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Video: Spring Break Fitness
By LANCE FULLER | Feb. 6, 2010With Spring Break five weeks away, it’s time to hit the gym if you want that perfect bathing-suit body.
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Competitors race to eat 7 pounds of food at downtown deli
By ANA GONI–LESSAN | Feb. 4, 2010Five contestants scarfed down 7 pounds of food Thursday night for a promotional event at Jeff’s New York Deli.
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Five reasons to drink local
By Richard O. Stehli | Feb. 3, 2010Last summer, you never would have heard me telling you to drink local, because you couldn’t. Thankfully, that all started to change in April, when Swamp Head Brewery brewed its first batch of beer. Founder Luke Kemper returned home from his undergraduate work in beer-soaked Boulder, Colo., and saw Gainesville to be lacking. In his own words, “I realized how great it would be to have a local beer in Gainesville.” Last Friday, I had the chance to sit down with Kemper and Swamp Head master brewer Craig Birkmaier to sample the beer and talk shop, and let me assure you, it is great to have a local beer in Gainesville.
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Dishes delight taste buds
By DREW WATKINS | Jan. 27, 2010Drew: Tagged down behind enemy lines, you might not expect to find a delicious plate of crispy egg noodles. But that’s exactly what you’ll encounter at regionally famous Saigon Legend, located on 1228 W. University Ave. This unassuming Vietnamese eatery doesn’t plaster its rooms with glow-in-the-dark tables and new-age bullshit; instead it brings a nice medley of pork, chicken and Asian vegetables that will delight the senses and set your taste buds ablaze.
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Hot dogs, hot deals
By Alex Orlando | Jan. 20, 2010Deciding where to eat on your next late-night food run just got harder. You now have more to add to your repertoire of fast-food options.
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Low-cal, high-quality chug fest
By Richard O. Stehli | Jan. 20, 2010While you were out having a good time Friday night, we blindly sampled a list of light beer so you wouldn’t have to. Two dozen beers later, we are weary but wiser. What should you drink? What shouldn’t you drink? What helps you stay slim? What if you don’t like beer at all? We have everything you need to know to get started.
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Winter ale tingles taste buds
By Richard O. Stehli | Jan. 13, 2010Like many micro breweries, Sierra Nevada releases four seasonal beers every year. Its offering for the winter is Celebration Ale, a perfect pairing with the chilly weather.
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A weekend guide to Gainesville's best bar deals
By Alex Orlando | Jan. 6, 2010Your belly might be full, but your pockets are probably empty because, let’s face it, the magic of Christmas isn’t free. Imagine you have only $30 left in your wallet. Here are the best deals around town to make your first weekend of spring semester a memorable one:
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Herbs and Spices: Part 2
By CYNTHIA DESPRES | Dec. 2, 2009Herbs and spices are wonderful, but they almost never work alone. By knowing which ingredients enhance each others flavors, people keep finding different seasonings to use on various dishes.
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Herbs and Spices: Part 1
By CYNTHIA DESPRES | Nov. 16, 2009A handy list of basic herbs that you can add to spice up your dish.
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Q & A with PETA about vegan cookbook
By ALLISON BANKO | Nov. 4, 2009People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has planted its newest target on college students. No worries, there won't be activists on Turlington Plaza splashing buckets of red paint on our coats. Instead, the group has made becoming vegan easier than ever by tailoring to students' fast-paced, budget-bearing lifestyles through a new cookbook, "PETA's Vegan College Cookbook: 275 Easy, Cheap, and Delicious Recipes to Keep You Vegan at School." The book meets every college student's needs, so excuses for not becoming vegan are as non-existent as the meat in veggie burgers.
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Z beer brings taste to the table
By RICHARD STEHLI | Oct. 5, 2009I recently had the opportunity to visit FoCo, and one of my main activities during my three-day stay was drinking beer. Chastise me all you want, but I'm no lush. Fort Collins has a population only slightly larger than that of Gainesville, but it hosts an astounding five craft breweries. Each has an impressive selection of both standards and seasonals, but only Fort Collins Brewery distributes to Gainesville (as far as I know). I spent a whole day biking from brewery to brewery; for considerably less expense, you can have a taste without leaving the city limits.
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Food expo, film show benefits home-grown products
By ATTIYYA ANTHONY | Oct. 5, 2009You don't have to dig deep to see that Gainesville's soil is ripe with growth.
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Five ways to cook fresh fish at home
By Victoria Phillips | Sep. 23, 2009A slight aroma of garlic and lime reaches your nostrils as the oil in the deep fryer begins to bubble and pop. You plunge the grouper fillet into a bowl of egg yolks. Picking it up, it drips like slime for only a few seconds before you dunk it into a mixture of breadcrumbs and cracker meal.
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101 Cantina adds modern Mexican twist
By KIRK WILLIAMS | Sep. 23, 2009Midtown's newest restaurant by day and bar by night will ensure that no UF student needs travel to Tijuana in search of satisfying Mexican cuisine or top-shelf tequila. The recently opened 101 Cantina, a kind of "Southwestern sibling" to 101 Management Group's 101 Downtown, is situated at a premier University Avenue location right alongside The Swamp and Ben & Jerry's.
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Recipe for the perfect Game-Day burger
By MAXIM PETTERSEN | Sep. 1, 2009With Game Day approaching this weekend, your drive for football fanaticism, thirst for beer and especially your hunger for the perfect tailgating burger will shoot like a rocket into the sky. Other than the action-packed game with the Gators dominating, the tailgating experience will be the best part. Here is a homemade recipe to create a perfect, mouthwatering burger on Game Day.
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Local pizza shops offer originality, culture to dining
By Alex Orlando | Aug. 26, 2009With college students scarfing down pizza faster than the average Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, the pizza market is thriving in Gainesville.
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Easy, homemade chicken tacos
By MAXIM PETTERSEN | Aug. 16, 2009Welcome to college! You will probably be here for at least the next four years, on your own, without anyone to cook for you. Eating out can be expensive, and the meal plans will eventually become unexciting and monotonous. There is always the option to cook your own delicious food. This quick and easy to make recipe costs only about $10 for four to five servings and will hit the spot!
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Gainesville food joints offer diversity, familiarity for all
By JOHN SILMAN | Aug. 16, 2009You are new to Gainesville and perplexed by the throngs of drunk college hooligans swaying by your doorstep at 2 a.m. Or, you are back from your forced exile from home-cooked meals and motherly laundry service, and all of a sudden are forced to fend for yourself once again.
