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I spent yesterday at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Over 25 countries were represented at the festival. You "travel around the world" buying small food samples at each country's booth. I had expected typical theme park food. However, the food and wines were above average by any standards - not just theme park standards.

The festival runs though November 9. I have a few strategic tips for those of you who have the opportunity to go:

1. Start expanding your stomach now to get ready.
   
2. Do not get more than one of anything, no matter how large your group is - share everything.
3. If you must go on rides, do it before you hit the festival. Your stomach will thank you.

My favorite food was at the Cape Town booth. Although, I could make an entire meal out of the maple custard that Canada served.

This is a little too Invasion of the Body Snatchers for my liking, but it's certainly interesting: vegetables shaped like Mickey Mouse.

It's part of what you'll find at the greenhouse exhibit The Land at EPCOT. There are Mickey pumpkins and Mickey cucumbers, all created through special ear-shaped molds that hang throughout the greenhouses. As you know, EPCOT stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, and this is part of the interesting experiments going on there. They're not really doing all of the things promised years ago (a real community, no cars, creating a modern world, etc), but some of the agriculture experiments continue.

[via Boing Boing]