Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Editor’s note: The best part of having so many contacts and friends is the wealth of information available among them. Alyson Seligman, a media friend, is one such resource. She tapped me for info about food prospects in Europe during a trip last year, then returned with a bundle of notes for me, and photos, too.  [...]

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photo by Ken Steinhoff Wear a mac The droll Brits have the right idea: The best way to eat a mango is standing in a bathtub, wearing a rubber raincoat. The Brits have a ton of experience at this — since they tried to own India, and that country has arguably the most and best [...]

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A zillion people ask this every year: Why are my eggs so hard to peel? 1. They’re new eggs — older eggs come away from the shell. 2. The water needs to have its pH balance upped. The video below will show you how that can work so easy — and you CAN use your [...]

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Further proof that athletes are the last to evolve. Tool development being one of the classic examples of evolution: Downhill U.S. ski champ Lindsey Vonn chose a bottle of Champagne for her victory in a recent race. The cork apparently broke off in the bottle, and rather than reaching for a more intelligent tool, she [...]

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From a reader: Hi, I will be opening a Greek cafe in Costa Rica and require a filo dough machine to make filo locally. Since i will be spending many hours making these desserts, I would like to find a compact and affordable machine to create the filo by machine.   Jan writes: This reader must [...]

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