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2019 Foodie Awards: 21 years of celebrating Central Florida restaurants

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February 28, 2019

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2019 Foodie Awards: 21 years of celebrating Central Florida restaurants

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.

Central Florida chefs, restaurants named semifinalists in James Beard Foundation Awards

Four Central Florida chefs and restaurants are semifinalists in the 2019 James Beard Foundation Awards. 

Recipe: Broccoli cheese soup a step back in time

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. 

3 new restaurants lined up for Orlando airport — including an Orlando soccer-themed pub

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.

La Femme du Fromage expanding into downtown Orlando

Cheese shop La Femme du Fromage is expanding into a second location in downtown Orlando.

Select Marketside brand green beans, butternut squash recalled for listeria concerns

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. 

Recipe: Breakfast on savory oatmeal with sausage and kale

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

Meet local farmers on Seminole County Farm Tour

Le House Vietnamese Restaurant delivers classic dishes

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.

Deals to savor for National Margarita Day

Feb. 22 is National Margarita Day and Central Florida restaurants are shaking up some deals.

Swine & Sons relocating to Winter Park's Local Butcher & Market

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.

Doughnuts not so scary - the cake kind anyway

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.