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Inside the Gulfshore's Dining Scene
07/09/08Hot Dish: July 9, 2008Inside the Gulfshore’s Dining Scene. Sur La Table Coming to Mercato Mercato in North Naples will be welcoming Sur la Table in the fall. It is a nationwide, medium- to high-end chain offering a bountiful assortment of kitchen and cookery accessories, including high-end cookware, cutlery, barware, BBQ implements and varied electronic gadgets, as well as simple items such as whisks and Bundt pans. They offer frequent cooking lessons and housewares, from ironing boards to furniture! It’s truly a “kid in the candy store” experience for cooks. I have spent hours checking out their wares in other stores and leave with arms full! They will specifically be competition for Naples’ national chain Williams-Sonoma and local family-owned The Good Life. They... Posted at 06:02 PM | Permalink |
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06/26/08Hot Dish: June 26, 2008Inside the Gulfshore’s Dining Scene. Quite a Package Deal Dine in style, year-round, at Bleu Provence! For only $21.95, from 5 to 6 p.m. daily, choose one appetizer, one entrée and one glass of wine from a generous selected menu, and enjoy a delicious Provençal meal in a relaxed setting. The décor is washed blue and white, inside and out, on the Areca palm-enclosed side patio. Perhaps practice your French with the wait staff and other patrons. This is casual elegance. Sample summer’s happy hour at the bar daily from 5 to 7:15 p.m., with $5 wine or highballs or $7 cocktails to accompany various tapas. Bleu Provence, 1234 8th St. S., Naples, (239) 261-8239. New Era for Former RedFish BluFish Sanibel’s Redfish Blufish has changed ownership after... Posted at 04:09 PM | Permalink |
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06/11/08Hot Dish: June 11, 2008Inside the Gulfshore’s Dining Scene. Crü’s Class Is in Session Chef Brian Roland and sous chef Richie Wilim of Fort Myers' Crü restaurant are cooking up a storm this summer and fall! They’re offering cooking classes at 1 p.m. one Sunday each month, June through December, for only $55 a lesson. Lessons start with “Sautéeing and Searing” on June 22, followed by “Grilling” on July 20, to create some succulent meats, vegetables and sauces. You get to eat the tasty lessons, as well as watch live, or on screen, in the main dining room! Other course topics and dates include: “Stocks and Sauces” on August 17, “Tailgate Party” on September 21, “Oktoberfest” on October 19, “Thanksgiving Dinner” on November 16 and “Holiday Feasting” on December... Posted at 03:49 PM | Permalink |
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05/28/08Hot Dish: May 28, 2008Inside the Gulfshore’s Dining Scene Learn to cook like Roy Chef Roy Yamaguchi and Ivan Seligman at Roy's in Naples Chef Roy Yamaguchi sure packed the house at Roy’s in Naples on Saturday as he personally hosted “Taste of Twenty Years Dinner.” His Hawaiian fusion cuisine was wonderfully seasoned, beautifully presented, and well-paired with Gary Branham’s Branham Estate Wines. Roy, with 37 eponymous restaurants worldwide, is calm, quiet and clearly respected and loved by his staff. He cooked on the line and greeted admirers with a word and a handshake. Try the upside down pineapple cake, check out his cookbook, Fish & Seafood, and cook up a favorite! Judi Gallagher and Jeannie Lee at Roy's in Naples So you missed the dinner? Not a problem! Join Chef... Posted at 03:21 PM | Permalink |
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05/14/08Hot Dish: May 14, 2008Inside the Gulfshore’s Dining Scene. Summer on the Gulfshore My favorite season has begun: Off-season! Imagine, going into nearly any restaurant before 6:30 p.m., and no wait? YES! Find parking spaces closer than downtown Immokalee? Enjoy some dinner specials? Yes, it’s that season now. Visit some dining favorites this week; try a new restaurant as well. This is THE critical time for restaurant survival, and your support keeps chefs’ and servers’ families afloat during the summer. Fort Myers Loses Two High-Class Restaurants Speaking of survival, after seven years of, hands-down, some of the tastiest and most creative cuisine in Florida, Chef/Owner Harold Balink’s Harold’s on Bay will be closing its downtown Fort Myers location at the end of May. Harold will... Posted at 03:09 PM | Permalink |
