Author: Suzy Fleming Leonard, Florida Today

Disney celebrates the visual, performing and culinary arts with annual six-week festival running Jan. 17-Feb. 24
       

Festivals bring frog legs to Fellsmere, key lime pie to Merritt Island, seafood to Grant, chili to Cocoa Village and whiskey to Eau Gallie
       

When it comes to awards shows, I’ll pass, thank you. But come Monday, I’ll be flipping through the photo galleries checking out the fashions

Yelp’s Top 100 list is made up of eateries across the country that received top ratings and the most reviews in 2019
       

Sports bars, ethnic eateries, gastropubs and waterfront restaurants were among the new places that opened on the Space Coast in 2019
       

Columnist Suzy Fleming Leonard shares a few random thoughts as the new decade gets its start.

Volunteers are needed to help Food Network’s “Restaurant: Impossible” with a two-day renovation of Loyd Have Mercy in Titusville
       

Owner of Village BierGarten in Cocoa Village has created a similar restaurant in South Brevard; a second location for Pub Americana coming soon, too
       

My goal for 2020 is to be more like my dog: up for a little adventure, but always content to hang out at home on the couch
       

2019 brought its share of sadness, but it wasn’t bad, as far as years go
       

It’s become a tradition at FLORIDA TODAY for our staff to read “A Visit from St. Nicholas” as a gift to our readers. We hope you enjoy it.
       

If you’re back on the Space Coast for the holidays, here are a few places that opened in 2019 that you might want to check out
       

After 34 years in Cocoa Village, El Charro will close for good on Dec. 28
       

The Pettigrew family opened the first Petty’s in Melbourne 44 years ago; both locations will be sold later this month, with the Suntree store closing
       

Petty’s Meat Market stores in Suntree and on Babcock Street are being sold; the new owners will close the Suntree store

Florida Trend magazine has named its top restaurants for 2019, with two Brevard earning Golden Spoons and a third recognized as a top newcomer
       

A Christmas cactus can be beautiful all year with the right care and watering
       

It’s not easing keeping a family together over many miles and multiple generations, but the effort that goes into a reunion is 100 percent worth it
       

Suzy Fleming Leonard and Scott Earick try exotic durian fruit for the first time. Uploaded Oct. 9, 2015.

The Dove III in downtown Melbourne is getting ready for Easter with lamb shanks. But if you can’t make it for Easter, you’ll find great traditional Italian food here any time of year. Uploaded April 2, 2014.