April 25, 2024
Dining & Travel
Florida's Best Places to Dine - The Past
Florida Trend's Golden Spoon awards are 50 years old this year.
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Published on 11/27/2017
Pearls of wisdom: A new bed of oysters is cropping up in Florida
Many good things come from Florida waters, most deliciously the oyster.
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Published on 10/26/2017
Florida restaurants embrace the upscale veggie trend
The most intriguing gourmet growth sector? Full-fledged vegan
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Published on 9/28/2017
Outside influences step up their presence in Miami
When they say, “the New Yorkers are coming” in Miami these days, they're talking about famous chefs and foods from the Big Apple, not tourists.
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Published on 8/28/2017
Bridging the gap: Restaurants in Fort Myers-Cape Coral grow beyond the familiar
McGregor Boulevard and Tamiami Trail are still the main drags of the Fort Myers-Cape Coral corridor .... But these days dining ...
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Published on 7/26/2017
A new ice age in Florida
Once, Florida depended on ice cut and shipped from frozen lakes thousands of miles to the north...
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Published on 6/28/2017
Skewered in Florida – kabobs in various forms spread across the state
Smart chefs and wise home cooks, my mother among them, suspected there were five or six recipes in the world common to every tribe on the planet...
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Published on 5/24/2017
Menus at Lake Nona go beyond the essentials
For the food-obsessed, hip restaurants are integral to their preferred geography. Smart developers lure trendy chefs to the first floor of a new high-rise, and savvy real estate agents pack menus in their portfolio while showing homebuyers around a neighborhood.
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Published on 4/26/2017
Cod-ified: Portuguese cuisine catches on across Florida
While the cooking of Portugal was once forgotten or mistakenly lumped in with Spanish cuisine, that's no longer true in Florida.
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Published on 3/28/2017
Chick Magnets: A flock of chicken-centered restaurants open in Florida
Get all those hogs, pigs and piglets out of here. They've had their day on top of restaurant names and menus. There's a new star critter on Florida shingles.
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Published on 2/27/2017
Cock-a-noodle-do: Asian flavors of all kinds can be found in Florida
As the Year of the Rooster dawns, Florida can crow about an array of Asian flavors statewide.
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Published on 1/26/2017
The best thing since sliced bread
The perfect toast for the new year is … well, toast itself.
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Published on 12/28/2016
Stretching out - expanding culinary diversity
Florida's restaurateurs extended themselves in all culinary and geographical directions this year.
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Published on 11/23/2016
Sides show: More Florida chefs are vegging out
Across Florida, chefs are putting more imagination and care into vegetable sides and giving them a new place in the sun on the menu. Or on the chalkboard.
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Published on 10/26/2016
Turning up the heat
The latest grills give restaurateurs new options.
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Published on 8/26/2016
Popping the cork: Sommeliers are in demand around Florida
Sommeliers are in demand around the state
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Published on 7/27/2016
The spirited growth of Florida distilleries
The number of Florida distilleries is growing thanks to regulatory changes.
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Published on 7/27/2016
The food network in Jacksonville
A group of Jacksonville businesspeople shares a common bond: Food and networking.
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Published on 7/27/2016
A cut above: Alternatives to traditional steak
Meat eaters are relearning what chefs and home cooks around the world always knew: There's a lot of meat on the steer that makes for hearty red-blooded eating at less cost.
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Published on 6/28/2016
Outside the box: Eating outside is a breeze
The freshest breeze in Florida's new restaurants is just that: Invigorating, refreshing breeze.
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Published on 5/25/2016
Egg-citing: Fresh-from-the-farm eggs are spicing up Florida menus
Which came first? The designer brand, fresh-from-the-local-farm egg or the gourmet pizzas, burgers and salads topped with fried eggs?
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Published on 4/27/2016
Reel Florida: A look at fishing villages
For Florida diners, good fishing luck is finding a real fishing village. They are rare, but they do exist.
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Published on 3/28/2016
Hi, noon: Brunch options are expanding
Brunch has become the meal that ate the entire weekend, Saturday as well as Sunday.
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Published on 2/26/2016
Chris Sherman on Florida diners' expectations
Florida Trend restaurant editor Chris Sherman discusses Florida diners' recent desire for value.
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Published on 2/19/2016
Chris Sherman on trends in meat and fish
Chris Sherman, restaurant editor at Florida Trend,
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Published on 2/12/2016
