It’s the weekend and you’ve missed your significant other/fiance/spouse all week with your hectic schedules. Here’s a romantic menu you can make together, or turn it into an impromptu dinner party for six. Whatever you decide, make it fun! Parsley is probably the most underrated herb around. It’s full of …

Here’s a summer weeknight menu using colorful, fresh ingredients and simple, clean flavors. It won’t take much time to make this and it’s a perfect alfresco meal for four people. Ingredients 4 medium yellow tomatoes 1 medium to large sweet onion 1/2 large cucumber 1 clove garlic olive oil sea …

During the rainy season here in Florida, some nights nothing hits the spot like a bowl of soup. Soups are easy to make, affordable and one batch of soup can feed a whole family with some crusty bread and a cold, crisp salad. I add some cultural influences to my …

Food and Travel Nation with Elizabeth Dougherty THE REAL STORY ABOUT GMOs IN THE ERA OF FAKE NEWS The TRUTH about Food and Travel Original Broadcast Date:  11/26/2018 We rely upon the news, particularly print journalists, to do research and to write stories that convey all angles so we can have …

We’ve all been there. You’ve got an important project due at work and your mind drifts away to that dreamy place filled with cookies fresh from the oven. Cookie Monster has the same problem, so his friends at Sesame Street posted his new music video, “Share It Maybe.” Here’s the …

Mojo roast turkey is a welcome explosion of flavors. I don’t know if you noticed yet, but all of this year’s Thanksgiving dishes are very easy because we are all busy, right? Here we go. Ingredients 15 lb turkey, fresh or thawed in the fridge. (Don’t thaw outside the fridge!) …

ALL ABOUT ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY I love to cook! I have been cooking and writing about food for more than ten years. As the fourth generation of chefs and gourmet grocers in my family, my mother, Francesca Esposito and grandmother, Carmella served as major influences in my early cooking years. As …

  Guest: Anthony Bourdain – Elizabeth Dougherty spoke with Anthony Bourdain before his November 2010 appearance at The Mahaffey Center in Tampa Bay.  In this interview he opens up about his world travels, fellow chefs, not offending his hosts, and at the very end he mentions a troubled past that …