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Perk up your sandwich with kimchi

February 19, 2010
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Anything tastes better rolled in a tortilla or layered into a sandwich. That basic truth is helping me to eat more vegetables. I sometimes even find salads tedious to eat, but when I roll them into a tortilla, I love them ever bit as much as an unhealthy burrito.
 
This post isn’t even a recipe, it’s [...]

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TC Choy’s

September 26, 2009
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A FEW KITCHEN SPECIALS: (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) SALT & PEPPER SHRIMP, FRIED TOFU STUFFED WITH SHRIMP PASTE, CHINESE BROCCOLI IN OYSTER SAUCE, EGGPLANT STUFFED WITH SHRIMP PASTE

I’m proud to announce that the September 2009 issue of Asia Trend Magazine carries my first article and photos as one of their contributing food writers. Asia Trend [...]

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Thai Kitchen

May 20, 2009
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statue just inside entrance
 
On 62nd Avenue North, not far from Phat Phap Temple, the Vietnamese Buddhist temple, is a small, but very good restaurant, the Thai Kitchen (1126 62nd Ave. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-7422; 727-525-8748). I definitely recommend it, not only because it’s very good food at reasonable prices in a very congenial atmosphere, [...]

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A progressive Vietnamese lunch-break

April 15, 2009

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HERBAL DUCK SOUP AT BEN THANH
A “progressive dinner” is an affair where a group of friends decide to have appetizers at the home of one of the friends, the soup or salad course at another’s home, the entree at another’s, and dessert at another’s. You “progress” from one home to another. [...]

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Arbors Records

February 25, 2009

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FIRST ANNUAL ARBORS RECORDS INVITATIONAL JAZZ PARTY
 
Recently, I had the opportunity to photograph backstage at the Arbors Records First Annual Arbors Records Invitational Piano Jazz Party at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort on Clearwater Beach. There’s a lot of jazz in Florida and a lot here in the Tampa Bay Area. [...]

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Arts and Crafts

February 4, 2009

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FRAN SIMS BEADED HANGING (SHOWN HORIZONTALLY)
Arts & Crafts
Whenever I’ve felt like “running away from home” (from responsibilities, from humdrum, grinding routine) I’ve fantasized about quitting all jobs and surviving by selling homemade art (water colors, photos, prints, whatever) along the side of the road. So far, I’ve not actually done that, [...]

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BKK Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar

January 31, 2009

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SPICY LIME GROUPER
One of the most convincing reviews I ever read once was, “Just go!” I’m going to quote that author here regard the BKK Thai Restaurant (5267 Park St. N., Pinellas, Florida 33709; 727-545-1781): “Just go!”
BKK is the designation for the Bangkok airport. The last time I had Thai style [...]

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Savannah

January 14, 2009

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SAVANNAH: RIVER STREET

 
Several friends and family members of mine, independently, visited Savannah, Georgia, to celebrate this past New Year’s eve. From all reports it was an excellent celebration. Other friends make an almost annual pilgrimage to visit all the sites featured in Midnight in the Garden of Good and [...]

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Nitally’s Thai-Mexican Fusion Cuisine

December 3, 2008

 
NOTE: Nitally’s has relocated to bigger and better quarters at 2462 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL. Same good food, just more of it and more space and parking too!
Nitally’s Thai Coffee House (1040 4th St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33701) offers something I have never heard of before, nor could I find it anywhere on [...]

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SPIFFS — 2nd Annual Asian Pacific Rim Festival 2008

October 15, 2008

 
This past weekend, October 11th and 12th, SPIFFS (the St. Petersburg International Folkfair Society) presented its 2nd Annual Asian Pacific Rim Festival 2008. I was fortunate to be able to attend their first one last year. It was a good beginning and this year was even better. I hope this becomes successfully established and as [...]

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Tampa: Sa Ri One Korean Bulgogi Restaurant

October 4, 2008

Sa Ri One
In an earlier post on Atlanta’s Seoul Gardens Korean Japanese Restaurant, I talked about bulgogi, Korean barbeque.
A restaurant in Tampa that I’ve gone to ever since it opened is Sa Ri One Korean Bulgogi Restaurant (3940 W. Cypress St., Tampa, FL 33606; 813-874-2911). It’s a little pricey, but not so much at lunchtime [...]

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Pho 97

September 20, 2008

Blogger Quests
Every so often, a blogger—especially a food blogger—takes a photo of which they are enormously proud. An example is the first photo. It’s a snapshot I took of a banh mi sandwich from Pho 97 restaurant, here in St. Pete (3090 34th St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33713; 727-526-1997). The moisture on the pickled [...]

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Announcement: Asian Pacific Rim Festival 2008

September 18, 2008

Last year, I went to the first of these events. It was terrific. You can bet I’ll be at the second one which in just a few weeks. I wanted to call it to your attention now so you’ll have advance warning and perhaps go. I know you’ll enjoy it. The food and entertainment are [...]

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