The Tandem Tasters enjoy discovering unique off the beaten path gems by chance.

The Breakfast House, which also serves lunch is one of those special finds. The Breakfast House is in a sweet little yellow house with an outdoor terrace It is nearly hidden along a busy Sarasota road among industrial properties. It looked so inviting that I turned back to explore. An hour later I was swooning from their delicious food. Of course, by now most of our readers know that I have am a lobster lover, close to obsession.

Today I indulged in fresh Maine lobster for breakfast! Our Tandem Traveler and Taster teams will be savoring more lobster in Rockland , Maine, very soon in early June. I could not wait.

Since the chef at the The Breakfast House hails from Maine, no wonder he knew how lobster should taste. He also knows how to prepare a perfect poached egg. This sounds easy, but it is not. Then he topped it all with the touch of lemon in his homemade hollandaise. No wonder this little treasure was so busy on a weekday morning off season.

I will be returning soon, on purpose this time, to try the shrimp and grits, and to obtain a recipe or two and their new website for our culinary columns.

If you go, look for a yellow cottage with a white picket fence near downtown Sarasota at l817 Fruitville Road. 941-366-6860.



Brenda C. Hill
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Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, “$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book”

Brenda Hill
Author: Brenda Hill

As a longtime food writer for Where Magazine New York City, Brenda Hill, along with her writing partner, Maralyn Hill (no relation), writes and publishes books about chefs, food and international travel. They co-authored "Our Love Affairs with Food & Travel" and joined French Master Chef Herve Laurent in writing "Cooking Secrets: The Why and How" Brenda has been active in the California Writer's Club, IFWTWA, and the Santa Barbara's Writers Conference. Brenda Hill and her partner Maralyn Hill conduct marketing and writing seminars. Maralyn and I will be heading back to Rancho La Puerta in July to give our presentation on writing and marketing your book, as well as bringing back some freshly picked off the farm nutritious and tasty recipes.