Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Join me today, Saturday, January 12 at Pine Jog Environmental Education Center in West Palm Beach for a day of exhibits, panel discussions and food as part of the Growing Green Communities: Preserving Food Traditions. A number of experts in a variety of food and gardening topics will be on hand from 9 a.m. to [...]

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Got creative kids? Bring them to Prosecco Cafe in the PGA Commons Saturday to decorate holiday cookies and compete for cash prizes. The Second Annual Kids’ Cookie Decorating Contest and Charitable Toy Collection for Kid is Saturday, Dec. 15, 3-5 p.m. (A South County contest is Sunday, Dec. 16, 3-5 p.m. at Prosecco’s sister restaurant, [...]

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Part of the Sand and Sea-Sun’s Greetings in downtown West Palm Beach (did you see the 35-foot Christmas tree made of sand?), the students and chefs at Lincoln Culinary Institute created a giant beach cabana from gingerbread for the waterfront display. Chefs David Pantone and Manfred Schmidtke led a dozen culinary and pastry arts students [...]

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The witty folks at Prosecco Cafe are hedging bets, and have created the Last Supper, referencing 12/21/12 – The *Day the World Will (Supposedly) End As We Know It. That asterisk covers the big “if.” If you believe those centuries old predictions that have gone through several interpretations, mutations and miscalculations, primarily. We’re not here [...]

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Cookie bakers – get busy! Pull out those award winning cookie recipes and bake up your best for the Christmas in Yesteryear Village Cookie Contest at the South Florida Fairgrounds. I’m one of the judges and am looking forward to sampling all the delicious cookies coming in. The contest rules Rules are simple: For each [...]

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