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Booze & food with James Bond
By Joey Martinez | July 2, 2014Matt Sherman wants to show you what is on the menu — James Bond’s menu.
Food
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Are celebrity cookbooks ‘culinary’?
By Keri | June 18, 2014Americans love cookbooks, and this is especially apparent in recent years. In 1961, 49 cookbooks were published. In 2001, more than 1,700 were published, with an astounding 530 million books on food and alcohol sold in the U.S. in 2000. Furthermore, cookbooks are the only genre of print books to maintain sales after 9/11 and to increase in sales during the 2009 recession.
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Matwick Musings: Cookbooks: Print and Digital
By Keri | June 12, 2014When you need a recipe, where do you turn? We have many options — cookbooks, magazines, newspaper columns, food websites, television cooking shows and even food products themselves (cereal boxes, chocolate chip bags, etc.).
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Food and memory: Mention ‘Proust’s madeleines’ like a pro
By Kelsi | June 4, 2014Food is more than just nutrients. Food conjures up memories and reveals who we are and who we are not. What we eat is a medium for personal recollection and collective identity. Marcel Proust, the great French author, is famous for connecting food and memory with madeleines, “those squat plump little cakes.” We certainly have him to thank for those little packages of “petite French cakes” at every Starbucks checkout.
The Avenue
What your preferred package of potato chips says about you
By Keri | May 28, 2014Picture this: You and your friends are hanging out in the backyard, playing Frisbee or cornhole, waiting for the hamburgers to grill on the barbecue.
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Recipe: Proposal Cookies
By Kristan Wiggins | May 21, 2014Warning: Adapted from a recipe called “I want to marry you,” these babies could put a ring on your finger, or if you have control issues, 5 pounds on your thighs.
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Meet the Matwicks: Musings and meditations about food
By Kelsi | May 21, 2014Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at who will bring you the column Matwick Musings and Munchings this Summer.
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Local eateries often cash-only, limiting card-toting customers
By Julia Lopez | May 21, 2014Slow Gainesville summers are ideal for sampling the best-loved local restaurants. But before you set out to swipe some plastic at Satchel’s or Vine Bread & Pasta, make sure the restaurant accepts electronic tender.
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Brunch with the best in Gainesville on Easter Sunday
By Andrea Sarcos | Apr. 16, 2014Nothing says Easter Sunday like brunch. Check out these local restaurants and order a mimosa. After all, brunch is — kind of — the most important meal of the day.
The Avenue
R.I.P. Four Loko: Company to end production, change marketing
By Lauren Zika | Apr. 2, 2014Four Lokos, the infamous drink responsible for many memorable yet hard-to-remember nights for partiers, could be taken off shelves.
University
Cooking club receives SG funding, events now free to UF students
By Allison Stendardo | Mar. 24, 2014For students who are tired of frozen microwaveable meals every night and are hoping to channel their inner Bobby Flay, UF’s Culinary Arts Student Union is here.
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Dishes to kick off your Super Bowl
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Jan. 29, 2014When it comes to Super Bowl Sunday, food is more important than football.
University
Chick-fil-A to replace Burger King near Broward
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Dec. 3, 2013The King has flown the coop.
Metro
Local couple sells sweet business plan at farmers markets
By Melissa Dukes | Dec. 2, 2013As a 10-year-old girl, Gwen Thompson’s role model was Willy Wonka.
Metro
Fast seafood restaurant reels in customers
By Brett Rabinovich | Nov. 25, 2013A new fast-food seafood restaurant has been reeling in business partially thanks to social media and a tie to UF.
Metro
Cancer patients celebrate Thanksgiving a week early
By McKenzie Collard | Nov. 21, 2013Twenty-seven years ago, a grocery store chain funded the building of Gainesville’s American Cancer Society Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge for cancer patients and their families. On Thursday night, the same chain provided its first Thanksgiving dinner for current residents.
Metro
City's Little Ones program helps local families for holidays
By Regina Sin | Nov. 18, 2013Gainesville’s Little Ones program is celebrating its 35th year organized by the city.
Metro
UF could get more all-natural vending machines on campus
By Marissa Labadie | Nov. 17, 2013Innovative vending machines on campus are helping busy students go green.
Metro
Festival to draw artists, music, cuisine downtown
By Hanna Marcus | Nov. 14, 2013The 32nd annual Downtown Festival and Art Show will morph downtown Gainesville into a melting pot of art, entertainment music and food Saturday and Sunday.
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Organizations collect winter wear for homeless
By Ashley Crane | Nov. 13, 2013The man walked about eight miles to the doors of Lazarus Restoration Ministries Inc. with hopes of getting a new blanket to help him through the winter.
