Tasty Morsels On TV This Week "Top Chef: Chicago," noon to 11 p.m. today, Bravo ...more

May 27, 2008

What do you get when you mix a Puerto Rican, an Englishman, a New Zealander and a half-Italian, half-Korean? ...more

May 27, 2008

CONSIDER THE PALATE UNLEASHED It's safe to say that this year's Tampa Bay Wine & Food Festival, held last weekend at the Don CeSar Beach Resort in St. Pete Beach, went much smoother than last year's inaugural event, which suffered from canceled seminars and complicated parking arrangements. As a spinoff of the massively successful South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami Beach, it also suffered last year from expectations that the Tampa Bay version would approximate the same style and flair. ...more

May 20, 2008

"Matlock: The Chef," 9 a.m. today, WGN This episode of "Matlock" was made in 1987 - long before the Food Network and Bravo started popping out celebrity chefs like Pez candies. It features a real-life celebrity food writer, the late Craig Claiborne. Matlock defends a TV cooking-show hostess charged with murdering her ex-husband (Claiborne), a guest on her show. The mind reels with the possibilities for a remake. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA-- El buen vino y la cocina exquisita van a unir sus fuerzas en St. Petersburg por una buena causa. ...more

May 9, 2008

Mario Batali knows his Italian cheeses. The Food Network star, restaurateur and famous interpreter of Italian cuisine promises you can plop a slice of scamorza on the grill with a little olio piccante and it won't run between the grates. It's a technique for producing a delicious, smoky, warm and satisfying cheese dish that won't disappoint. ...more

May 6, 2008

"Top Chef: Chicago," 10 p.m. today, Bravo A couple of dicey weeks had Clearwater Beach native Spike Mendelsohn on the chopping block, but he has been able to fly under the judges' radar in recent episodes. This week, he and the other remaining contestants have to complete a culinary relay race, then cater a high-pressure wedding at which pastry expert Gale Gand will be judging. If the promos for this are any indication, the show's editors are going to run out of bleeps for the censors. ...more

May 6, 2008

Tasty Morsels On TV This Week "The Secret Life of ... Family Restaurants," 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Food Network ...more

April 15, 2008

T he "pop-up" ad - that mainstay of Internet advertising - is starting to pop up in a new place: your television screen. And home shopping channel HSN is one of the first companies to start testing the advertising technique as a way to capture viewers directly from other channels on the lineup. ...more

February 20, 2008

Miria Hester of Plant City was among a group of 18 people from across the Bay area who were honored Jan. 17 as Cornerstones of Heritage at the Cornerstone Family Ministries' 2008 Celebration Banquet in Tampa. ...more

February 18, 2008