Jan Norris: Food and Florida

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 [...]

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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, [...]

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Lori Saitz is very grateful that someone at Rachael Ray noticed her Zen Crunch. Ray will feature the sweet granola-style snack mix of nuts, oats, seeds and dried fruits from West Palm Beach’s Zen Rabbit Baking Co. on her show today (Tuesday, March 24 – check your listings for air time). Everyone in the audience gets an 8-ounce bag. A [...]

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For 26 years I was food editor at The Palm Beach Post — that gives me some credibility when I talk about who does what in the kitchen. I know, for instance, that more men than women are into kitchen gadgets. And that silicone tools and mats in the kitchen are still the fastest-selling items in [...]

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As holiday gift-giving approaches, I’m constantly asked what I’d give to a cook. Below are seven things I would be pleased to receive; one for each day of the week. 1. Flexible Cutting Mats I don’t know how I chopped without flexible cutting mats — or sifted flour, funneled birdseed into my birdfeeder, or any [...]

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