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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Pork Tots, Soft-Shell Crab and Candy. Lots of Candy [This Week’s Weekend Eats]

Posted Oct 31, 2011 by Jeff Houck

Updated Oct 31, 2011 at 01:48 PM

I love doing Weekend Eats on Mondays, partly because I get to see a lot of seasonal cooking.

Like that cool thing in the photo above.

My Twitter friend @SRowl made a bread mummy with a spinach dip in the stomach region. How cool is that???

You don’t get mummy-shaped food other times of the year. And if you do, you really shouldn’t eat it. Just say, “No thanks, I’ll wait until Halloween.

This week’s other contributors are enough to make you want to chew your arm off to get to it.

They include:

@Mattsland - crab dumplings, almond-crusted French toast, beef brisket

@TampaTapRoom - Shrimp & oyster po-boys and seafood gumbo with Redhook Pilsner

@jenroeNY - Candy, lots of Candy!!

@LynnATL - Sweet potato pancakes with toasted pecans and warm caramelized brown sugar syrup from @highlandbakery

@RobinDorian - Rainy, snowy day cupboard foraging @traveleatdrink pulled together amazing homemade mushroom soup & sardine pasta.

@terrysimpson - lamb, risotto w shaves truffle courtesy of Bouchon

@abaesel2 - mac ‘n cheese, tomato/cuke salad, & choc cake w/ 1500 walkers & 350 vol crew of the tampa bay #the3day

@floridagirlindc - Off menu (for now) Pork Tots w Creamy Grits by @Will0724, new chef at Brasserie Beck! I wanna spoon w em!

@CaraBarone - surprisingly, greek omelete from Grecian Island on DI

@MyMansBelly - Drinking the Rum and Ginger Smash

@RobinRipley - Home-baked blondies with lots of butter, dark chocolate and white chocolate. Will pay for it on the spin bike.

Susan Jacobs Leonidas - Pad Thai, Chicken Salad Gop Li, and Basil Chicken at Wat Tampa - that’s what I had for lunch yesterday and was the best of the Weekend Eats!

Jodi Fritch - Brown Butter Sauteed Apple Crepes topped with fresh ricotta. Devoured too quickly for #foodporn.

Shirley Steele - Soft shell crab sandwich at the Fish House in Ruskin..delicious! Also Rum pumpkin bread from the weekend market at the corner of Shell Point/ 41.

Here’s this week’s gallery, which includes shots which were held over from previous weeks. Click on the photo to see the description of the food: