Jan Norris: Food and Florida Online

Maybe I was in a fun mood, or they just hit me right, but I was laughing out loud at the kicky designs of the Animalhouse line of kitchen tools I found at Pier 1.
Priced from $5.99 to $19.99, they’re both fun and functional. Not all will be available at all stores; I found some of those [...]

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Amco’s Ladle for All Seasons
I’ve been making a lot of soup lately — the holidays give me a lot of leftovers and bits to use in stocks and such – and they freeze so well, they make a quick meal with a salad for our small household.
 The late Mathias Radits of The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach was [...]

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Orka Silicone Mitts OK for Some Kitchen Tasks

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One of my new favorite food web sites is The Armenian Kitchen, written by Robyn Kalajian and her spouse, Doug. Robyn is a retired high school cooking teacher; Doug and I were colleagues at The Palm Beach Post. That was a huge family with many good cooks; Doug was among them.
The Kalajians are Armenian and [...]

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Find Desperation Dinners columnists here
Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross are long-time syndicated columnists behind the popular fast-fix meal columns, and cookbooks — and long-time friends.
If you need a recipe for a meal in a hurry, here’s a source for you.
Chocolate recipe contest
Right now, they’re running a chocolate recipe contest on the site, and you can win [...]

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