Creekside Grill is again open for business, and it appears as if business is going well.

When I think of a tea room, I have visions of crustless bread, tiny pastries and teapots with exotic varieties.

Elephants never forget, and neither do restaurant reviewers.

You certainly get a feeling of community when you walk into the restaurant and coffee shop, nestled in Headland’s downtown square.

Let’s start with what you don’t get at The Shrimp Boat Deli: walls, ambiance, fake plants or silverware.

When I go to a restaurant (or “eatery” as some strange folks call it), there’s one thing I look for before anything else.

I admit it. I am a Thai food-crazy woman. I don’t understand the attraction that I have to it, other than it’s wonderfully different.

Any seafood restaurant that wants to survive in such a close proximity to Florida’s seafood has got to be prepared to keep its customers pleased.

Mama Rosa’s Pizza and Italian eatery provides a sound family atmosphere with sizable portions at an affordable cost.

So maybe Highland Oaks isn’t just for golfers anymore.

If you want to please a picky cook, look for gifts that solve problems and make work easier, or at least make it easier to love the work.

It had been four or five years ago when I visited Sisters’ Restaurant in Troy for the first time.

Sometimes, you need food on the go.

There’s no Haggis with bashed neeps, but there are fabulous salad, sandwich and burger choices galore.

I normally like to support locally-owned restaurants, but on a recent holiday with my wife to Panama City, Fla., we tried out a restaurant on the water.

Located on the east end of the beach, snuggled next to a high-rise development, Schooners is a landmark.

Holly Smith, a contestant on Food Network’s “The Next Iron Chef,“ praises this vinegary tomato and bread soup as being the perfect kid food — they can get their hands messy while mashing the bread into the tomatoes. That may be the case, but the 5-year-old tester still wouldn’t touch it. He doesn’t like tomatoes. His loss. It was delicious.

Melissa d’Arabian, host of Food Network’s “Ten Dollar Dinners,“ bravely tried to tempt a picky 5-year-old with a cheesy wilted spinach dish. Would it bring back memories of the curried spinach he loved as a toddler? It didn’t. He refused to eat anything but the sauce, and then only the tiniest lick off his fork.

Alexandra Guarnaschelli, host of Food Networks’ “Alex’s Day Off,“ came up with this kid-friendly soup that is topped with popcorn. The 5-year-old taste tester who generally avoids squash loved it.

In the battle to get a 5-year-old boy to embrace vegetables, the Food Network’s Alton Brown offered up these parsnip muffins, which were the easy winner in the taste test. They could be made healthier by substituting white whole-wheat flour for the all-purpose and by cutting back the sugar a bit.

Rachael Ray described this offering to the 5-year-old tester as “a dream, rich, simple and delish.“ It’s also easy to make and is loaded with 3 pounds of spinach and chard. That’s a lot. The kid agreed it was good. Except for the 3 pounds of greens.

The next generation of marshmallow lovers is amping the flavor of their puffy confections, taking their s’mores to new heights with tricks like slicing and stuffing them. And the marshmallow industry is taking notice.

Having spent too many meals watching my son skirt around the veggies on his plate — or during more pouty dinners simply shove them off — I wanted to see if the celebrity chefs from the Food Network could persuade him to embrace produce beyond fruit.

Mama Mia! It’s hard to find decent Italian food in Dothan, especially at an affordable price.

The Sweet Briar has a lot of good food to serve in a short amount of time. It’s well worth a visit.

The site, which features toungue-in-cheek recipes and luscious photos, has received plenty of media attention in the three months since its debut. And while it may not represent a full-blown culinary trend, it does illustrate the enduring appeal of playing with your food.

Rita’s Soul Food opened about a month ago in the old Mary’s Country Kitchen storefront as a dream for sisters who wanted to own a restaurant.

Nothing could be finer than eating at the Diner ... at least that’s what the staff’s T-shirts would have you believe.

OK, I know what you’re thinking: Italian at the beach? Isn’t there an ordinance or something?

If you like a down-home, mid-1880s atmosphere and great Southern food, Cracker Barrel is a solid choice.