The Red Velvet Cake Controversy continues as readers recall differing origins of the house dessert of Plant City's Branch Ranch Dining Room. ...more

February 11, 2009

Fly, Eagles, Fly. That's the fight song atop the cloak of darkness that has settled over what was once a season of light for the Bucs. ...more

December 23, 2008

"Best Food Writing 2008," edited by Holly Hughes (Lifelong Books, $15.95) ...more

November 9, 2008

"Meat: A Love Story," by Susan Bourette (Putnam $24.95) ...more

July 9, 2008

There are three ways I know that a recipe's a winner — when it's quiet at the dinner table, when there are no leftovers and when my twin sister, Janet, e-mails me a new recipe and says, "This one's a keeper." Funny how one phrase can predict the future of a recipe. My sister has never let me down; maybe it's our genetically shared taste buds. Janet always seems to have a good recipe up her sleeve — this time for a grilled steak — which surprised me because that cut of beef isn't her favorite menu item. But this steak was melt-in-your-mouth good, she said, and it made a steak-loving convert out of her. ...more

January 30, 2008