Jan Norris: Food and Florida

I like a good potato chip as well as the next muncher, I guess. So when I was on a trip to St. Pete for, sadly, a funeral for a too-young friend, I stopped at a sandwich shop downtown and picked up a bag of Madhouse Munchies chips to go with our pretty-good sandwiches. Two [...]

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If you’ve read me for any length of time, you know I have an aversion to restaurant chains. Homogenous, corporate food is not my idea of dining out. So it was with reluctance I took the word of friends and checked out the Italian Oven Cafe in CityPlace.  To say I’m pleasantly surprised is an [...]

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Not long after I was married, I decided my serious baking expertise — quite good from the beginning — deserved a more serious mixer than the Sunbeam and GE hand mixers I kept wearing out. They were fine for mashed potatoes and one small batch of cookies – but they couldn’t handle a double batch of any [...]

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If you’re looking for some great gift ideas for cooks that don’t cost a fortune, consider these — some of my favorites. I’ll be telling you about others in the weeks leading through the holidays, so check back.

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Leah Rosch of What A Cookie! in Lake Worth sent me her newest creation. Her cookies are really cute and her designs with them very clever. She’s does custom cookies for special events and parties — she can make anything in decorated cookies — we’ve seen dozens of her fun designs.

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