Jan Norris: Food and Florida

I’m off on assignments for the next two weeks around the Southeast U.S., and Grand Cayman Island. A few reports coming to you sporadically as my wi-fi comes and goes.
Clark’s Inn, Santee, SC
For the third time, we stopped at Clark’s Inn in Santee, S.C. to eat on the road. I think I’ll let the breakfast [...]

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Nellie and B.R. Harrelson, cuttin’ a rug

Lemon meringue pie = Father’s Day
My dad had a sweet tooth – a miserable thing for my mom, who didn’t really like to bake. That is, it required a recipe, and extensive time in the kitchen – two things she had no use for, really. (But could she dance! – [...]

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My Yankee food buddy, The Meatist, has just written up his First Encounter of the Southernmost Kind: a story on Chicken Fried Steak.
I love it when somebody discovers a food I’ve been eating all my life – and “gets” it. Or sorta.
He gives a recipe for this staple of Southern kitchens that’s almost right. It will work, but…
The Southern [...]

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Do you eat fried bologna? Is it a Southern thing?

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Blues legend B.B. King – the awards he has are too lengthy to list – is here in West Palm Beach one more night. He appears at the BB King’s Blues Club in CityPlace around 9 p.m. Tickets are streaming out the door – work fast if you want one.
84 and still performing worldwide
I had [...]

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