Jan Norris: Food and Florida

This week in the Florida Weekly, Palm Beach Gardens edition, you’ll find the Best Of section – our (the writers and editors) take on the top spots in the area for festivals, hiking, a little tippling, noshing, theater and arts, and much more. Check it out at their website, if you can’t get hold of [...]

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Not everyone can experience the Chef’s Table – a four-hour dinner, with nine courses, at the Ibis Country Club in West Palm Beach. Dining in the kitchen with the chef overseeing every dish is reserved for club members and their guests only. (But club membership is open to all.) In case you can’t wangle an [...]

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Read about the Gourmet Burger Co., 3800 Ocean, and other restaurants in my restaurant news column from today’s Florida Weekly newspaper. Look for the community newspaper, with local news and reviews from writers such as Hap Erstein and others, every Thursday at newsstands and in shops in northern Palm Beach County.

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Today’s restaurant review in the Florida Weekly newspaper is of Verdea Restaurant and Wine Bar. Exotic flavors and a good direction from Chef James King point to pluses at the restaurant in the former Zia space in the Embassy Suites Hotel on PGA Boulevard in the Gardens. Verdea Restaurant and Wine Bar 4350 PGA Blvd., [...]

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Roy Villacrusis is racking up the reviews at his new restaurant, Kubo. Artfully preparing what he calls Asiatic cuisine, he covers many bases, and draws inspiration from several areas around the Pacific Rim. The latest critic to rave about Kubo, in the old Lanni’s spot in Crystal Tree Plaza in North Palm Beach, is Scott [...]

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