Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse started working on a cookbook a little more than a year ago, just as the economy took a nosedive. His worry: People would lose sight of cooking fresh and putting out good meals. ...more

November 8, 2009

As readers of this column know, I got into blogging on Twitter last year. (My Twitter logon is @TheStew. Creative, I know.) ...more

March 29, 2009

It's one thing to read about a great restaurant on the other coast. It's another to produce a signature recipe. ...more

September 30, 2008

a culinary bonanza of recipes. ...more

February 25, 2008

FESTIVAL POURS ANOTHER ROUND: The Tampa Bay Wine & Food Festival will be back for another year. An e-mail blast last week announced that the event will take place May 15 to 17. Much of it will be held behind the Don Cesar Beach Resort on St. Pete Beach, just like last year, but a few events will take place closer to downtown St. Petersburg. ...more

February 6, 2008

For my last printed understatement of the year, let me again say that I have lucked into the best job in journalism. ...more

December 26, 2007

It sounded perfect: a fat substitute for home cooks. My husband showed me the article in Consumer Reports, and I was very interested. The product, called Z Trim, has no calories, no fat and no cholesterol, and it takes the place in recipes of oil, butter and, in some cases, eggs. ...more

November 1, 2007

Garnishes are to a dinner plate what accessories are to fashion models: They set off attributes to their best advantage. But making food look nice - the 'halo effect' of plate presentation - doesn't require foam machines or truffle shavers. Here, a three-element plate gets a simple, effective makeover. ...more

September 26, 2007