Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Editor’s note: Scott Simmons will be at the Antique Show at the South Florida Fairgrounds Nov. 4-6; stop by and say hello, and tell him you’ve read his Kitchen Kollectibles columns here. By Scott Simmons, columnist Each Thanksgiving, Grandma would set the table with her Lenox china. The set had belonged to her mother-in-law, a [...]

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by Scott Simmons, columnist My great-grandmother, Lilla Chason Griffin, was a practical woman. Granny, born in 1888, made her own mops from cornhusks, and brooms from the broomstraw that grew along the roadsides. She matched her feed and flour sacks to fabric she already had to make dresses, aprons and such. It wasn’t easy living [...]

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  By Scott Simmons, columnist I love glassware What is it about beautiful hand-wrought pieces that whets my appetite for more? I’m not sure, but my appetite was stirred when I saw this beautiful set of Seneca glass “Slim Jim” pilsner glasses. The 16-ounce tall tumblers were made in the 1930s in West Virginia by [...]

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Editor’s note:  My good friend Scott Simmons, former TGIF editor at The Palm Beach Post and fellow Floridian, shares my passion for vintage dishes, cookware and other old kitchen items. I welcome his new column about items he finds in his antique and thrift store rounds. Have questions about your own china and antiques? Contact him at the [...]

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