Time flies when you're having fun writing a food column - even a year later. ...more

June 4, 2008

It was up, up and away, this morning. At least I, and a bunch of others, including Elizabeth Stewart, hope it was an up, up and away morning. Elizabeth, you see, is celebrating her 90th birthday on June 4. Since there isn't a whole lot of things you can get for a member of the eldest set, her daughter Barbara is surprising her with a hot air balloon ride today - weather permitting. It's a first for both of them. Not only that it is also a kind of a gift package. Barbara – yes that's county commissioner Barbara Stewart – is celebrating her May 12 wedding anniversary by taking husband Fred along on the same ride. ...more

May 31, 2008

I love a great deli. Notice I used the word "great." You see, I don't like all delis. My tolerance is very low for a "just good" deli. As far as an "average" deli goes, I could take it or leave it (usually leave it). When you walk into a truly great deli, you're really giving yourself a treat. ...more

May 6, 2008

SEBRING — Jason Gray was bragging on his fellow barbecuers Saturday afternoon. There was a fire in his Dominizer, a water chamber cooker. The grease pan ignited, and two flashovers flamed across the 6.5 foot high ceiling. It was moving too quickly to wait for the fire department. The entire trailer would have been involved, and the neighboring trailers would have been endangered too. Gray, a burly caterer from Wauchula who supplies weddings and small gatherings, shouted for help twice, and within seconds two fire extinguishers appeared on the serving counter of his 24-foot trailer. "They were just there, plop, plop," Gray said. He used up both, and yelled for another. A man handed him one. ...more

January 13, 2008

Spacewalking astronauts doing construction work outside the International Space Station on Sunday found what appear to be metal shavings inside a joint that is needed to turn a set of solar power panels. ...more

October 29, 2007

Pop artist Andy Warhol was attracted to the image of a Campbell's tomato soup can as a way to celebrate the ordinary objects in our everyday lives. ...more

October 10, 2007

TAMPA - Wearing loose-fitting orange detention outfits and shackled, three middle school students accused of setting off an acid bomb were remanded to house arrest today by a judge. The three boys, a 12-year-old and two 11-year-olds, were ordered not to watch television, play video games or contact one another. The three boys are allowed to leave home for school, church, lawyers and medical care. ...more

September 19, 2007

ODESSA - Three middle school students were arrested for bringing "acid bombs" to a bus stop Tuesday morning, sheriff's officials say. One bomb detonated, but no one was injured. ...more

September 18, 2007