Dining Out

19th Annual Taste of Marco Huge Success!
This past weekend a who’s who of Marco Island eateries provided grazing-sized portions of some of their most special dishes. Food vendors hustled to keep up with demand, and all proceeds benefited the Marco Island YMCA. Longtime Marco Island entertainer Miles Loud took the stage, providing vocals of hits from the 50’s and 60’s. Loud [...]

Naples Happenings and Business
Tastings—A Wine Experience in Gulf Coast Town Center gets my vote for the current under-the-radar gem. This is a popular meeting spot for everyone from college students to faculty members, wine aficionados to young professionals. Hidden behind Miller’s Ale House, it’s a quiet sophisticated oasis, with very good food, priced right!

Proprietor Jennifer Wadsworth is friendly [...]

Olio On Naples Bay Rocks 5th Avenue Dining
My thesaurus will not give me another word for “flavor” that comes even close to describing the taste explosion we experienced at Olio in the Naples Bay Resort. “Zest,” “tang,” “essence.” Yes,
it had all that, but from the clean, sassy visual first impact to what my strawberry dessert did to my palate, words are hard [...]

Naples Alliance of Local Restaurant Owners
There’s no doubt that finding a restaurant with the owner in the kitchen or at the door will likely result in a delicious meal and a pleasing environment.
There’s just no substitute for an on-site owner who cares about the food he or she is serving and making sure the patrons are being treated in the [...]

Healthy Chocolate?
There is a newer, healthier chocolate bar in town with a taste to rival that of the world’s finest Swiss, German and Belgium chocolates. This chocolate uses only natural sweeteners (no added sugar) and is made up of purely organic and raw ingredients. Sunfood Nutrition, a producer of these healthy chocolate bars, sweetens some with [...]

Plan a Wine Tasting Weekend-Without Leaving Naples

Whether you consider yourself a connoisseur or just enjoy the occasional glass with dinner, wine tasting is becoming a popular past time for many Americans. Although here in Naples we are not in close proximity to the vineyards, wine tasting is still an option. Stop by before dinner or a night out on the town, [...]

Ten tips to make a more savvy restaurant patron out of you
In this age of “Iron Chef,” “Top Chef,” “Kitchen Confidential” and “Hell’s Kitchen,” there are fewer and fewer restaurant secrets.
Savvy diners know that if you order steak well done, the kitchen will use the leatheriest piece of meat on hand, because once it’s incinerated you can’t taste the difference. They know the fish you eat [...]

Food of the Gods
Native to the tropical regions of the Americas, the chocolate bush (3-4 feet tall) grows wild in the low foothills of the Andes and in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. It likes humid climaltes, regular rainfaill, good soil and overhead shade. The evergreen produces beautiful clusters of flowers emerging from the trunk which turn [...]
More Than Once Way to Pop a Cork

There are many ways to open a Champagne bottle. The most outrageous one is to follow Napoleon’s example by “beheading” a bottle. Legend has it that Napoleon always opened his champagne bottles by striking it precisely at the weakest point of the neck with his sword. He always toasted his upcoming battle, victory and even [...]
Salts of the Earth

One of the latest gourmet treats is to finish a dish with a particular type of salt. For instance, Fleur de Sel, a French salt is gathered with a special rake to harvest only the top layer of the salt bed. This work is usually done by women because of their delicate handling of the [...]

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