Local restaurant reviews, foodie events, recipes and more local food news.
Thursday, Feb 28 The Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards celebrates the best of Central Florida's culinary scene. Read on to learn which restaurants food critic Lauren Delgado and the Sentinel's readers feel are some tasty places to dine. | | | | Four Central Florida chefs and restaurants are semifinalists in the 2019 James Beard Foundation Awards. | | | | | Faced with an enormous amount of broccoli (I went a little nuts at Costco), I decided to recreate a childhood favorite, broccoli cheese soup, with a fairly simple recipe. | | | | | An Orlando City Soccer-themed pub opened Tuesday at Orlando International Airport and another local eatery and a national wine bar are set to open at the flight hub later this year. | | | | | Cheese shop La Femme du Fromage is expanding into a second location in downtown Orlando. | | | | | Southern Specialties, a company based in Pompano Beach, voluntarily recalled certain bags of Marketside brand green beans and butternut squash because of a possible listeria contamination. | | | | | Opt for a more vegetable and protein heavy breakfast by with this savory oatmeal recipe from Jones Dairy Farm. | | | | | Meet local farmers on Seminole County Farm Tour | | | | | Le House Vietnamese Restaurant is a simple, straightforward concept — classic Vietnamese dishes in a fast-casual, modern atmosphere — but the restaurant in downtown Orlando delivers just that. | | | | | Feb. 22 is National Margarita Day and Central Florida restaurants are shaking up some deals. | | | | | Swine & Sons Provisions will be moving from its Fairbanks Avenue location under the new ownership of husband-and-wife chef team Alexia and Rhys Gawlak, according to a news release. | | | | | I've taken a step forward in conquering my fear of making homemade doughnuts by taking on a baked cake doughnut. A simple batter piped into a doughnut pan resulted in some melt-in-your-mouth breakfast sweets. | | | | |