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Amy Drew Thompson
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Multimedia Food Reporter at @orlandosentinel.bsky.social. Former Orlando Local Expert, @10Best/USA Today Travel. Overuser of em dashes. I eat and I write things.
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · 3h
Monster Truffles: A real 'looker' for your Halloween dessert table www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/22/m...
Monster Truffles: A real ‘looker’ for your Halloween dessert table
Looking for Halloween dessert table fun? Or a no-bake recipe to try with the wee ones? Look no further than these adorable monster truffles from Delish!
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · 1d
East End Market original La Femme du Fromage closing up shop www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/21/l...
East End Market original La Femme du Fromage closing up shop
After 12 years at East End Market, La Femme du Fromage is ready for some new adventures. While Tonda Corrente’s upstairs event space will remain open, and will feature some of the shop’…
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · 2d
Central Florida chefs unite for food education at The Kitchen House www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/20/f...
Central Florida chefs unite for food education at The Kitchen House
Central Florida chefs invite guests to The Kitchen House for A Fall Fête, an intimate dinner that communicates its mission, and help fund it.
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · 5d
Barks, Bites 'N' Brews craft beer fest hits City Food Hall Saturday www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/16/b...
Barks, Bites ‘N’ Brews craft beer fest hits City Food Hall Saturday
Love beer? Love dogs? Bring your pup for a sip ‘n’ savor in one of Orlando’s dog-friendliest neighborhoods as the first-ever Barks, Bites ‘n’ Brews craft beer festival…
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · 6d
Hall's on 5th, like its namesake, is feeding Apopka well | Review www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/16/h...
Hall’s on 5th, like its namesake, is feeding Apopka well | Review
The historic home of Hall’s Feed has morphed its demographic, much to the delight of city gourmands
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · 12d
As downtown's Art² park opens, À La Cart City provides the food and beverage www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/09/a...
As downtown’s Art² park opens, À La Cart City provides the food and beverage
The city’s long-planned urban “pocket park” is about to debut on the corner of Robinson and Orange, and its food and beverage component will be À La Cart City, a new name from the…
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · 13d
Long live Linda's La Cantina, Orlando queen of the no-frills steakhouse | Review www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/09/l...
Long live Linda’s La Cantina, Orlando queen of the no-frills steakhouse | Review
Dining at Linda’s, which has been serving Orlando since 1947, feels like home. Here, I can enjoy each chapter of my meal: the drink, the apps, the main.
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · 14d
Hunger Street Tacos' Masamor, a wholesale tortilleria and masa production facility, to open by year's end www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/08/h...
Hunger Street Tacos’ Masamor, a wholesale tortilleria and masa production facility, to open by year’s end
After quietly crafting masa out of its Winter Park taqueria for five years, the team behind Hunger Street Tacos is branching out with wholesale tortilleria and masa production facility.
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · May 12
Michelin Guide finds culinary talent, public money aplenty in Orlando |
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Michelin Guide finds culinary talent, public money aplenty in Orlando
Visit Orlando has paid the restaurant rater $800,000 since 2021 to focus on Central Florida.
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · May 8
Indian Pavilion brings the "wow" to Winter Garden | Review www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/05/08/i...
Indian Pavilion brings the “wow” to Winter Garden | Review
A new take from executive chef Kartik Palapandi (Mynt, Madras Cafe, Saffron and others) Winter Garden’s Indian Pavilion merges lunch buffet value and date night chic with dishes from all over the c…
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · May 7
Haupia is a sweet aloha for Asian-American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/05/07/h...
Haupia is a sweet aloha for Asian-American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Cool, creamy, coconutty haupia has indigenous origins in Hawaii, but over time has evolved to take many forms. Here’s where you’ll find it in Orlando.
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · May 5
Through nonprofit, local chefs teach Central Florida families to feed themselves on a budget www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/05/02/g...
Through nonprofit, local chefs teach Central Florida families to feed themselves on a budget
Now in its second year, the “Get Cooking” program, created by Stacie Archer and brought to Orlando with the help of Chef Norman Van Aken, has lots of regular participants and an all-new roster of c…
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · May 2
Through nonprofit, local chefs teach Central Florida families to feed themselves on a budget www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/05/02/g...
Through nonprofit, local chefs teach Central Florida families to feed themselves on a budget
Now in its second year, the “Get Cooking” program, created by Stacie Archer and brought to Orlando with the help of Chef Norman Van Aken, has lots of regular participants and an all-new roster of c…
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · May 2
Cherish the special women in your life this Mother's Day: feed 'em! www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/05/01/o...
Cherish the special women in your life this Mother’s Day: feed ’em!
Celebrating Mother’s Day with a special meal on May 11? Consider these Orlando options to make the women in your life feel seen (and fed).
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · May 1
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Philly tradition: You can smell it at LaSpada’s
Are you longing for a taste of travel? Few of us are doing much of that these days, either due to restrictions, health and safety concerns or both. Fortunately, there are ways to flavor our lives w…
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · May 1
J'adore the French Bakery crafts laminated love in Altamonte Springs | Review www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/05/01/j...
J’adore the French Bakery crafts laminated love in Altamonte Springs | Review
From their Maison Dumoulin bakery in the thousand-year-old village of Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues to Altamonte Springs, this French couple gifts the city with tasty delights from buttery croissants t…
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · Apr 24
Dare to be (at least a little) different at Lim Ros | Review www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/24/r...
Dare to be (at least a little) different at Lim Ros | Review
A wave of elevated Thai offerings has been building in Orlando for some time. Lim Ros in Maitland, with its authentic-meets-contemporary menu and approachable vibe, sits right in the middle of the …
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · Apr 24
REMINDER: MOMS RULE!
So please, Hospitality Peeps, email your Mother's Day specials to [email protected] by EOD tomorrow (Friday, April 25). Photos would be marsupially magnificent. Thank you! <3
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · Apr 22
Oviedo baker wins big at National Pie Championships www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/22/o...
Oviedo baker wins big at National Pie Championships
It was a whisper of Maldon sea salt that set Jamila Muhammad apart from competitors in Karo Syrup’s new “Rebel” pie category at the National Pie Championships. The Oviedo baker brought home the blu…
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · Apr 18
3 new Michelin stars shine bright on Orlando's fine dining scene www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/17/t...
3 new Michelin stars shine bright on Orlando’s fine dining scene
Orlando Michelin Guide restaurant selections include two stars for Sorekara, one for Ômo by Jônt.
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · Apr 18
Lao New Year Festival splashes down in Sanford this weekend www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/17/l...
Lao New Year Festival splashes down in Sanford this weekend
Pi Mai marks Lao New Year and Sanford’s Wat Navaram Buddhist Temple is celebrating with lots of culture & the Songkran water festival.
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · Apr 16
Orlando original King Cajun Crawfish ideal spot to celebrate the humble mudbug www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/16/n...
Orlando original King Cajun Crawfish ideal spot to celebrate the humble mudbug
April 17 is National Crawfish Day. Orlando Viet-Cajun original, King Cajun Crawfish, is an ideal place to celebrate the humble mudbug.
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · Apr 15
Orlando docudrama highlights immigrant father's harrowing experience www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/15/o...
Orlando docudrama highlights immigrant father’s harrowing experience
The film ‘Starring Jerry as Himself,’ which screens Thursday night at Orlando’s Redlight Redlight, dives into this family’s compelling and relatable real-life story.
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · Apr 10
One stop won't be enough at One Stop Dumpling | Review www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/10/r...
One stop won’t be enough at One Stop Dumpling | Review
For fans of dumplings — soup, seared and beyond — this spot in Orlando’s Chinatown will hit the mark, and allow you to hit neighboring Enson Market for a craving-free shopping experience. May…
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Amy Drew Thompson @amydroo.bsky.social · Apr 9
Smell ya later! Talking knots with Pizza Bruno for National Garlic Month
Smell ya later! Talking knots with Pizza Bruno for National Garlic Month
Pizza Bruno’s garlic knots could be the thing that saves Orlando when the vampire invasion begins. For now, we’ll celebrate them as part of National Garlic Month, along with a few other “smelly” lo…
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