As twilight descends, Naples Botanical Garden transforms into a sparkling haven, where Johnsonville Night Lights in the Garden weaves a dazzling display of illumination throughout the lush, tropical landscape and serene water lily ponds. This year marks the 15th anniversary of this monthlong spectacle, which begins Nov. 29 and bathes much of the 170-acre oasis […]
Seri’s Latkes Serves 16 PREPARATION: Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Place a wire rack in a shallow baking pan. Peel potatoes. Use the coarse blade of a box grater to shred potatoes into a large bowl of ice water. Grate onion on the fine blade of a box grater (approximately 1/2 cup of grated onion). […]
For Seri Kertzner, event stylist, business owner and professional partier, every day is a celebration. From throwing extravagant soirees in New York for brands such as L’Oréal Paris and Maybelline New York—not to mention the wrap party for Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story”—to opening her first brick-and-mortar storefront in Ponte Vedra Beach, where she and […]
Hundreds of years from now, long after the hurricanes and rising sea levels have rid every beachfront of every condominium and returned the state to the tropical Eden it once was, whatever sentient lifeforms that prevail may dig through the moss-shadowed ruins in search of historical artifacts: The evidence of our civilization’s astonishments, the tracks […]
Every December, something just shy of a Christmas miracle unfolds in downtown Amelia Island. The fresh scent of evergreens drifts along an ocean breeze, steam rises from mugs of hot cocoa and the opening notes of “The First Noel” echo down cobblestone streets. Local vendors sell nutcrackers, seashell ornaments and other wares while marketgoers flit […]
Chef Niven Patel and partner Mohamed “Mo” Alkassar started a farm in Homestead to cultivate fruits, vegetables and herbs to supply their restaurants Ghee Indian Kitchen, NiMo, Erba and newly opened Paya. They wanted their staff to understand the work and love it takes to grow the produce they serve daily. Their venture, Feal the […]
In 2014, a patch of dirt brimming with weeds located about a 30-minute drive from downtown Jacksonville transformed into four acres of rice paddies under Scott and Lindsay Meyer’s care. Chefs around the area started requesting their custom-milled rice and 10 years later, Congaree and Penn is a thriving 330-acre farm of orchards and animals, […]
On a crisp fall evening outside of Gainesville, peach and orange rays of sunlight cut through a canopy of cotton clouds, casting a warm glow over a grove of 500-year-old live oaks and 28 acres of pasture, prairie and wetlands known as Swallowtail Farm, also the home of Noah Shitama and Melissa Muller. Strains of […]
