Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Ever wondered about Pittsburgh-style steak and why it’s so named? Sean Brasel of Miami’s Meat Market answers that question for readers in my Sun Sentinel column today. There’s also a secret ingredient in the calamari recipe I got from chef Mike Ponluang, of Coco Asian Bistro in Fort Lauderdale. Check them out – and more [...]

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  Looking for some great party recipes for Super Bowl Sunday – or any party? Take a look at those I gathered from area chefs. Their teams may have lost, but their recipes kick butt. We get some great recipes from Chef Danny Stasi of Fort Lauderdale’s Shuck n’ Dive, Who Dat! Saints fan; Chef [...]

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Chef Tommy Grimes of Grampa’s Bakery and Restaurant in Dania shared his own delicious recipe for stuffed cabbage rolls with my readers in the Sun Sentinel today. (Recipes are lined in the gray box on the left side of their web page.) Make extra and freeze them for a second meal. There’s also a recipe [...]

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In this week’s Food section of the Sun Sentinel, I tapped Cafe de France in Delray Beach for their popular Chevre Chaud salad recipe featuring a raspberry dressing (so pretty!), and ferreted out a copycat recipe for the meatloaf served at Golden Corral.(Remember these are taken off the site within a week or two.) A [...]

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Check out the Vegan Nut Loaf recipe in today’s Sun Sentinel column. It’s from Wave 2700, in Boca Raton, where Sally Stilley, a vegan, provides the recipe for a dish that’s a lot like meatloaf in texture, thanks to the grains.

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