Jan Norris: Food and Florida

Looking for turkey and the trimmings at a restaurant? We don’t blame you! Cooking is a labor of love – labor being the important word here. If you’re only two or four, it’s a big feat. Several restaurants and hotels will be serving a traditional dinner on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22. Some may offer a [...]

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It’s a seafood lover’s weekend – for two days, Delray Beach hosts its first Delray Beach Wine and Seafood Festival on East Atlantic Avenue. It’s a free event, with the cost of food and wines up to the visitor. More than 40 wines will be served and several restaurants will provide 60 seafood menu items [...]

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Paul Berger is a chatty sort. An attorney from Boston with a lot of enthusiasm for cooking but no formal training, he’s appeared on the Master Chef show. Now, he’s at the helm of a restaurant in Boca Raton, Wicked Awesome Snackbar. “I haven’t got a restaurant background,” he said, in an phone interview in [...]

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Congratulations to Virginia Philip, who has led The Breakers to numerous awards with her wine program and lists. The latest is the Grand Award for a restaurant, shared among only 75 restaurants around the world and given by the Wine Spectator. L’Escalier, The Breakers former signature restaurant, won for its comprehensive list. The Palm Beach [...]

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Pizza hounds take note. Johnny Reis of Hot Pie Pizza in West Palm has finally opened his express version of the shop, Johnny’s Hot Pie Pizza on Northlake Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens. It’s in part of the old Joseph’s Market space west of Military Trail. Johnny’s Hot Pie Pizza is a smaller, counter-service mash-up [...]

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