Ca’ Rina is a little Italian gem in downtown Sarasota.   By Judi Gallagher   I love whimsical and out of the ordinary. I will always miss The Alley Cat restaurant. There was something about sitting outside in mismatched wicker chairs with little white lights everywhere that transformed a once-not-so-prime area of downtown into fairyland. [...]

My kitchen renovation is about to begin!   By Judi Gallagher   Well, after three years of discussions like, “Yeah, we should remodel; no, let’s just sell, no, we have to remodel to sell, anyway,” and “well, if the kitchen gets gas I will stay forever,” we have decided to bite the bullet and totally [...]

I soldier through Southwest Florida, searching for the winning burger.  By Judi Gallagher   Recently I was in Naples, Florida, styling food with photographer Salvatore Brancifort. One thing you don’t want after shooting all day is to eat anything resembling the foods you just spent intimate hours touching, propping, glazing and re-propping. How refreshing when Sal [...]