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:
04/ 99  Seafood Lover's Bible


SCREENPLAY

    Spirit of the Everglades

Winner Moondance Film Festival 2011

                 Calypso Award 


PUBLISH AMERICA
09/ 04  Spirit of the Everglades

PUBLISH AMERICA
06/ 05   A Lesson I'll Never Forget and Other Short Stories

MICHAEL BAVOTA, INC.
01/ 05  The Seafood Department Manager's Guide to Supermarket
Seafood--the Expert Speaks

EARLY PUBLICATIONS

BRILLIANT STAR/CHILD'S WAY
03/ 83   The Trouble with Mathilda
09/ 86   Trinkets of Love


NEW ENGLAND GROCERY MAG
09/ 83   Seafood Store
01/ 84   Frozen Seafood

THE HERALD NEWS
03/ 85  Choose & Cook Fish

HUDSON VALLEY MAGAZINE
08/ 85  Mysterious Leatherman




 

TRADE MAGAZINE COLUMNS

AMER. SEAFOOD INSTITUTE
04/ 90    Supermarket Shop Talk
04/ 90    Intro. & Industry View
09/ 90    Seafood Handling
10/ 90    Improving Sales and Profit
11/ 90    Retail Shrink Control
12/ 90    Open & Close Procedure
01/ 91    New Year--New Ideas
02/ 91    Standards, 
03/ 91    Sampling Stimulates
04/ 91    Managing Frozen Seafood
05/ 91    Planning First Seminar
06/ 91    Putting Seafood in its Place
07/ 91    Advertising Weekly Circular
08/ 91    Self Serve Seafood
09/ 91    Customer Service
10/ 91    Setting Stage Main Event
11/ 91    A Year in Review
12/ 91    9th Annual FMI Convention
01/ 92    Getting Share of Dollars
02/ 92    Customer confidence
03/ 92    Inventory Control
04/ 92    Lesson in Lobster Tanks
05/ 92    Value of Value Added
06/ 92    Educating the Sales Clerk
07/ 92    Managing Through Change
08/ 92    15 Second to Sales 
10/ 92    Getting Jump on Holiday
11/ 92    Effective Record Keeping
12/ 92    Past and Future
01/ 93    Getting Close to Customers
02/ 93    Truth or Consequences
03/ 93    Breaking Down Objections
04/ 93    Attracting New Sales
05/ 93    Watch Your Attitude
06/ 93    Good Sanitation Practices
08/ 93    Good Handling Practices
10/ 93    HACCP, Logic
11/ 93    The A Word
12/ 93    Using Personal Computer

 

NEWS PAPER PRINT

OCEAN COUNTY REPORTER
01/ 89   Boardwalk Arcades
01/ 89   Control Officer
01/ 89   Terror Point Pleasant
02/ 89   Meadows at Mantoloking
02/ 89   TR Smurf Collectors
03/ 89   Manchester Cheerleaders
03/ 89   They're All heart
04/ 89   Girl Scouts Pick Up
04/ 89   Gov. Kean Volley Ball
04/ 89   Sherwood Talks Trash
05/ 89   Cogeneration-noGeneration
05/ 89   Science Fair Ridgeway
05/ 89   Shakespeare Manchester
05/ 89   OC Animal Adopts
06/ 89   Boardwalk Skaters
06/ 89   Leisure Knoll Concerns
06/ 89   Daggett Gives Thumps Up
06/ 89   Manchester Spring Festival
06/ 89   Officials Listen to Vets
06/ 89   Crime Watch Holly Oaks
06/ 89   Watching Mededeconk
06/ 89   Florio Surprise
06/ 89   Manchester Graduates
06/ 89   Harrison Building
06/ 89   Jersey Shore Boat race
06/ 89   Jersey Seafood Challenge

MARKET WATCH
09/ 90   Raising Seafood on Farm

FOOD PEOPLE MAGAZINE
09/ 90   Aquaculture is Agriculture
09/ 90   Cry Fowl
09/ 90   Convenience Seafood
09/ 91   Tilapia Fish All Seasons

SUPERMARKET BUSINESS 1994-2000
09/ 94   1994 Category Update 
09/ 95   1995 Category Update
03/ 99   Ten Year Review
06/ 99   Word is Salesmanship
08/ 99   Customer's Perception
12/ 99   Century Accomplishments
03/ 00   Lobster Tanks
06/ 00   Effective Seafood Sampling
09/ 00   Customer Confidence
12/ 00   Good Customer Service
2001-2007
01/ 01   Aquaculture
05/ 01   Effective Product Mix
10/ 01   Fresh as Fresh Can Be
12/ 01   Breaking Down Buyer
             Objections
03/ 02   Seafood Grand Opening
07/ 02   Fresh Salmon
09/ 02   Cross Contamination
12/ 02   Creating a Seafood Niche
05/ 03   C.O.O.L New Regulations
07/ 03   Art of Seafood Display
09/ 03   Consumer Attitudes
12/ 03   How Important is Your Ad?
05/ 04   Shrimp Wars
07/ 04   Seafood Misnomers
02/ 05   Salemanship and the
             Mussel
08/ 05   Holiday Seafood
             Merchandising
09/ 05   The Seafood Associate
02/ 06   Seafood Q&A
04/ 06   Independent Profit Margin
08/ 06   Demystifying Succulent
             Scallops
09/ 06   Is it Flounder or Sole?
03/ 07   Seafood Lenten Make-over
05/ 07   Pasteurized Canned Crab
             Meat
07/ 07   Four Great Seafood Demo
             Tips 


 

TRADE MAGAZINE COLUMNS

SEAFOOD BUSINESS
11/ 88   Supermarket Counters...
03/ 90   Self Service Seafood
03/ 91   Good Help Hard to Find
10/ 95   It's a New Record
06/ 97   HACCP in Supermarket
01/ 98   Reduce Grand Open Stress
04/ 98   Home Meal Replacement

2000-2002
11/ 00   Surf the Net
12/ 00   Receiving Procedures

01/ 01   Sniffing Out Clues
02/ 01   Imitation Crab
03/ 01   Live Lobster Game
04/ 01   Sell More Salmon
05/ 01   Sales from Bad Press
06/ 01   Iceless Seafood Counters
07/ 01   Selling Seafood Themes
08/ 01   Seafood Safety
09/ 01   Seafood Councils
10/ 01   Adding Assortment
12/ 01   Care of Seniors

01/ 02   Kids Love Seafood
02/ 02   Building a Margin Mix
03/ 02   Fresh and Frozen
04/ 02   In Search of Shrink
05/ 02   Sampling And Demos
06/ 02   Finding Good Help
07/ 02   Saving on Work Habits
08/ 02   Holiday Plans
09/ 02   Good Customer Service
10/ 02   About Shellfish
12/ 02   Maximizing Seafood Sales

U. S. DEPT COMMERCE
09/ 90   Seafood Shrink
09/ 91   Supermarket Seafood
 Ops
10/ 92   Advance Shrink Workshop
11/ 93   New Employee Orientation
11/ 93   HACCP Training Workbook

BUREAU BUSINESS PRACTICES
12/ 91   Principal's Past History
08/ 91   Getting Touch w/`Senior
s
09/ 91   Selling Yourself in Sales
10/ 91   Home Child Care

COLLECTOR'S NEWS & ANTIQUE REPORTER
01/ 89   35th Toledo Toy Fair
05/ 91   Smurfs-More Cartoon
07/ 93   O.C. Attract Collectors

WOMEN'S CIRCLE HOME COOKING
01/ 92   Quick Easy Seafood

PAGENTRY MAGAZINE

05/ 06 How to Maximize Your Print

           Media Exposure

COINS MAGAZINE
06/ 85  Real Piece of History
01/ 86  Treasure of Mystery Hoard
03/ 86  Computerize Collection
11/ 87  Gaming Tokens

WRITERS DIGEST
10/ 83  Stiffs at Graystone Place
Honorable Mention,place23rd 1983 Fiction Contest

OUR FAMILY
12/ 85  A Lesson I'll Never Forget

SCALE AUTO ENTHUSIAST
04/ 87  Garage Scene
02/ 89  How to Build a Diaroma

MODEL CAR COLLECTOR ASSOC.
10/ 87  1987 N.N.L. Convention

INTERNET ARTICLES

FISH EGGS FOR THE SOUL WBBS

02/ 98  How to Get First Sale
03/ 98  Create Writing Discipline
04/ 98  Adding Photography
05/ 98 Good Opening Hook
06/ 98 Marketing Your Work
02/ 99 Q&A for Beginners
09/ 99 Relationship with Editor

TROPITIE
04/ 99  Island Seafood
05/ 00  Palau
07/ 00  Favorites of the Keys
03/ 01 Italy Favorites

WRITING FOR DOLLARS
04/ 99  Writing for Hobby Market


 

COMMUNITY NEWS PUBLICATIONS
09/ 04  Alaric Perhot Makes Right Choice
09/ 04  San Antonio is Cleaning Up
09/ 04  San Antonio Rattlesnake History
09/ 04  Florida Police Unity Ride
09/ 04  Silver Hawk Native Amer. Gather
09/ 04  San Antonio Pass-Punt-Kick
09/ 04  Annual Rattlesnake Pageant Brief
09/ 04  McMullen Park
09/ 04  Wesley Chapel Arts
09/ 04  Hampton Lakes Sweet Bay
09/ 04  Microtel Zephyrhills
09/ 04  Sliver Hawk Event
10/ 04  Zephyrhills Harvest Fest
10/ 04  Hist. Bed & Breakfast
10/ 04  Oh, So Close Chapel
10/ 04  Native Amer Fest Brief
10/ 04  Rattlessnake Pageant
10/ 04  Morningside Plaza
10/ 04  DC North
10/ 04  Genealogy
10/ 04  Rattlesnake Fest Charmer
10/ 04  Scarecrow Festival
10/ 04  TSA Claims
10/ 04  Amerada Hess Express
10/ 04  Native Amer Powwow
10/ 04  Zephr Harvest Fest
10/ 04  Curley Road Expansion
10/ 04  Local Potters
11/ 04  Tampa Bay Downs
11/ 04  Local Hospitals
11/ 04  Pasco Population Grows
11/ 04  Nursing and Hospice
11/ 04  Area Thrift & Fleas
11/ 04  Big New Stuff
11/ 04  Magical Christmas Parade
11/ 04  SR 52 Development
11/ 04  Wal-Mart Profile
11/ 04  DC North Rock Band
11/ 04  Gore's Dairy Sun Set
11/ 04  Publix Profile
11/ 04  Pioneer Florida Harvest
11/ 04  Second Harvest Food Bank
11/ 04  Hernando-Pasco Hospice
11/ 04  Wrede's Wildlife
11/ 04  Moore Mickens School
11/ 04  Ruskin Seafood Fest
11/ 04  Sandy's Tiki Totems
11/ 04  Goodwill Suncoast 50yrs

COMMUNITY NEWS PUBLICATIONS
11/ 04  Roadside Shrimp Vendors
11/ 04  Super Target Profile
11/ 04  Cyrpess Creek Town Center
12/ 04  Rails & Trails
12/ 04  San Ann Merchant Thanks
12/ 04  Belk New Store
12/ 04  Tampa Bay Downs Opening
12/ 04  Transeastern Tampa Golf
12/ 04  Bexley Ranch
12/ 04  Zephryhills Gore Annex
01/ 05  Anchors Away
01/ 05  Fear of Giving Blood
01/ 05  Albertsons Conversions
01/ 05  Rotary Club
01/ 05  Vintage Fashion Show
01/ 05  Miss America '04 Dade City
01/ 05  Miss Kumquat Pageant
01/ 05  Kumquat Festival Final
01/ 05  Parks and Trails in Counties
01/ 05  Area Gaming
01/ 05  Asian Cuisine
01/ 05  Florida Fresh
01/ 05  MD Oriental Market
01/ 05  Roadside Shrimp Vendors
01/ 05  Victoria K
01/ 05  Pasco Stakes
01/ 05  Changing Faces of
            Zpehryhills 
01/ 05  Tiny Kumquats Draw
            Big Crowds
02/ 05  Lenten Dinners St. Anthony
02/ 05  Carol Overstreet Author
02/ 05  Championship Rodeo
02/ 05  Honey Belles
03/ 05  Family Fun Activities
03/ 05  Italian Cuisine
03/ 05  Search Hometown Bakery
03/ 05  Tampa Bay Down Events
03/ 05  Bella Verde
03/ 05  Ashley Shannon
03/ 05  Pasco County Fair Announce
03/ 05  Miss Pasco County Fair
03/ 05  Miss Heart Pageant
03/ 05  Dade City Renovation
04/ 05  Manatee Arts Fetsival
04/ 05  BBQ Sweet to the Bone
04/ 05  Canoe, Kayak, Scuba
04/ 05  Gulf Coast Fun
04/ 05  Local Museums
05/ 05  Michigan Millionaire Pasco
05/ 05  HoneyWord Bible for Kids
05/ 05  South of Border Cuisine
05/ 05  Used Book Stores
05/ 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

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