Category: Family Recipes

THE BEST SHUCKIN’ WEEK EVER!

The Best Shuckin’ Week Ever!

August 5th marks National Oyster Day, so naturally, we decided to host our own Oyster Week leading up to National Oyster Day! Here at Anna Maria Oyster Bar, we serve our oysters seven different ways: Raw Fried Steamed Garlic Parmesan Chipotle (Grandma George’s) Rockefeller (with bacon) Tequila Lime – NEW! house-made tequila citrus blend, garlic butter, and parmesan cheese baked and finished with scallions You can order our oysters by the dozen or half-dozen. Can’t decide which style to try? Try our Oyster Sampler made up of three of each: Rockefeller, Chipotle, Garlic Parmesan, and Fried. We also serve Granddaddy

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THE HANGOVER RECIPE AND LYNN & ANN’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY

The Hangover Recipe and Lynn & Ann’s 60th Anniversary

This article originally appeared in the Island Sun As I’ve written before…we’re all about food in our family…whether it’s cooking, eating, growing, buying, ordering or sitting around a table after a HUGE meal…our family is all about food…and wine! And we have been as long as I can remember. Some of my fondest memories came around our small dining table where we ate growing up. We had 2 meals every day at that table. Breakfast and dinner were always shared by the four of us around that table. After breakfast we passed the four sections of the Tampa Tribune around

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HERALD-TRIBUNE: LIQUID LOVE – AMOB SUNSET

Herald-Tribune: Liquid Love – AMOB Sunset

A Sunset Cocktail at Anna Maria Oyster Bar, coupled with some signature shucked molluscs, makes for a quintessential tropical experience. INGREDIENTS 2 ounces Cruzan Vanilla Rum 4 ounces pineapple juice 1 ounce grenadine   MIXOLOGY Fill a hurricane glass with ice. Shake the rum and pineapple juice with ice. Pour the grenadine into the bottom of the glass, and strain the shaken mixture into the glass. Garnish with a speared maraschino cherry and an orange slice. Anna Maria Oyster Bar Landside is at 6906 14th St. W., Bradenton. 941-758-7880; oysterbar.net Note: This article appeared in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on July

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CHEF AT THE MARKET | AMOB HASH

Chef at the Market | AMOB Hash

We were thrilled to participate in Chef at the Market at the Bradenton Farmers’ Market on Saturday, May 6, sponsored by our good friends at Realize Bradenton! It was even more special to team up with Darwin Brewing Co….. creators of the AWESOME Pier Beer …. to create a food & beer pairing.  We chose to integrate Summadayze IPA, a flagship DBC brew, into the AMOB Hash, an AMOB on the Pier Brunch favorite. John suited up in his favorite Chef’s coat, sharpened up his knives, and (with the help of the Darwin Brewing Co. crew and their delicious Summadayze

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THE STORY BEHIND THE OYSTER STEW

The Story Behind The Oyster Stew

The story behind the oyster stew JOHN HORNE | ANNA MARIA OYSTER BAR Cooking and love of food in my family goes way back. I think the first time I remember being in an institutional kitchen was in the Polk County Stockade in the ’60s. I know me being in a cell doesn’t surprise anyone that knows me, but in the ’60s?? I was born in ’61, so did I start my criminal record before my 10th birthday? No, not exactly, I am named after my grandfather, John Washington Senn, and everyone in Bartow called him Capt. Jake, as he

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