Soaking up the Florida sun at a Sarasota restaurant may work up a thirst. ...more

March 25, 2009

We shoppers irk local merchants when, despite layoffs, bankruptcies and shortage of government revenue accompanying the sharpest economic slowdown in recent memory, many of us continue to buy things on the Internet. ...more

March 15, 2009

Gourmets in training from Leto High School landed four stars last weekend, taking second place overall in a statewide culinary competition with scholarship money on the line. ...more

February 12, 2009

Gourmets in training from Leto High School landed four stars last weekend, taking second place overall in a statewide culinary competition with scholarship money on the line. ...more

February 10, 2009

Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith had been battered by waves for two days when a final surge sent their boat crashing into a reef off the western coast of Cuba. ...more

January 8, 2009

Travelers looking for a place to stay, including the thousands heading to Tampa soon for the Super Bowl on Feb. 1, often seek input from friends, consult a guidebook or check online for customer reviews. ...more

November 25, 2008

TAMPA Travelers looking for a place to stay — including the thousands heading to Tampa soon for the Feb. 1 Super Bowl — often seek recommendations from friends, consult a guidebook or check online for customer reviews. If you really want to know a hotel's secrets, though, ask a state inspector. ...more

November 21, 2008

A new restaurant is on the horizon for The Shops at Wiregrass. Open less than a month, Wesley Chapel's new open-air mall at State Road 56 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard is still filling in some of the gaps among its storefronts. ...more

November 21, 2008

Don Clifford, vice president of real estate development for Farmer's Market Buffet LLC, summed up the reason for the restaurant's abrupt closing in two words "pure economics." ...more

September 28, 2008

On any given school day, senior Sean May is likely cooking up dreams in the kitchen of Wharton High School's culinary academy. ...more

September 17, 2008