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CONTENTS

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Volume 14

Issue 8

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DEPARTMENTS 8 JAY BOYAR’S LIMELIGHT

Jay profiles Allison Walker, the busy artsand-entertainment reporter for News 13; Bruno Mars comes to the Amway; Maitland’s museums honor Eatonville’s past and present; the Red Chair Affair previews the upcoming arts season; and the Orlando S hakespeare Theater celebrates a big birthday.

20 D es ign/S TYLE You can get in shape and look great doing it, in fashion-forward workout attire.

by Marianne Ilunga • photographs by Rafael Tongol

26 LUXURY HOME

The experts have spoken. Here are the hottest trends in kitchen and bathroom design. by Denise Bates Enos

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What qualifies as “healthy eating” can be debated, but Winter Park’s Fresh satisfies most definitions. by Rona Gindin • photographs by Rafael Tongol

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Paula is out and about at UCF’s 50 anniversary bash, the Black and White Gala for Give Kids The World, and Florida Hospital’s healthy gourmet event. by Paula Wyatt

A look at leaders, past and present, who have left (and are creating) enduring legacies. by Mike Thomas • photographs by Rafael Tongol

54 WELLNESS

42 RUNNING ON PLENTY For Jon and Betsy Hughes, co-owners of the Track S hack, wellness is both a business and a way of life. by Harry Wessel • photographs by Rafael Tongol

ABOUT THE COVER: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has a picture-perfect view from his City Hall office of the under-construction Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Photograph by Rafael Tongol.

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Five things you need to know about the latest childhood epidemic: obesity. by Michael McLeod • photographs by Rafael Tongol

64 FROM THE PUBLIS HER A lifelong Johnny Cash fan gives a shout-out to a Nashville museum devoted to the Man in Black’s life and music.

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EVERYTHING SEEMS BETTER WHEN YOU SAY IT IN FRENCH.

ears ago I lived in Germany just long enough to learn how to order the schnit-

zel and get my used VW fixed. I never became fluent with the language, but we were friends right off the bat. German is solid, steadfast, methodical, chock full of reassuring consonants. It felt like a pair of sensible shoes, a borrowed set of well-made tools.

French is different — airy, stylish, a little too sure of itself.

French is the lunch table where all the cool kids sit.

I have enough Catholic still left in me to be suspicious of anything that sounds like too much fun. When, in my imagination, I align the two languages side by side, the contrast reminds me of that old joke people would use to make fun of mullet haircuts. German is the business in the front. French is the party in the back.

Of course I’m not the first to discover that saying something in French automatically makes it more romantic, philosophical, tragic and/or expensive.

Ballet dancers don’t just jump. They jeté. French people are never depressed.

They have ennui. When you meet a French woman, you do not say, “Howdy do!”

You say, “Enchanté.” If you’re a man, the greeting is so unfamiliarly intimate that it puts you a little off-balance. You’ve just met this person. How come you feel as though you’ve already arrived at second base?

The Gallic tongue is on my mind these days because for some reason or another I’ve been running into a lot of French-speaking people lately. First I wrote a story about the Glazers, a musically inclined, French-Canadian family who live across from Boone High School. The family discussions I overheard were probably about mundane things, but they sounded fraught with elegance and drama to me.

Then I met a French-born woman named Coralie Claeysen-Gleyzon who’s been organizing a monthly fashion show at Jai Gallery in downtown Orlando. At events, I follow her around like a puppy dog. Once, at a wine-and-cheese benefit of some sort, Coralie wanted coffee, and none could be found.

Seized by a gallant fervor, I sprang into action, finding a chef who brought me a cup from his own pot in the kitchen. “What are you doing?” wondered a friend.

“Coralie wanted coffee, so had to go on a quest,” I said.

She looked puzzled. But her name is “Wendy.” So how could she possibly understand?

Michael McLeod Editor in Chief mmcleod@orlando-life.com

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In our July “Top Lawyers” special section, we neglected to mention that the group photos of attorneys were taken at the Orlando law offices of Burr & Forman by Orlando Life photographer Rafael Tongol.

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LIMELIGHT

jay boyar

Art is Her Beat

TV 13’S ALLISON WALKER IS YOUR PLUGGED-IN PAL.

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freshman at Georgia Tech in 1999, entertainment was the last thing on her mind. Quite the contrary. “I wanted to be an electrical engineer,” she recalls.

“I thought that was what I had to do, liking math and science.”

That summer, when she returned to her family’s New Hampshire home, she did an internship at an ABC affiliate, hoping to learn about broadcast engineering. But as she entered the station, she happened to catch sight of a local anEric Zivot as Willy Loman chorwoman.

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“I walked in. I heard the angel sounds. I knew: That’s what I want to do!” she says, in a breathless, only-half-kidding tone. When she got back to school, she promptly switched her major to communications and snagged an internship at nearby CNN. “When the celebrities would come in, I was the little intern who got to make them happy and walk them around,” she says, with a droll, wised-up smile. “I was all star-struck at that point, even though they were all class D — or F — celebrities.”

After stints at stations from Laughlin, Nev., to Elmira, N.Y., she landed at News 13 in 2007 — as its entertainment

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Walker’s beat includes interviewing A-list celebrities, such as John Travolta at a Mall at Millenia store opening earlier this year.

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Pluto proved to be a reluctant interview subject. reporter. She handles everything from interviewing movie stars to reporting on concerts to chasing the latest themepark scoops.

“We’re pretty diverse in what we’re doing,” says Heather Bailey, Walker’s producer. “I don’t think there’s any area that we’re not hitting on.”

Along with David Martin at FOX 35, Walker is one of the strongest voices in local TV when it comes to the arts-and-entertainment beat. Other stations, of course, occasionally report local entertainment news, but she is a consistent presence.

Her “On the Town” spots run Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 25 minutes after the hour, beginning at 5:25 p.m.

On weekends, she does two A&E roundups — one for Saturday and a separate one for Sunday — that air throughout each day.

Walker also files additional on-air reports, mainly about theme parks (“whenever we get something juicy”) and dining (“we get to eat and have wine during the day, which is kind of awesome”), as well as Web-only stories and assorted extras.

“You have to eat and drink and sleep and just embrace this beat,” she says, “because it is limitless.”

On camera, Walker comes off like your plugged-in pal who always knows the best places and the most fascinating people. She has mischievous eyes, a perky yet smoky voice and a golden, layered bob that fans out on one side when she holds her head at an inquiring angle.

There’s something authentically down-to-earth about her: In a piece about a trio of magicians appearing at The Abbey, for example, there was a moment when she stared ahead silently for what seemed like forever. She was honestly baffled by a trick.

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head back unselfconsciously as her surprisingly deep chuckle morphed into a delighted, mischievous cackle.

Speaking of cackling, on a trip to Bob Carr just before the curtain rose on the touring production of Wicked, she brought the viewer close to the backstage action by exploring the transformation of a normal human actress into a greenskinned witch.

Then there are the daredevil assignments at fairs and attractions, during which, she notes, “They throw me around!”

As producer Bailey says, “She allows herself to be vulnerable.

Some people aren’t comfortable with showing that on the air.

I think it gives the viewers a way of connecting with her and feeling, ‘Hey, that might be me.’ ” Even when she’s not officially working, Walker often takes in shows and concerts.

“One thing you have to know is that I am the biggest Elvis Presley fan on the planet,” she unabashedly admits. “This was my 19th year going to Las Vegas with my mother to see the tribute artists.”

Walker suspects that her passion for entertainment reporting may have something to do with her self-described horrendous singing voice.

“I love-love-love live productions,” she says. “There’s not much that makes me happier than sitting there and feeling the energy. But since I can’t be in them, I just get in depth with them.”

As do the viewers she brings along for the ride.

Visit cfnews13.com/entertainment for more information. n Jay Boyar, arts editor of Orlando Life, has written about film and travel for the Orlando Sentinel and numerous other newspapers.

He’s the author of Films to Go: 100 Memorable Movies for Travelers & Others and a contributor to ReelRomance: The Lovers’ Guide to the 100 Best Date Movies.

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Arthur Miller’s dirge for the downtrodden made grown men weep when first performed in 1949, and there’s still enough complexity in the character of middle-class minion Willy Loman — he who wanted only to be liked — to generate a tear or two.

This face-painted, fire-breathing, 40-year-old band still just wants to rock-and-roll all night — and so do its fans. It’s Kiss, of course, in Orlando for the first time since 2006 to kick off the Predator’s Arena Bowl XXVI weekend.

Although the “King of Queens� star has landed a few feature film roles, he’s never really turned his back on his stand-up comedy roots.

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August 19 House of Blues

The gun-club aficionado’s rock musician goes back to the 1960s, when he was the lead guitarist for The Amboy Dukes. Songs like “Cat Scratch Fever� and “Wango Tango� have made him a classicrock icon.

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August 22 King Center for the Performing Arts, Melbourne

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Central Florida Punk & Hardcore Festival

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More than 40 bands will gather to celebrate Central Florida’s punk and hardcore music scene. It’s nothing if not economical: Twoday tickets can be purchased in advance for $12.

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Don’t miss a behind-the-scenes look at the theme parks’ signature fall event, Halloween Horror NightsŽ!

The exhibition’s fall season opens Aug. 24 and runs through Nov. 3.

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music

Bruno Mars grew up in Hawaii, introduced from

birth to a diverse soundtrack ranging from Elvis to Bob Marley to The Temptations.

By the time he was 4, he was performing with the family’s band, The Love Notes.

That was quite a few notes ago, but it may account for why Mars has emerged as such a multifaceted musician and a pop-singles phenomenon, comfortable in genres ranging from old-school crooning to reggae jamming to boy-toy ballads.

The Grammy Award-winning singer will make a stop at the Amway Center on Aug. 27 as part of an 87-date “Moonshine Jungle” tour spanning the U.S., Europe and Oceania.

The tour is already generating buzz. One reviewer, impressed with Mars’ thematic range and

high-energy showmanship, has predicted that the Moonshine Jungle tour will trigger an international breakout akin to the boost Monster Ball gave Lady Gaga.

On stage, Mars is one part Donny Osmond, one part Michael Jackson, devilish and charming as he capitalizes on a threeyear run of chart-topping singles such as “Just the Way You Are” and “Locked Out of Heaven.”

Not for nothing is his second studio album Jukebox. There’s throwentitled Unorthodox Jukebox back soul in “If I Knew,” an updated disco vibe in “Treasure,” and sly, playa’ humor in “Gorilla.” Maybe that Monster Ball comparison isn’t so farfetched after all.

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LIMELIGHT

history

It’s not big, just 1.1 square miles. Nor is it populous, just a bit

more than 2,000 souls. But more than once over the course of its history, Eatonville — arguably the first U.S. community completely governed by AfricanAmericans — has captured the attention of the nation.

Eatonville’s 125th anniversary will be celebrated beginning Aug. 16 at the Art & History Museums-Maitland with two exhibitions featuring historical artifacts, musical recordings and various works of art. The Founding of Eatonville, slated for the Maitland Historical Museum, will run through Oct. 6.

Through Sept. 29, the exhibit will be twinned with Images of Eatonville: Then and

Now at the adjacent Maitland Art Center. It will feature Depression-era paintings by J. Andre Smith, the center’s founder.

Photos of present-day Eatonville by Rollins College students participating in a Mosaic Project will be displayed along with Smith’s works.

“It’s intriguing to compare and contrast the vision of the 1930s and ’40s and pictures of what is there today,” says Rebecca Sexton Larson, the museum’s curator of art. Guests can expect to learn about key figures in the town’s history and the evolving relationship between Maitland and Eatonville.

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The Best Seat in the House is a Red Chair might just be its biggest bargain. The annual Red Chair Affair has earned a reputation for being both a sampler of the season and an entertaining evening in and of itself.

More than 20 of Central Florida’s performing arts groups will be on hand to tempt audience members with preview vignettes of their 2013-14 seasons at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre on Aug. 24.

“Fire-breathers, stilt walkers, color guards and their marching bands will be there the minute you set foot on the Bob Carr property,” says producer John DiDonna.

Pre-show performances in the main lobby will include teasers from the Orlando Science Center, SAK Comedy Lab and ArtsHub among others. The Orlando Ballet, Florida Opera Theatre and NuLook School of Performing Arts will each

take a turn on the main stage.

Not bad for the $22 general admission. An upgrade to a VIP ticket — $225 — includes access to pre- and post-receptions, food and drinks, complimentary valet parking and an opportunity to bid on a silent auction, sponsored by IKEA. The Red Chair Project is a community service, managed by the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Central Florida, designed to increase participation in Central Florida arts and culture offerings.

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LIMELIGHT

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It all started in the early 1970s, when a

University of Central Florida English professor named Stuart Omans taught a course he called “Simply Shakespeare.”

Turns out there wasn’t anything simple about it.

Instead of just having them read and write about the playwright, Omans cast his students — and himself — as actors in Shakespeare’s plays. He led the makeshift troupe from one Central Florida school to another to perform scenes from the Elizabethan’s immortal works.

A Shakespeare Festival would follow, then a series of annual productions at the Lake Eola band shell, then a new home for a once-tiny troupe

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that had become Orlando Shakespeare Theater.

The company will celebrate its 25th season on Aug. 24 with an open house at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center, where it is now headquartered and where many of its productions are staged.

The 50,000-square-foot, three-theater complex will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be music, crafts and theater games as well as an open rehearsal of an upcoming Shakes production.

Staff members will take guests on tours of the building, combining behind-the-scenes access with historical background.

As it happens, the company’s silver anniversary season may well be its most ambitious, particularly the marathon, multiple-day staging of The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, adapted from the Charles Dickens novel.

The celebration is sponsored by Seaside National Bank.

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Hunter Denoyelles, from Michelle Pommiere agency, took to the trampolines of Rebounderz in Longwood (rebounderzlongwood.com) in a bright yellow and gray headband set, $10; bright yellow running shorts, $19.99; black cropped tights, $39.99; shortsleeved gray windbreaker, $59.99; yellow and gray stripped sports bra, $35; solid charcoal gray sports bra, $19.99; and silver metallic high-tops, $59.99. All are from Nike at Orlando Premium OutletsVineland Ave.

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This bright ensemble includes an Adidas Training coral and white visor, $18; an Adidas Originals coral and gray hoodie, $59.97; and an Adidas Training coral sports bra, $25. A white sports bra, $29.95; white sweat pants, $69.95; and coral ballerina flats, $39.95; are by Adidas by Stella McCartney. All are from Adidas at Orlando Premium Outlets-Vineland Ave.

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Dress with a Florida flair in this Adidas by Stella McCartney limegreen windbreaker, $146; Adidas Silver tropical print shorts, $54; an Adidas Training yellow sports bra, $25; an Adidas Originals X Opening Ceremony black and white sports bra with green trim, $89.99; and Adidas Originals gray sneakers, $59.99. All are from Adidas at Orlando Premium Outlets-Vineland Ave.

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Workout clothes can look feminine, too, like this hotpink moto jacket with lace detail, $165; a gray and black camouflage sports bra with neon pink studs, $68; pink ditsy floral capris, $85; and neon-pink workout gloves with lace trim, $50. All are from Body Rock Sport, bodyrocksport.com.

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Get ready to run in gray cropped tights, $29.99; a multicolor red and orange sports bra, $39.99; a red sports bra, $19.97; red and black crew socks, $18; red print wedge sneakers, $89.99; and a red and brown duffle gym bag, $29.99. All are from Nike at Orlando Premium Outlets-Vineland Ave.

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This fashionable yet sporty ensemble includes a green and yellow stripe cropped top, $134.99; and a multicolor stripe skirt, $159.99; both by Adidas Originals X Opening Ceremony.

The outfit also features an Adidas Originals blue jacket, $24.95; Adidas by Jeremy Scott yellow and orange stripe wedge sneakers, $59.95; and a multicolor striped tote by Adidas, $19.99. All are from Adidas at Orlando Premium Outlets-Vineland Ave.

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Transitional styling, a soft-white color palette and a mix of materials make this kitchen by Phil Kean Design Group a microcosm of current trends in kitchen design.

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tarting any home project can be stressful. But kitch-

en and bathroom improvements are the most complex, since aesthetics, practicability and technology must mesh seamlessly to create a finished product that reflects your needs and sensibilities.

If you’re considering anything from a minor facelift to a total rehab, you’ll be interested in learning about what’s hot in fixtures, furnishings, materials and colors in the two mostused — and most remodeled — rooms of the house.

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identified some intriguing kitchen and bathroom design trends following its annual Design Trends Survey, which asked industry pros nationwide what their customers are asking for.

More than 300 NKBA member-designers participated in the organization’s 2013 survey, reporting the materials, products and styles that they specified in their kitchen and bathroom projects over the final three months of 2012.

Following are the top overall trends that emerged for kitchens and baths across the U.S. and Canada. We also asked Central Florida kitchen and bath design experts to weigh in on local trends.

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REMAINING NEUTRAL

In kitchens, use of grays has soared over the past three years.

In 2010, fewer than one in 10 kitchens were decked out in gray. Now more than half prominently feature gray hues.

White and off-whites continue to be the most popular color schemes in bathrooms. Other frequently used colors for kitchens and bathrooms include beige and “bone.”

Architect Phil Kean of Winter Park’s Phil Kean Design Group uses all of these hues in his projects. “Dove gray is a really hot color right now, along with softer colors and very traditional white and creams,” Kean says. These calming hues are often enlivened with punches of color, including orange and bright green, he adds.

Brown, bronze and green have become more popular in kitchen remodels, while green and blue are appearing more frequently in bathrooms.

SHIMMERING SURFACES

For kitchen countertops, granite and quartz continue to rank No. 1 and No. 2, although quartz has narrowed the gap significantly. Marble remains the most popular material for

bathroom vanity tops.

“Granite is still the top choice for the mid- to higher-end client,” says Rick Caccavello, owner of Central Kitchen & Bath in Winter Park. “But more and more people are looking seriously at quartz surfaces. With all the benefits of quartz, plus the new colors and looks available today, people are much more likely to choose it.”

A nice backsplash can tie any kitchen together. Interestingly, the most popular material right now is not tile, as you might expect, but glass.

More than half the designers the NKBA surveyed reported using glass on a backsplash. Glass provides a sheen that meshes with another trend: surfaces — and even appliances — that carry a polished high gloss.

Kean notes that envelope-pushing designers and manufacturers are introducing innovative products, such as backpainted glass tiles and large sheets of glass that create a seamless backsplash look.

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Cherry cabinets were once the gold standard, but designers reported a drop in use of cherrywood this year. More designers are using other woods, such as walnut, birch, bamboo or alder.

Bill Burke, senior remodeling consultant for S & W Kitchens in Longwood, says that maple is a local favorite. Light natural finishes on cabinets are also falling out of favor, he adds, with dark and medium finishes predominating.

Among painted cabinets, white continues to be the most popular option, used by nearly seven in 10 designers this year. Other colors were named by fewer than 40 percent.

Another intriguing trend to note: Distressed finishes are making a comeback. Just 5 percent of designers used distressed finishes last year, while the number soared to nearly 25 percent this year.

Marion McGrath, co-owner of Jonathan McGrath Construction in Longwood, notes that many consumers are choosing more than one color for cabinets. Wood-stained finishes paired with complementary painted finishes, or two contrasting painted finishes are popular options, she says.

For the second consecutive year, the transitional style has trumped the traditional style in kitchens and bathrooms.

This elegant bathroom by Farina & Sons beautifully illustrates this year’s hottest colors, surfaces and tile treatments.

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GO GREEN AN ECO-FRIENDLY KITCHEN IS ALSO A HEALTHY KITCHEN

A green kitchen sacrifices nothing in terms of comfort and beauty. And it fosters a more healthful home environment while conserving natural resources and lowering utility bills.

So more homeowners are opting for natural and renewable materials, such as stone and bamboo flooring as well as recycled-content products for countertops and backsplashes.

Green is healthier, too. The air in a typical home is full of pollutants, especially in the kitchen, where chemicals in cabinets, flooring, furnishings and paint can give off toxic fumes — called “offgas” — and where smoke and cooking smells can escape into the rest of the house if ventilation is inadequate.

In a green kitchen, materials and equipment should be chosen for their health-positive or health-neutral qualities.

For example, ventilation and range-exhaust systems with efficient and effective engineering design can quickly expel stale air from the home and bring in fresh, clean air.

A kitchen designed with the environment in mind will also have a range-exhaust system that’s properly configured and sized so it uses no more energy than needed. It will also remove pollutants generated at the range top in an efficient, healthy and quiet manner.

Today’s homeowners are savvy about appliances; they want attractive, high-quality, user-friendly, Energy Star-rated products. Technology makes it easier to prepare meals that are better tasting and more healthful — and don’t require all day in the kitchen.

For example, the eco-friendly trend is having an impact on the growth of induction cooking, which is a quick, efficient method that uses a strong electromagnetic field to cause the pan to get hot instead of the cooktop. When the pan is removed, the cooktop becomes cool to the touch.

Even refrigerators are sporting better engineering design, with compartments that can help prolong the life of stored food. When a drawer is sealed, for example, it can decrease evaporative loss.

Filtered air can also prolong the freshness of food while filtered water can improve the taste.

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“Orlando is a more transitional market,” says Burke. “We do a fair amount of modern and contemporary and slightly more traditional, but the majority is now transitional.”

The transitional style, which blends elements of traditional and contemporary, actually expanded its lead and is now the style of choice in 69 percent of kitchens and 61 percent of bathrooms.

Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery President Ryan Vincent has noticed the same trend locally. “Manufacturers are offering new products that are timeless, classic and clean,” he says. “A sweet spot between traditional and modern, the transitional style is here to stay for as long as we can see.”

Behind traditional and transitional, contemporary comes in at No. 3, used in just over half of kitchen designs, while Shaker, arts and crafts, and cottage round out the list.

FOLLOW THE LED

Light-emitting diode (LED) lights are more expensive than traditional bulbs at the outset, but they’re more efficient and can save money on energy bills in the long run. No wonder, then, that 77 percent of designers now report using them.

Just 50 percent specified LED lighting in 2010.

“LED lighting has come so far,” says Caccavello of Central Kitchen & Bath. “People used to shy away from it since it was so bright and blue in color, but now they come in much warmer tones and are dimmable.”

McGrath agrees that dimmable LED under- and overcounter lighting is trending, and adds that toe-kick lighting is also increasingly popular.

Toe-kick lighting — often installed below cabinets in kitchens and bathrooms — creates an appealing glow and provides an illuminated pathway in rooms where extra safety precautions are needed.

Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) don’t fare as well, despite using roughly one-quarter of the energy of an incandescent bulb. Only 26 percent of designers report using them, due mostly to the poor quality of light they emit and the presence of mercury inside the bulbs.

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According to the NKBA, pull-out faucets predominate in both kitchens and bathrooms because they’re so handy to use, especially when rinsing dishes.

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FABULOUS FINISHES

When it comes to faucet finishes in kitchens, satin nickel has been on top since 2011, its use increasing from 42 percent in 2010 to 60 percent now. Bronze or oil-rubbed bronze finishes are also being specified more often, growing from 41 percent to 50 percent versus last year.

Crystal Riordan, showroom manager for Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery, says that chrome is rising in popularity as well. “Chrome is a timeless finish that looks clean and beautiful in any design,” she says. “Brushed chrome may be a viable alternative to brushed nickel for those who still prefer a matte look.”

THIS AND THAT

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also declined, dropping from 77 percent in 2011 to 57 percent this year. No matter what the material, Burke says that rectangles, opposed to perfect squares, are the current shape of choice.

As far as sinks are concerned, undermounts are far and away the most popular variety, and have occupied the top spot for three consecutive years. Burke is also seeing a number of Central Florida clients opting for farmhouse-style as well as unusually shaped sinks. n

THE BOTTOM LINE

In the annual NKBA Design Trends Survey, designers are asked for the total average cost of the kitchens they design, including materials and labor.

In 2010, the figure was $44,800; in 2011, it dropped to $40,500. In 2012, the figure rose significantly to $51,050. However, this year’s survey saw another modest decline, to $47,308.

In 2010, bathroom remodels stood at $18,575 and dropped to $16,475 in 2011. But the average expenditure increased to $18,850 in 2012 and has held virtually even at $18,538 so far this year.

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Editor’s Note: We asked Orlando Life columnist Mike Thomas, a longtime journalist who has moved on to a second career as a policy adviser and speechwriter, to come up with the ultimate list of power brokers whose impact on Central Florida will reverberate through future generations.

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he powerful come and go. Those who have left a legacy live on. But how

do you craft an Orlando-area Legacy List? I don’t know because I’ve never seen one in Central Florida. So I had to make this up as I went along.

Of course I left people off the list that you think should be on it. Personal bias played a role: I know several people listed and therefore have insight on what they did to earn a spot. But I don’t know the top three, which is embarrassing because they are so obvious.

One person on the list, as I note later on, could be classified as my boss, so there is that conflict of interest. But he couldn’t care less about being on the list, and perhaps won’t even know he’s on it.

I tended not to pass judgment on what people did to get on the list. In other words, I was nice.

Lastly, I did consult others. They vetoed Shaq.

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Budd y Dyer

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer talks like he’s from Kissimmee and governs like he’s from Chicago. He’s the only politician in Central Florida who could swap places with Rahm Emanuel.

That’s because Buddy is something we’ve never seen before. He’s a Big City mayor. Friends are rewarded, opponents are steamrolled and City Council members hold honorary titles.

Big City mayors set their sights on big things and relentlessly pursue them. Buddy’s big thing is turning downtown Orlando into the metropolitan heart of the next Los Angeles.

As for his success, look up — as in go downtown and literally look up.

That’s Buddy’s version of Elysium up in those towers.

Whether it was a condo, office building, Publix or Cineplex, Buddy always had a tax incentive on the agenda and the votes to pass it. That the condos went bankrupt, the movie theaters remain on subsidized lifesupport, and the office towers struggled did not matter.

Just get it built and eventually things will work out.

The same principle applied to the downtown venues. The funding formula was based on hope and prayer. But what Buddy understood was that the bailout would be there when the time came because once a public project gets started, it gets done.

And now, as Orange County continues bailing out the venues, what’s Buddy doing? He’s going after a new soccer stadium. Onward ho!

He’s a serial builder. The soccer stadium also will get done and in 10 years people won’t even question that it was a great idea.

The record doesn’t stop there.

At first, SunRail did not get done. Now it’s done. Former House Speaker Dean Cannon got it through the Legislature, and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs saved it from Gov. Rick Scott. They get assists. Buddy gets the score.

When Buddy said he was going to turn Parramore around, nobody believed him. It’s getting done. Stay tuned for Creative Village. The body of work here is unparalleled by any Central Florida politician.

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President of UCF In Central Florida, John Hitt is a Gandalf among Hobbits. He is the most respected and revered among us, the elder statesman of class and accomplishment.

As former Governor Jeb Bush once noted, “I believe John Hitt and Walt Disney have done more to transform Central Florida into a vibrant, dynamic place than any two people in the region’s history.”

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Disney set up his empire out west; Hitt out east. Hitt helps offset Disney’s low-wage, one-trick economy by turning UCF into an incubator for economic diversification and high-tech jobs.

Under Hitt, UCF has grown from a commuter college to the secondbiggest university in the nation. The campus now has the look and feel of a campus instead of a post-secondary strip mall. That’s so huge in so many ways that cannot be measured.

Enrollment has tripled to more than 60,000 students. Programs have gained

much in the way of national respect.

U.S. News & World Report ranks UCF fifth nationally as an “up-and-coming’’ college. It has the second-highest number of National Merit Scholars in the state. It no longer is Last Option U for local whiz kids.

Who would have thought all this possible 21 years ago when a guy from the University of Maine showed up to run the place?

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L ind a C hapin Former Orange County Mayor

Chapin was largely responsible for creating the position of Orange County mayor, and then became the first to hold the office — although it was then called “county chairman” — forever changing the political dynamic in the region.

Her legacy includes the towering Orange County Courthouse and a massive expansion of the Orange County Convention Center. She pushed through a utility tax that funded the county’s first landbuying program for parks and environmental protection.

She was also behind the West Orange bike trail, which has kicked off a regional trail network that one day will put us at the hub of a statewide network linking the east and west coasts.

Chapin also takes some responsibility for the sprawling development on Alafaya Trail by pushing to approve Avalon Park in what used to be the boondocks. For better or worse, it’s definitely a legacy.

impact on the region, which helped keep us afloat during the Great Recession. So did $1 billion in construction, including the new football stadium.

But that’s just for starters.

East Orange County has become the nation’s largest simulation and modeling cluster, creating 12,500 of the highest-paying jobs in the region.

That’s due in no small part to UCF’s highly rated modeling and simulation program.

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The UCF College of Medicine, which was Hitt’s handiwork, will be a key ingredient at Medical City, a gamechanger for the region. “I think we’ve reached the point where it’s time to say what we’re going to be when we grow up,” Hitt once said about UCF. I think he’s answered that.

Bill Frederick

Former Orlando Mayor Before there was a Buddy, there was a Bill. Or perhaps more accurately, without a Bill, there wouldn’t have been a Buddy.

Frederick laid the foundation for everything that was to come.

The checklist includes the Orlando Magic, Church Street Station, City Hall, Lake Eola Park and Loch Haven Park. Perhaps tops on the list should be the Iron Bridge regional sewage treatment plant in the 1980s, without which growth would have ground to a halt.

Frederick has remained active as a key player in the region, including roles as a major fundraiser for Rollins College and a very influential board member of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

Bill introduced something new to these parts. Class.

Jeb Bush

Former Florida Governor I begin with a disclaimer: I work for Jeb Bush’s education foundation. But when I asked two learned friends who I should credit for Medical City — Buddy Dyer or former Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty — both answered, “Jeb.’’ And they are both diehard liberals.

So what am I to do?

It was Bush who went to California with an open wallet to recruit biotechnology, beginning with the Scripps Research Institute in Palm Beach and leading to the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, an anchor of Lake Nona’s Medical City complex in

east Orange County.

Likewise he changed the governance structure of the state’s universities, unleashing Hitt to do his thing at UCF, including the medical school. When that project seemed in doubt, Bush became a crucial supporter, endorsing the concept of medical schools as economic engines.

Dyer and Crotty sealed the deal for Medical City. But there would have been no deal without Bush.

Joe L ewis Developer

The British-born billionaire was perhaps the first with a vision of bringing biotech to the state, with plans to make Lake Nona the hub featuring the Scripps Research Institute.

Lewis lost out on that deal but caught the second wave with Burnham, the UCF medical school, the Veterans Administration hospital, the Nemours Children’s Hospital and university research centers. It was Lewis who helped sell Jeb Bush on the medical school.

As John Hitt told the Orlando Sentinel, “I don’t believe we’d have a medical school if it wasn’t for Joe Lewis.”

The same might be said for the MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, which had stalled until Lewis came through with a $7.5 million contribution.

Throw in his Isleworth development, the most exclusive in the region, and you definitely have a legacy.

John Morgan

Attorney and Marketer Technically he’s an attorney. In reality, he may be the greatest marketing genius we’ve ever seen.

He built an empire around three words: “For the People.” Morgan created the modern model of legal advertising, much to the chagrin of many in the profession.

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Former Orange County Public Schools Superintendent He didn’t have the credentials for the job when he got it.

He woke up one Father’s Day morning greeted by an Orlando Sentinel editorial demanding his ouster.

But Blocker not only survived, he steered Orange County Public Schools through the turbulence of education reform, turned around long-failing schools and became one of the most respected urban school superintendents in the nation.

That’s why they now call OCPS headquarters the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center.

Aspen Institute.

The standard of excellence set by Shugart will remain long after he’s gone and has raised the bar for every other community college in the state.

Fran Pignone

Former Orange County Commissioner Works and pack the place, as Morgan did with the cockeyed building that stands out even on gaudy International Drive?

He is a national go-to fundraiser for Democrats and has President Obama over for dinner. Now he may well put Charlie Crist in the governor’s mansion and medical marijuana on the pharmacy shelves.

John Land

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to the ability to hire and fire city employees.

And he has used that power to turn the “Indoor Foliage Capital of the World’’ into a sprawling burb that now is the second largest city in Orange County. No word yet on whether he’ll seek a 20th term in 2014.

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President of Valencia College What do you get when you put an unorthodox, free-thinking poet and songwriter in charge of Valencia College?

You get the best community college in America, according to the prestigious

One of the nation’s greatest environmental success stories occurred southeast of here in the expansive, swampy headwaters of the St. Johns River.

Where once there were encroaching farms destroying a river, there now are wide expanses of marshes feeding it.

And a key player in getting it done was a whip-smart, fast-talking, very passionate lady from Orlando who became chairwoman of the St. Johns River Water Management District.

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boys topsy-turvy.

Too bad we can’t send her down to the Everglades.

Harris R osen Hotelier

Rosen bought his first hotel on International Drive in 1974. And from that Quality Inn he built an empire of 6,300 rooms and became the unquestioned boss of the region’s main tourism strip.

One of his biggest legacies is what never happened — a light-rail project linking downtown to I-Drive. He led the opposition, just as he did to a baseball stadium and the downtown venues.

When it comes to spending the resort tax, he’s a tightwad. When it comes to spending his own money on philanthropy, he’s anything but that. He contributed $30 million to UCF’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management.

He’s spent millions on Orlando’s depressed Tangelo Park neighborhood, investing in pre-K and college tuition.

His generosity has extended even to Haiti.

Rosen’s health-care clinics for employees have become a model, adopted even by Disney. He goes to the same waiting room as his housekeepers for his medical care.

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Craig Ustler Developer

Ustler is the one individual who makes this list partly on what he’s already accomplished, and partly for what he has yet to achieve.

The downtown developer is best known for turning a run-down neighborhood east of Lake Eola into stylish, revitalized Thornton Park.

But he also played an important role in making the downtown performing arts center possible, and survived the financial downturn that wiped out other urban developers.

Now he’s positioned to be the power behind Creative Village, a 68-acre tract in the urban core that will revolve around digital-media schools and other creative enterprises and feature mixed-income housing, office space, hotels and public art.

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Running On Plenty

JON AND BETSY HUGHES ARE STILL ON THE FAST TRACK.

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on and Betsy Hughes aren’t your typical power couple.

They steer clear of politics, they both wear casual clothes to work, and there’s nothing particularly glamorous about the niche market served by the business they’ve operated for 30 years: the Track Shack.

But when it comes to health and wellness, their influence is deep and widespread. Through the store they manage, the races they organize, the group training programs they offer, the youth activities they support and the personal example they set, the two Winter Park High School graduates have helped change the lives, and the lifestyles, of thousands of Central Floridians.

Cindy Noble, an Orlando property manager who turned 65 this year, used to think running was “stupid.” That was before her daughter talked her into walking a Track Shackorganized 5K (3.1 miles) back in 2003.

Noble surprised herself by not only enjoying but finishing the event. She bought a pair of running shoes at the store, joined its training program for beginners, and over the years worked herself up to running a 5K, then a 10K, eventually all the way up to a 26.2-mile marathon.

She doesn’t run marathons any more, but she has completed nearly 40 half-marathons and looks forward to many

(Facing page): The Hugheses are on the move in Mead Gardens. Snapshots on the following pages trace a historical timeline — from one of Jon’s high-school races and the early Track Shack years in the ’70s through the recent wedding of their daughter, which culminated with a family jog.

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more, employing a popular run-walk method in which each minute of running is followed by a minute of walking. She still trains with a Track Shack group three times weekly.

“I can’t say enough about Jon and Betsy and how they brought me into the running world,” says Noble, one of more than 900 Central Floridians currently enrolled in a Track Shack training program.

“I was in my mid-50s, an ex-smoker and had never run before. With their encouragement and support, they gave me enough confidence to do it. I could give you a gazillion names of people who’d say great things about Jon and Betsy.” nnn The Track Shack occupied a cramped Mills Avenue storefront when it opened its doors in September 1977. Today, even longtime customers assume that Jon and Betsy were the founders. Not so, although Jon didn’t miss the store’s debut by much. A former standout distance runner at Winter Park High and Seminole Community College, he was hired there three months later, the same week he turned 20.

By the following spring Jon was managing the store, and later that year — around the time he bought out one of the Shack’s original owners and became a one-third partner — he hired a shy, 17-year-old Winter Park High cross-country runner named Betsy Mackenzie as a $1.78-per-hour part-timer.

The two started dating in 1979 — after Betsy turned 18, Jon is quick to add — and the little shop where they worked became an increasingly important part of their lives.

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publicized annual road races such as the Tangerine Bowl (now OUC Orlando) Half Marathon in 1977 and the Winter Park 10K Road Race in 1978. Also debuting in 1978 were two major state races that drew local participants: the Jacksonville River Run (now Gate River Run) and Tampa’s Gasparilla Distance Classic.

Understanding that well-organized races generate not only interest in running but shoe and apparel sales, the Track Shack branched out into road-race management, starting with four races in 1978 and growing to a dozen in 1980, the year the store had grown enough to move across Mills Avenue into its own stand-alone building.

The Track Shack flourished in its new location, and so did Jon and Betsy’s relationship. They married in 1983, returning from their Colorado honeymoon to unexpectedly face the biggest decision of their lives: Jon’s two partners announced they wanted out of the business; did the newlyweds want to buy their shares?

It was a huge gamble, but they borrowed the money and took the plunge. Ultimately, it paid off. Throughout the ’80s the store enjoyed growing retail sales while the race-management initiative mushroomed, involving more than 50 events per year by the decade’s end. When children came along — Emma in 1986 and Christopher in 1990 — Jon gravitated to race management while Betsy spent most of her time either in the store or with their kids.

The same year Chris was born, Jon and Betsy created a separate company, Event Marketing & Management International, which quickly established itself as one of the top road-race management companies in the country.

Its reputation was solidified in the mid-’90s when, after two years of trying, Jon finally persuaded Walt Disney World that holding a January marathon on its property could beef up theme-park business during the slow, post-holiday season. The Walt Disney World Marathon debuted in 1994 with Jon as its director. It was an instant hit.

The event celebrated its 20th anniversary this past January: Now expanded to a weekend of distance races for both adults and children, it drew more than 60,000 entrants, including 27,000 in the marathon. Disney also has added several other annual half-marathons and shorter races to its annual mix — each attracting thousands of participants — with Jon directing them all.

Race directing is a difficult business, involving complex logistical challenges. But it’s tough to stump Jon, one of just three people in the U.S. to have personally directed more than 1,000 races. And that number doesn’t include events such as Atlanta’s huge Peachtree Road Race, which uses Track Shack timing and scoring systems, or smaller, informal races that Jon organizes for business conventions.

Joining the big leagues of race management wasn’t the only major development for the Track Shack in the mid-’90s.

In 1994 Jon and Betsy established a charitable nonprofit dedicated to promoting youth fitness. Since then the Track Shack Foundation has donated more than $2 million to local beneficiaries, ranging from high school cross-country teams and elementary school swimming programs to a dance fitness class for Orlando teens and a gardening program at a Sanford elementary school.

And in 1996 the busting-at-the seams Track Shack relocated 300 yards south on Mills Avenue, into a 5,000-square-foot building, a former boat and marine-supply outlet with a decorative smokestack on its roof.

Locals know the building for its eye-catching wraparound mural of runners, painted a decade ago by Clermont artist and running enthusiast Barbarann Early.

It features an image of Jon and Betsy near the store’s Mills Avenue entrance.

They’re not just standing there. They’re running.

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nnn The Track Shack, with 35 years of history and nearly 50 full- and part-time employees, is now an Orlando institution. Its walls are covered with plaques, photos, posters and memorabilia celebrating running, and business is so brisk that on weekends patrons have to take a number before buying their shoes.

And there’s lots more than shoes for sale. Any piece of clothing or accessory related to running is likely on display: from shorts, shirts, socks and tights to sunglasses, watches, heart monitors and energy bars. There’s a separate section of the store devoted to signing up for upcoming races.

For the couple who built the institution, its operation can be all-consuming. “There are challenges with that,” acknowledges Jon. “You get home and even when you say you won’t talk business, it’s almost impossible not to. Your life revolves around it.”

Jon and Betsy agree that they’ve benefited from having offices in separate places: In 2007 Jon and Event Marketing moved out of the Track Shack into a warehouse a block away. They also usually exercise separately, although their passion for fitness is equally heartfelt.

“We carve out an hour every day for exercise,” says Betsy, a former marathoner who lately has been doing most of her workouts on an elliptical trainer or stationary bike because of a nagging foot injury. “You have to make a commitment and get up early: We get up at 5.”

For Jon, who has run 30 marathons — including his ninth Boston Marathon this past April — exercise is like brushing your teeth: something you do every day. (He now also shaves every day, having jettisoned his trademark beard. How come? “It was turning all-gray.”)

The fitness habit runs in the family. Betsy’s mom, Alice Mackenzie, ran competitively into her 70s, has backpacked more than 1,500 miles of the Appalachian Trail, and at 84 still walks three miles several times a week. Jon’s parents, Ev and Terri Hughes, are both 85 and active. Ev is an enthusiastic daily gardener, while Terri does a power walk every morning.

Of Jon and Betsy’s two children, Chris is the more serious runner. A Florida State University graduate currently working in a Jacksonville running store, he’s eager to join the family business and eventually take it over.

His parents want that to happen, but they insist on proceeding slowly. “Chris’ whole goal since he graduated is to get experience,” says Betsy. “We want him to work elsewhere and eventually come back to the Track Shack.”

Adds Jon: “We don’t have all the answers. He needs to see how other people do things, what works and what doesn’t work, things that could eventually improve our business.”

As for Emma, who has several half-marathons under her belt, running is an onagain, off-again activity. Her pursuits are generally more cerebral. With a Master’s degree in Classics, she teaches middle school Latin in Tallahassee and plans to earn a PhD and teach at the college level. But no matter how steeped she becomes in academia, running will always play a role in her life. Being a Hughes, how could it not?

After her recent wedding, still in her white gown, Emma happily honored the wedding photographer’s request for a picture that might have seemed strange if it were any other couple.

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A Fresh Take

HEALTHfu l F ARE DOESN’T HAVE TO SACRIF ICE F LAVOR OR FU N.

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chuckled when my editor asked for a “healthy eating

angle” this month. “Healthy eating” can mean pretty much any food other than Dorito-lard Cool Whip casseroles doused in Easy Cheese.

Depending upon who’s talking, healthy eating can be a wholesome ham-and-egg breakfast, a wheat-free muffin, a faux-pork stir-fry or a frozen treat made with no real foodstuffs at all.

The locavore types consider unprocessed foods raised within a small radius of Orlando to fit the theme, so butter and bacon can, in fact, be menu mainstays. Conversely, low-fat/ low-sugar fiends may be A-OK with chemical-laden margarine and artificial sweeteners, as long as the calorie count is meager.

Then we have the rainbow coalition of vegetarians, from those who avoid only red meats to the vegans, who touch neither eggs nor milk. Raw foodists, caveman dieters, the carb-fearful and the gluten-sensitive all have strong definitions about what defines healthy eating. Assorted restaurants support the dietary profiles of each.

Humbug. When I saw a restaurant named Fresh, I grasped it as an escape from the whole mishmash of do-it-myway healthful dining trends. And indeed, Fresh turned out to be ideal for this assignment: Nearly all the ingredients hail from within 150 miles of the Hannibal

Lemon verbena, thyme, or mint and cucumber are among the infusion choices for filtered tap water (above) at Fresh.

Grilled peach salad and salmon with black rice are among the menu items delivered by likeable servers wearing thoughtful T-shirts (opposite page).

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Square restaurant and are organic or humanely raised.

The menu is wide enough to provide choices for most watchers of waist, cholesterol, sugar and animal products.

The lunch and dinner menus offer several salads each day. Yet you can sink your carnivorous teeth into a meaty lamb chop if you’d like — tenderly raised, antibiotic- and hormone-free, and served with a lentil-tabouli salad and herb pesto. It’s a dish that would meet just about anyone’s definition of healthy, save those who fear a dash of salt.

All told, Fresh is a cute, rustic/ industrial-chic space with remarkably flavorful dishes. Some will satisfy one person’s definition of healthy, others another. “We just try to be as conscious and aware as we possibly can be, for environmental reasons as well as for health reasons,” says chef-owner Gina Bugayong.

The menu is multinational, a logical choice given Bugayong’s background.

Her mother’s Italian, her father’s Filipino, she’s from Baltimore and spent her childhood moving among military bases around the world.

“We like to say we’re globally inspired, which is my ethnic background,” she says, noting that her silent partner, Paulette Nassiff, is Lebanese and Panamanian, widening the culinary circle.

On a given day, the menu might feature Jamaican jerk spices on a grilled poussin (it’s like a chicken), a saffron-infused Spanish paella, a continental-style filet of beef with red wineshallot sauce and other items laced with Asian, Indian, Greek, Latin American and Korean flavors. Did we mention Provençal elements? The acorn squash on my visit was roasted with lavender-honey butter.

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Reclaimed wood and simple barstools contribute to the rustic/industrial-chic ambiance at Fresh, with dishes such as a Vietnamese vermicelli noodle bowl (above). Lavender crème brûlée (opposite page) couldn’t really be described as a healthy choice, but it’s delectable nonetheless. main surface textures. The countertops are made from recycled granite, the tiles from repurposed slate. Small air plants emerge out of one back wall in small holders that began as railroad ties.

The menu is a simple piece of paper attached by two rubber bands to a slat of plywood. The chipper young staff is eager and friendly, but not terribly efficient, judging by how long we waited for our meal. They’re so likeable, however, that we chose to view the wait as a chance to enjoy more time away from the house. The free glass of wine they offered as compensation helped.

Guests are greeted with a choice of waters: plain tap (never bottled, again for environmental reasons), or tap infused with lavender or mint and cucumber. What a difference a bit of herb makes.

ANOTHER HEALTHY HALF DOZEN Raphsodic B ake ry

Katie Andrews began baking vegan goods for friends and family, and in 2010 opened Raphsodic Bakery in Mills 50, dubbing it an “urban pastry art house.” Its baked goods look like those at any other artisan bakery, but they appeal especially to consumers with food restrictions.

Eggs, dairy and honey are verboten in the Raphsodic Bakery kitchen. While many products are baked with gluten, soy, corn and nuts, plenty aren’t — and the staff will bake to order with advance notice. “We focus on using less sugar and more flavor components in our baked goods,” Andrews says, “so that they maintain a higher degree of healthy qualities and aren’t laden with preservatives and excess sweeteners.” Andrews also eschews preservatives, food additives, food coloring and GMO-containing ingredients. “We practice strong cross-contamination control, so that even the most 48

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severe allergy sufferers are able to enjoy something sweet,” she says. Her main goal for Raphsodic Bakery: “Being solely a vegan bakery filled with sweet treats and delicious smells.” 910 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, 407-704-8615, raphsodic.com

C afé 118

Billing itself as a Living Cuisine Café & Juice Bar, Café 118 follows the raw foods diet. That doesn’t mean foods aren’t cooked at all, just that they’re never heated over 118 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s the temperature at which enzymes break down and, the theory goes, diminish the nutrient content.

So your “steak” will really be a portobella mushroom and your “pasta” may be made of coconut colored with beet — but the flavor will be fresh and inviting. 153 E. Morse Blvd., Winter Park, 407-389-2233, cafe118.com AUGUST 2013

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Then there’s the food: The Fresh dinner menu encompasses a handful each of small plates, salads and entrées. It changes quarterly, with smaller changes daily.

We started with chana masala, a creamy Indian appetizer filled with chickpeas and spinach. It was a tad spicy, and scrumptious with garlic flatbread.

For a salad, we went with grilled peach, clearly a seasonal item, which the chef calls her personal take on a caprese salad, usually a tame mix of sliced tomatoes and fresh mozzarella cheese.

Make your reservation now for next June so you can experience this summery starter. The peaches were sliced and grilled, then plated with fresh mozzarella cheese, rolls of prosciutto and mint leaves plus a subtle bit of balsamic glaze.

The peaches alone would have wowed us; the rest were just a bonus.

We went a little Asian with the entrées, although fettuccine with spicy pork ragu was mighty tempting. The pan-seared wild Pacific salmon was caramelized on one side, fork-tender elsewhere, and jazzed up with sesame-ginger glaze and a gingerlaced vegetable slaw. Black rice grounded the rest perfectly.

The vermicelli noodle bowl is flavored with an intense

ETHOS VEGAN KITCHEN

The food has a homey feel to it at Ethos, a vegan restaurant that recently moved from the Ivanhoe District to Winter Park.

Some items are inherently vegan, such as potato pancakes and black bean soup. Others use meat substitutes. So if you have a hankering for Italian, try the Chickun Marsala, or for American, try the “Bay Cakes,” in which vegan substitutions stand in for chicken or crab, respectively. 601 S. New York Ave., Suite B, Winter Park, 407-228-3898, ethosvegankitchen.com

DANDELION COMMUNITEA

Longtime leaders in Orlando’s local-foods movement, the owners of this colorful counter-service restaurant plate up bowlsful of meals prepared with veggies — predominantly organic — from area farms. Wraps, salads, a vegan granola raspberry parfait and The Giddyup, a tempe chili, are all terrific. 618 N. Thornton Ave., Orlando, 407-362-1864, dandelioncommunitea.com ORLANDO-LIFE.COM

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Vietnamese nuoc cham sauce, light yet salty and sweet at once. The bowl was loaded with vegetable strips, herbs and cucumber along with chicken, though we could have added shrimp or tofu instead.

Dessert was full of sweet surprises: lavender crème brûlée and chocolatepeanut butter cake covered with bacon bits. Uh, so that one doesn’t fit the healthy eating theme, although we can assume the bacon is nitrite-free. But it was calorie-worthy. Give me one slice of that cake rather than 10 helpings of fatfree, sugar-free anything. ■ Rona Gindin, dining editor of Orlando Life, has written about Orlando’s restaurants for Fodor’s and Zagat, among many other publications. She’s the author of The Little Black Book of Walt Disney World.

WHERE: 535 W. New England Ave., Winter Park HOW MUCH: $$$ WHERE TO CALL: 321-295-7837, freshcafe-wp.com

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Business dinners, ladies’ luncheons and date nights keep these ever-popular restaurants bustling. Because the Darden chain offers such satisfying food and comprehensive wine lists, it almost seems incidental that the fare also happens to be healthful and low in fat, with no menu item topping 475 calories. So if you want that clam chowder, go for it. It will be cleverly produced without cream, butter or roux. 7700 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-5212; 463 E. Altamonte Dr., Altamonte Springs, 407-767-1252; seasons52.com

INFUSION TEA

College Parkers have umpteen options for lunch and dinner. Yet, Infusion Tea is always busy. It sells tea, sure, but also healthful, flavorful, meat-free paninis, pizzas, salads, wraps and quiches. 1600 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, 407-999-5255, infusionorlando.com ORLANDO LIFE

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Hillstone 215 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-740-

7048 International Drive, Orlando, 407354-0026 / nile07.com. Locals willingly navigate International Drive to dine at Nile, a family-owned restaurant specializing in the exotic cuisine of Ethiopia. Order a few dishes to share and scoop up the intriguing concoctions with the eatery’s signature spongy bread. End with a strong cup of aromatic, brewed-to-order coffee. $$

4005 / hillstone.com/hillstone. Formerly known as Houston’s, this Winter Park mainstay is part of a high-end chain. Still, it grows its own herbs, bakes its own bread, grinds its own meat, cuts its own fish and whips its own cream. In nice weather, guests relax with a cocktail in Adirondack chairs overlooking Lake Killarney. Many proposals have been popped during dinners for two on the boat dock. $$$

Sanaa 3701 Osceola Parkway, Lake Buena Vista, 407938-7400 / disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/sanaa. Sanaa, one of Disney’s most interesting restaurants, offers dishes based on cuisine from the Spice Islands, a coastal African area rich with Indian influences. Flavors are intense, but spicy only upon request. (Curry, the chefs insist, is a melding of flavors, not one particular spice.) The marketplace-style dining room boasts picture windows overlooking the Animal Kingdom Lodge’s savannah, so you might spot zebra or wildebeest while lunching on tandoori chicken or a vegetarian platter with stewed lentils and a vegetable sambar (stew). $$

Jernigan’s 400 W. Church St., Orlando, 407-440-7000 /

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942 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, 407-480-2200 / bananasdiner.com. Bananas has a split personality. It’s a wholesome, family place to grab higher-quality versions of such classics as burgers, shakes and pancakes (the Buffalo Benedict is a surprise pleaser). Other times, it’s a delightfully outrageous experience for more adventurous diners who enjoy the antics of cross-dressing servers. The Sunday drag gospel brunch (“Sinners welcome!”) is like no church service you’ve ever attended. $$

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Cask & Larder 565 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, 321-280-4200 / caskandlarder.com. Billing itself as a “Southern Public House,” this casual Winter Park eatery serves up modern twists on traditional favorites. Look for a three-ham platter with pepper jelly; pimento cheese; and seasonal favorites such as grilled pork belly and chicken-and-biscuits.

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Chatham’s Place 7575 Dr. Phillips Blvd., Orlando, 407- 345-2992 / chathamsplace.com. For an old-fashioned dining experience — a subdued dining room and doting personalized service by a longtime staff — dine at this hidden Restaurant Row establishment. Locals return regularly for Chef Tony Lopez’s classic dishes such as black grouper with pecan butter, rack of lamb and filet mignon. $$$ Citrus 821 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, 407-373-0622 /

citrusorlando.com. A clubby yet stylish restaurant in a convenient downtown Orlando location, Citrus features modern American cuisine with a nod toward regionally grown and produced ingredients. International influences also highlight the menu, from smoked chili aioli complementing herbmarinated chicken to balsamic rum glaze topping juicy pork chops. $$$

Dexter’s 808 E. Washington St., Orlando, 407-648-2777;

558 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, 407-629-1150; 950 Market Promenade Ave., Lake Mary, 407-805-3090 / dexwine. com. Central Florida has three Dexter’s locations, and each has become a neighborhood magnet, drawing diners of all ages for hearty portions of creative American fare (at fair prices), good wine and, in some cases, live music. Casual dress is the rule. The brunches, and the pressed duck sandwiches, are especially popular. $$-$$$

Emeril’s Orlando 6000 Universal Blvd., Orlando,

407-224-2424 / emerils.com. Get a taste of New Orleans at Emeril’s, a fine-dining restaurant at always-bustling Universal CityWalk. You’ll find classics from celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, including the signature barbecue shrimp, andouille-stuffed redfish, double-cut pork chops and banana cream pie. The service, of course, is superb. Consider sharing appetizers at the bar area. $$$$

Graffiti Junktion 900 E. Washington St., Orlando, 407-

426-9503; 2401 Edgewater Dr., Orlando, 407-377-1961; 950 Market Promenade Ave., Lake Mary, 407-732-6943; 3100 Alafaya Trail, Oviedo, 407-542-5902 / graffitijunktion.com.

This expanding homegrown chain features restaurants that are loud and purposely grungy looking, hence “graffiti” in the name. But the ultra-casual concept dishes up great burgers, wings and zucchini fries. Live entertainment ranges from performance art to trivia contests. Watch for daily happy-hour specials. $

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amwaycenter.com. Watch a Magic game in style at Jernigan’s, a well-appointed buffet restaurant located on the Amway Center’s exclusive club level. The reservations-only eatery, open to ticket holders, serves wholesome meals for about $40. The menu of the day might offer slow-smoked barbecue ribs, grilled rib-eye steak, pasta pomodoro and Chinese chicken salad. Jernigan’s is run by Chicago’s Levy Restaurants, the team behind Downtown Disney’s Portobello Yacht Club, Fulton’s Crab House and Wolfgang Puck Grand Café. $$$

Maxine’s on Shine 337 N. Shine Ave., Orlando, 407-6746841 / maxinesonshine.com. Strangers become friends at this eclectic neighborhood restaurant, where the namesake owner and her husband, Kirt Earhart, greet guests warmly.

The menu is unassuming, the beer and wine selections shine, and live music plays regularly. A former chapel in the back serves as a private dining room. $$

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Rusty Spoon 55 W. Church St., Orlando, 407-4018811 / therustyspoon.com. Foodies flock to this Church Street gastropub, a warm and welcoming space in which meals are described as “American food. European roots. Locally sourced.” Your salad will consist of über-fresh greens, your sandwich will be filled with slow-braised lamb, your pasta will be hand-rolled and your meat will be robustly seasoned. $$-$$$

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Seasons 52 7700 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407354-5212; 463 E. Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs, 407-767-1252 / seasons52.com. Business dinners, ladies’ luncheons and date nights abound at these ever-popular restaurants, big bustling spaces with satisfying food and comprehensive wine lists. It seems incidental that the food happens to be healthful and low in fat, with no menu item topping 475 calories. So if you want that clam chowder, go for it. It will be cleverly produced without cream, butter or roux. $$-$$$ Shipyard Brew Pub 200 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, 321-274-4045 / shipyardwinterpark.com. This ultra-casual brewpub has been packed night and day since it opened in 2011, and not just because it pours a great lager. To complement suds brewed both in-house and elsewhere, a from-scratch menu offers Buffalo chicken dip, amazing white-bean hummus, sandwiches, flatbreads and entrées, including étouffée and pot roast. Stop in any time to pick up a loaf of some of Orlando’s best bread. $-$$

Tap Room at Dubsdread 549 W. Par St., Orlando, 407650-0100 / taproomatdubsdread.com. One needn’t play golf to dine at this historic course-side tavern, a College Park icon offering a varied menu — and a reputation for fine burgers. Options other than the famous half-pound patties include steaks, salmon, tequila-citrus chicken and a dandy Reuben sandwich. $$

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The Table Orlando 8060 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando, 407-900-3463 / thetableorlando.com. For special occasions, book a place at The Table, a tiny restaurant that serves a five-course gourmet meal with wine pairings. Up to 22 guests at a time share the repast around an oversized table. The New American menu changes regularly and is comprised in large part of locally sourced foods. The price is a set $100 including tax and tip. Groups can host private events here. $$$$ TooJay’s Various locations / toojays.com. When it’s time for a taste of Jewish Brooklyn — pastrami on rye, latkes, blintzes, knishes — the six local outlets of this South

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Florida-based chain have it all. You’ll also find diner foods such as omelets, sandwiches and pot-roast dinners. Take home some black-and-white cookies. $

Yellow Dog Eats 1236 Hempel Ave., Windermere, 407-

296-0609 / yellowdogeats.com. It’s the lunch locale for the Windermere-Gotha crowd, who come for scratch-made sandwiches, hearty barbecue and wholesome baked goods.

The menu also has a significant vegan-friendly section. The dining rooms are scattered throughout a funky, historic building that was once a country store. $

ASIAN Anh Hong

1124 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, 407-999-2656.

You’ll receive a bundle of fresh herbs to tear into your soup at this Mills 50 Vietnamese eatery, and another bunch for a roll-your-own entrée that’s like a DIY summer roll. Asian classics, such as grilled meats and scallion pancakes, are done exceptionally well here, which makes Anh Hong a top choice for local Vietnamese-Americans longing for a taste of home. $

Dragonfly 7972 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando, 407-370-3359 / dragonflyorlando.com. Stylishly attired 30-somethings regularly pack this oh-so-hip restaurant, where groups share sushi, grilled “robata” items, and tapas-style Asian foods such as soft-shell crab tempura, crispy black pork belly and shiso-wrapped spicy tuna. $$

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Hawkers Street Fare 1103 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, 407-237-0606 / facebook.com/hawkersstreetfare. This Mills 50 mainstay, named for street vendors of Asian fare, serves up generous tapas-size portions of curry laksa (an aromatic Singaporean soup), roti canai (Malaysian flatbread with a hearty curry sauce), five-spice tofu, chilled sesame noodles, smoky mussels and sensational beef skewers with peanuty satay dip. $$

Ming Bistro 1212 Woodward St., Orlando, 407-898-9672.

Enjoy perhaps Orlando’s best dim sum for dinner or, on a weekend morning or afternoon, select shrimp dumplings, beef balls, turnip cakes, sticky rice, barbecue pork buns and egg tarts one small dish at a time from carts that roll between tables. The a la carte menu features Hong Kong-style staples from stir-fry beef to chicken feet. $ Sea Thai 3812 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, 407-895-0985 /

seaorlando.com. Start with a green papaya salad and beef yum, then feast on steamed whole fish with garlic chili sauce, pad Thai and green curry chicken. But you can’t go wrong with any of the Thai classics offered at this welcoming East Orlando eatery. $$

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Seoul Garden 511 E. Horatio Ave., Maitland, 407599-5199 / orlandokorearestaurant.com. Seoul Garden is so Asian-focused that the “about us” section of its website is written in Korean. That authenticity extends to the food.

Barbecued meats are grilled to order in the dining room.

Be sure to try the marinated beef short ribs and the soft tofu stew. $

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Sushi Pop 310 W. Mitchell Hammock Road, Oviedo, 407-542-5975 / sushipoprestaurant.com. Oviedo is an unlikely location for this cutting-edge restaurant, a popular spot for sushi. The food is serious and often experimental, as chef-owner Chau uses molecular gastronomy to create some of the fusion fare. The aura is fun: Asian anime on the walls, playful colors, and servers who dress in outrageous themed outfits. $$

Tasty Wok 1246 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, 407-896-8988 / yelp.com/biz/tasty-wok-orlando. True, it’s a humble spot, but Tasty Wok offers an array of satisfying dishes, among them roast duck and steaming soups. Try the beef chow fun, eggplant with minced pork, and salt and pepper ribs. A smaller menu of American-style Chinese dishes is also available. $

BARBECUE 4 Rivers Smokehouse

1600 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; 1869 W. S.R. 434, Longwood; 1047 S. Dillard St., Winter Garden / 407-474-8377, 4rsmokehouse.com. A diverse array of barbecue specialties — from Texas-style brisket to pulled pork, smoked turkey and bacon-wrapped jalapeños — has gained this rapidly growing homegrown concept a large following. The newer outposts even include a bakery and an old-fashioned malt shop featuring homemade ice cream. $

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BURGERS Hamburger Mary’s Bar & Grille

110 W. Church St., Orlando, 321-319-0600 / hamburgermarys-orlando.com.

A colorful crowd is part of the fun at this Church Street hotspot, where bingo games, trivia contests and cabaret shows are among the events that vie for guests’ attention beside the enormous and creatively topped burgers. $

Johnny’s Fillin’ Station 2631 S. Fern Creek Ave., Orlando, 407-894-6900 / johnnysfillinstation.com. Neighbors gather for hearty burgers, along with wings, subs and wraps, at this homey spot in a residential downtown neighborhood. Beer flows, TVs broadcast big games, and families love the pool tables and dart boards. $ Pine Twenty2 22 E. Pine St., Orlando, 407-574-2160 /

pine22.com. Burgers go chic at this fast-casual downtowner, where every ingredient is special. The burgers are from happy cows, the eggs from free-roaming chickens, the pork from lovingly raised pigs. Mix and match your toppings over a patty of beef, turkey or black beans (or pulled pork), with options ranging from mango salsa to sautéed mushrooms. $$

CONTINENTAL Venetian Room

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8101 World Center Drive, Orlando, 407-238-8060 / thevenetianroom.com. Walk though a run-of-the-mill convention hotel to reach the AAA FourDiamond Venetian Room, an elegant, domed-service, continental restaurant that hearkens to the heyday of unapologetic, butter-and-cream-enhanced fine dining. The lobster bisque is an absolute must. After that, try the filet mignon, duck a l’orange or Dover sole. $$$$

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99 W. Plant St., Winter Garden, 407-230-4837 / chefstableattheedgewater.com. Husband-and-wife team Kevin and Laurie Tarter are your personal servers at this intimate Winter Garden hideaway, where Kevin prepares the evening’s three-course, prix-fixe meal and Laurie helps choose the wine. Both stop by every table to chat with guests.

Adjacent, the Tasting Room offers tapas-size portions of international dishes and a full bar. $$$

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Funky Monkey 912 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, 407427-1447; 9101 International Dr., Orlando, 407-418-9463 / funkymonkeywine.com. These twin eclectic eateries are known as much for sushi and intriguing wine lists as for creative American cuisine and an ever-changing menu.

FMI Restaurant Group also owns Bananas and the Funky Monkey Vault, a wine shop that also sells gifts, apparel and furniture. $$

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K Restaurant 1710 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, 407872-2332 / krestaurant.net. Kevin Fonzo, the go-to chef in College Park since 2001, owns this homey eatery, which is, in fact, located in an erstwhile residence. The menu is mostly creative-American, along with Italian favorites celebrating Fonzo’s heritage. Casual wine tastings and themed special dinners, along with a constantly changing menu, bring back regulars for singular experiences. $$-$$$ Le Rouge 7730 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-370-

0909 / lerougewinebar.com. This Restaurant Row hot spot is a sexy lounge with backlit lighting, a long bar and comfy sofas. It also features fine food. Guests can choose from among three-dozen tapas, including garlic shrimp and sautéed wild mushrooms. $$$

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Luma on Park 290 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-599-4111 / lumaonpark.com. If there’s pancetta in your salad, the salumi was made in the kitchen, by hand, starting with a whole pig. Most herbs are from local farms, fish from sustainable sources, pickled vegetables jarred in house and desserts built around seasonal ingredients.

Luma’s progressive menu, which changes daily, is served in a sleek and stylish dining room in the heart of Winter Park, under the passionate direction of Executive Chef Brandon McGlamery, Chef de Cuisine Derek Perez and Pastry Chef Brian Cernell. $$$

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Norman’s 4012 Central Florida Parkway, Orlando, 407-393-4333 / normans.com. Celebrity Chef Norman Van Aken’s restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes, turns out artistic New World cuisine combining the flavors of Latin America, the Caribbean, the Far East and the United States. The dining room is dramatic, the food astounding ORLANDO-LIFE.COM

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and the service polished. Be sure to begin with a Norman’s classic: foie gras “French toast.” And you’ll be delighted with the Mongolian veal chop. $$$$

Park Plaza Gardens 319 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-

645-2475 / parkplazagardens.com. After 30-plus years, Park Plaza Gardens is practically an institution on Winter Park’s tony Park Avenue. People-watchers gather at the small bar and sidewalk tables to linger over casual meals and cold beers, while those looking for an indulgent experience dine in the garden-like back dining room, which boasts atrium windows and plush décor. The menu features a melding of American, European and Asian flavors and cooking techniques. $$$-$$$$

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Ravenous Pig 1234 N. Orange Ave., Winter Park, 407-628-2333 / theravenouspig.com. After leaving their hometown for serious culinary training, Winter Park natives James and Julie Petrakis returned to open the region’s first genuine gastropub. Dinner reservations have been tough to snag ever since. The ambitious menu changes daily based on the fish, meat and produce that’s available, and it’s executed by a dedicated team that abhors shortcuts.

Besides daily specials, The Pig always serves up an excellent burger, soft pretzels, shrimp and grits, and a donut dessert called Pig Tails. $$$

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Victoria & Albert’s 4401 Floridian Way, Lake Buena Vista, 407-939-3862 / victoria-alberts.com. Indulgent, multicourse prix-fixe feasts are served in the serenely elegant main dining room, accompanied by live harp music, while yet more courses are offered in the more intimate Queen Victoria’s Room and the private Chef’s Table. Chef Scott Hunnel, Maitre d’ Israel Pérez and Master Pastry Chef Erich Herbitschek travel the world to seek out impressive food and service trends, then adapt the golden ones locally.

That’s why V&A, at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, is Orlando’s only AAA Five Diamond restaurant. $$$$

EASTERN EUROPEAN Yalaha Bakery

1213 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, 321800-5212; 8210 County Road 48, Yalaha, 352-324-3366 / yalahabakery.com. Fans of hearty German breads and scratch-made German pastries can drive to this homey outpost in rural Lake County, or they can pick up their loaves and sweets at an Ivanhoe District storefront. The Yalaha unit also sells sandwiches and hot lunches. $

HAWAIIAN/ POLYNESIAN Emeril’s Tchoup Chop

6300 Hollywood Way, Orlando, 407-503-2467 / emerils.com. Emeril Lagasse’s Polynesian-fusion fare is executed within a dramatically decorated space.

Diners enjoy tropical cocktails, steamed dumplings and creative entrées such as pan-roasted duck breast with gingered pear chutney and umeboshi (pickled) plum glaze. $$$$

Roy’s 7760 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-352-4844 / roysrestaurant.com. Hawaiian-fusion flavors enhance familiar and exotic fish dishes at this Restaurant Row pioneer, a link in a Honolulu-based chain owned by namesake chef, Roy Yamaguchi. $$

INDIAN Aashirwad

5748 International Dr., Orlando, 407-370-9830 / aashirwadrestaurant.com. Begin with kashmiri naan, a slightly sweet bread stuffed with nuts, coconut and raisins, and continue with chicken biryani, cauliflower in exotic Manchurian gravy and a mixed tandoori grill. Whole spices are roasted and ground daily on site, further enhancing the cuisine’s authenticity. $$

Memories of India 7625 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando,

407-370-3277; 3895 Lake Emma Road, Lake Mary, 407-8040920 / memoriesofindiacuisine.com. Exceptionally good Indian fare draws diners in Dr. Phillips and Lake Mary to these twin restaurants, where dishes such as palek paneer (creamed spinach) and lamb masala in rich ginger-garlic gravy always satisfy. $$

Raga 7559 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-985-2900 /

ragarestaurant.com. From its stylish décor to its inspired, somewhat global menu, Raga is a step above most local Indian restaurants. $$-$$$

IRISH

Raglan Road 1640 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, 407-938-0300 / raglanroad.com. Irish foods go a wee gourmet at this raucous Downtown Disney megapub, where watching Irish dancers and tasting imported beers are all part of the family fun. $$

ITALIAN Antonio’s

611 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, 407-645-5523; 691 Front St., Celebration, 407-566-2233 / antoniosonline. com. Fine Italian fare comes in three price ranges at Antonio’s, proprietor Greg Gentile’s trio of culinary homages to his ancestors. In Maitland, the upstairs Ristorante is somewhat formal, although the open kitchen provides peeks of the chefs in action. Its downstairs counterpart, Antonio’s Market & Café, is a more casual spot that doubles as a market and wine shop. And in Celebration, the casual, lake-view Cafe d’Antonio hits that center sweet spot. $$-$$$

Bice 5601 Universal Blvd., Orlando, 407-503-1415 / orlando. bicegroup.com. Bice, with 50 locations around the world, has a local outpost of ambitious Italian cuisine at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal. Homemade egg pasta is used for several dishes, such as spaghetti Bolognese; other choices include veal piccata and steak with a Gorgonzolademi sauce. $$$$

Enzo’s on the Lake 1130 U.S. 17-92, Longwood, 407834-9872 / enzos.com. Long before Orlando became a serious foodie town, Enzo’s was serving up lovingly prepared Italian specialties inside a converted Longwood home. Little has changed. Split a bunch of antipasto to begin your meal.

After that, you pretty much can’t go wrong, but standout dishes include homemade ravioli stuffed with chicken and spinach, veal with artichoke-caper-white wine sauce and possibly the best spaghetti carbonara in town. $$$ O’Stromboli 1803 E. Winter Park Road, Orlando, 407-

647-3872 / ostrombolis.com. This innocuous neighborhood eatery isn’t fancy, but the food is filling and fresh. That’s why it has become a favorite of residents of Merritt Park, Rose Isle and Baldwin Park. The carbonara is particularly hearty and the fettuccini Alfredo is rich, buttery and more than you should eat in one sitting. The homemade soups are always a dependable starter. $$

Palma Maria 1015 E. Semoran Blvd., Casselberry, 407-

339-2856 / palmamaria.com. You’ve got to love a restaurant where the same family has served the same food with the same smiles for more than three decades — but will cook up whatever you ask for on a whim. $$

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Peperoncino 7988 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando, 407-440-2856 / peperoncinocucina.com. The menu changes every night at this cozy Dr. Phillips Italian, where chef-owner Barbara Alfano puts out plates of fried pecorino drizzled with honey, pear and four-cheese pasta, and fish steamed in parchment paper. $$$

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Prato 124 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-262-0050 / prato-wp.com. This is one of Orlando’s very best Italian restaurants, but don’t expect a classic lasagna or chicken parmigiana. Executive Chef Brandon McGlamery and Chef di Cucina Matthew Cargo oversee an open kitchen in which pastas are made from scratch, pizzas are rolled to order, sausages are stuffed by hand and the olive oil is a luscious organic pour from Italy. Try the chicken liver Toscana, a satisfying salad Campagna with cubes of sizzling pancetta tesa, shrimp tortellini and citrusy rabbit cacciatore. Begin with a Negroni cocktail; it’s possibly the best around. $$-$$$

Rocco’s Grille & Bar 400 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park,

407-644-7770 / roccositaliangrille.com. Calabria native Rocco Potami oversees this romantic Italian eatery, where fine authentic fare is presented in an intimate dining room and on a secluded brick patio. Classics include carpaccio (raw, thinly sliced beef with white truffle oil and arugula), ricotta gnocchi and a breaded veal chop topped with a lightly dressed salad. It’s easy to miss, tucked away in a Winter Park strip center, but once you find it, you’ll be back. $$$

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Mi Tomatina 433 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, 321-972-4881 / mitomatina.com. This eatery bills itself as a paella bar, and indeed guests share a half-dozen varieties of the signature Spanish rice dish. Yet others come for a mellow meal over tapas (garlic shrimp, potato omelet, ORLANDO LIFE

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croquettes) and sangria, enjoyed while seated within a small contemporary dining room or outdoors overlooking Hannibal Square. $$-$$$

Pio-Pio 5752 International Drive, Orlando, 407-248-6424

/ mypiopio.com; 2500 S. Semoran Blvd., Orlando, 407-207-2262 / piopios.com; 11236 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, 407438-5677. Latin American-style marinated roast chicken is a mainstay at this trio of Peruvian-Columbian restaurants, where families fuel up on heaping platters of pollo along with garlicky salad, fried plantains (sweet and green), and rice and beans. $$

MEDITERRANEAN Bosphorous

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108 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-6448609; 7600 Dr. Phillips Blvd., 407-352-6766 / bosphorousrestaurant.com. This is the place for flavorful Turkish fare in either a white-tablecloth setting or alfresco along Park Avenue or Dr. Phillips Boulevard. Many couples fill up on the appetizer sampler with oversized lavash bread. For a heartier meal, try the ground lamb “Turkish pastry,” a shish kebab or a tender lamb shank. Outdoor diners can end their meals by smoking from a hookah. Or not. $$

Taverna Opa 9101 International Drive, Orlando, 407-

351-8660 / opaorlando.com. The food is excellent, but that’s only half the reason to visit Taverna Opa. On busy nights, the place is festive indeed: Some guests join a Zorba dance around the dining room while others toss white napkins into the air, joyously shouting “Opa!” Then there’s the belly dancer. $$

MEXICAN/ SOUTHWESTERN Border Grill Fresh-Mex

5695 Vineland Road, Orlando, 407-352-0101 / bordergrillorlando.weebly.com. The flavors are crazy-fresh at this tiny little Mexican restaurant near Universal, where Veronica Starling and her mother, Esther Fragaso, run the kitchen and dining room with the help of assorted relatives. $

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Cantina Laredo 8000 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando, 407345-0186 / cantinalaredo.com. Modern Mexican cuisine in a spiffy setting draws lovers of cilantro, jalapeño and pico de gallo to this Restaurant Row eatery, where the margaritas flow, the guacamole is made tableside and the portions are generous. The spinach enchilada is a vegetarian-friendly treat. $$

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Cocina 214 151 E. Welbourne Ave., Winter Park, 407790-7997 / cocina214.com. Tex-Mex food is top quality here (214 is the Dallas area code), with salsa, savories and even margarita flavorings made from scratch. The spinach-mushroom quesadilla and tacos are especially noteworthy. $$

El Tenampa 11244 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando,

407-850-9499. Many Orlandoans make El Tenampa part of their Costco shopping ritual, since the restaurant is located only a block from the OBT warehouse store. This authentic eatery features fresh fruit juices, spicy chicken chilaquiles (a Mexican breakfast, available all day long, made with fried tortilla pieces and a green sauce) as well as a satisfying shrimp quesadilla in addition to the standard enchiladas and fajitas. $

SEAFOOD

Cityfish 617 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, 407-849-9779 / cityfishorlando.com. Feast on slabs of grilled, blackened or fried fresh fish at this hip Ts-and-flip-flops Thornton Park hangout. The atmosphere is ultra-casual and the sidewalk seating is great for people-watching. $$ Flying Fish Café 2101 Epcot Resorts Blvd., Lake Buena Vista, 407-939-2359 / disneyworld.com. Creative seafood — and some great steak — are on the menu at this upbeat restaurant in the Disney’s Boardwalk Resort. It is themed after Eastern Seaboard summer spots of yore. For a special experience, enjoy a five-course Chef’s Tasting Wine Dinner while seated at the food bar. $$$$

Ocean Prime 7339 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-7814880 / ocean-prime.com. Designed to evoke the ambience of an old-time supper club, Ocean Prime’s white-jacketed servers offer sensational steaks and fish dishes along with creative options such as sautéed shrimp in a spectacular Tabasco-cream sauce, crab cakes with sweet corn cream and ginger salmon. End with the chocolate peanut butter pie. $$$$

Todd English’s bluezoo 1500 Epcot Resorts Blvd., Lake Buena Vista, 407-934-1111 / thebluezoo.com. Creatively prepared seafood is served in an over-the-top undersea setting at this fine-dining restaurant, located in Disney’s Swan and Dolphin hotel. The fashion-forward choices might be a miso-glazed Hawaiian sea bass or fried lobster in a soy glaze. The desserts are among the best in town. $$$$ Winter Park Fish Co. 761 Orange Ave. Winter Park, 407622-6112 / thewinterparkfishco.com. Fish and seafood dishes are fresh and well-prepared at this humble Winter Park spot, where a counter service format helps keep the prices reasonable. Crab cakes, lobster rolls, mahi-mahi sandwiches and more ambitious dishes such as grouper cheeks in parchment and stuffed grouper are among a day’s assortment. $$

STEAK Bull & Bear

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14200 Bonnet Creek Resort Lane, Orlando, 407-597-5500 / bullandbearorlando.com. Orlando’s Bull & Bear looks similar to New York’s legendary steakhouse (except for the pool and golf course views), but ours has its own ambitious menu. Guests of the Waldorf Astoria’s finedining spot can feast on traditional items such as veal Oscar and prime steak that’s dry aged for 21 days, and intriguing ones like appetizers of gnocchi and escargot with crescents of black garlic, and shrimp and grits presented under a dome that, when removed, introduces a waft of aromatic smoke. The chocolate and lemon desserts are superb. $$$$

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Capital Grille 4200 Conroy Road, 407-351-2210; 9101 International Drive, 407-370-4392 / thecapitalgrille.com. Capital Grille tries to one-up its upscale steakhouse competitors by dry-aging its beef, an expensive process that results in especially flavorful meat. Try a beautifully unadorned chop or a more creative dish, such as citrus-glazed salmon or Kona-crusted sirloin. The setting is clubby; the wine selection is generous. $$$$ Christner’s Prime Steak & Lobster 729 Lee Road, Orlando, 407-645-4443 / christnersprimesteakandlobster.com. Locals have been choosing this prototypically masculine, dark-wood-and-red-leather enclave for business dinners and family celebrations for more than a decade.

Family-owned since 1993 yet under the Del Frisco’s banner until mid-2013, Christner’s features USDA Prime, corn-fed Midwestern beef or Australian cold-water lobster tails with a slice of the restaurant’s legendary mandarin orange cake.

And there’s a loooong wine list (6,500 bottles). On select nights, Kostya Kimlat hosts magic shows along with a prixfixe menu in a private dining room. $$$$

SIP THE FINEST MARGARITA

Linda’s La Cantina 4721 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, 407894-4491 / lindaslacantina.com. An Orlando icon, this stylefree, windowless restaurant is always packed, and that’s because it serves top-quality steak dinners at wallet-friendly prices. Namesake Linda’s daughters Karen Hart, Debra Tassoni and Lori Coley run the establishment today. $$-$$$ Nelore Churrascaria 115 E. Lyman Ave., Winter Park, 407-645-1112 / neloresteakhouse.com. This is one of two Nelore Brazilian all-you-can-eat steakhouses — the other one is in Houston — where the servers, or “gauchos,” come to your table as often as you’d like bearing skewers of premier beef, chicken or pork. There’s a world-class salad bar and Brazilian cheese bread to keep you happy between meat courses. $$$$ Ruth’s Chris 7501 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando,

407-226-3900; 610 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-6222444; 80 Colonial Center Parkway, Lake Mary, 407-8048220 / ruthschris.com. With three stately steakhouses and corporate headquarters by Winter Park Village, Ruth’s Chris, a native of New Orleans, has become an Orlando specialoccasion mainstay. Its service-oriented restaurants specialize in massive corn-fed Midwestern steaks served sizzling and topped with butter. $$$$

Shula’s 1500 Epcot Resorts Blvd., Orlando, 407-934-1362;

2974 International Parkway, Lake Mary, 407-531-3567 / donshula.com. Coach Don Shula, who led the Miami Dolphins through a perfect season in 1972, is now in the restaurant business. One of his Orlando outposts, located in Disney World’s Swan and Dolphin resort, is a dark, tastefully sports-themed steakhouse where the menu is painted on a football. Offerings include Premium Black Angus beef as well as barbecue shrimp, wedge salad and crab cakes. Up in Lake Mary, Shula’s 347 Grill is more of a sports bar with ambitious food. $$-$$$$

VEGETARIAN Dandelion CommuniTea Café

618 N. Thornton Ave., Orlando, 407-362-1864 / dandelioncommunitea.com. Longtime leaders in Orlando’s local-foods movement, the owners of this colorful counter-service restaurant plate up bowlfuls of meals prepared with veggies — predominantly organic — from area farms. Wraps, salads, a vegan granola raspberry parfait and The Giddyup, a tempe chili, are all terrific. $

Experience the modern side of Mexican cuisine Taste guacamole made fresh at your table Savor fresh seafood and steaks with authentic sauces

Dellagio & Sand Lake Road 8000 Via Dellagio Orlando 407.345.0186 cantinalaredo.com

Café 118 153 E. Morse Blvd., Winter Park, 407-389-2233 /

cafe118.com. Raw foods — none cooked past 118 degrees — are the focus of this crisp Winter Park café, attracting raw foodists, vegans and vegetarians. The spinach and beet ravioli stuffed with cashew ricotta is an impressive imitation of the Italian staple. Thirsty Park Avenue shoppers might stop by for a healthful smoothie. $$

Ethos Vegan Kitchen 601 S. New York Ave., Winter

Park, 407-228-3898 / ethosvegankitchen.com. Ethos is a vegan restaurant with a menu that also satisfies open-minded carnivores. Fuel up on pecan-crusted eggplant with red wine sauce and mashed potatoes or a meat-free shepherd’s pie, if salads, sandwiches and coconut-curry tofu wraps won’t do the trick. $-$$

Infusion Tea 1600 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, 407-999-

5255 / infusionorlando.com. College Parkers have umpteen options for lunch and dinner, yet Infusion Tea always has a buzz. It sells tea, sure, but also healthy, flavorful, meat-free paninis, pizzas, salads, wraps and quiches. $

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Weighty Issue A MODERN MALADY AWAITS A CURE.

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Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, where a team of dietitians, exercise specialists and mental-health counselors demic this widespread. The illness then was polio. Its work with children who are struggling with weight issues. cure emerged from a laboratory. Things won’t happen “I really think, working with the child-care population, we that way this time around. can help to stem the tide of this thing,” says Werk, who leads This time around, we’re the lab. an outreach program for children with guidance about healthy The epidemic is childhood obesity, and its cause is the world foods at an early age. “The children are teaching their parents.” around us. Our food industry, workplaces, schools, neighborNemours was among the pioneers of the treatment model hoods and homes have created a cultural environment scienthat approaches the disease tists describe as “obesogenic.” from multiple angles. Similar The word is a mouthful, programs have been develappropriately enough, but its oped at children’s hospitals meaning is simple: We live in across the country, including a country that makes it really Orlando’s Florida Hospieasy to be fat. tal for Children and Arnold Easy for adults and easy Palmer Hospital for Chilfor children — 17 percent of dren. Most, like Nemours, whom are clinically obese, achave outreach programs to cording to estimates from the involve families in the educaCenters for Disease Control tional process. and Prevention. Just as many “Some of the kids have other young people from the never seen fresh broccoli. ages of 6 to 19 are overweight You can see their curiosity enough to qualify as biological about it. They like it. They time bombs. surprise their parents,” says When polio reigned, news Dr. Indira Abraham-Pratt, photos of children in braces In a clinic devoted to treating children with weight issues program director at Florida and iron lungs energized the at Nemour’s Children’s Hospital, Dr. Lloyd Werk heads a nation. Childhood obesity is multidisciplinary team that uses a combination of exercises Hospital’s Healthy 100 Kids Program. easier to ignore — which is part and counselling to introduce young patients to healthier Health professionals sugof the reason the disease has eating habits. gest taking children to farmchallenged all the celebrities, er’s markets at an early age politicians, governmental reguand involving them in preparing fresh vegetables at home. lators and health professionals who have lined up against it, For families that dine out often, Florida Hospital has developed ranging from the First Lady to your local pediatrician. a guide to local restaurants that serve healthy dishes for the whole Here, based on the observations of doctors on the front family. It’s available at healthy100.org/healthy100approved. lines of the battle, are five things about the epidemic that families should know. t’s been 60 years since the country faced a childhood epi-

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“All I know is that in my child-care setting, children are requesting apples and carrots as their preferred snacks,” says Dr. Lloyd Werk. “So I have a hard time with it when I hear someone tell me that their 11-year-old doesn’t like eating green vegetables or potatoes.”

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UNSTRUCTURED PLAY is a developmental must.

Signs of the pressures on children that have triggered the epidemic sometimes come from unexpected directions.

Over the past few years, pediatricians who specialize in sportsrelated injuries have noticed that even athletic children sometimes aren’t getting the kind of broad-ranging physical activity that their growing bodies need to develop properly.

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— I think too early,” says Dr. Elizabeth Davis, a sports-medicine pediatrician at Arnold Palmer Hospital. “It’s so competitive out there, it’s kind of scary. In my opinion, you shouldn’t be grooming a 7-year-old to be a soccer player.”

Davis sees that sort of competitiveness as a double-edged sword that affects a broad range of children, from fit to not-so-fit.

It accounts for many of the injuries she sees among young athletes — injuries that stem from the overuse of certain muscle groups and the lack of well-rounded exercise.

She also sees it factoring into obesity: “Kids that may not be quite as good or as well trained, kids that want to play just for fun, are getting pushed into the background.”

It doesn’t help that only 25 percent of today’s kids living within one mile of their schools walk or bike to class, compared to 85 percent in 1969.

It’s left to parents to fill the gap where they can, making sure their children get the opportunity for fun, well-rounded exercises like bike-riding, swimming and hiking.

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KEy hormon es ar e disrupt ed by ina ctivity

Russell Jackson, exercise physiologist at Florida Hospital’s Healthy 100 Kids clinic, has grown accustomed to hearing plaintive moans and groans from overweight children as he leads them

through the activities involved in the clinic’s exercise program.

“They actually have built up an intolerance to exercise. They’re convinced that it’s hurting them. But it’s not really physical pain they’re experiencing. It has to do with perception.”

It also has to do with sleeplessness.

Jackson knows there’s a vicious circle involved with children who are inactive. Physical exertion releases a hormone called cortisol into the body.

Cortisol is a natural sedative, making it possible to get a deeper, more restorative level of sleep.

And in children who chronically do not sleep long enough or well enough, the body’s ability to regulate production of fat cells can be impaired.

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C hildhood ob esity is no t an equ aloppor tunity dis eas e.

A disproportionate number of children affected by the epidemic are from poor and minority communities.

“If you tell me your zip code, I can pretty much predict your chances,” says Dr. Lisa Barkley, assistant professor of medicine in the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine.

Barkley says that one factor is chronic stress, which can interfere with the body’s natural ability to regulate the storage of fat. Other causes are more tangible: a paucity of parks and recre-

At Florida Hospital’s Healthy 100 for Kids clinic, Dr. Indira Abraham-Pratt leads a team of health-care specialists whose approach includes introducing young children to fresh vegetables with a gardening workshop dubbed “the edible schoolyard.” There are workshops for parents, too.

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ational facilities, and the tendency of parents in high-crime areas to keep their children indoors for safety.

“Interventions for childhood obesity have focused on changing the individual,” says Barkley. “But that’s just part of the story.”

She argues that changes at the community level are equally important — including upgrading sidewalks and designing neighborhoods to promote physical activities.

“Let’s face it: Our society, as it stands right now, doesn’t make it easy to make healthy choices.”

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When you ask childhood obesity clinicians about the toughest obstacles they face as they work with young people to wean them from unhealthy habits, soft drinks are sure to be at or near the top of the list.

Every year, 10 billion gallons of sugary, fattening soft drinks are produced in the United States. According to the Harvard University School of Health, children in the U.S. averaged 224 calories each per day from soft drinks — roughly 10 percent of their caloric intake. A typical 20-ounce soda contains 15 to 18 teaspoons of sugar.

“We make deals with kids, trying to get them off that stuff, but it’s a tough sell,” says Abraham-Pratt.

It may get easier soon. This is one area of the obesity epidemic that has

clearly captured the attention of the public: Surveys indicate that adults have cut down on sugary drinks by a third over the last five years.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is pressuring the Food and Drug Administration to live up to a promise it made in the late 1980s: The agency would regulate sweeteners in soft drinks if it were proved they are a health hazard. Public opinion and scientific findings may win the day this time around.

“The evidence is so strong that it is essential that the FDA use its authority to make sugary drinks safer,” says Walter Willett, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. ■

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UCF PARTIES AT ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA.

knowing if he was listening to me under all that armor.

The next celeb I saw was Homer Simpson: Guests, most dressed out in UCF colors of silver and black, enjoyed their chance for photo ops with him and his blue-haired wife, Marge, near the Universal Studios catering area.

We weren’t seated to dine but circulated through the ersatz ballroom, grazing on culinary delights from Cinderella’s Royal Table at Magic Kingdom Park, SeaWorld Parks & Resorts, Rosen Shingle Creek, Hyatt Regency and Waldorf Astoria Orlando.

I checked in regularly with my go-to catering friends and allies at Arthur’s Catering and Pearson’s Catering. And I would not ever risk offending the talented Mr. John Rivers by not sampling 4Rivers brisket a minimum of three times (although in deference to my personal trainer, the last two helpings were bunless).

Great to connect again with the team at Christner’s (formerly Del Frisco’s). I just attended their 20th anniversary event. And one of my fave Park Avenue spots,

owever you want to spell it, the night was

rainy. A storm swept over Bright House Stadium and across the rest of the soggy University of Central Florida campus as guests began to arrive for the UCF 50th Anniversary Gala.

I managed to slip inside ahead of the storm and catch up to an unflappable Helen Donegan, UCF’S VP in charge of community affairs and the chief orchestrator of the event.

She was sunny as a cloudless day and too enthused about an exciting, top-secret announcement that was on tap for the end of the evening to worry about the weather.

I’ve always had a crush on Knightro (the UCF Mascot), so I was happy to see him, too, mingling with the guests as they arrived in their evening finery beneath their dripping umbrellas. Since he’s the strong, silent type, I had no way of

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Park Plaza Gardens, was on hand as well.

I was the first in my family to attend college, so when I heard from John Hitt, president of UCF, that every dollar of the silent auction went to the scholarship fund for kids “who are the first in their family to attend college,” well, I bid a little more than I should have (unsuccessfully, as it turned out) on a certain vacation package.

Great to see Adam Alexander of Mix 105.1 on stage along with Salvador Live and LoganMania. The UCF Jazz Professors and the UCF Swing Knights rocked the house.

Or jazzed the house? Or swung the house? You get my point: They were good.

I people-watched for a while on the exquisitely timeless furniture provided by my personal friends at AFR Event Furnishings.

Lots of happy faces in the crowd: They included Michael Grindstaff and Olga Calvet, chair and co-chair of the event; Rich Crotty, former Orange County Mayor; James Atchinson, president and CEO of SeaWorld Parks; and Scott Joseph, dining blogger and commentator Community support was plentiful. CFE Federal Credit Union was the Pegasus-level sponsor, followed by the gold sponsors: Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Siemens, Fairwinds Credit Union, Florida ORLANDO-LIFE.COM

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1. Pamela Landwirth 2. Lisa and George Schott with GKTW’s mascots 3. Paul and Pamela Moody 4. Alyssa Pietruszka, Bailee Madison 5. Kris and Steve Lancashire, Cliff and Lynn Lish, Santa, Stephen F. Burns, Maggie and Bob McConnell Blue and Moss & Associates. And no Central Florida gala is truly complete without hotelier Harris Rosen, this time as a silver sponsor.

Let’s see, did I forget anything? Oh, yes the big announcement that Helen Donegan mentioned was the amount that the gala helped raise for scholarships: $700,000!

A sunny moment for a rainy night.

BLACK & WHITE GALA

I fell through the rabbit hole again! This time it was in 3-inch heels and an impossibly long snow-white dress that will hopefully make an equally snazzy short white dress, because the bottom is all dirty now.

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I felt as tiny as Alice after she drank the “do-not-drink” drink, surrounded as I was by stilt walkers, giant squirrels and various puppets and fairies. They were there to help us get into the theme of the evening, which was all about seeing the world through the eyes of a child.

Mega-kudos to those who organized this and all those who donated to it. I was eyeballing the “Getaway to Antigua” and the “Relax in Barbados” auction packages, but recalled quickly that I don’t “get away” or “relax” all that well. So I just ate a double dessert. (It lived up to its description: “An imaginative kingdom of peanut butter and chocolate.”)

Give Kids The World is celebrating 25 years of providing magical memories by hosting children with life-threatening illnesses and their families for all-expenses-paid visits to Orlando.

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charity’s heart-tugging 25 years. There were multimedia videos, inspirational vocal performances, comedic connections, plus an open bar — and did I mention the dessert?

The ballroom had been transformed by the talented team at Hello! Florida, and the AV production was expertly managed by Audio Visual Innovations.

Dinner was delish! We were at a lively table chatting it up with Jim Payne, WESH-TV anchor. I also got to catch up with Dick Batchelor and Andrea Coudriet Batchelor. Andrea, public relations manager at Neiman Marcus, gave me the inside scoop on the hot new color for fall. I was sworn to secrecy, but as I’m really awful at keeping secrets, I will just say that the hot color rhymes with durple.

Next, I ran into man-about-town Brett Kingstone of Max King Realty, who was his usual vivacious self and filled in Orlando Life editor Mike McLeod and me on his upcoming trip to his new home in Austria.

I sat for a bit with Ava Doppelt, who is a partner at the Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist law firm, but I know her for her role as president of the Orlando Ballet.

She and I are working on an exciting project for the fall. You heard it here first.

FLORIDA HOSPITAL GOURMET SOIRÉE

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going on this night as Food Network celebrity chef Robert Irvine, who has cooked his way around the world, appeared at Rosen Shingle Creek as yet another supporter of the hospital’s ongoing Healthy 100 campaign.

A few other notable chefs in attendance included the Food Network’s Emily Ellyn, five-star chef David Ramirez, Joseph Ahmed of Seasons 52 Altamonte Springs, Stephen Gray of Arthur’s Catering and Jared Gross of Napa Restaurant at The Peabody Orlando.

(You may get a kick out of checking the full list of celeb chefs on line by scanning the QR at the end of this column.)

After the pre-event festivities, we were directed to tables where chefs led us in preparing our own healthy meals.

I felt as if I’d been transported to a wonderfully imaginary European town combining the tastes of Italy, Spain, France, Morocco and some other indefinably delicious country.

And all of this shaking and baking was in the spirit of promoting Florida Hospital’s Healthy 100 movement, focusing on helping Central Florida eat better and feel better. n

THERE’S MORE ONLINE

Using your mobile device, scan the QR code or go to orlando-life.com and see more pictures and stories from these and other events held throughout Central Florida.

Native Floridian Paula Wyatt is an Orlando event planner, social-media expert and entrepreneur whose companies include Posh Able Events, Posh Able Image Builders and the nonprofit Posh Abilities. You can reach her at paula@poshableevents.com.

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Hello, Johnny Cash

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A FAN’S PILGRiMAGE, IN SHADES OF BLACK. n the summer of 1969, I was a pimply 14-year-old who’d

just been uprooted from small-town Alabama, suffering through a miserable adolescence at an unfamiliar junior high school in Florida. The heat was withering, the roaches were monstrous and the tanned, cliquish kids ridiculed my Southern accent.

Naturally, I had no big plans on Saturday night, June 7, or any Saturday night for that matter. So I happened to fire up our family’s walnut-encased Sylvania TV just as a big man toting a big guitar strode into the spotlight at the Ryman Auditorium, strummed a single chord and rumbled, “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.”

I don’t know what, exactly, was so riveting about that grainy black-and-white image. But as the grizzled Cash, who looked like a 19th-century riverboat gambler in his black swallowtail coat, began singing about shooting a man just to watch him die, I knew I wouldn’t be changing the channel.

With a scarred visage and a voice rougher than nails and deeper than a coal mine, Cash was without question a different breed of cat than fellow variety-show hosts Jim Nabors and Andy Williams. His swagger and badass persona represented everything I would like to have been, but clearly wasn’t.

And, by the way, nobody was snickering at his accent.

From that day forward, my relationship with Cash was simple: He recorded it, I bought it; he said it, I believed it; he sang about it, I researched it. (For example, his recording of “Mr. Garfield” prompted me to ride my bike to the local library and check out every book available on the martyred president.)

We would share many ups and downs, John and I, and his music would mark countless passages and milestones in my life. I wrote not one but two books, Orange Blossom Boys and Fiddler’s Curse, about one of Cash’s most famous songs, “Orange Blossom Special.”

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by the media to comment on his cultural significance.

But I regretted that Johnny Cash would never have a Graceland. His rambling, rustic mansion, which hosted luminaries ranging from Bob Dylan to Billy Graham, burned to the ground in 2007 just as the new owner, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, was preparing to move in.

“No one sleeps in Cash’s bed except the Man in Black and the woman he wed,” sang George Strait, reflecting the discomfort many would have felt had anyone else ever occupied the one-of-a-kind expanse of stone, timber and glass overlooking Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, TN. Now, however, fans have a kind of mecca, which I visited not long ago. It’s the Johnny Cash Museum, located in a converted brick warehouse a block off wonderfully gaudy Lower Broadway in Nashville. It’s just a few blocks from the high-tech Country Music Hall of Fame and the hoary Ryman Auditorium, where an amphetamine-fueled Cash famously kicked out the footlights.

Californian Bill Miller, another middleaged kid who discovered Cash as a teenager in the early 1970s, is the museum’s founder and owner. Miller, who pestered his parents into taking him to shows and eventually began wheedling his way backstage, developed a lifelong friendship with his idol, and most of what you’ll see in the museum is from his personal collection.

From stage costumes to gold records to ephemera of Cash’s hardscrabble Arkansas childhood, it’s all here, jampacked into 6,500 square feet. With interactive listening and viewing stations and multimedia aspects, it’s a real museum with all the bells and whistles (and guitars).

Would Johnny Cash have wanted a museum? He was, after all, a surprisingly modest, even a shy man. But the museum isn’t really for him. It’s for his friends — and those of us who wish we could have been. n Mike Thomas took a break from his column to write this month’s cover story. “Restless Native” will return next month.

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Offer valid through December 31, 2013. Rates vary depending on dates and are subject to availability. Advance reservations are required; rates do not apply to groups. Rates listed are per room, per night, single or double occupancy, and exclusive of taxes, gratuities and other charges unless otherwise noted. Receive $100 resort credit for a five-night stay or $150 resort credit for a seven-night stay. Hotel and resort credits cannot be used toward room rate, tax, resort fee or gratuities. Credit cannot be reimbursed or exchanged if not used. Credit must be used during stay. ©2013 The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.

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