Professor Jody Tompson temporarily has traded his classroom at the University of Tampa for one aboard the MV Explorer, a cruise ship circumnavigating the world. ...more

February 25, 2009

Garden-related events and classes ...more

February 24, 2009

GO FISHING is a look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Bill Miller. ...more

February 22, 2009

Readers want recipes for texas tornado cake, a cheese pie, chocolate kok and cornbread from Remington's Steakhouse. And we offer them a crawfish curry dish. ...more

February 17, 2009

Rose Circle hosted a combined circles meeting on Feb. 4 at the Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore Boulevard. Patti Schaefer, from Annie's Garden Shack in Lutz, discussed container gardening with herbs. The circles then split for separate business meetings. ...more

February 11, 2009

Trish Bergelt's first Gasparilla brought tears to her eyes. ...more

February 8, 2009

The pilot of a small aircraft who reported the plane's landing gear would not deploy landed safely at Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Islands shortly after 5 p.m., a Tampa Fire Rescue spokesperson reported. ...more

February 7, 2009

Football fans in Pennsylvania and Arizona don't think of just football and visions of the Super Bowl trophy when they think of Tampa. ...more

January 31, 2009

In last Sunday's column Addie Lee of Bratt requested a recipe for oatmeal bars. She says her husband's mother and grandmother made them for him as a youngster in Ontario, Canada, during the '50s and '60s. Every time she's tried to re-create the mixture, her kitchen begins to resemble a war zone. ...more

January 25, 2009

Readers ask for recipes and other readers supply them. ...more

January 19, 2009