Tips about what to do in your garden this month. ...more

February 11, 2009

My inbox is filled with e-mails from supporters of the "eating local" movement, urging people to consume food that is grown and produced in their local area. The movement is nothing new; for the past few years I've been reading about it in national newspapers, popular food magazines and on countless Web sites. ...more

October 19, 2008

Summer is a time of rest in the world's winter strawberry capital. Most of the fields in eastern Hillsborough County have been fallow since late spring, when the sheets of black plastic were pulled up and burned, the neat rows flattened, the commercial berry gardens gone to weed. ...more

September 3, 2008

Summer is a time of rest in the world's winter strawberry capital. Most of the fields in eastern Hillsborough County have been fallow since late spring, when the sheets of black plastic were pulled up and burned, the neat rows flattened, the commercial berry gardens gone to weed. ...more

September 3, 2008

Summer is a time of rest in the world's winter strawberry capital. ...more

August 27, 2008

Library patrons were treated to a traveling cooking class this week. ...more

June 21, 2008

My dog had serious kidney disease, and rather than have him suffer long periods of not eating, we decided to put him to sleep. ...more

May 18, 2008

Sodium is everywhere in today's meals. But it's possible to cut down, if you look for some easy-to-find clues: ...more

February 15, 2008

Nancy Barbara, 49, Tampa Height: 5-foot-2 Starting weight: 247 Current weight: 183 Why I did it: I was having a hard time tying my shoes. Whenever I would tie my shoes, the laces would be to the left. ...more

October 4, 2007