Jan Norris: Food and Florida

On my way across North Carolina on a searing hot July day, I stopped off to visit my good friend and grill columnist, Debbie Moose, in Raleigh.
She asked us to lunch and we debated on either barbecue, or New Southern cooking. I wasn’t up for barbecue, so we ended up at 18 Seaboard, a red [...]

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Watermelons are still all over, and the weather is still sweltering. Here’s a recipe for a watermelon cooler from creative chef Jeremy Hanlon of West Palm Beach (My Fresh Chef – he caters and does private cheffing and is working on a TV show). I love his use of fresh fruits and vegetables in every [...]

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Fig preserves and fig cake from Ocracoke, NC – where figs grow by the sea.

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Kim Erickson, whose family will open their Erickson family farm to the public for tours on Sunday, offers her favorite mango recipe – a mango nut bread.
Other mango recipes from the Erickson Farm are here: www.ericksonfarm.com/recipes/
Mango Nut Bread

1 to 1¼ cups diced mango (about 1 medium mango)
1 tablespoon lime juice
½ cup margarine, at room [...]

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Le Bistro (Lighthouse Point) chef Andy Trousdale has entered his Gluten-Free Coconut-strawberry Torte in a contest sponsored by the Gluten-Free Registry and Bob’s Red Mill Flours. Trousdale’s wife Elin shared the recipe with me here, but more are on the web site.
Do your part for the home team and go to the site to vote [...]

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