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  <description>Tampa Creative Loafing Weekly Newspaper, shelter from the mainstream for news, event listings, dining, movies and music, restaurants.</description>
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    <title>Dinner and a movie at Cin&amp;eacute;Bistro</title>
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        But do these two great tastes taste great together?...
       
      
        By Brian Ries
      
      
      Dinner and a movie -- it&#39;s an icon, the foundation of millions of date-nights every year, for romantic folks and platonic buds ranging in age from 12 to 96. Movie theaters and restaurants have existed for years in this symbiotic relationship, each gaining an advantage from the classic partnership. Why fuck with a good thing? Oh, people have tried to combine the two entertainment options into one unholy whole, with results that reflect the trials and tribulations of Dr. Frankenstein.
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Jaden Hair, food blogger and CL alum, publishes Steamy Kitchen Cookbook</title>
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        By Brian Ries
      
      
      I first met Jaden (rhymnes with &quot;maiden&quot;) Hair two years ago, in the drizzled, muddy parking lot of an organic farm stand. She came to my attention thanks to her blog -- steamykitchen.com -- which had hit the local scene a mere six months before and had already garnered a national following; and she brought Spam fried rice to the CL Sarastoa offices just because we commented on her site. The two of us bought produce, hit the grocery store
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    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Cafe Dufrain&amp;#39;s new chef Ferrell Alvarez needs to catch up to his potential</title>
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        By Brian Ries
      
      
      One glance at Cafe Dufrain&#39;s new menu -- which is still evolving -- and you can see where new chef Ferrell Alvarez has come from. Alvarez spent the last seven years next to Marty Blitz in the kitchens of Mise En Place, Chef de Cuisine in Tampa&#39;s grande dame of modern American dining. He moved over the bridge to Harbour Island this summer to serve his own brand of cuisine in the casually elegant restaurant with expansive views across the
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    <title>Ella&amp;#39;s Americana Folk Art Cafe in Seminole Heights is retro-modern, with food to match</title>
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        By Brian Ries
      
      
      I shy away from the the term &quot;hipster,&quot; if only because it&#39;s tossed around with a disregard of meaning that puts the misuse of &quot;cool&quot; and &quot;hip&quot; to shame. Sometimes it&#39;s a slur, sometimes a misguided attempt to classify a widely varied range of people. But when it comes to Ella&#39;s Americana Folk Art Cafe, it fits. This new restaurant is in a restored house in Seminole Heights, which may give you the impression that it&#39;s a tiny, funky place
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    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Three great &amp;amp; cheap restaurants near Tampa Bay area campuses</title>
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        Students know best: "Cheap" is the hallmark of quality....
       
      
        By Brian Ries
      
      
      Do not use the word inexpensive. It conveys entirely the wrong sentiment. Inexpensive is a word marketing gurus spout when selling low-end versions of high-end products. It&#39;s a tool the wealthy use to determine socio-economic pecking order, to know when to sneer or raise an insouciant eyebrow, to peg poseurs striving for more than they can afford. Inexpensive implies reduced quality. Cheap, on the other hand, is a bargain. Getting something for less than it&#39;s worth. The hallmark of value.
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    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Corkscrew: Get your drunk on</title>
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        What to do during life transitions....
       
      
        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      This week, life threw a massive curve ball at Creative Loafing Media. Taken over by the NYC-based hedge fund to whom we owed a ton of money, each employee processed the news in a different way: sadness, optimism, relief. Me? I got shit-faced. On great wine. I figured if my family&#39;s legacy is going down, I should consume voluminous amounts of quality juice. Fast. However, the questioned remained ... which ones? So many choices, so little time to race and
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>The Art of Italian Cookbooks: Giuliano Hazan&amp;#39;s rise as an Italian cooking authority</title>
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        Giuliano Hazan's rise as an Italian cooking authority....
       
      
        By Brian Ries
      
      
      It would be easy to paint Giuliano Hazan&#39;s success as an appendix to his mother&#39;s career. Marcella Hazan wrote the seminal Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, which Jeffrey Steingarten predicted would &quot;become the essential Italian cookbook for an entire generation.&quot; He was right. But it wasn&#39;t quite his mother&#39;s name that allowed Giuliano Hazan to create a career as a cooking instructor and cookbook author that reflects her own. Although this Sarasota resident has won multiple awards for both his
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>St. Petersburg&amp;#39;s new Grand Central bar and restaurant has impressive pub food</title>
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        By Brian Ries
      
      
      How lightly do I have to tread in this review? For a straight writer, reviewing a largely gay bar and restaurant owned by two gay men -- called Queenshead, for God&#39;s sake -- is tough to do without resorting to stereotypes and puns. Thankfully, the food is good enough to make all of that extraneous chatter moot. The owners are British ex-pats Paul Smith and Darren Conner. Conner has experience working in the restaurant and bar scene across the world,
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    <title>Corkscrew: Drink well, save some money</title>
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        Top 10 wines for the money right now....
       
      
        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      This column should have perforated edges so people can tear it out. It answers the number one wine question that echoes in my inbox and phone: What&#39;s really tasty and affordable right now? Ever since this recession withered wallets around the world, it&#39;s been my quest to find the best deals. Kim Crawford 2008 Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough (New Zealand) This reliably charming wine is thankfully available everywhere, and capped with a screwtop, no less. Its green grass aromas give way
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    <title>SoHo Sushi does many things well, with some surprising exceptions</title>
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        By Brian Ries
      
      
      I was taking CL contributor and local food blogger Jenna Weber to lunch and needed a place close to the office. Easy enough, but it also had to be healthy. That&#39;s Jenna&#39;s thing and, despite my devotion to bacon peanut brittle and beef in all its forms, I tend to eat healthy meals as well. Have to justify the occasional binge, after all. Sushi is a safe choice, especially with frequent Best of the Bay winner SoHo Sushi just a
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    <title>Don&amp;#39;t cry for Argentina wines</title>
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        Malbec wines are taking over....
       
      
        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      Forget the tango -- malbec is fast becoming the beloved icon of Argentina. I wrote about this humble red grape back in 2006, when it was just creeping into the spotlight, but since then its popularity has spread like the macarena at a redneck wedding. And no wonder -- malbec is practically perfect. This disrespected French grape originally hails from Bordeaux, where it slaves for the hallowed cabernet sauvignon and merlot grapes. Winemakers use malbec to soften the often harsh
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    <title>Meat Week: The great supermarket steak-off</title>
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        The best of the beef in local markets....
       
      
        By Brian Ries
      
      
      Choice. Angus. Natural. Organic. Humanely raised. Grass-fed. Prime. Wagyu. Kobe. These days, there are more marketing terms associated with beef than ever before, all of which attempt to separate you from your food budget with promises of better quality or better moral character. And it&#39;s important to know what those terms mean, especially if you&#39;re concerned about greening your meat. But for most folks, taste is the deciding factor. We might buy prime for the intense marbling, or Kobe and
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    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>New movie Food, Inc. dissects our dysfunctional food system</title>
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        By Brian Ries
      
      
      Among people who care about where their food comes from and how its provenance affects the daily lives of everyone in the world, there are some fundamental givens: the ills of factory-farming animals; the insidious prevalence of corn-based products in almost everything we eat; the consolidation of our food supply under just a few corporate entities; the consequences when organic goes corporate; the looming specter of Monsanto; and the causes of the West&#39;s diabetes epidemic. Everyone&#39;s already up on all
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>No wine with salad? Lettuce surprises you</title>
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        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      The snooty side of food pairings preaches &quot;No Wine with Salad.&quot; I fed on this falsehood for years, following the widely-held mantra like an evangelical wino. Then one day, a miraculous salad and vino combo made me rethink my reliance on traditional not-so-wisdom. Not that I was always so cool and contrarian. Before my re-awakening, I lapped up all the drivel wine magazines and writers spit out. But, like a rebellious teenager, I slowly realized it wasn&#39;t adding up. Salads
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    <title>Chill down you red wines for the summer</title>
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        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      Maybe I have a seasonal affective disorder, since I always veer away from red wine during the hot months. It&#39;s hard-wired into my DNA, and I find it more thirst-busting to lace my fingers around a chilled glass of ros&eacute; or white wine when the mercury hits 85. But there are a lot of red-wine-etarians out there and I occasionally desire something ballsier even as sweat drools down my face. Enjoy reds in the summer? Sure. The best way to
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