Cathy Salustri

1 week ago | thegabber.com | Cathy Salustri

Put The Mango Murders on your late-summer reading list. It’s the latest from Key West author Lucy Burdette, and it’s the perfect beach read for summer. Or, you know, the perfect “sitting in the well-air-conditioned house in the thick of the midday heat” read. You do you. We’ve reviewed Lucy Burdette’s work in the past, so for this book, we’ve asked her to answer a few questions about the book, her recipes, and her writing process. Who Do You Kill, and Why?

1 week ago | thegabber.com | Cathy Salustri

V-Roll’s owner brings her family’s Vietnamese recipes and build-your-own spring rolls to Gulfport this summer. Stephanie Nghiem (rhymes with Kim) moved to St. Petersburg last year, and well before GeckoFest, she hopes to have her Vietnamese restaurant, V-Roll open in downtown Gulfport. “I was looking for a place in St. Pete or Tampa, anywhere in this area, and my Realtor told me about this place in Gulfport,” she told The Gabber Newspaper.

1 month ago | thegabber.com | Cathy Salustri

This Friday (April 18), Florida writer Andrew Furman will speak about his latest book, Of Slash Pines and Manatees, as part of Gulfport Arts and Heritage’s porch party series. In advance of the event, we asked Furman to answer a few questions about his book, his craft, and Florida. The Gabber Newspaper has its questions in bold; beneath, find Furman’s unedited answers. Why the title, Of Slash Pines and Manatees?

2 months ago | thegabber.com | Cathy Salustri

I’m not a huge fan of Gasparilla-themed events — too many people, plastic beads, and cheap beers — and after reading Linda Hurtado Bond’s latest, All the Captive Girls, that isn’t likely to change. Not because Bond’s latest didn’t hold my attention. On the contrary, All the Captive Girls kept me spellbound from start to finish. Rather, the serial killer among the Gasparilla celebrants doesn’t paint quite the picture Tampa’s marketing team likely wants.

2 months ago | thegabber.com | Cathy Salustri

Sometimes a script doesn’t quite live up to the show’s talented cast. Regrettably, this is the case with No One is Forgotten at Urbanite Theatre in Sarasota. Of all the theaters within an hour of South Pinellas, Urbanite takes the most risks. Most of the time those risks work out for them. No One Is Forgotten offers a rare example of the risk doesn’t pan out the way this writer would hope. No One Is Forgotten: A Journalist’s NightmareDon’t misunderstand: The show has a lot right with it.