Jan Norris: Food and Florida

I baked this last week because Cheffie wanted brownies. I didn’t. I’m the baker, so I win. It’s a take-off of the Texas sheet cake, but is not a Texas sheet cake – so if you comment that this is not what a Texan would make, you’re on your own for fall-out comments. Its ultra-sweet, [...]

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Fresh Florida orange cake is a holiday tradition.

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The year’s flown by – seems like only yesterday I was in the same boat – way behind, waiting to bake dozens of Orange drop cookies for my family. This year, I’ve already wowed some recipients with gifts of the traditional “Magic 7-layer cookie bars” – versions of which are known as Congo bars. They’re [...]

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I’m an original cookie monster – I love me some cookies! I will forgo all other desserts for a good cookie. I therefore pay attention when I find great websites with great cookie recipes. My favorite so far this year is the Tampa Tribune’s “Cookie Hall of Fame.” It has cookies voted on by readers [...]

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Long-time friend (note: never call a woman an “old” friend…) and excellent baker Betsy Cohen is now writing a food blog. It’s all about desserts, because, as she writes, she always considers desserts first. Cohen, of Palm Beach Gardens, won a spot in one of the cookie contests when I was at The Post for [...]

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