Fresh vegetables are key to executive chef's recipes.
As co-owner and executive chef of the four Acropolis Tavernas, including the one in Winthrop Town Centre, Costa Waez has his hands more than full. I was lucky to find the time between his busy schedule and mine to get this interview. I had to meet him at his Ybor City location and, if I had caught just one more red light, I would be writing this article about a different chef. Waez was born in 1962 in Syria and spent a good portion of his life in the Mediterranean enjoying the local fare and learning to appreciate good food. He made a few valid points about how the soil varies from continent to continent. The water affects the soil, sugar and even salt, according to climate, so the food will taste different even though the same recipe is …
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Chef Anderson Ruiz is a serious hands-on type of cook who isn't just there on paper.
After eating and doing a column on the first 4-star breakfast I have ever eaten, I thought it proper to write about the chef, and what a story he has to tell. Anderson Ruiz was born in Colombia in 1979 and has had a full 31 years of life. He worked his way through college and has a bachelor of arts in accounting, and that certainly helps in a restaurant business. He did work as a busser, server and prep cook while earning his degree in accounting but he admits to not having a culinary degree. He has taken culinary classes here and there but he basically became a chef overnight as a matter of necessity. He had his ducks in a row -- a location, signed lease, financial partners, servers, front of the house managers, back of the house players …
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Latin Grill
3318 John Moore Rd, Brandon, FL
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Sushi Ninja
887 E Bloomingdale Ave, Brandon, FL
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G.c. Gould
6:29 am on Friday, March 11, 2011
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