Last week, we followed our annual tradition of attending the Epcot Food & Wine Festival.

But first, I attended a meeting of Central Florida Romance Writers to greet my fellow authors and hear Terri Garey speak on a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Mass Market Publishing Process. Terri writes stories with great titles like Dead Girls are Easy, A Match Made in Hell, and You’re the One That I Haunt.

Ready for refreshments, I rejoined my family for our venture to Disney’s Epcot Center. Each year the Food & Wine Festival showcases the foods and beverages of different lands. We veered left at World Showcase, stopping by the booth for Argentina. Our kids sampled the beef empanada with tomato salsa. I had the grilled beef skewer with a boniato puree that tasted like mashed potatoes with pesto sauce. Very tasty! We tried the red wine, Reserva Malbec. All recommended!

The kids stopped by Mexico for Quesadilla but I waited for the rice and lentil crepe at India.

South Africa proved a bonus with its seared beef tenderloin, mango barbeque sauce, and sweet potato puree. Recommended! At Melborne, Australia, we sampled the Penfold’s Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet. Okay, but nothing special compared to the Malbec.

Vienna, Austria offered paprika beef stew with bacon dumplings which my husband tried. I downed the mushroom soup with chive dumplings and craved more. The sinful chocolate sacher torte came next. Recommended!

Here’s an easy way to remember these great finds. Think the 4 A’s: Africa, Argentina, Australia, and Austria.

Add one more: Cork, Ireland. Here we had the cheese plate served with apple chutney and brown bread but the chocolate lava cake was the best. Umm, it’s a real to-die-for dessert.

If you’re craving a real meal, eat in France in the downstairs restaurant. The crepe with turkey strips and sauteed peppers and onions is delish.

As usual, we got full before making it around the world. This necessitates a return visit. Next time, we head right past Greece and toward Canada. I’m smacking my lips in anticipation already. What does it cost? Anywhere from around $2.50 to $5 per item. Bring lots of cash.