Jan Norris: Food and Florida

They come, they go, they come back, they leave again. Such is the chef game in Palm Beach County. Michelle Bernstein announced she’d be leaving the boutiquey Palm Beach hotel, The Omphoy at month’s end. The James Beard Award winner’s MB at the Omphoy was one of three restaurants (Michy’s, Sr. Martinez and Crumb on [...]

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Parents and grandparents: Here’s a chance to let your kids get down and dirty in an educational setting that’s fun. It’s the Children’s Gardening Club, and it meets Saturday from 9 to 10:30 in Lake Park’s Community Garden. The program will teach them all about dirt – why it’s important to have good dirt to [...]

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The 2012 Greek festival, “Passport to Greece” is slated for this weekend at St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton. A celebration of all things Greek, visitors can look forward to eating Greek specialties such as spanakopita, moussaka, and pastries and cookies like koulouria, finikia and kourabeides. I wrote about the volunteers who make [...]

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Rounding out our week of notices about restaurants opening soon and those already opened, here are others in Palm Beach County and a couple of notables in Dade County as well. The Rusty Pelican, 3201 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne; 305-361-3818; rustypelican.com A dining icon on the water in Key Biscayne for four decades, the Rusty [...]

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Here’s a look at those recently opened and coming soon in Palm Beach County’s central and north areas.  Callaro’s Steakhouse, 717 Lake Ave., Lake Worth Callaro’s relocated to Lake Worth after John G’s took their old space in Manalapan’s Plaza del Mar. Same owners, similar steak menu, but in the old L’Anjou space on Lake [...]

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