Grilling season, Central Florida corn season blend together well
CENTRAL FLORIDA CORN is in season. That’s great news for folks who make toothpicks.
Trent Rowe
Recipe Spotlight: Cooking with herbs to dress up any plate
FRESH IS BIG in the world of food. And food doesn’t get much fresher than herbs you pick from your own window box or patio garden.
Recipe Spotlight: What to cook up with your fresh catch
THERE’S SOMETHING fishy in the state of Florida. And it’s all over the place. Just about any spot wet enough to wade in has some sort of fish. All you need to catch them is a stick, a string, bait, a bent pin and, unless you are young or old, a license.
Recipe Spotlight: When life gives you lemons, make more than just lemonade
WHEN FLORIDA gives you lemons, you should make something tasty. Maybe tart. Could be tangy. It doesn’t have to be lemonade. But it could be.
Recipe Spotlight: In peach anticipation
ANTICIPATION can be disappointing. We were at a dog show in Georgia — you know, where the great peaches come from — and someone said “peach cobbler.” Just the thought set us on a quest for cobbler.
Recipe Spotlight: A good bell pepper deserves a great stuffing
NOW IS THE TIME to get stuffing. Not turkeys, that’s months away, but sweet peppers. Florida peppers are here to about the end of May. A little work now will yield quick, tasty meals from the freezer for months.
Recipe Spotlight: Sharing the red, juicy strawberry bounty
WE HARVEST STRAWBERRIES in spring and pull off the road to buy them at farm stands or, if we have to, in stores. Folks up north have to shovel their cars out or take a bus or trudge to a store for our berries.
Recipe Spotlight: Four ideas for ‘crabby’ meals
There was a time when “crabby” was an insult. These days it’s delicious. Stone crabs are the stars of Florida’s crustacean show, but they are available only from October through mid-May. Hey, that’s now! [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here and register now to read the rest of the article!”] Blue crabs can be harvested all the time, …
Recipe Spotlight: How a good hunt turns into a great meal
The hunt is over. The kill is cleaned. … Now, what do you do with it? Hunting has always been part of Florida but more so since the Spaniards let the first hog go wild and proliferate. It actually took two, unless the first one was already expecting a raft of piglets. [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here …
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Recipe spotlight: Beef for every day of the week
Remember Clara Peller? No? She was the 81-year-old bewigged and wrinkled lady with a bad attitude who asked, “Where’s the beef?” on Wendy’s commercials. Hey, Clara. It’s here. In Central Florida. We have lots of beef. Of the 50 states, Florida is 11th from the top in production of beef cows. As of Jan. 1, …
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