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 [...]

The Late Night Menu at Cask & Larder features a few burgers, offered only after 10pm. Cask & Larder is known for Southern style cuisine and now they have added that same Southern flare to their burgers. The Late Night Menu has been around since the opening last September, but the burgers were added to [...]

This is my Top 25 of “Most Memorable Food” in 2012. They are all new food and dishes that I experienced this past year, some while traveling and some close to home. A few are from events that I attended and a couple dishes are from restaurants that unfortunately closed. (Try to dine at locally [...]

A group of food friends and I got together one evening to experience the Cask and Larder Whole Cookery Feast. It’s a dinner feast where your party is served family-style, a signature butchered cut with shareable sides and dessert. We decided to go with the Smoked Suckling Pig dinner, for the obvious reason, we all [...]

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 [...]

The 2nd Annual Cows ‘N Cabs event was held in Winter Park, FL last month and was part of The Winter Park Food & Wine Classic. This food-and-wine walk around raises money for charities, with 100 percent of proceeds from ticket sales and auction items to benefit the Community Food & Outreach Center and Coalition [...]

When the new Cask & Larder restaurant announced they were starting a Sunday brunch a few weeks after their grand opening, I knew I had to go. Being a fan of Southern cuisine and brunch menu items, it just made sense to me. A Southern style brunch is also a great pairing with a cocktail or beer [...]

I’m excited to announce that I have a printed feature with my photography work in the Holiday Issue of Eat In Eat Out magazine based in Canada. The new issue was launched today and luckily they have an online version so we can view this special Holiday issue. I’ve shared the links below so you [...]

James and Julie Petrakis, the Chefs and owners of The Ravenous Pig and the new Cask & Larder restaurant, released their new cookbook The Ravenous Pig: Seasons of Florida. To celebrate, they hosted a cookbook release party at their Ravenous Pig restaurant in Winter Park, FL. The event featured hors d’oeuvres from recipes in the [...]

The combination of chocolate and bacon just keeps getting better for Central Florida. On Saturday, September 1st, Peterbrooke Chocolatier of Winter Park is teaming up with the C&S Brisket Bus food truck to create a special “Chocolate-Covered Bacon”. Using Peterbrooke’s chocolate and C&S Brisket Bus’ hand crafted bacon, the collaboration is to celebrate International Bacon [...]

It’s an exciting time in food, with the focus of eating real food from local farms and farmers’ markets. Celebrate Food Revolution Day Orlando this Saturday, May 19th, at the Winter Park Urban Farm. People from around the world will participate in events in their own cities, as part of the Jamie Oliver Foundation’s launch [...]

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 [...]