Sweet Spots
They’re not just desserts. The cupcakes of Holly Wilder, the tortes of Patti Schmidt and the truffles of Marci Arthur are culinary works of art. |READ|
Why I Give
Four Central Florida philanthropists have made life better for our children, our health-care resources, our cultural landscape and the world at large. |READ|
Still Running Against the Wind
Downtown Orlando’s oldest and longest road race has seen many changes over the decades, and three runners have been there since Day 1. |READ|

Featured Articles

Sweet Spots

They’re not just desserts. The cupcakes of Holly Wilder, the tortes of Patti Schmidt and the truffles of Marci Arthur are culinary works of art. |READ|

Why I Give

Four Central Florida philanthropists have made life better for our children, our health-care resources, our cultural landscape and the world at large. |READ|

2011 Silver Spoon Awards

We have a food truck that offers five-star cuisine, a restaurant with a view of giraffes and wildebeests, a chef with a green thumb and another who invented a whole New World. |READ|

Agenda

At the History Center, an Inside-the-Park Exhibit

Here in Central Florida, many of us are experts on the local theme parks. We know the best attractions, and we know the ones to avoid. We might even have a favorite strategy or two to cut down on time spent standing in line. But if you aspire to even loftier levels of theme-park erudition, you’ll want to visit the Orange County Regional History Center before the end of April to check out an exhibit called The Serious Art of Make-Believe. |READ|

Design Style

Haute Dog

Fashion trends aren’t just for bipeds. They’re for our four-legged bowsers, too. |READ|

First

Knockin’ On Aging’s Door

Here’s one good thing about getting older: There’s no lack of advice about it. And yes, now that you ask, I just happen to have some of that advice right here. |READ|

Flavor

At Tommy Addison’s, the Food is Fine; the Backstory is Puzzling

I’ve never been big on over-theming a restaurant, especially if it involved creating a contrived back story about real or imaginary characters who may or may not have had something to do with the place. Portobello Yacht Club comes immediately to mind.

Native Son

When Dollars Cease to Flow, Help for a River Evaporates

Our natural resources are priceless, but it’s tougher to pay attention to them when the economy doesn’t cooperate. |READ|

Pages

Florida’s Loopy Politics, From Pepper to Martinez

Orange County’s own Mel Martinez and Florida’s notorious 1950 Pepper-vs.-Smathers U.S. Senate race are the subjects of two lively new books. |READ|

Wellness

‘Everything Here is for Me and Women Like Me’

Tall, tan and fit, Linda Dove is a picture of health despite what she’s been through the past couple of years. She smiles and even laughs as she recounts the experience of being diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer in her late 40s, enduring a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation treatments and, finally, reconstructive surgery. |READ|