We Take to the High Seas in Search of the Best Chicken Wings
(You know the tune) “Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour, a three hour tour.” Let’s see how much I can wring out of the Gilligan’s […]
Get It While It’s Cold! Gotta Lotta Gelato
Know what “gelato” means in English? “Ice cream.” That’s kind of a letdown. Ah, but there are differences. Gelato has less fat and more sugar than ice cream. Gelato is richer […]
Tampa vs. St. Pete: A Kebab Conflict of Epic Portions
Back when we were kids, Dad would grill shish kebabs. I liked them a lot, and I liked saying “shish-k’bob,” although I couldn’t quite understand why the chunks of beef […]
Quiche Clash: Two Independent Eateries Square Off
I don’t seek out quiche, but I like it when I have it. The savory pie deserves a place in the Friday Food Fight ring. Quiche dates to the medieval […]
Feat of Clay: Two Vastly Different Versions of Chicken Clay Pot
My friend David texted me on a Tuesday night in late May with a suggestion for Friday Food Fight: chicken clay pot. He’d recently eaten it at a restaurant and […]
On a Big French Holiday, I’m Cuckoo For Coq au Vin
Let’s dispense with the niceties first. Joyeux Jour de la Bastille! Or as we’re more apt to say in the States: Happy Bastille Day! What good fortune that Friday Food […]
A Sauerbraten Scuffle: Germany’s National Dish Enters the Ring
While chopping up ideas for this week’s edition, I noticed an omission — if not exactly a glaring one: Not once in the illustrious 21-month history of Friday Food Fight […]
Fresh Catch of the Day: Salt Rock Grill vs. Middle Grounds Grill
I don’t have much experience eating fresh fish. For starters, I don’t fish. Neither do I have friends or neighbors who go out on their boats, bring in a big […]
Chicken Tenders: Which of These Two Chains Does the Tenderest and Tastiest?
An abridged history of fast-food chicken: Nuggets were developed in the 1950s by a food science professor at Cornell University. Wings took flight in the Anchor Bar in Buffalo in […]
Fish Story: Tampa vs. St. Pete in a Fish & Chips Fracas
It was near the end of a bus tour through Scotland that I looked down at my plate and said, “I’m done with fish and chips.” We’ve all had those […]
Tampa Bay vs. Athens Ga: A Jerk Chicken Taste-Off
You can probably imagine some of the headlines I mulled over for a Friday Food Fight about jerk chicken. But after pitching a couple to the RTB team … let’s […]
It’s In the Can: Rating Seven Local Beers
This week we engage in a wholly unscientific, marginally informed survey of local beers in a can. It’s a departure from my unusual one-vs.-one contest between restaurants. Because craft beer […]