Tampa Bay Foodways
Are you a chef, food writer, restaurant owner, or food lover in Tampa Bay? We must confess, we’re obsessed with food, cooking, and restaurants. We know there’s a lot of us out there, tucked away in the nooks and crannies of the sprawling Tampa Bay area. We already devote the better part of our waking lives to food, eating, cooking, drinking, documenting the best and creating new delicacies of our own. So why not do it as a group once in awhile?
We were inspired by a group called the Southern Foodways Alliance that mixes great food and drink with a respect for tradition. They combine their love of food with a willingness to learn about food culture and appreciate the art it inspires. Their annual symposium is a lively party that only stops long enough for speakers to enlighten the audience with their knowledge and humor.
It gives us great pleasure to announce the formation of Tampa Bay Foodways, a group dedicated to finding the best Florida has to offer the food world. We’re just getting started, the organization is coming together, the website is under construction, and we have a discussion board, At the moment, our mission statement is still up for debate, but goes something like this:
The Tampa Bay Foodways Alliance seeks to celebrate, document, and contribute to the best of Florida’s food culture.
How could we best fulfill that statement as a group? I suspect we’ll be eating, drinking, cooking, discussing, and debating food a lot. Hopefully we can help recognize people and businesses along the way that feel the way we do, have parties, and make some memories. So let’s talk food at the Ybor Crab Feast with the legendary Seabreeze Restaurant on May 22, 2010. For more details, look down.
To join our mailing list, write to foodwah@gmail.com
To rsvp for the crab event, see below.
Until then,
the “Taste Buds”