Couple heats up culinary competition

Sarasota resident Nicole Luciana-Epperson and her husband, Jonathan, have been selected as one of 10 semifinalists in a national Pyrex culinary challenge. The prize? The title of America’s Hottest Culinary Couple.

Each couple was responsible for creating an online cooking video, and one couple will win the prestigious title, $10,000 cash, $500 worth of Pyrex products and their own online cooking video series. Vote online through Sept. 3 at www.americashottestculinarycouple.com.

“We are the only semifinalists from Florida, and we would love to compete and represent our great state,” Nicole Luciana-Epperson said.