Jan Norris: Food and Florida Online

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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The Big Heart Brigade is again feeding turkey dinners to the needy and homeless at Thanksgiving. This year’s event is slated to reach 60,000 in our communities –  a small city of diners.
Nearly 3,800 are needed to prepare the food, pack it and help deliver the meals at the staging center: Fire Station No. 3 on [...]

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Judy Wells, a Florida-based travel writer, has collected recipes from her travels at her new blog, Food Afar.

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