Category: Food
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Southern Hill Farms
As a child, I picked wild blackberries from the fields around my relatives’ properties in Texas. I found great joy in picking those juicy morsels. So when I ran across Southern Hill Farms online, a place where I could pick my own vegetables, fruits and flowers, I had to go. And what a fun day.
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Circles Restaurant
This restaurant was recommended by a friend when she heard I was going to see the manatees at the Big Bend hydroelectric plant. She said it was five minutes away and had great food. I took her advice and, once there, asked to look around. The inside looks small but extends behind the hostess booth
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Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe
Ella’s was established in 2009 in Tampa’s historic Seminole Heights district. The website says it’s a place where “blue hairs hang out with blue hair.” I found that to be true. Officially old enough to be a blue hair, I had a young couple with their dachshund, Pippin, sitting right behind me in the outdoor
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Foxtail Coffee Co.
For years I’ve been a Starbucks devotee. Then my favorite location closed for renovations. I went in search of a new coffee shop and discovered Foxtail Coffee Co. The interior is warm and welcoming. There’s lots of wood, topped off with industrial-looking finishes, and some pops of color in a mural on the wall and
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Trip’s Diner
If you Google the word “diner,” you get a short paragraph that says diners are “historically small businesses operated by the owner.” It goes on to say that “diners typically serve staples of American cuisine such as hamburgers, french fries, club sandwiches, and other simple, quickly cooked, and inexpensive fare such as meatloaf or steak.”
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Ulele
If you’re looking for a nice place to relax that offers a stellar view and good food, opt for Tampa’s Ulele. Said to be a native-inspired restaurant and brewery, it sources fresh fruits, vegetables, fish and proteins from Florida (as they’re available). When not available, they use food harvested from family-owned companies in the U.S.
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Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes
I hate to cook but I love to bake. I discovered this when I took a breadmaking class through Master Class online. I’m not sure what the difference is except it’s less chopping, I can put the dough in a bowl, leave it to rise, and do something else. I’m not stuck juggling pots and
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Mykonos Restaurant
I’m one of those people who thinks I like Greek food but if you ask me which foods in particular, I’m likely to give you my limited list – olives, feta cheese, grape leaves (okay but won’t make my favorites), baba ganoush (which is actually Lebanese – I looked it up, mostly to figure out
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Yalaha Bootlegging Co. at Blue Bayou Farms & Yalaha German Bakery
For this outing, I chose an out-of-the-way, off-the-beaten-path place called Yalaha Bootlegging Co., a craft distillery of moonshine liquor. Moonshine? I was intrigued. Moonshine sort of conjures images of good ole country boys clad in dirty overalls, sporting long gray beards like tree moss, toting museum-quality rifles, and tramping through tangled backwoods to get to
Lisa Browder 