Whether or not you get to try some of my picks , my biggest takeaway from the festivals is to encourage you to keep trying dishes . Order something you ’ ve never had before , check out a booth from a country you ’ ve never traveled to , give a fresh chance to an ingredient you hated as a kid . I find there are , usually , very few duds on the festival menus , and it ’ s so much easier to experiment and try new things when you aren ’ t committing to a whole entree . Thanks to the EPCOT Festivals , I have discovered that I love chimichurri sauce ( thank you , Patagonia Booth ) and that a glass of
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coquito ( thanks to Feast of the Three Kings Booth ) is vastly superior to a glass of eggnog .
EPCOT FESTIVALS , RANKED FOR FOODIES EPCOT festivals have so much to offer beyond the festival food booths , but if we ’ re talking a foodcentric ranking , here are the festivals in order of musteat :
1 . Food & Wine : I always recommend the Food & Wine Festival . The food is the focus throughout the entire festival , and it has the most booths .
2 . Flower & Garden : This is a close second because of the terrific focus on local and seasonal ingredients . You can ’ t have good food without good gardens ; plus , the topiaries are always so impressive .
3 . Festival of the Arts : I love the activities and performers , fascinating live painting demonstrations , and the paint-by-numbers mural . When it comes to the food , however , I feel that too much effort goes into making the dishes look incredible and that some of the flavors don ’ t stand up to the visual appeal .