Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Long day of fishing, crabbing or lobstering? Have someone else cook your catch. It’s a deal at $12 a person at Bahama Mama’s in downtown West Palm Beach. Just call ahead if it’s your plan, and don’t just show up on a busy Saturday night with your wahoo. Giving it a Caribe flair, the chef [...]

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Congrats to those restaurants and chefs who’ve been nominated for the prestigious 2011 James Beard Awards. This is the semi-final round; good luck to our local chefs. They include Palm Beach’s own Chef Zach Bell of Cafe Boulud, nominated again for the Best Chef – South region, (his reaction: “Word!!) and Dean Max, of the [...]

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You may be out in the cold if you don’t already have reservations for Valentine’s Day dinners Monday night. However, some are using the whole weekend to present I (heart) You dinners.You can go tonight – or call and take your chances on either a/ walking in, or b/ getting a cancellation spot February 14. [...]

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Go for Chinese tonight and celebrate the Year of the Rabbit to party in a new year. Here are 10 places in Palm Beach County to tap your chopsticks and say “Gong Xi Fa Cai!” or “Gong Hey Fat Choy!”

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Notable chef Clay Conley has opened Buccan in Palm Beach – a modern grill with international, eclectic cuisine and wood-fired cooking. Conley’s formerly of Azul in Miami and was Todd English’s corporate chef for more than a decade, traveling around the world opening Olives restaurants. Named for a wood frame grill common in the Caribbean [...]

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