Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Extreme weight loss is the fad on TV right now – but those “Biggest Losers” have a score of doctors and experts watching their every move and checking on them constantly. It makes for on-camera drama, but the hours and days that are edited out, and those not filmed at all tell of the real work and drama behind these extreme [...]

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It’s the King’s birthday — he would have been 74 years old. I can’t quite picture that one and prefer to remember him as the teen idol of the ’50s, dancin’ to the Jailhouse Rock. Keith Richards just turned 65, and he looks enbalmed. Elvis might have been just as frightening. If you want to get in [...]

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Several more restaurant closings to note – not exactly how I wanted to begin the year with this column. After 12 years as one of the top Italian restaurants in town, Capri Blu in Palm Beach will close this weekend.

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Spoto’s Oyster Bar WPB Closes Sorry to start off the year with a loss, but John Spoto decided to close the downtown West Palm Spoto’s Oyster Bar. Having spent many a lunch hour supping on the clam chowder or one of the fish dishes at the 11-year-old casual spot within eyesight of the water, I’m [...]

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We Southerners typically eat black-eyed peas and collards for New Year’s Day, hoping for extra coin (peas) and folding greenbacks (collards) to fill our pots in the coming year. I dutifully did just that, inviting a few friends over to help them prosper as well. I made some extra dishes – corn pudding, sweet potatoes and a [...]

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