Wine dinners, tastings and treats—there goes my diet!   By Judi Gallagher   Well, it was a food and event week to be reckoned with! It started out at an even pace. A little grilled pork Number 79 at Pho Cali, hold the noodles,of course, because I am (was) watching my weight. That led to [...]

Food finds, friends—and fashions, too.   By Judi Gallagher   Last Friday night it seemed that the Columbia on St. Armand’s was THE place to be. It was nice to see Dick Vitale relaxing with his wife Lorraine over dinner after receiving his induction into the College Basketball Hall of Fame. That-a-way BABY!!! Famed harpist [...]

The food was almost as good as the gossip at a recent gathering of friends.   By Judi Gallagher   Leave it to a ladies’ night gathering to find one of the sweetest young professional private chefs around. What started as our usual get together where the host makes the entrée(s) and the other gal [...]

No fooling—this is going to be a great food month.   By Judi Gallagher      I thought of posting an April Fool’s blog to trip up you savvy readers—you know, a little tease. Maybe it would be something like…”REAL Chinese food comes to Sarasota” or “Carnegie Deli insists on opening store on Main Street [...]