Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Palm Beach County may one day be a tasty stop for those on a craft beer trail. Due South Brewery in Boynton Beach is joining with Slow Foods to offer a brewery tour and tasting of eight of its brews Saturday, Sept. 22. It’s a good initiation for those who want a detailed look at [...]

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If you’re into competitive eating, and think you can sweat this one out, go on down to the Wicked Awesome Snack Bar (Glades Road and U.S. 441)  and get registered. $10 buys your spot at the table and there are multiple prizes. Just bring your own antacids and a “relief” bucket. Must be 21 to [...]

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Paul Berger is a chatty sort. An attorney from Boston with a lot of enthusiasm for cooking but no formal training, he’s appeared on the Master Chef show. Now, he’s at the helm of a restaurant in Boca Raton, Wicked Awesome Snackbar. “I haven’t got a restaurant background,” he said, in an phone interview in [...]

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Beer and/or burger lovers – this is your chance. PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens will host several local chefs cooking burgers, and brewers will pour more than 50 craft beers at the inaugural Craft Beer Festival and Burger Bash Saturday, June 16. Those cooking some form of burgers include Cha Cha’s, Nick and [...]

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Due South Brewing Co. has cranked up its tanks, and brewmeister/owner Mike Halker is brewing away at his Caramel Cream Ale and Category 3 IPA offerings. Halker, originally from North Carolina, said he wasn’t looking to brew beer when he first started looking for a way to make something his wife Jodi could drink. “She’s [...]

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