Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Buy stock in Altoids – it’s that time of year in Delray Beach when diners reach for mints. The annual Delray Beach Garlic Fest is this weekend, Feb. 10-12. Along with it comes tons of garlicky foods, chefs demos and contests, entertainment and kiddie fun. Garlic throw-down For the food lovers, it’s all about the [...]

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Now in the 11th year, the Junior League of Boca Raton hosts the Chocolate Decadence dine-around party at the Shops at Boca Center Thursday. A number of South Florida restaurants will bring both sweet and savory foods to the dine-around, set in the courtyard in front of the Marriott. Restaurants include Philippe Chow of Boca, [...]

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Fran Andrewlevich didn’t know what to expect or what he was getting into when he created the Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival six years ago. “I didn’t know if anyone would come,” he said. He doubted it even more when Abacoa’s permit office clerk had to be told what a craft beer was. “They had come [...]

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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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There’s no lack of charity food events in this area – especially this time of year. But the chefs who put on the Taste of Compassion at the Harriet Himmel Theater at CityPlace each year go all out for this annual dine-around. Most of us don’t get to dine with this group of 25 chefs [...]

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