There’s something very friendly and homey about Mimi’s Cooking, a small French restaurant in Naples. On a recent weekday afternoon, owner Marie-Michelle Rey flitted around the room, saying “Bonjour!” to diners, asking them how their meal was and even helping ...

Capriotti’s in Bonita Springs serves up nostalgia in every hearty sub. The small sub shop owned by Regina and Dan Gorski is known for its specialty sub sandwiches packed with fresh pulled meat that is roasted for 12 hours overnight ...

This little lighthouse serves up simple, tasty food in a quirky, fun location with beautiful water views. You’ll get a great deal and you won’t break the bank.

Everyone loves pizza. And everyone believes that they know pizza. Crust. Ingredients. Sauce. So when we asked readers to tell us which local pizza place — national chains need not apply — they loved the best, we weren’t completely surprised ...

When it comes to hot dogs everyone seems to have a very firm and unmovable opinion about how it should be prepared, what kind of bun should hold it and –most of all- what type of condiments should the dog ...

They say that food-related memories are the most powerful of them all, capable of brining us back to happy moments of our childhood, making us smile, giggle and even skip around as if we were five years old again. And ...

If eating and dining out are altogether different notions, then getting takeout must form some odd third tier where convenience and quality strike a tense truce. We decided to devote a column to the intricacies of takeout. Lunch or dinner, ...

A couple of days ago I read a very interesting blog entry by Anthony Bourdain about the so called culinary genre “soul food.” Bourdain explains to clueless readers that “chefs usually mean -- when talking about "soul" (or "heart") -- ...

For a relatively small area (population, not square milage), Southwest Florida has an abundance of restaurants. Our restaurant guide currently has 704 different eateries listed, and doubtless we’re still missing a few...

Ahhh, pizza. The smell of it wafting from a delicate cardboard box printed with ads in only the most Italian of colors. That first satisfying bite, sinking your teeth into a crunchy (but not too crunchy) crust...

“Low carb, low fat, low cholesterol” reads the front of my menu as a friend and I take a seat in the busy dining room of Naples’ Miss Saigon Gourmet. I’m skeptical...

“Low carb, low fat, low cholesterol” reads the front of my menu as a friend and I take a seat in the busy dining room of Naples’ Miss Saigon Gourmet. I’m skeptical...

My love affair with Cuban food started a few years ago in Miami, when I tried my first Cuban sandwich. It was love at first bite. The combination of smoky ham, tender pork, pungent mustard, melted cheese and pressed bread ...

A few very strange things happened at the 2007 National Buffalo Wing Festival. First, 40 year old Sonja Thomas (100 lbs) became the International Federation of Competitive Eating’s national chicken wing eating champion by consuming a ridiculous 173 chicken wings ...

Naples isn’t famous for offering great Asian fare. Other than a zillion mostly mediocre Chinese eateries, there are only a handful of alternatives to choose from, especially when it comes to Indian and Thai, two of my favorite cuisines...