2013 Epcot Food and Wine Festival on the DFB

Oh man do the seared scallop and the sparkling pomegranate cocktail look good! So sad we won't be there this year!

I wish we were going too - there's at least 8 things there I would love to try!

I know...lots of nice looking seafood dishes - I would love that. October is just not going to happen as long as I am teaching.

I love the Food and Wine Festival, but this year we'll miss it by a week. Oh, well. At least we get to go to WDW.

We are going to be there, cant wait to do my "tour"!!!!

looks like a liquid tour, Troy!

How did you know???? lol

Why ever not?!?! October is just about the time I need a break. We're taking 4 days off to go in November. We're naughty teachers.

We only have TWO DAYS at F&W, and it's the last weekend. I'm afraid we're not going to get to the best stuff.

We will be there ! So excited !!

Two days....and one NIGHT until 4am!! They better be putting on the ritz for all of us hungry runners!!

And I don't mean Ritz crackers!!

I've gone the last weekend the last three years and everything was still up and running. And if you want to buy an F&W souveniers, they're half price.

I'm going to miss it this year.

We can do our own mini F&W fest when we meet up in Feb!!

we are going to be there for the last day...I'm hoping it's not going to be to busy and we can check it out....some of those cocktails are calling my name

I have no plans to be there yet, but a friend of mine from California is looking into going either October or January, so I was thinking if he picked October, I'd go down for a couple of days and hit up F&W! Everything looks soooo amazing. Hopefully I'll be able to go and try it all.

My parents are going! I am so jealous! This will be their first time going during the Food and Wine!

We are there for 8 nights and can't wait. First time forvfood and wine and can't decide where to begin.

Start with the shrimp taco in Mexico! Its scrumptious!

I will preface my remarks by admitting I have never been to the Food & Wine Festival, but...

I consider myself to be a foodie and have dreamed about going to the F&W for years. My children are getting older now and I know it may be a possibility to attend sometime in the next several years. However, I have looked at the food offerings and I am not impressed. Sure, I bet there are lots of good things. I was hoping it would be more International, though, and less Epcot. It appears to me that it has been dumb-downed for Americans' unadventurous palates like most of the restaurants in The World.

Someone please convince me I'm wrong.

We will be there for the first week of F&W I can't wait to try some foods I wouldn't normally get at home

I booked a four day trip just to graze the kiosks and party around the world. I haven't missed F&W for about 10 years now. The Colonel likes to get his food on and his drink on. Check it.

Yes the Americans that embrace the foods of all the world have dumbed down palates. What do the chefs of New York know about adventurous cuisine?

If you're looking for truly exotic dishes with ingredients most Americans never eat, you won't find them. Escargots were the most unusual item I recall seeing. You're not likely to find anything like tripe or jellyfish or blood sausage.

But it's still good food and a lot of fun. I could happily go every year and never get tired of it.

Very excited to see this year's booths, loving the idea of the Scotland booth. Specifically made our trip during the festival lol

First off, I want to make it clear that I am bashing my own--I'm an American.

Of course there are numerous exceptional restaurants in NYC, San Fran and most major American cities. That doesn't mean the general populous has wandered away from boring food. Most ethnic restaurants cater to what the majority of us demand, which is unadventurous, Americanized items. Sadly, I feel that Epcot generally does the same. I live in a suburb of Seattle and can drive two miles to a taco truck to get more authentic Mexican food than can be found in Epcot. And, oh yeah, it costs about $6 for a great lunch.

There is food that I enjoy at Epcot (especially at Norway), but they have the perfect venue and concept to take the average family on International food journeys and experiences beyond typical fare. Frankly, I think they fall short.

What I see on the Food and Wine blog looks like more of the same, which is a shame.