MICHAEL  F.  BAVOTA

Supermarket Seafood- Author/Writer- Seafood Chef

ABOUT MICHAELGOT A QUESTION?SEAFOOD LOVERS BIBLEMEDIA ARCHIVESGREAT RECIPESINDUSTRY TIPSGREAT SHRIMP RECIPESSEAFOOD HOW TOSEAFOOD FACTSCONTACT MICHAELSPIRITUAL THOUGHTSSPIRIT OF THE EVERGLADESBAVOTA APPEARANCESWRITING CREDITSLESSON I'LL NEVER FORGETSEAFOOD EXPERT SPEAKSTIPS FOR WRITERSMICHAEL BAVOTA LINKSSHORT STORY OF THE MONTH
 

BOOKS
Clear Light Publishers:
APR-99  Seafood Lover's Bible


PUBLISH AMERICA
SEP-04  Spirit of the Everglades

PUBLISH AMERICA
JUN-05  A Lesson I'll Never Forget and Other Short Stories

MICHAEL BAVOTA, INC.
JAN-05  The Seafood Department Manager's Guide to Supermarket
Seafood--the Expert Speaks

EARLY PUBLICATIONS

BRILLIANT STAR/CHILD'S WAY

MAR-83  The Trouble with Mathilda
SEP-86  Trinkets of Love


NEW ENGLAND GROCERY MAG

SEP-83  Seafood Store
JAN-84   Frozen Seafood


THE HERALD NEWS

MAR-85   Choose & Cook Fish

HUDSON VALLEY MAGAZINE

AUG-85   Mysterious Leatherman




TRADE MAGAZINE COLUMNS

AMER. SEAFOOD INSTITUTE
JUL--90    Supermarket Shop Talk
JUL--90    Introduction & Industry View
SEP--90   Seafood Handling
OCT--90   Improving Sales and Profit
NOV--90   Retail Shrink Control
DEC--90  Open & Close Procedure
JAN--91    New Year--New Ideas
FEB--91   Standards,
MAR--91   Sampling Stimulates
APR--91   Managing Frozen Seafood
MAY--91   Planning First Seminar
JUN--91   Putting Seafood in its Place
JUL--91   Advertising Weekly Circular
AUG--91  Self Serve Seafood
SEP--91  Customer Service
OCT--91  Setting Stage Main Event
NOV--91  A Year in Review
DEC--91  9th Annual FMI Convention
JAN--92   Getting Share of Dollars
FEB--92  Customer confidence
MAR--92  Inventory Control
APR--92  Lesson in Lobster Tanks
MAY--92  Value of Value Added
JUN--92  Educating the Sales Clerk
JUL--92   Managing Through Change
AUG-92  15 Second to Sales
OCT-92  Getting Jump on Holiday
NOV-92  Effective Record Keeping
DEC-92  Past and Future
JAN--93  Getting Close to Customers
FEB--93  Truth or Consequences
MAR-93  Breaking Down Objections
APR-93  Attracting New Sales
MAY-93  Watch Your Attitude
JUN-93  Good Sanitation Practices
AUG-93  Good Handling Practices
OCT-93  HACCP, Logic
NOV-93  The A Word
DEC-93  Using Personal Computer

NEWS PAPER PRINT

OCEAN COUNTY REPORTER

JAN-89   Boardwalk Arcades
JAN-89   Control Officer
JAN-89   Terror Point Pleasant
FEB-89   Meadows at Mantoloking
FEB-89   TR Smurf Collectors
MAR-89   Manchester Cheerleaders
MAR-89   They're All heart
APR-89   Girl Scouts Pick Up
APR-89   Gov. Kean Volley Ball
APR-89   Sherwood Talks Trash
MAY-89   Cogeneration-noGeneration
MAY-89   Science Fair Ridgeway
MAY-89   Shakespeare Manchester
MAY-89   OC Animal Adopts
JUN-89   Boardwalk Skaters
JUN-89   Leisure Knoll Concerns
JUN-89   Daggett Gives Thumps Up
JUN-89   Manchester Spring Festival
JUN-89   Officials Listen to Vets
JUN-89   Crime Watch Holly Oaks
JUN-89   Watching Mededeconk
JUN-89   Florio Surprise
JUN-89   Manchester Graduates
JUN-89   Harrison Building
JUN-89   Jersey Shore Boat race
JUN-89   Jersey Seafood Challenge

MARKET WATCH

SEP-90   Raising Seafood on Farm

FOOD PEOPLE MAGAZINE

AUG-90   Auaculture is Agriculture
SEP-90   Cry Fowl
SEP-90   Convenience Seafood
AUG-91   Tilapia Fish All Seasons

SUPERMARKET BUSINESS
1994-2000
Sep--94   1994 Category Update 
Sep--95   1995 Category Update
Mar-99   Ten Year Review
Jun--99   Word is Salesmanship
Aug-99   Customer's Perception
Dec-99   Century Accomplishments
Mar-00   Lobster Tanks
Jun--00   Effective Seafood Sampling
Sep--00  Customer Confidence
Dec--00  Good Customer Service
2001-2007
Jan-- 01   Aquaculture
May-01   Effective Product Mix
Oct--01   Fresh as Fresh Can Be
Dec--01   Breaking Down Buyer Objections
Mar--02  Seafood Grand Opening
Jul---02   Fresh Salmon
Sep--02   Cross Contamination
Dec--02   Creating a Seafood Niche
May-03  C.O.O.L New Regulations
Jul---03   Art of Seafood Display
Sep--03   Consumer Attitudes
Dec--03   How Important is Your Ad?
May-04   Shrimp Wars
Jul---04   Seafood Misnomers
Feb--05   Salemanship and the Mussel
Aug--05  Holiday Seafood Merchandising
Sep--05   The Seafood Associate
Feb--06   Seafood Q&A
Apr--06  Independent Profit Margin
Aug--06  Demystifying Succulent Scallops
Sep--06   Is it Flounder or Sole?
Mar-07   Seafood Lenten Make-over
May-07  Pasteurized Canned Crab Meat
July--07 Four Great Seafood Demo Tips 


TRADE MAGAZINE COLUMNS

SEAFOOD BUSINESS

NOV-88   Supermarket Counters...
MAR-90   Self Service Seafood
MAR-91   Good Help Hard to Find
OCT-95   It's a New Record
JUN-97   HACCP in Supermarket
JAN-98    Reduce Grand Open Stress
APR-98   Home Meal Replacement

2000-2002

NOV--00   Surf the Net
DEC--00   Receiving Procedures


JAN--01    Sniffing Out Clues
FEB--01    Imitation Crab
MAR--01   Live Lobster Game
APR--01   Sell More Salmon
MAY--01   Sales from Bad Press
JUN--01   Iceless Seafood Counters
JUL--01   Selling Seafood Themes
AUG--01  Seafood Safety
SEP--01  Seafood Councils
OCT--01  Adding Assortment
DEC--01  Care of Seniors

JAN--02   Kids Love Seafood
FEB-02   Building a Margin Mix
MAR-02  Fresh and Frozen
APL-02   In Search of Shrink
MAY-02   Sampling And Demos
JUN-02   Finding Good Help
JUL-02   Saving on Work Habits
AUG-02  Holiday Plans
SEP-02  Good Customer Service
OCT-02  About Shellfish
DEC-02  Maximizing Seafood Sales

U. S. DEPT COMMERCE

SEP-90   Seafood Shrink
SEP-91   Supermarket Seafood Operation
OCT-92   Advance Shrink Workshop
NOV-93   New Employee Orientation
NOV-93   HACCP Training Workbook

BUREAU BUSINESS PRACTICES

DEC-91   Principal's Past History
AUG-91   Getting Touch w/`Senior Needs
SEP-91   Selling Yourself in Sales
OCT-91   Home Child Care

COLLECTOR'S NEWS & ANTIQUE REPORTER

JAN-89   35th Toledo Toy Fair
MAY-91   Smurfs-More Cartoon
JUL-93   O.C. Attract Collectors

WOMEN'S CIRCLE HOME COOKING

JAN-92   Quick Easy Seafood

PAGENTRY MAGAZINE

MAY-06 How to Maximize Your Print Media Exposure

COINS MAGAZINE

JUN-85  Real Piece of History
JAN-86  Treasure of Mystery Hoard
MAR-86 Computerize Collection
NOV-87 Gaming Tokens

WRITERS DIGEST

OCT-83  Stiffs at Graystone Place
Honorable Mention,place23rd 1983 Fiction Contest

OUR FAMILY

DEC-85  A Lesson I'll Never Forget

SCALE AUTO ENTHUSIAST

APR-87  Garage Scene
FEB-89  How to Build a Diaroma

MODEL CAR COLLECTOR ASSOC.

OCT-87  1987 N.N.L. Convention

INTERNET ARTICLES

FISH EGGS FOR THE SOUL WBBS


FEB-98  How to Get First Sale
MAR-98 Create Writing Discipline
APR-98 Adding Photography
MAY-98 Good Opening Hook
JUN-98 Marketing Your Work
FEB-99 Q&A for Beginners
SEP-99  elationship with Editor

TROPITIE
APR-99  Island Seafood
MAY-00  Palau
JUL-00  Favorites of the Keys
MAR-01 Italy Favorites

WRITING FOR DOLLARS
APR-99  Writing for Hobby Market


COMMUNITY NEWS PUBLICATIONS

SEP-04 Alaric Perhot Makes Right Choice
SEP-04 San Antonio is Cleaning Up
SEP-04 San Antonio Rattlesnake History
SEP-04 Florida Police Unity Ride
SEP-04 Silver Hawk Native Amer. Gather
SEP-04 San Antonio Pass-Punt-Kick
SEP-04 Annual Rattlesnake Pageant Brief
SEP-04 McMullen Park
SEP-04 Wesley Chapel Arts
SEP-04 Hampton Lakes Sweet Bay
SEP-04 Microtel Zephyrhills
SEP-04 Sliver Hawk Event
OCT-04 Zephyrhills Harvest Fest
OCT-04 Hist. Bed & Breakfast
OCT-04 Oh, So Close Chapel
OCT-04 Native Amer Fest Brief
OCT-04 Rattlessnake Pageant
OCT-04 Morningside Plaza
OCT-04 DC North
OCT-04 Genealogy
OCT-04 Rattlesnake Fest Charmer
OCT-04 Scarecrow Festival
OCT-04 TSA Claims
OCT-04 Amerada Hess Express
OCT-04 Native Amer Powwow
OCT -04 Zephr Harvest Fest
OCT-04 Curley Road Expansion
OCT-04 Local Potters
NOV-04 Tampa Bay Downs
NOV-04 Local Hospitals
NOV-04 Pasco Population Grows
NOV-04 Nursing and Hospice
NOV-04 Area Thrift & Fleas
NOV-04 Big New Stuff
NOV-04 Magical Christmas Parade
NOV-04 SR 52 Development
NOV-04 Wal-Mart Profile
NOV-04 DC North Rock Band
NOV-04 Gore's Dairy Sun Set
NOV-04 Publix Profile
NOV-04 Pioneer Florida Harvest
NOV-04 Second Harvest Food Bank
NOV-04 Hernando-Pasco Hospice
NOV-04 Wrede's Wildlife
NOV-04 Moore Mickens School
NOV-04 Ruskin Seafood Fest
NOV-04 Sandy's Tiki Totems
NOV- 04 Goodwill Suncoast 50yrs

COMMUNITY NEWS PUBLICATIONS

NOV-04 Roadside Shrimp Vendors
NOV-04 Super Target Profile
NOV-04 Cyrpess Creek Town Center
DEC-04 Rails & Trails
DEC-04 San Ann Merchant Thanks
DEC-04 Belk New Store
DEC-04 Tampa Bay Downs Opening Day
DEC-04 Transeastern Tampa Bay Golf &
DEC-04 Bexley Ranch
DEC-04 Zephryhills Gore Annex
JAN-05 Anchors Away
JAN-05 Fear of Giving Blood
JAN-05 Albertsons Conversions
JAN-05 Rotary Club
JAN-05 Vintage Fashion Show
JAN-05 Miss America 2004 in Dade City
JAN-05 Miss Kumquat Pageant
JAN-05 Kumquat Festival Final Announce
JAN-05 Parks and Trails in Counties
JAN-05 Area Gaming
JAN-05 Asian Cuisine
JAN-05 Florida Fresh
JAN-05 MD Oriental Market
JAN-05 Roadside Shrimp Vendors
JAN-05 Victoria K
JAN-05 Pasco Stakes
JAN-05 Changing Faces of Zpehryhills 
JAN-05 Tiny Kumquats Draw Big Crowds
FEB-05 Lenten Dinners St. Anthony
FEB-05 Carol Overstreet Author
FEB-05 Championship Rodeo
FEB-05 Honey Belles
MAR-05 Family Fun Activities
MAR-05 Italian Cuisine
MAR-05 In Search of Hometown Bakery
MAR-05 Tampa Bay Down Family Events
MAR-05 Bella Verde
MAR-05 Ashley Shannon
MAR-05 Pasco County Fair Pre-Announce
MAR-05 Miss Pasco County Fair
MAR-05 Miss Heart Pageant
MAR-05 Dade City Renovation
APR-05 Manatee Arts Fetsival
APR-05 BBQ Sweet to the Bone
APR-05 Canoe, Kayak, Scuba
APR-05 Gulf Coast Fun
APR-05 Local Museums
MAY-05 Michigan Millionaire Pasco
MAY-05 HoneyWord Bible for Kids
MAY-05 South of Border Cuisine
MAY-05 Used Book Stores
MAY-05 Mex/Latin/Spanish Grocers



SPIRIT OF THE EVERGLADES

BAVOTA APPEARANCES

WRITING CREDITS

WRITER FOR HIRE

LESSON I'LL NEVER FORGET

SEAFOOD EXPERT SPEAKS

TIPS FOR WRITERS

MICHAEL BAVOTA LINKS

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