Jan Norris: Food and Florida Online

At last, Florida’s east coasters can get in on what the west coasters already know is a good deal — Publix’s in-store cooking school. Apron’s Cooking School opens Nov. 6 in Boca Raton at the Polo Club Shoppes off Military Trail near Clint Moore road.
Samantha Noland has been named “resident chef” for the Boca school, but other in-house [...]

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Restaurant news from around the state: Criolla, at Rosemary Beach, has closed. Chef/owner Johnny Earles and his wife Debbie are going into catering and private events, etc., for the Panhandle crowds. I’m sorry to see this happen — it was always a favorite stop on my way to Pensacola, and the place to recommend for a [...]

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It’s an adjustment to switch from Pacific to Atlantic coast time, but give me a day.
I still have to report on Houston, where red meat rules this red state. Then we’ll get to California…food’s better and the weather nicer, but people were just as friendly in Houston as they were on the West Coast. Love those [...]

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Vacation at last: My first since leaving The Post. We got a great last-minute, five-day deal through my Amex card; one of the joys of no
longer having to answer to One Who Must Be Obeyed.
Staying in San Jose at the really swell boutique hotel, the Wild Palms. Highly recommended — cute rooms, lovely landscaping and full breakfasts. [...]

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Iceberry, a clone of the now infamous Pinkberry frozen yogurt shop, has opened in CityPlace. Not sure why the fuss over frozen yogurt again; remember when TCBY and others roared on the scene? Where are they now?
Today, it’s Iceberry, Pinkberry, Berrigood, Yogurberri, Yolato (a yogurt gelato), Blue Mango, Red Mango, Yogotango….and those were only the [...]

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