Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Nightmare celeb chef Gordon Ramsay is coming back to South Florida – he’s filmed here before for his Kitchen Nightmares series and others.
Amateur hour
This time, the pros are out, and he’s looking for the great amateur, hobby chefs – those who’ve never worked in a pro kitchen or get their money from catering, etc. He wants creative, [...]

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TV food personality Trevor Corson will be at the Morikami Museum in Delray Beach on Thursday night to teach his audience the fine points of sushi: ordering and eating the Japanese seafood specialty.
Corson has some chops behind him:  Known as the “Sushi Concierge” on the Food Network, and an Iron Chef judge, he’s the author of The Secret [...]

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Based on the famous winter carnival in Italy, Il Carnevale di Venezia, Zuccarelli’s restaurant in the PGA Commons will hold a Carnevale of their own Thursday night.

All about the masks
The famous festival that some claim is the oldest in the world is most known for its masks. Participants and tourists alike usually wear some type of camouflage, and [...]

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Wishing all my readers a very merry Christmas…
And a happy, flavor-filled New Year!

About the artist: William Oellers of Connecticut created this beautiful work, titled “Old Fashioned Christmas Tree” as a papercut, also known as scherenschnitte. Oeller, originally from Germany, practices the ancient art of cutting a finely detailed image from a single sheet of paper using only scissors.
He [...]

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CLASSES AND FOOD EVENTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH OCT. 3
Publix’s Apron’s Cooking School in Boca Raton announced last week that Mario Batali, celeb Italian chef, will give a demo and appear at a book signing Dec. 10 there. Reservations are $100 and are being taken this week — class size is limited, so sign up [...]

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