Jan Norris: Food and Florida

This year, it’s the Ravens and 49ers. I don’t have a dog even close to this fight, so I’ll stick to the food. Here are some tried and true crowd-pleasers. Great balls of meat (or meat substitutes) Let’s start with meatballs – those little things are too often overlooked as a simple party food, easy [...]

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Football party givers are after me for recipes again, and a few other folks have asked for some ideas for something out of the ordinary for a crowd. Here’s one of my favorites. The White Chili with Salsa Verde is a recipe that won one of the categories at the Pillsbury Bake-Off years ago. Everyone [...]

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Spiced peaches, which we called pickled peaches in the South, are heady fruits once finished – and can be served with savory as well as sweet stuff. More on that after the recipe. I use a simple formula that’s good for peaches, apricots and mangoes or any soft stone fruit. Start with about 4 pounds [...]

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Come on, parents: Think outside the box – of cereal. Study after study shows that kids who eat breakfast score higher on all levels at study. Athletes fuel their bodies before competition – students should fuel their minds. Bodies that are growing wake up and need something in them to get moving, functioning long before [...]

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This recipe showed up in a Tasting Table newsletter – it’s too perfect not to share, seeing as how I have a counter covered with South Carolina peaches. I recommend signing up for Tasting Table – “Food culture daily” – an e-zine about what’s cooking in major hubs around the nation – news, recipes, chef [...]

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