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Jan Norris: Food and Florida Online -- A flock of flamingoes preen in the shallow flooded agricultural fields near Belle Glade, Florida. Most flamingoes seen in the wild in Florida were once captives that have escaped; however, they establish small breeding colonies now and then. They get their bright pink coloration from eating shrimp and other small crustaceans found in the water. (Photo by John Lopinot)

Entries Tagged as 'Old Florida'

Summertime Eats: Freshest Fish in Islamorada

July 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of “Summertime Eats” guest columns. We’d’ love to have your favorite summertime food story — submit yours by email to: Jan@JanNorris.com. Write “Summertime Eats” in the subject line and if possible, include a .jpg of yourself. If published, you could win one of my cookbooks.
By Larry Carrino, [...]

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Tags: Food and Family Intertwine · Old Florida

EatBeat: Hukilau – Polynesia and Mai-Kai Memories in Fort Lauderdale

June 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Hukilau, a weekend-long event in Fort Lauderdale, will celebrate all things tiki culture and Polynesia. The hub is at the Bahia Cabana hotel across from the Yankee Clipper on the beach where there’s an art display and several events poolside.  But food events and drink seminars will take place appropriately at the still-thumping Mai-Kai. (Get info and [...]

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Tags: Florida! · Old Florida

Florida Oranges — Eat ‘Em Like a Native

March 10th, 2009 · 6 Comments

An email about a mere orange caused me to stop in my tracks. I had to put down my fried egg sandwich and espresso. It had been more than five years that I had such a strong flood of memories at the mention of a food.
The email had a video attached starring a new buddy of [...]

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Tags: Florida! · Old Florida

Osceola, the Beautiful Florida Turkey

November 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A little homage on Thanksgiving day, about a wild turkey subspecies found in a certain area on the Florida peninsula, and named for the famous Seminole chief. W.E.D. Scott gave the bird its name.
Here’s the gobble on it, from Slow Food writer, Diane Campion. (Slow Foods is the international organization that’s helping preserve food heritages and traditions [...]

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Tags: Old Florida · Recipes: What's Cooking! · Southern Roots Run Deep · Today in the World of Food

Old Florida For Sale

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

My good friend Chuck Keefer has a new blog about the area, full of photos that are especially drool-worthy if you’re somewhere gray and dreary and snow-possible.
A recent post talks about a big (expensive) piece of history now up on the block: Parcels of the estate formerly attached to the oldest house on the island (Island is Palm [...]

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Tags: Old Florida




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