Jan Norris: Food and Florida

I sent my friend Betsy Cohen, dessert blogger at DessertsRequired.com down to try Yardbird in Miami. Yardbird is a tern for a chicken in the South – the US region that chef Jeff McInnis calls home. A sign over the door that sums it up: Her report is glowing – about both food and desserts. [...]

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Looking to learn a little about Miami’s Cuban culture, taste some traditional foods and experience an historic neighborhood? Consider signing on for the Miami Culinary Tour of Little Havana. I was invited to preview this walking tour last fall, and learned a little about my Cuban neighbors in Miami, bits of culture, history, art, and [...]

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No better way to get your feet wet with cruising vacations than to leap aboard the biggest ship of them all: Oasis of the Seas. The Royal Caribbean line is mighty proud of its behemoth ship – I’ll set sail today (why do they call it that if there are no sails?) from the RC [...]

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The thermometer will creep close to 111 degrees, the local weatherman said. I’m staring at 86 degrees at 5:30 a.m. Las Vegas time. (A friend who failed to get the message I was away called at 5 a.m. to ask if I was on vacation yet. Note to self: Call friend [...]

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MIAMI – Chef Joel Huff is new at Azul, the still stunning restaurant on the bay in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Brickell Key. A friend and I took advantage of Miami Spice (which runs through Sept. 30) for a $35 three-course dinner there last night. Even in this restricted format, the chef’s talent was [...]

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