Jan Norris: Writer, Editor, Floridian

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For several years, I’ve been friends with Hubert DesMarais, the former exec chef of the Four Seasons Palm Beach. Hubert is truly talented, and has the curiosity of a kid where food and earth come together. He’s known for seeking out local farmers and exotic produce from backyard growers. He planted one of the most expensive herb and [...]

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I don’t know how I managed to miss this, unless he recently put up a bunch of older writing on a newer web site, but chef Norman Van Aken has entranced me with an article he wrote in 2001 about some meals with other chefs in France. He’s long been a favorite cookbook author of mine; I particularly like Feast [...]

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Anyone who knows me, but particularly former Palm Beach Post sports copy editor wizard Tom Sears, will tell you I know so little about football it’s almost sinful to call myself Southern. I just didn’t get the pigskin rooting gene, I suppose.
I last paid attention to football during my high school’s vital playoff — the [...]

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