Walt Disney World Presents 15th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

The Epcot International Food & Wine Festival opens Oct. 1 with the theme, “Celebrating 15 Years of Delicious Discoveries.” But don’t get the impression that means the fest merely will be a six-week stroll down a culinary memory lane. Rather, the 15th annual festival Oct. 1-Nov. 14 will combine the

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Disney Food Confession – Ger’s Bread and Butter Pudding with Recipe

What is it? Ger’s Bread and Butter Pudding served–wait for it–with individual pitchers of creme anglaise and butterscotch.  Sigh. Where to find it:  Raglan Road in Downtown Disney. Why you want it:   Imagine bread pudding, if you will.  It’s good, but ordinary.  But add two delightful little pitchers of butterscotch and

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Via Napoli Epcot Pizzeria Tour

Patina Restaurant Group CEO Nick Valenti shows us around Via Napoli, the new restaurant in the Epcot Italy pavilion at Walt Disney World. The restaurant has three wood-fired ovens named for Italian volcanos, making pizza the traditional Neapolitan way with a textured, soft and charred crust. Via Napoli features a

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Good Eats – Via Napoli: A new casual pizzeria in the Italy pavilion at Epcot

Via Napoli, a new casual pizzeria in the Italy pavilion at Epcot, features a selection of classical Neapolitan pizzas, ranging from pizza bianca, quattro stagioni, piccante, ortolano and a traditional margherita. Nick Valenti, CEO of The Patina Restaurant Group, which also runs the Tutto Italia restaurant the Italy pavilion at

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