| Florida Sweets: Key Lime Pie, Kumquat Cake & Citrus Candy Contributor(s): Harris, Joy Sheffield (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467137650 ISBN-13: 9781467137652 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Agriculture & Food - Cooking | History |
| LCCN: 2017934939 |
| Series: American Palate |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Florida |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bite in to this refreshing history of sweet foods in the Sunshine State Sweets and the Sunshine State are a match made in heaven. Centuries ago, native Floridians used honey to sweeten dishes, as well as prickly pears and other wild |
Contributor Bio(s): Harris, Joy Sheffield: - Joy Sheffield Harris was born in Tripoli, Libya, on Wheelus Field Air Base and then moved to Florida just in time to attend Humpty Dumpty Kindergarten and later Florida State University. She went on to become a home economics and history teacher at her alma mater, Rutherford High School, in Panama City and a marketing specialist for the State of Florida. Joy met her husband, Jack, while promoting Florida's natural bounty on television in the early '80s. After they were married, they briefly owned a restaurant with friends called Harris and Company, and in 2010, they co-wrote Easy Breezy Florida Cooking. Their son, Jackson, works in the aviation industry, and when he comes to visit, they all enjoy traveling throughout the state of Florida. In 2014, Joy wrote A Culinary History of Florida, and she continues her studies of Florida food with Florida Sweets. |