Category: featured
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Best Off-the-Beaten Path Seafood Restaurants in Florida
As a lifelong Floridian, wife, mother of two, and proud theme park hater, I’ve done my fair share of trekking the back roads and off-the-beaten-path destinations in the real Florida, and no matter where our adventures take us, there is one rule that we eat by…NO FAST FOOD and NO CHAIN RESTAURANTS! Simply put, whether […]
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Sittin’ On A Sandbar Key Lime Pie #SundaySupper
March 20th was the official start of Spring this year, and what better way to celebrate than by whipping up some citrus treats! Key Limes vs. Regular Limes Being from Florida, we have an over-abundance of citrus, but it’s the tiny, tart Key Lime that takes center stage in this citrusy, spring treat. However, Key Limes […]
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Cigar City Brewing Heads to North Carolina
TAMPA, FL & ASHEVILLE, NC – Cigar City Brewing is proud to announce the addition of North Carolina to the brewery’s distribution network. This is the second new state to receive deliveries of Cigar City Brewing’s award-winning beer in over four years. CCB will be partnering with numerous distribution partners to cover the state including […]
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Red Snapper in a Saffron-Tomato Broth with Artichoke Hearts & Potatoes #SundaySupper
Spring is in the air! Let’s celebrate with a beautiful recipe featuring the flavors of spring. So much produce is “in-season” that cooking dinner with fresh fruits and veggies can be creative and easy! Likewise, “in-season” produce is fresher, sweeter, tastes better, and perfectly ripe, and most have been ripened on the vine or tree […]
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Sesame Wedge Salad with Key Lime Vinaigrette & Pickled Green Tomatoes #SundaySupper
Up until a couple of months ago, I’d never tried a “wedge” salad. Granted, it’s only iceberg lettuce and toppings, but iceberg has never thrilled me, so I’ve never ordered or made one. Then, came lunch at the Dogfish Head Brew Pub and all that changed. With heirloom grape tomatoes, Applewood smoked bacon, and goat […]
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Hunahpu’s Day 2017 Is COMING!!!
TAMPA, FL – The 8th Annual Hunahpu’s Day® is this Saturday, March 11, 2017 Held each March to celebrate the release of Cigar City Brewing’s award-winning Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout, Hunahpu’s Day has grown into one of the country’s premier craft beer events with this year’s event bringing together over 140 of the world’s most talented […]
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Baking with Booze: Bourbon-Chocolate-Espresso Cupcakes with Bourbon Buttercream & Candied Bacon
Lately, on Facebook, I’ve seen several people post the status, “Everyone who knows me, knows I love_______.” I guess the purpose is to see how many people really “know” you, but there is no way I can post this as my status, because my entire page would fill up with “Beer,” “Wine,” “Bourbon,” “Vodka,”…and any other […]
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Best Beer Finds at the Florida Brewers Guild Craft Beer Fest 2017
Four years ago, we attended our first Florida Brewers Guild Beerfest. We knew it was the kick off event for Tampa Bay Beer Week, and we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. We had general admission tickets, and when we arrived, we still stood in line for over an hour. Once in […]
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Coastal Coconut-Key Lime Cookies
At World Food Championships, competitors are faced with 2 and possibly, 3 rounds of cooking: a Signature Round, in which competitors create their “signature” dish, a Structured Build, in which WFC dictates what will be made, and the Finals Round, again, dictated by WFC. During my first WFC, the Structured Build was simply to make […]
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Mom’s Swiss Steak
Growing up, my mom would frequently make what she called Swiss Steak. At the time, I had no idea why she called it that, because no part of it seemed “Swiss” to me. Seriously, when I think “Swiss,” I think cheese and chocolate, and neither were in this dish. The cuts of round or cube […]