2014 EPCOT International Flower (FOOD!) and Garden Festival: Food Ingredients Rundown

Ah, I have yet to blog about the actual garden events at this year's Flower and Garden Festival, but, since this is a blog (mostly) about food, I thought I would do a quick summary all of the offerings at the Outdoor Kitchens- specifically, which items are gluten free, vegetarian, or vegan. It's your one-stop menu shop right here, gluten free ladies and gentlemen. I decided to put this together because it is the type of summary that I would find useful, and I thought others might feel the same way. I have not seen anything in quite this format out there. Each of the Outdoor Kitchen links below will take you to the original post with more information, food photos, and reviews of what we personally tasted.

So, in case you are thinking, "I'd like to go, but is there anything I could eat?", here is a run-down of this year's festival stats.

There are: 

11 Outdoor Kitchens, plus Intermissions Cafe in Festival Center

17 Gluten Free Food items

1 Gluten Free Beer

2 Vegan Wines

23 Vegetarian food items

11 Food items are gluten free AND vegetarian (maybe more, depending on some which I did not ask about)

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Gluten free offerings

Pineapple Promenade: Pineapple soft serve

Fleur de Lys: Confit de Canard; Macaron à la Fleur d'Oranger

Hanami: Frushi, Popped Rice Cakes

The Smokehouse: Smoked Beef Brisket with Collard Greens and Jalapeño Corn Bread; Smoked Turkey "Rib"

Primavera Kitchen: Caprese

Florida Fresh: Watermelon Salad with Pickled Onions, Local Baby Arugula, Feta Cheese and Balsamic Reduction; Shrimp and Stone Ground Grits with Andouille Sausage, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, and Cilantro

Lotus House: Beijing-Style Candied Strawberries

Jardin de Fiestas: Taco al Pastor; Flan(?)

Urban Farm Eats: Pickled Beet Salad with Goat Cheese Cream, Mizuna, and Pistachios; Land-Grown Eggplant Scallop with Romesco Sauce and Spaghetti Squash; Ghost Pepper dusted Tilapia with crisp Winter Melon Slaw and Mint Oil; Redbridge Gluten-Free Sorghum Beer

Intermissions Cafe: Grapes; Side Salad(?); Caprese; Fruit and Cheese plate

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Vegetarian offerings

Pineapple Promenade: Pineapple soft serve

Buttercup Cottage: Field Greens with Plant City Strawberries, Toasted Almonds, and Farmstead Stilton; Fresh Baked Lemon Scones with Berry Preserves and Crème Fraîche

Fleur de Lys: Gnocchi Parisien à la Provençal

Taste of Marrakesh: Baghrir

Hanami: Frushi, Popped Rice Cakes

Primavera Kitchen: Caprese; Three Cheese Manicotti; Torta di Ricotta

Florida Fresh: Watermelon Salad with Pickled Onions, Local Baby Arugula, Feta Cheese and Balsamic Reduction; Florida Kumquat Pie

Lotus House: Beijing-Style Candied Strawberries; Vegetable Spring Roll

Jardin de Fiestas: Quesadilla de Hongos con Queso; Flan de Chocolate Abuelita

Urban Farm Eats: Pickled Beet Salad with Goat Cheese Cream, Mizuna, and Pistachios; Land-Grown Eggplant Scallop with Romesco Sauce and Spaghetti Squash

Intermissions Cafe: Vegan Trio; Grapes; Side Salad; Caprese; Fruit and Cheese plate

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Potentially plant-based/vegan items (no meat, fish, eggs or dairy) 

Note: this is NOT designated in the Festival Guide; so the items listed below are based on my educated guess for those of you interested in a plant-based diet. Some of the vegetarian dishes might meet your needs with modifications- typically, omitting the dairy ingredient (of course, many of you know this already, but here's a starting point in case it helps).

If you follow a strict vegan diet (no honey, vegan sugar, etc), I really cannot vouch for any of these items, as I do not know about how they've processed certain foods, etc. But the Disney chefs are very helpful and accommodating, and can answer any questions you might have. Don't hesitate to ask. Each of the Outdoor Kitchens has a phone, with access to a Disney Chef.

Potentially plant-based/vegan items

Pineapple Promenade: Pineapple soft serve

Intermissions Cafe: Vegan Trio; Grapes; Side Salad(?) 

Urban Farm Eats: The Vegan Vine Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon; Eggplant Scallop(?)

Lotus House: Beijing Style Candied Strawberries(?)

Further suggestions for plant-based/vegan modifications are listed below.

I've created a handy dandy cheat sheet below. (I love spreadsheets… I put everything in a spreadsheet). Again, this is just a guide to get you started- you should inquire for yourself at each booth regarding any ingredients you wish to avoid. I couldn't figure out quite how to get a document into this blog post, so I took screen shots of the table and inserted them as photos. I hope it works well enough- clicking on each one should give you a larger image.

2014 EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival Food Offerings (click for larger image)