Jan Norris: Food and Florida Online

Every year, the members of the Association of Food Journalists meet in a different city at an annual conference (upcoming in October, in Houston, Texas). We worry about the state of the industry (critical this year); we brainstorm ideas for stories, investigate food trends, listen to expert speakers – and do a city on our stomachs.
Last year, the [...]

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This is the last weekend of the 12-day Minnesota State Fair, one of the largest in the country, and most true to the old-fashioned state fairs anywhere.
One of the most popular booths there is the butter-carving booth.
The carving of the bust of the Butter Princess, “Princess Kay of the Milky Way,” sponsored by the Minnesota Dairy [...]

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And now, from the Shameless Commerce Dept., as my buddies at Car Talk would say…
I’ve had the pleasure to work with a Texas publisher, Savory House Press (Barry Schlacter, publisher/owner/author, is my buddy, and a peer journalist at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram – at least for now).  
Together we produced two small gift-able cookbooks you might want to check out:
Sweet [...]

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Just had Sunday dinner* and ate the best fried chicken I’ve had in a long time! I dined with my new-food-bestfriend Ben Starling, and his great friend and sassy lady, Darlene, and her grandson. (Learned how to properly cook kidneys from Darlene, by the way: “Boil the piss out of them!!” )
The menu at Pritchard’s is super [...]

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Tired of the same-old, same-old deli sandwiches and tired cold cuts? Check out my new favorite sandwich shop, owned by Leila Kidd — Brown Baggin’ It — in Lake Park on Park Avenue.
Not only do they roast their own turkeys, and roast beef (they’ve got a great kitchen that always smells terrific and is spotless!) [...]

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