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Eating Local Stogie Style

The Ybor City Stogie has started a Eat Local food page where he snaps a photo of his meal and provides a price and location. In the left-hand column he links to a lot of bay-area restaurants. Are we to assume these places bear the stogie-stamp of approval?

“Forget Corporate – Eat Local”

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Curd Nerds

For you cheese-lovers, here are some cheese blogs.

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Foodie Networking

Open Source Food is a foodie social networking site.

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Yummy Yummy House

Brian Ries jumps on the Yummy House bandwagon.

Laura Reiley liked it, back in May.

And I tagged it as one of my favorite Asian restaurants back in March.

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Laura Eats

Again, I really wish the St. Pete Times were more RSS friendly. I would be nice if Laura Reiley’s columns simply popped up in my RSS reader. I’d like to point to her restaurant reviews regularly, just like I’d like to point to everyone’s bay-area restaurant reviews regularly, but if it doesn’t have an RSS [...]

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Al Gusto

Kevin Lacassin eats at Al Gusto.

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When I came into town to do some house-hunting I visited Al Gusto. My memory was that it was good, but not very veggie-friendly. Since my favorite dining companion is JB, and JB must have veggies, I try to avoid dinner spots that don’t offer up tasty vegetable dishes.

In the [...]

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Milkshakes

Side Salad Jeff is searching for the best milkshake in the bay area. His first stop is the Chatterbox Grill in St. Petersburg.

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Pizza in Apollo Beach

Tampa I Am finds some excellent NY style pizza in Apollo Beach at East Coast Pizza.

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Salsa al Papaloquelite

Gardening in Central Florida is offering up a sensational salsa recipe.

SALSA AL PAPALOQUELITE

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Cocktail Recipes

Matt at My Bar, Your Bar hasn’t posted in awhile, but this awesome list of cocktail recipes remains.

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Nicko’s Diner

Clark at Ridiculously inconsistent trickle of consciousness eats at Nickos. You can also find his experience in the Elvis booth cross-posted at Sticks of Fire.

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Stay Classy Eats at Pei Wei’s

Stay Classy, Tampa visits Pei Wei’s Asian Dinner and likes the Japanese udon noodles with chicken and shrimp.

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Casa Tina Mexican Grill: Gourmet Mexican & Vegetarian Cuisine

I don’t know if I would drive from Seminole Heights to Dunedin just to eat at Casa Tina’s, but fortunately we have some friends who live there, so driving over for a visit, a dip in the pool, a dinner at Casa Tina’s, and a beer at Skip’s, makes for an almost perfect day.

The first [...]

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L’s Adapted Argentinian Stuffed Roast Beef Roulade With Flourishes

Tampa-area blogger L, over at Random_Speak posts a recipe for L’s Adapted Argentinian Stuffed Roast Beef Roulade With Flourishes.

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Another Tampa Foodie

David J. of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center blog Culture Shock comes out as a foodie and gushes about Jaden’s Steamy Kitchen, an excellent food blog based out of Sarasota.

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Mama Maria & Dairy Joy

Tampa I Am heads to Tarpon Springs to eat at Mama Maria’s, then back to South Tampa for some Dairy Joy.

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Bella’s Italian Cafe

Last Thursday night JB, her friend CB, and I went to Bella’s, inspired by Dragon’s review below. While the food was tasty and the service prompt and friendly, my reaction was nowhere near as enthusiastic as DM’s.

I ordered the Pollo Alla Fiorentina which is described on the menu as

“two chicken breasts pounded thin, [...]

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Sweet Treats

Perhaps reading about candy will help curb the craving. Or not. Regardless, The Candy Blog is as sweet as it sounds.

From the About page:
This is simply my impressions of candy. The blog is just a way for me to share my experiences on this adventure known as eating candy.

This is, by no means, a definitive [...]

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Meet the Neighbors…

…and have some ice cream!

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BakeSpace

BakeSpace is a MySpace for foodies. From their About page -

ABOUT

BakeSpace.com was created by media producer (and avid baker) Babette Pepaj as the first true social networking website devoted to bringing together people who enjoy cooking and baking. It’s an online community where you can make new friends, exchange recipes, share ideas, find answers to [...]

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Pie of the Month

Pie of the Month Club features some disturbing pie recipes, though they insist the pies are delicious.
Tic Tac Pie

1 graham cracker pie crustTwo 8 oz packages of cream cheese – softened2 eggs3/4 cup sugar2 teaspoons vanilla1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel4 boxes of orange TicTac™ candies

“You’ll be shocked to know that we actually tried this pie, [...]

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Miami Food Blog

MenuPirate: Miami is, as you might have guessed, a food blog out of Miami. A quick perusal of their blog (as fireworks blossom outside my office window) points us to this Coral Gables-area blog, Food-tastic, and this WikiHow post about How to Make a Grilled Cheese Sandwich.

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Food Timeline

Here’s a fun chronology of food. On one side is a chronological list of food origins (ex: olives were first cultivated circa 5,000 BC), on the other side is a chronological list of recipes (ex: recipes for pancakes are first introduced during the 13th century). Each item links to an entry about the food or [...]

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