Sushi and Sashimi

Asian food aficionados probably think they’re living next door to nirvana these days. No longer does the crowd have to agree on one type of fare. With the current trend in Far East-style eateries, most everyone can be satisfied. Among the newer...

No one really bats an eye anymore when someone tells you they've been brewing beer in their garage. Or basement. Or kitchen. Homebrewing is super popular these days, what with the rise in popularity of craft beers and the notion that beer doesn't have...

Name: Roy Villacrusis Title: Executive chef Age: 36 Phone: 561-632-7385 Email: info@royvillacrusis Website: royvillacrusis.com Food prepared: Asiatic cuisine Background: Waking up to the smell of burning wood from the "dirty kitchen," a...

A 21st century riddle for you: What's slimy, green and brown, sometimes smelly and disgusting, but also a potentially wonderful anti-pollution tool that's good to eat and could turn into an economic pot of gold for Connecticut? The answer, of course, is...

Curry and sushi lovers beware: the issue of arsenic in rice is set to come back on the table this year. The toxic problem first grabbed the headlines in September 2012, when Consumer Reports announced the results of its investigation into what it called...

Sunday 4/7 Easter eggs An Easter egg hunt will be held April 7, at 10 a.m., at Winters Mill High School, 560 Gorsuch Road, Westminster. Face painting, crafts, magic tricks and more. Tickets are $10, with proceeds benefiting Carroll Hospice. 410-871-...

Eating at Coachella is one of my favorite things to do, and not because the food is stellar. It could be from the exhaustion of running tirelessly over the fields from stage to stage, or the heat, but each year I drop all semblance of a sensible diet...

Are you the Tim Hardaway Jr. of sushi? Then RA Sushi wants to see your moves at college basketball championship-inspired eating contests at restaurants in Palm Beach Gardens and Pembroke Pines on Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. The champion of each Sushi...

Oviedo's Sushi Pop! and Winter Park's Prato have been named to OpenTable Diners’ Choice Awards for the Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurants in the United States. Sushi Pop! is at 310 W. Mitchell Hammock Road. For more information or reservations, call 407-...

People flock to Pimlico Race Course on the third Saturday in May for the excitement, for a good party or for a stiff Black-Eyed Susan. The bill of fare, though, hasn't been high on the list of attractions since the Coolidge administration. The...

Blu on the Avenue has replaced Spice Modern Steakhouse on Winter Park's Park Avenue. The concept is from the people who operate neighboring 310 Park South and 310 Lakeside in downtown Orlando. Spice's dark interior has been renovated into a room...

Sushi is making its way out of specialty restaurants and into residential kitchens. For those willing to tackle this popular Japanese dish at home, chef Tom Kaszubowski offers some tips. The key to good sushi is quality ingredients. "Whatever you use,...