Jan Norris: Food and Florida Online

Editor’s note: Readers, I’m asking for your recipes now through the winter holidays. Send them to me by clicking on “Contact” above, and emailing them to me. We’ll print many of these, and maybe send you a cookbook as a reward!
A Gracious Southerner Made a Fabulous Pie
The ever stylish Dinah Shore, well known singer, actress, golfer, philantropist, among [...]

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I always get a bunch of personal food questions when I appear at speaking engagements and judgings, but playing 10 questions about being a Southerner is new for me.
But I recently indulged a new friend, Kendall R. Rumsey (and as it turns out, a nearby neighbor), for his blog on all things Southern.
You can read my answers [...]

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So many of you requested the recipe for the cake that I baked for the Palm Beach County Mental Health Celebrity Baking Contest, I decided to share what I could of it.
Credit where credit is due: This is my mother’s cake – and I daresay it’s as old as our fair state, though I can’t [...]

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I have a strong connection to New Orleans: My late husband Tom spent his teen years in the Crescent City, and directly after our marriage, I had a ton of family recipes to learn. First and foremost was red beans and rice (Monday’s washday food) since it was a favorite from his mother’s kitchen. She died when [...]

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From Matt S., visiting a diner in Tennessee or Kentucky, he’s not sure where he is:
Hey Ms. Norris!
Have you ever heard of Buttermilk pie? I understand it’s similar to Chess pie. It’s AWESOME! I like it because the edges taste like the top of that – what’s it called - creme brulee!

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