Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Not long after I was married, I decided my serious baking expertise — quite good from the beginning — deserved a more serious mixer than the Sunbeam and GE hand mixers I kept wearing out. They were fine for mashed potatoes and one small batch of cookies – but they couldn’t handle a double batch of any [...]

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Food’s one thing, but according to M. Sadi, only part of what you need to feed the soul. For music and performing arts, go to the new web site that’s been created by former arts writers at The Palm Beach Post: Greg Stepanich, Hap Erstein, Scott Simmons, Katie Deits, and Sharon McDaniel are contributing reviews [...]

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Poking around on the web for something else — it’s just like opening the dictionary if you’re a word nut – I hit upon this terrific soup I think would be delicious for Thanksgiving dinner. Doesn’t matter whether you’re a vegetarian or not — the Sweet Bell Pepper with Apple Soup is pretty and very [...]

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Want to know what’s cooking in the community? Here are classes, listings of green markets, special dinners, festivals and other cooking events to get in on. The holidays are coming — consider a gift certificate to one of the cooking schools for your foodie friends.

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     LAKE WORTH — Surprise!! It worked! The recipe I adapted for a fruit and veggie salsa from the Lazy Loggerhead Cafe in Jupiter, and demonstrated for visitors to Saturday’s Oceanside Farmer’s Market surprised even market manager Peter Robinson. He was dubious when I began with a canteloupe, then added all sorts of fruits and [...]

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