Born in Memphis, Tennessee but raised in Tampa, Florida it was only natural that somehow, through no real fault of my own, that I would fall in love with both music and fine cuisine. I grew up eating Floribbean Cuisine. (good ole’ southern melt in your mouth cooking combined with an abundance of fresh...
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Chef Larry and wife, Gwen have been enjoying entertaining guests over the Florida airwaves since 2002 when they began their RADIO GRILL radio show at WPBR in West Palm Beach.
Gwen began her broadcasting career in Chicago and had become a California air personality when she met the popular new Chicago executive chef on...
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Growing up, I remember being in the kitchen Friday afternoons, watching my mother prepare the elaborate meal for the Sabbath evening. Basics made a weekly appearance: chicken soup, rice, and chicken. However, different delicacies always accompanied them. The fish course often changed; sometimes salmon, sometimes gefilte fish, sometimes tilapia. My mother always added a...
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Certified as a Chef by the ACF, Chef John Paul Khoury (or “JP” as he likes to be called) has earned his stripes around the Sacramento area, from being Chef de Cuisine at DAWSON’S in the Hyatt Regency at Capitol Park, to attending courses at CIA Greystone, to being acknowledged by Harold McGee in On...
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The term “Local Food” takes meaning the second you step on to Rosas Farms property. Al and Erin Rosas, “Organic Pioneers,” “The Green Team” have run their organic farm near Gainesville, Florida since 1990.
At first glance they are 40-something Mom and Pops, not owners of an award winning organic farm that houses a major celebrity...
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Chef Marco Barrila is Sicilian born, from Messina, Italy, primed and stuffed from a traditional Italian family.
At an early age, Marco was impressed by the vast range of foods disguised with delicate fussiness. He became prepped at how to feed the fever of food-ism. Yearning to explore the amazing world of gastronomy, Chef Marco...
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I recently had the pleasure to chat with Chef Jesse Jones, and to ask him a few questions about what he loves to do, mixing things up in the kitchen and “Cooking With Soul.”
Of course I am always curious to learn about people and the stories that they have to tell, but I also...
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