Jan Norris: Writer, Editor, Floridian

Jan Norris writes at all hours of the day and night. To keep up with Jan, please sign up for her once-a-day Appeteaser. We have a no-spam guarantee and you can opt out of the email Appeteaser anytime you like. Of, if you’re more of the RSS sort, you may subscribe to her feed.Not long [...]

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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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As a food editor/writer, I’m inundated with foods from companies that want me to try their goods and write them up. You don’t read about many here; if I don’t like something, I say so — to the company. That gives them a chance to fix it, saves me precious time being negative, and maybe they improve [...]

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A friend turned us on to some homemade, luscious cookies recently. They’re from Laine’s Cornerstone Kitchen, Inc. in Boca Raton.
Sweet, homestyle goodies are baked with real cookie ingredients (pure butter, no margarine, real chocolate, not that waxy stuff) and really deliver on the flavor.
We got an assorted box of four flavors: Oh My! Molasses — [...]

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