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December 15, 2009

Meals in 90 seconds. ...more

July 17, 2009

Things were not going well for Brittany Porter. As one of five competitors for the title of Best Teen Chef this past weekend at the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Tampa, Porter worked meticulously mincing garlic, slicing mushrooms and dicing onions during the knife skills segment. ...more

March 20, 2009

For months, the gourmet cooking team at Riverview High worked to perfect three recipes they would use to compete in a statewide culinary contest. ...more

February 25, 2009

For months, the gourmet cooking team at Riverview High worked to perfect three recipes they would use to compete in a statewide culinary contest. ...more

February 25, 2009

Barbara Miachika will hold a cooking class from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Reflections on Silver Lake clubhouse kitchen. ...more

January 29, 2009

Years ago, my future boss took me to Ybor's Big City Tavern to interview me for a job at the Tribune. He picked a grand place. High ceilings, tall windows overlooking the action of Seventh Avenue, Sinatra-style music and a spectacular bar that stretched off into the distance with wood and mirrors. ...more

December 26, 2008

In some ways, little has changed. You could walk through the new Teatro and hardly notice that Big City Tavern ever left. ...more

December 24, 2008

The words "upscale barbecue" seem oddly mismatched, like "formal flip-flops," or "romantic hangover." The good Lord intended barbecue as a cutoff-shorts event, with your buddies in the back yard or at a Harley bar with plenty of cheap beer. ...more

July 3, 2008

It's summer! Two-and-a-half magnificent months to pursue all things hedonistic: long, languid days at the beach, that juicy summer read, the ceremonial burning of your to-do list and the long-overdue absence of closed-toe shoes. ...more

July 2, 2008