Jan Norris: Writer, Editor, Floridian

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I love Brussels sprouts - and I’ll eat them with anything. It’s the big laugh among two of my closest friends — Scott Simmons (knows all things elegant glass) and Lou Ann Frala (photographic memory of any catalog item). I had an impromtu housewarming dinner at a new apartment a few years ago, and served [...]

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Friend and former Post library worker Michele Smith is looking for an old recipe: Can you help?
I’m looking for some help here. Once upon a time i had my great-grandmother’s pumpkin pie recipe - it’s made like an apple pie with pumpkin chunks and two crusts.
Well, I can’t find it and my alzheimer’s Mom can’t [...]

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Reader and fellow quilter Beverly Snow of West Palm Beach writes:
Here’s my favorite recipe from “home”. My mom was the third generation in our family to manage an inn and restaurant on Cuttyhunk Island, Mass., called the Bosworth House. Our cook, Robbie, had adapted one of my grandmother’s recipes to serve guests, and I’ve scaled it back [...]

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From Ben Starling:
Lost recipe… a baked cabbage casserole with cream cheese herb topping.
He writes:
“A neighbor made this years ago and she cannot find the recipe. It was THE BEST. Sadly, the neighbor does not even remember it… I can remember it in vivid details and that was over 20 years ago.”
Got the recipe? Leave it [...]

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Jan in her kitchen (photo by Taylor Jones)

Food connects us to one another — it’s the great equalizer.

Calling all readers — send your recipes here!
Share your recipes with everyone! If something you read here inspires you to send one in, I’ll add it here. Tell me its story if you know it — we’d love [...]

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