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  Archive for May, 2007

New Eaters

Written by dave in Thursday, May 31st 2007 under Uncategorized   
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Eating Tampa would like to welcome its newest eater – Michael! Be sure and check out his Black Bean Soup recipe below. I also finally got JB’s Garbanzo Bean Salad recipe back up. I had to fix some over-sized images on it.

Michael’s Lake Roberta Black Bean Soup

Written by dave in Thursday, May 31st 2007 under Uncategorized   
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ingredients:1 onion, chopped2 carrots, sliced into thin rounds1 or 2 ribs celery, chopped2 small links of dry Spanish-style chorizo, sliced into thin roundshalf a chicken, bone-in2 14-0z. cans black beans, drainedseveral cloves of garlic, sliced and dicedolive oilcumincorrianderblack pepperbay leafspanish yellow saffron rice (the cheap packaged kind)cilantrosour creamhot sauce Makin’ it:1. boil the chicken parts [...]

Sweetly Reminiscent of Something Grandma Used to Bake

Written by dave in Wednesday, May 30th 2007 under Uncategorized   
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What’s Cooking Grandma? is collecting recipes from grandmas around the world, complete with podcasts and video sections. What’s Cooking Grandma!? would also be an excellent title for a horror film.

Watermelon-Feta Salad with Fresh Herbs

Written by dave in Wednesday, May 30th 2007 under Uncategorized   
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I haven’t made this yet, but it’s a strong candidate for this weekend. It looks delicious. Watermelon-Feta Salad with Fresh Herbs (Adapted from CL) 6 cups cubed seedless watermelon2 cups chopped trimmed watercress3 ounces crumbled feta cheese1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil3 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh mint3 tablespoons fresh lemon [...]

Where Other People Eat

Written by dave in Tuesday, May 29th 2007 under Uncategorized   
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Kevin reviews the Fly Bar and Restaurant and gives it a thumbs up. “It may have taken me a while to give Fly a chance, but I’m glad I did. Tampa has a void of original places that needs to be filled and Fly Bar and Restaurant succeeds. As I was, you may be hesitant [...]

Pop Quiz for the Hamburger Historian

Written by dave in Friday, May 25th 2007 under Uncategorized   
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Oxford Press recently released their Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink, and the editor has posted this quiz about hamburger chains on the Oxford University Press blog. Here are the first three questions. The answers are at the OUP page. 1. The first national hamburger chain was:A. McDonald’sB. Bob’s Big BoyC. White TowerD. White [...]

Slow Week for Eating

Written by dave in Friday, May 25th 2007 under Uncategorized   
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This last week the only eating out we did was lunch at Pho Quyen. And, it seems like I’ve been working late every night, so the only food I’ve been preparing are simple things like salads, or rice and beans, so I haven’t tried out any new recipes. Pho Quyen is a decent Vietnamese restaurant [...]

Garbanzo Bean Salad

Written by dave in Monday, May 21st 2007 under Uncategorized   
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my (JB’s) younger sister, pamela, fed me this yummy chick pea salad once when i was visiting her in CA. ever since then, i’ve been making this to use in sandwiches, on crackers, etc., except i don’t have the *official* recipe, and just kind of make it up as i go along. here is (roughly) [...]

New World Brewery

Written by dave in Saturday, May 19th 2007 under Uncategorized   
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I suspect there are other bars in Tampa, but I haven’t had any desire to look for them since I stumbled into New World Brewery. New World has everything I’m looking for in a bar, delicious beer (I’ve been partial to the Belhaven lately, but they have a wide assortment of Belgians, and microbrews), a [...]

Chowhound Tampa

Written by dave in Saturday, May 19th 2007 under Uncategorized   
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The Chowhound Tampa page is mostly moribund, but if you’re new to Tampa you might spend an idle moment browsing last February’s conversation. There’s also an interesting conversation about the best Mexican food in Tampa. As far as Mexican goes, I eat a Taconazo a lot because it’s close, but my favorite so far has [...]

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