For this month’s installment of the Nona Food Challenge Series, Aaron and Matt divert from food, and shift focus to the local bars. The challenge this time was to partake in as many local “Happy Hours” as possible, all within the span of one day’s worth of happy hours. At first mention, this mission seemed pretty simple, get a few drinks at a few bars. We soon … [Read more...]
The Story of Asados
La Perla Del Sur (The South Pearl), also known as Ponce, Puerto Rico, is the birthplace of Jose Luis Rullan Lopez De Haro. It is the place where Jose spent his childhood and dreamed of one day owning and managing his own restaurant. This also was the place where he met the love of his life, Lillian Varela, whom he married, and together they had two beautiful girls: Amanda and … [Read more...]
Food Coma: A Nona BBQ Challenge
For our initial installation of the Nona Food Challenge Series, let us first introduce ourselves. Two guys: Aaron Ferg is a well-known face in the food industry for many years who swears there is no meal or eating challenge he cannot stomach, and Matt Jones, who has eaten food every day for the past 30 years and loves spontaneous adventures. Our mission is to take on whatever … [Read more...]
‘Doing Business’ Panel Spotlights Research, Collaboration, Future Growth
The Orlando Business Journal’s annual “Doing Business in Medical City” event brought together leaders from some of Lake Nona’s anchor institutions to discuss ongoing and future projects happening right here in our backyard. Business and community leaders from across Central Florida came together to learn about featured research and technology projects, unique collaborations and … [Read more...]
Canvas and Orlando Brewing Cook Up a Triumphant Beer Pairing Dinner
It has been quite some time since a beer pairing dinner landed in Lake Nona. Beer pairings are a rising trend in the foodie world. It isn't surprising that there is overlap in the craft beer and foodie scenes. The flavor profiles of craft beers lend themselves to creating unique pairings with food. Orlando foodies recently had the treat of a special collaboration between Canvas … [Read more...]