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The Art of Italian Cookbooks: Giuliano Hazan's rise as an Italian cooking authority
Giuliano Hazan's rise as an Italian cooking authority.
Vol. 22 No. 25 Published 09.02.09 by Brian Ries -
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Meat Week: The great supermarket steak-off
The best of the beef in local markets.
Vol. 22 No. 20 Published 07.29.09 by Brian Ries -
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New movie Food, Inc. dissects our dysfunctional food system
Among people who care about where their food comes from and how its provenance affects the daily liv...
Vol. 22 No. 19 Published 07.22.09 by Brian Ries -
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Tournament of Tacos Critic's Bracket: And the winner is ... La Cabana Del Tio
A Taco Tournament champion is declared.
Vol. 22 No. 4 Published 04.08.09 by Brian Ries -
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New chefs and new restaurants: Pizzaiolo Bavaro, Posh 27
Changes at The Table and International Plaza
Vol. 21 No. 52 Published 03.11.09 by Brian Ries -
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Best of the food blog
Don't read the food and drink posts on CL's Daily Loaf? Here's your guide to the most recent stories you should be reading.
Vol. 21 No. 43 Published 01.07.09 -
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Dine on food news at The Daily Loaf
Get to know what our blog contributors are cooking up online.
Vol. 21 No. 42 Published 12.31.08 by Brian Ries -
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The top 10 ways Tampa Bay can catch up with culinary trends
More pig, better cheese — and how about something offal?
Vol. 21 No. 41 Published 12.24.08 by Brian Ries -
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Holiday guests: Where to wine and dine them
Navigating the holidays is difficult. Add in the need to entertain visiting family and friends and y...
Vol. 21 No. 38 Published 12.03.08 by Brian Ries -
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Tampa's City Council sows the seeds of local agriculture
Michael Pollan is known for illuminating the darker side of food. In Omnivore's Dilemma, he deta...
Vol. 21 No. 34 Published 11.05.08 by Brian Ries -
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Salty, sweet and decadent: CL's recipe for bacon peanut brittle
When I ate at MJ’s Martin Jazz & Tapas Lounge a couple of weeks ago, the highlight of the...
Vol. 21 No. 32 Published 10.22.08 by Brian Ries -
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Beer101: The Best of CL's BEERFest
Creative Loafing's "Brew U" Beer Fest is this weekend, and I realized it would be gros...
Vol. 21 No. 31 Published 10.15.08 by Bethany Sherwin -
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CL's crash course in all things beer
Beer and bread may have been instrumental in kick-starting civilization, but I suspect beer played a...
Vol. 21 No. 31 Published 10.15.08 by Brian Ries -
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Beer 101: Beer Glossary
Words to know before popping the top at your next beer exam.ABV (Alcohol By Volume): The worldwide s...
Vol. 21 No. 31 Published 10.15.08 by Brian Ries -
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Beer 101: The Basics of the big three beer types
Yeast + sugar = alcohol and CO2. With beer, the sugar comes from grains, primarily barley that's...
Vol. 21 No. 31 Published 10.15.08 -
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Beer 101: Science: How we get from barley to beer.
1. MaltBarley is soaked in water until the grain sprouts, which releases enzymes in the grain that c...
Vol. 21 No. 31 Published 10.15.08 -
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Beer 101 -- History: Eight thousand years and counting.
15,000 B.C. Humans give up nomadic lifestyle and domesticate grain 12,000 B.C. First evidence of in...
Vol. 21 No. 31 Published 10.15.08 by Bethany Sherwin And Brian Ries -
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Beer 101 -- Geography: Where your beers were born.
Around the world in 80 beers? Not quite, but here's a quick survey of beer's most famous sty...
Vol. 21 No. 31 Published 10.15.08 by Bethany Sherwin -
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What you should know before eating up food and restaurant reviews
When the Wine Spectator released its annual awards for restaurant wine lists in July, there was a no...
Vol. 21 No. 27 Published 09.17.08 by Brian Ries -
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Day-old decadence, part 2
Donut French toast makes for another breakfast treat.
Vol. 21 No. 26 Published 09.10.08 by Brian Ries
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St. Petersburg's new Grand Central bar and restaurant has impressive pub food
How lightly do I have to tread in this review? For a straight writer, reviewing a largely gay bar an...
Published 08.26.09 by Brian RiesElla's Americana Folk Art Cafe in Seminole Heights is retro-modern, with food to match
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Published 11.05.09 by Brian Ries