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By Times staff
© St. Petersburg Times
published August 1, 2002

Chefs' competition -- 6:30 p.m. today, Apron's Cooking School at Publix Supermarket Shoppes of Citrus Park, 7835 Gunn Highway, Tampa. Chef Thomas McKinney-Steh of Oystercatchers and chef Parker Stafford of Splash! Ocean Grill square off to create the best menu with shrimp, monkfish, beets, plantains, tomatillos and peaches; chef Jay Minzer provides play-by-play. $50, (813) 926-4465.

Italian wine feast -- 7 p.m. today, Eric's New World Bistro, 1026 Florida Ave., Palm Harbor. Italian wines pair with five courses that include porcini-crusted sea bass on arugula salad, polenta-stuffed quail wrapped in prosciutto, veal roulade with Gorgonzola, and truffled peach tiramisu; $60 plus tax and gratuity. Call (727) 787-7734.

More Italian wine -- 7-9 p.m. Fri., Grand Cru Wine Cellar, 11724 N Dale Mabry Highway (Main Street Shopping Center), Tampa. Tasting proves there's more to Italian wines than Chianti. $15, includes snacks and coupon for wine purchase. Call (813) 269-8463.

Quick and easy -- 6:30-9 p.m. today, La Maison Gourmet, 471 Main St., Dunedin. Learn to prepare make-ahead dishes chicken Florentine soup, grilled vegetable pot pie with puff pastry crust, grilled steak salad with green beans and Gorgonzola, and chocolate-strawberry ice cream pie; $39.50. Call (727) 736-3070.

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