Brasserie is a term in Belgium meaning gathering place, where friends enjoy sipping beers, wine and cocktails and share lovely foods with a French-Flemish flair. Welcome to Brasserie Belge, Sarasota’s only authentic Belgian restaurant. Forget about the beer hall that closed at the other end of Main Street; this Brasserie is the real deal, from [...]

  At least five times a day I stop and pinch myself. How could I be so fortunate? I cook and eat for a living. I wake up dreaming about food and I go to sleep at night dreaming about the food I have tasted. My nightstand is loaded with cookbooks and food biographies, and [...]

Well, I can see my New Year’s resolution just went out the window. How can I resist these tempting events that serve fabulous wines with guest chefs preparing their culinary best dishes? Certainly I cannot follow a diet shake plan any sooner than February with all these scrumptious events about to happen. See below for [...]