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Norman Van Aken
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James Beard award-winning restaurateur, chef and author.
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THE ISLANDERS
A Look of Love for Caribbean Foods
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December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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A Word On Food: Black Bean Soup
And the magic of 'The Bean Kit'
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December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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A WORD ON FOOD: VENTANITAS
Windows to Deliciousness!
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November 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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THANKSGIVING
Traditions and Puzzles
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November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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A WORD ON FOOD: GINGER
One of the Five Ancient Spices
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November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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A WORD ON FOOD: FRENCH ONION SOUP
Mittens Optional
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November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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SUNDAY SUPPERS, A TREASURE BOOK
A perfect cookbook for all of the Sunday Suppers you imagine.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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A NIGHT WITH NORMAN
OUR COOKING CLASS IN KEY WEST
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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RAINY NIGHT IN KEY WEST
Still the record. November 11th, 1980
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November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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A WORD ON FOOD: ARTICHOKES
The Heart of the Matter
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November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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A TREASURE BOOK
Jeremiah Tower's "New American Classics"
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November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Key West Rendezvous
When Rita Met Lenny
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November 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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A Treasure Book: "Smoke and Pickles"
By Edward Lee
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October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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My "Kitchen Conversation" with Mimi Sheraton
An amazing life deliciously dished! Review by review. Year by year.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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CHOCOLATE LOVE
Love almost inevitably suffers loss...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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WINEMAKER DINNER AT NORMAN’S WITH LINGUA FRANCA WINES
An Evening at NORMAN’S with Master of Wine Larry Stone and his Lingua Franca Wines.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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SOLASTALGIA
Solace Pain
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October 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL
Thomas Wolfe, Fried Chicken and a Salad that would not be denied...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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NORMAN VAN AKEN’S SELECTED COOKBOOKS
FOR THE MIAMI DADE LIBRARY COLLECTION (2004?)
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October 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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A Word On Food: Goat Stew
With a lesson in Spanglish as well.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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FULL MOON SALOON FISH SANDWICHES
'A Pirate Looks at Forty' Key West hangout
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October 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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SHORT ORDER COOK WANTED
'No experience necessary. Apply in person at 'Tom and Jerry's Fireside'
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October 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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The Midget Bar
Where Jimmy wrote, "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw?" (True story)
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October 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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A Word On Food: Cuban Coffee
Café con Leches, Cortaditos, Buchis/Coladas ... Coffee's Cuban kissing cousins
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October 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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My Summer Job, 1966
Mundelein High School
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October 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM