Jan Norris: Food and Florida Online

A little homage on Thanksgiving day, about a wild turkey subspecies found in a certain area on the Florida peninsula, and named for the famous Seminole chief. W.E.D. Scott gave the bird its name.
Here’s the gobble on it, from Slow Food writer, Diane Campion. (Slow Foods is the international organization that’s helping preserve food heritages and traditions [...]

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17th Annual Thanksgiving Share-A-Supper a Success at Pleasant City Multicultural Center
    WEST PALM BEACH – Donning a paper toque, white jacket, and neckerchief is the way students get into the mode of a professional in the culinary world. “Wearing the uniform is very much a part of getting the students disciplined to work in a professional kitchen,” [...]

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Everyone is looking for something different. I have a neat recipe for an Upside Down Apple Pecan pie to share — it’s from the new cookbook, Create A Stir! by the Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association in West Palm Beach.
It’s a fun cookbook — lots of good ideas for party foods, as well as family meals and [...]

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I love Brussels sprouts – and I’ll eat them with anything. It’s the big laugh among two of my closest friends — Scott Simmons (knows all things elegant glass) and Lou Ann Frala (photographic memory of any catalog item). I had an impromtu housewarming dinner at a new apartment a few years ago, and served [...]

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My friend Lila Steinhoff colaborated with her daughter-in-law, Sarah, to come up with a written version of her own mother-in-law’s dressing. So here it is.

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