KELLY MERRITT

• Rising superstar David Nail to headline Everglades Seafood Festival Published 02/03/2012 at 4 a.m.

  For David Nail, life has become a whirlwind of back-to-back achievements. He recently achieved his first No. 1 single for "Let It Rain,", and Nail is in the final voting process for five American Country Music nominations. "Let It Rain" ...

• Area venues plan special Super Bowl Sunday Published 02/02/2012 at 4 a.m.

  For decades, professional football has made eating and drinking before, during and after the Super Bowl a game in itself. Across town, restaurant and bar owners are getting ready for the crowds, and many of them are offering special deals ...

• 'Jersey Boy' has his own record story now Published 02/02/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Joseph Leo Bwarie is a "Jersey Boy," and because of that play, he's also a recorded Florida crooner.

• Strings attached: Naples' annual harp festival this weekend Published 02/02/2012 at 4 a.m.

  It's a heavenly weekend if you play a harp, or even just enjoy their music. Some two dozen of them will play in a harp orchestra on Sunday.

• Naples Wine fest's chef de cuisine: Tony Mantuano of Chicago's Spiaggia Published 01/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Chef Tony Mantuano, whose dishes have been part of the Naples Winter Wine Festival for several years, comes this year as the honored Chef de Cuisine.

• Michelle Bernstein: Bringing a bit of Miami to Naples wine festival Published 01/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Chef Michelle Bernstein brings the adventurous flavors of Miami to the winter wine festival this year.

• Mama Mia! Sweet Mama's still puts the spicy in East Naples Published 01/20/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Spicy food — you either love it or hate it. I adore it and just discovered a place in East Naples that Neapolitans and vacationers have been raving about for years. Sweet Mama's moved to the East Trail nearly two ...

• Larry King brings his vast TV years to Naples Sunday Published 01/19/2012 at 4 a.m.

  The retired king of talk TV, Larry King, isn't firing off the questions -- he's answering them this time.

• Wagon train of food trucks circles Immokalee casino Friday for high-class repast Published 01/18/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Seminole Casino in Immokalee will be surrounded Friday by a wagon train of gourmet food trucks.

• Naples Food Tours rolls into town Published 01/18/2012 at 4 a.m.

  See Naples through the eyes of a gourmet, with new Naples Food tours.

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