live entertainment with wine and spirits from the Moët Hennessy portfolio, along with small plates from several Food Network chefs, celebrity chefs, and local Florida chefs. Attendees had a [...]

No trip to Atlanta is complete without eating some Southern cuisine. The city is full places featuring traditional Southern food & I’ve eaten at a few in the past for breakfast, lunch or dinner. For our last day on our Atlanta trip, we wanted to go out for Sunday brunch with our friends. Since we [...]

The Ravenous Pig is now featuring a Chef’s Tasting Menu during their dinner hours. The five course tasting menu with amuse bouche is developed by Executive Chef, Joseph Burnett, and features seasonal ingredients and creative culinary ideas. The tasting debuted this past mid-October and has an optional wine pairing and cheese course available to add [...]

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, 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 [...]

* Updated April 4, 2012 with ticket giveaway, see below for details! Food and cars have always been two passions of mine. The combination of both in one event is a dream come true. Before food blogging, I was heavily involved in the automobile events industry. Now that the culinary world has taken over my [...]

Recently I had an opportunity to meet with Bravo’s Top Chef Fabio Viviani from Season 5. Chef Fabio was voted Fan Favorite during his season on the reality t.v. cooking show and was a top 4 finalist. The Chef has 2 restaurants in Southern California and a few cook books under his belt. To meet [...]