During the colder months we write more about red wine than white. But this week we take another direction to tell you about an underappreciated white grape called torrontes. ...more

March 6, 2009

Friends and family of the late Heather Hatley Rimmer are planning a fundraiser to help brighten the future for her two young daughters. ...more

November 21, 2008

Friends and family of the late Heather Hatley Rimmer are planning a fundraiser to help brighten the future for her two young daughters. ...more

November 19, 2008

Guadalupe Luevano turned 15 on July 3, and in Mexican tradition, that age is a special milestone, so her family threw a quinceanera. ...more

July 28, 2008

We first met Francesco Lafranconi at the 2007 Tampa Bay Food & Wine Festival. There he was, in white linen pants and a pink pinstriped tailored shirt, sleeves rolled up, relegated to an oak barrel just a stone's throw from the painted naked lady. He was mixing a heavenly concoction of Dom Perignon, rose nectar and fresh blueberries. Sweat poured from his European brow, thanks to the Florida humidity. ...more

July 15, 2008

We recently received an invitation for dinner from two good friends, Dave and his wife, the lovely Jennifer, aka JB. Dave is known around the Tampa circuit for his former blog EatingTampa.com (now RecreatingTampa.com, where he covers everything from "Greening Tampa" to "Reading Tampa"). ...more

July 2, 2008

I'm sure that a vow to eat healthfully was at the top of most New Year's resolutions lists. Sigh. It certainly was on mine, but I've been doing a lousy job of fulfilling my goal of losing 15 pounds. ...more

May 6, 2008

As Marion Strazz noshed on pork and sauerkraut and a small piece of cheesecake for dessert, hundreds of others were sampling shrimp salad, seared tuna appetizers, homemade soups, paella and cabernet. ...more

October 27, 2007