Happy Fourth of July Weekend from Kelly’s Kitchen! It’s Ann Kelly, and I’ll bet you didn’t know that one of the most requested items to ship from home to men and women serving in the military is what we consume by what seems like the gallon – coffee! So please join me in stopping in at Sweetbay through Monday, July 4^th and purchasing or buying a bag or brick of coffee; that coffee will be donated to our troops overseas and Sweetbay will match the dollar amount of coffee sold for local families that are part of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Go to www.sweetbaysupermarket.com for all the details. To all those serving, or who have served, we thank you for your service.

Keep an eye on Kelly’s Kitchen when you return to work on Tuesday. We’ll announce the winner of our Favorite Fourth of July Recipe contest. Thanks to everyone who entered, we love hearing from you. And you’re always welcome to send comments, suggestions, and your special recipes to me in Kelly’s Kitchen at  949comments@coxtampa.com.

Since I’ll be at the Trop this weekend, check back in to Kelly’s Kitchen later this week and I’ll let you know what tasty delights they offer. Peanut, popcorn and crackerjack always on the menu.

Happy  Fourth of July! Enjoy the weekend…

Patriotic words of wisdom from Kelly’s Kitchen…

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.  You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.  ~Erma Bombeck