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  1. Prep makes Death by Chocolate an easy treat.
  2. A Gorgonzola salad is served at Bonu' Taverna, a new Italian restaurant in St. Petersburg.
  3. Easy lobster bisque
  4. Basque Burnt Cheesecake is among the desserts served at Cafe Gala in the Dali Museum.
  5. Celebrity chef Alton Brown is bringing his live comedy and cooking show, "Alton Brown Live: Beyond the Eats," to the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday. He has been tweeting for restaurant recommendations in the Tampa Bay area.
  6. An assortment of chocolates and chocolate flavored wine on display at Sweet Divas Chocolates in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022.
  7. Cru Cellars' Croque Madame, a French bistro dish
  8. 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.
  9. Dec. 6, 2021• Bay Magazine
    Jeff Mount poses for a portrait at Wright's Gourmet House in Tampa.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.”
  15. Cake designer and Wandering Whisk Bakeshop owner Jennifer Jacobs' recipe for Mini Piña Colada Pavlovas is easy to replicate at home.
  16. St. Petersburg Puerto Rican restaurant WEPA has closed permanently.
  17. 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.
  18. The new VelociCoaster ride opened Thursday.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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
                              
  22. Chef Renae Seiler teaches an Italian Steakhouse themed cooking class at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center on Thursday, April 29, 2021.
  23. 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.
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