Jan Norris: Food and Florida

The annual Morse Geriatric Center’s Latke Cook-off produced a number of very tasty latkes from the employee teams who competed earlier this month. Seven teams of administrators and workers at the center playfully compete in the potato-pancake frying contest for the “Golden Spatula” award — bragging rights, really, till next year. The winning latke in the “best taste” [...]

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My fellow ex-Poster, Mary Thurwachter, was the knowledgeable Travel section columnist who searched out and wrote about the bed and breakfasts around the state (and elsewhere). She just launched her own travel blog, called InnSide Florida, and because travel dovetails with food, she’s guest blogging here once in a while. Today, she’s got great ideas for housing [...]

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Rob Kasper’s famous eggnog recipe.

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While I take call-in questions from readers, and locate my latkes recipe for you, I’m turning my blog over this morning to Dan Oliver, friend and fellow quaffer. He’s going to occasionally write for me about beer and brewing and all things hoppy. Dan’s the Beer Guy who does the very nice Watering Hole series of [...]

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This is totally non-food related – it’s a tale of wonder for folks with cats and wireless electronics, however. My very needy tuxedo cat, who must have my undivided attention the moment I sit down at the computer, has incredibly precise and ”cat”-astrophic aim. If he leaps up on the desk to my left to stand on [...]

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