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  1. Meet Jada Vidal, Tampa’s newest popup chef
    Jan. 18• Food
    Chef Jada Vidal, right, works a popup event at Willa's in Tampa. Vidal, 20, has hosted a series of tasting menu dinner events since competing — and winning — on "Guy's Grocery Games" last fall.
  2. Wright’s is a tasty Tampa institution
    Dec. 6, 2021• Bay Magazine
    Jeff Mount poses for a portrait at Wright's Gourmet House in Tampa.
  3. 4 holiday gift ideas for the Tampa Bay foodie
    Nov. 12, 2021• Food
    For those looking to purchase locally this holiday season, artisanal bakeries like St. Petersburg's The Crumb Factory are selling gift cards and assorted holiday baskets.
  5. St. Petersburg woman inspired a new wave of Irish cuisine. She died at 81.
    Oct. 11, 2021• Pinellas
    Noreen Kinney, left, traveled the world before returning home to Ireland, where she started teaching housewives to add new flavors to their dishes. 'I don't think she really got her due for the kinds of things she did,' said Janet Keeler, the former food editor for the Tampa Bay Times.
  6. Tailgating is back this football season and we have some food ideas
    Sep. 27, 2021• Cooking
    A tailgater tends to hamburgers outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa before a Tampa Bay Buccaneers Monday night game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2018. After taking a year off because of the coronavirus, tailgating has returned this season for fans of the Bucs and the University of South Florida Bulls.
  7. Hispanic cooks find ready-made customer base in Hillsborough gas stations
    Sep. 1, 2021• Business
    Peruvian-born Christian Salinas, 46, opens a new restaurant this week at a Marathon gas station in Riverview, replacing an old Subway location. Salinas also has a food truck and a free-standing restaurant.
  8. Second-generation owner of Felton’s in Plant City dies at 68
    Aug. 30, 2021• Hillsborough
    Lee Williams, in a photo from 2007, was the second generation to run Felton's Market in Plant City. “He knew how to talk with his meat cutters, he knew how to talk with the customer and ask what are you making? How are you going to be making this? At what temperature? What are you serving it with?" said niece Kayla Davis. "And it’s amazing because the guy couldn’t fry an egg.”
  9. Make these mini pineapple pavlovas for your next summer party
    Aug. 8, 2021• Food
    Cake designer and Wandering Whisk Bakeshop owner Jennifer Jacobs' recipe for Mini Piña Colada Pavlovas is easy to replicate at home.
  10. St. Petersburg restaurant WEPA has closed. Here’s what’s next for the space
    Jul. 9, 2021• Food
    St. Petersburg Puerto Rican restaurant WEPA has closed permanently.
  11. These are Tampa Bay’s 9 best octopus dishes
    Jun. 30, 2021• Food
    Octopus has surged in popularity in recent years and can now be found on menus all over the Tampa Bay area, including a version shown above, served at Fado, a new Portuguese restaurant in St. Petersburg.
  12. There’s a 4-hour wait for new Jurassic coaster at Universal, better than some new rides
    Jun. 10, 2021• Theme Parks
    The new VelociCoaster ride opened Thursday.
  13. Chef Molly Yeh’s lockdown life full of recipes, baby firsts
    Jun. 7, 2021• Cooking
    Food blogger and cookbook author Molly Yeh attends the Chef's Afterparty in Miami Beach, Fla, on May 22 during the South Beach Wine and Food Festival.
  14. Tampa’s Sur La Table pasta class eased a fear of brown butter
    Jun. 6, 2021• Cooking
    Chef Kelly Arnold, of Tampa, prepares a pan of leeks while teaching the Make & Take: Fresh & Flavorful Pasta cooking class on Monday, April 26, 2021 at Sur la Table in Hyde Park.
  15. At Casa di Mazzaro, a lesson in Moroccan cooking
    Jun. 6, 2021• Cooking
    Moroccan Tagine Cooking! at Casa di Mazzaro's, 3001 22nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33713 (This is the home goods store that is across the parking lot from the Mazzaro's deli. Moroccan food at the Mazzaro's home store's class kitchen. Chicken Tagine with fried plums Butter fresh herb couscous Grilled carrots with sundried tomato vinaigrette Honey ice cream                               
  16. Food arts class in Dunedin is four courses of lovely
    Jun. 6, 2021• Cooking
    Chef Renae Seiler teaches an Italian Steakhouse themed cooking class at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center on Thursday, April 29, 2021.
  17. 5 things to know about Fado, a new Portuguese restaurant in St. Petersburg
    May 28, 2021• Food
    Fado, a new restaurant in St. Petersburg, serves traditional Portuguese fare like this polvo a lagareiro, a broiled octopus dish served with olive oil-drizzled vegetables and potatoes.
  18. Modern Cuban restaurant Kuba Cocina opens in St. Pete Beach
    May 26, 2021• Food
    Kuba Cocina, from chef Felicia Lacalle, is now open in St. Pete Beach.
  19. Il Ritorno’s David Benstock beats Bobby Flay
    May 21, 2021• Food
    Il Ritorno's David Benstock beat Bobby Flay on the celebrity chef's culinary competition show Thursday evening.
  20. Tips for hosting a crawfish boil at home
    May 5, 2021• Cooking
    Throwing your own crawfish boil is easy, if you have the right gear.
  21. For Mother’s Day, make a Gateau St. Honore instead
    May 4, 2021• Cooking
    Gateau St. Honore
  22. St. Petersburg chef David Benstock will compete on Food Network’s ‘Beat Bobby Flay’
    Apr. 29, 2021• Food
    David Benstock, executive chef and owner of Il Ritorno in St. Petersburg, will compete on an episode of culinary competition show "Beat Bobby Flay" that airs on May 20.
  23. Tampa Bay is experiencing a vegan renaissance
    Apr. 8, 2021• Food
    Tampaville Hot Chick'n burgers are served at 3 Dot Dash in Seminole Heights in Tampa. The restaurant, which specializes in vegan comfort food like chicken sandwiches and burgers, is helping to redefine the vegan scene in Tampa Bay.
  24. Pie, once despised, became her pandemic salvation
    Mar. 9, 2021• Cooking
    When taking pictures of your beauty, set your pie next to some natural light. Open a window nearby so the colors shine naturally.
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