Beginning in 1886, Tampa's cigar industry attracted immigrants from Cuba, Spain and Sicily, and they all brought their favorite foods. By the 1920s, Tampa's ethnic boundaries blurred as the smells of immigrant cooking mingled in the subtropical air, giving rise to "fusion cuisine" long before it was a trendy catch phrase in high-end restaurants. The […]
Andrew Huse
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Chronicling Tampa Bay’s Foodways
Introducing the “Conquistador Complex,” and remembering devil crabs.