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In the Kitchen: Cooking Classics

Legendary chef Josh Oakley gets rowdy in the kitchen, says you can too. Photos: Nicole Hamel Josh Oakley’s tenure as Lake County’s top chef was like a butane cooking torch caramelizing sugar atop crème brûlée – blue-flame hot, bubbling with…

In the kitchen: Busy bee

Sweet Bee Honey Farm’s owner feels blessed to be a beekeeper in a dying industry. The No. 1 comment beekeeper Keith Seifert Jr. hears about his work is, “You must get stung a lot.” He doesn’t deny it. “A normal…

Chef Gary offers a recipe for healthy holiday eating

Chef Gary Appelsies, director of healthy eating for YMCA of Central Florida, contributed this article. With the holiday season upon us, temptation for unhealthy eating is everywhere, whether it’s at a holiday dinner party, the office or just dropping by…

Retro Eats

Cooking Circle whips up vintage dishes from yesteryear. Lake-Sumter State College employees often bond over recipes and foods they prepare for their Cooking Circle lunchtime gatherings. “I just love that everybody can get together to chat and eat. It’s a…

Slow cooker time!

January is National Slow-Cooking Month, and that’s an easy way to increase meals at home. They use less electricity than an oven, and because of the long, low-temperature cooking, they tenderize less-expensive cuts of meats. The University of Florida Institute…