Jan Norris: Food and Florida

This weekend, July 31 and August 1, the 2010 Small Farms Conference will take place at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee.
If I were in town, I’d definitely be there. Localecopia, a group whose mission it is to connect the small farmers, ranchers, and others producing foods in earth-friendly, user-friendly ways – esentially getting back to [...]

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MIAMI – Surrounded by mangoes from her native homeland, Madhur Jaffrey, noted Indian cuisine author and speaker looked cool despite the humid heat in the ballroom of the Fairchild Gardens. She related the proper way to use a mango – “Just eat it.”
The Alphonse mango of India was the star of the 2010 International Mango [...]

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Broward Sun Sentinel’s goes out while section is at its prime.

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Glen Bell died this past weekend. He was the founder of Taco Bell – the now ubiquitous face of Mexican fast food in the U.S.
He started Taco Bell in California in 1962, after owning several other quick-serve eateries. In 1978, there were 868 of them spread across the U.S. He sold them to Pepsico. Today [...]

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Celeb Italian chef Mario Batali – the one with the orange ponytail who lists Iron Chef America on his credits, will be in Boca Raton at the Publix Apron’s Cooking School Thursday afternoon.
The demo class he’s giving to promote his new pasta sauces (available in Publix – see my taste-test below) is sold out, but he’ll [...]

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