My Culinary Hits of 2008

As I alluded to, I am an absolute foodie, and love to discover food both here in the Tampa area, as well as around the country.

I would like to share with you some of the foods that my husband and I have enjoyed over the past year from the following places:

• Erica's Saigon Deli & Lien Hoa Market Meetup in Tampa
• Erica's Asia Bagus Restaurant Meetup in Kissimmee
• Will's Ragin' Cajun Meetup for the Gators vs. Tigers Football Game
• Us "test driving" my Sassy Jambalaya recipe before the football Meetup
• Food that we ate while on board Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas
• Mike's City Diner in Boston, MA1
  
• The Lobster Trap Restaurant in North Conway, NH3
  
• Ben & Jerry's Headquarters in Burlington, VT3
• Big Fatty's Pit BBQ in Burlington, VT1
• Kitchen Table Bistro in Burlington, VT2
• The Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, NH1

1 featured on Food Network's Guy Fieri's "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives
2 featured in Food & Wine Magazine
3 can't remember which Food Network show I saw this place on, but it's been on the network (probably a Rachael Ray or Unwrapped episode)

And now, without further ado... our Foods of 2008: