You know I am bad at keeping secrets, right? This is a spoiler alert: If you do not want to know which trucks make it to the finale of the next Great Food Truck Race on the Food Network, you should probably stop reading and come back on Wednesday when […]
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Island Dogs is one of the five Pat Croce-owned Key West restaurants, offering simple food and live music. The music is generally in the evenings, so when I was there recently for lunch with a friend, it was pretty quiet. It is a bar atmosphere, as the center bar […]
Several months ago, Firefly opened in the Bahama Village area of Key West, in a space formerly owned by Colombian Grace. The space is huge, with a second floor balcony overlooking Petronia Street, and is minimalist and lovely. It has taken me a while to get there because, frankly, the […]
I have said it before and I will say it again: I think it is important to accommodate the dietary needs of my dinner guests. Within reason. Since I am on some version of the Paleo diet and not eating any grains, beans, nightshade vegetables and am limiting my dairy, […]
Over the weekend we had lunch plans with some friends. After the inevitable back and forth discussing where we should go, we settled on Santiago’s Bodega. It had never occurred to me to go there for lunch, as we usually find ourselves there for dinner. The menu is the same, […]
Beer on tap is not news, but wine? Well, that is something entirely different… South Florida’s first wine on tap can be found at Lush Bar in Key West. Not only is it cool because it is new, but wine stays fresh, and the product is environmentally friendly. I spoke […]
Each one of us is, to a degree, a creature of habit. We order the same thing again and again at our favorite restaurants, we go to the same places for gas and groceries. It is comforting. This past weekend, I realized just how much we like to keep things […]
Saturday afternoon of Key West Food and Wine Festival always brings a lot of fun, usually in the form of Duval Uncorked. This year, we started our afternoon at the Santa Barbara Pinot Noir seminar, put on by the folks at Flying Goat Cellars and Riverbench. We smelled dirt. (Yes, […]
One of my favorite events of the entire year happens each January, the Key West Food and Wine Festival, and this year was no exception. I spent a good deal of time at the Hospitality Suite selling tickets, meeting the festival goers, and of course, drinking wine. (It’s a rough […]
We all need more friends with benefits, right? Before you get all excited, no, I am not talking about those benefits. I am talking about run-of-the-mill, things-you-can-discuss-with-a-toddler kinds of perks. I often find myself having the following conversation with acquaintances: