Jeff Houck

The Tampa Tribune’s food writer since 2005, Jeff Houck covers the way people live through their food. He also hosts the Table Conversations food podcast and believes that everything crunchy is good.

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Banana Fudge Milkshake, Gorilla Balls & Significant Quantities of Eggnog [This Week’s Weekend Eats]

Posted Dec 19, 2011 by Jeff Houck

Updated Dec 19, 2011 at 02:35 PM

I don’t know how you make a peanut butter cup with bourbon.

Frankly, I don’t care.

But it makes me think this world is a better place for the sheer fact it exists.

I don’t have to taste it.

I don’t have to make it.

Just seeing a beautiful photo of - and having prior knowledge of the taste of both things - makes it my favorite Weekend Eats for this week.

And for that, I thank Pamela Braun, author of the blog My Man’s Belly. Pamela, whose Twitter logon is @MyMansBelly, wins this week’s first prize:

A copy of “Serious Eats - A Comprehensive Guide to Making & Eating Delicious Food Wherever You Are” by Ed Levine.

Other scrumptious entries this week:

@Brewkkake- The thick-as-concrete banana fudge shake at @EatCookout in Raleigh, NC. #diabeetus

@MrsARodriguez - I ate my first (and probably last) corn dog! I can’t believe it took me this long.

@karenmcallister - Mushroom Brie Cups. Delish and, most importantly, easy to make:)

@TampaTapRoom - St. Bernardus Christmas Ale paired with some delicious fish and chips at the Tampa Tap Room. Absolutely hit the spot

@SuwanneeRefugee – Had a great blackened swordfish and asparagus. Key lime pie and 20 year old port for dessert. #oystercatchers

@gereon_DL - What a treat, over there. Tonight porc meat a la Brabanconne over here with cabbage an mashed potatoes

@otmdish - Had brunch hosted by the Casserole Queen. At home: suave swordfish belly.

Yvette Hammett – Since I didn’t have many leftovers for Thanksgiving, I roasted a turkey, made homemade gravy, got the leftover dressing and cranberry sauce out of the freezer and pretended like it was the holidays. ALL YUMMY!

Nanette Tuason Hardee - The burratta and kale salad at Kiitchnbar. Almost illegal.

Illegal burratta. I love the idea of that.

Here’s this week’s gallery of fantastic eats for the week. It’s okay to commence the eye-drooling: