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Note to readers: Kitchen Encounters is an occasional spotlight on local chefs and other dining industry workers who give diversity and depth to the distinctive food culture of South Florida. The most attractive empanada in South Florida, its filling of meat, vegetables and spices baked inside a packet of slightly sweet pastry dough, has been flying off the shelf on Fort Lauderdale’s chic Las ...

In West Palm Beach, baker Caroline McGinley mixes sugar and spice, Spain and Uruguay in her remarkable confections.

One of a series of conversations with local chefs who add diversity and depth to the distinctive food culture of South Florida.

I have such fond childhood memories of this time of year, and the sweet smell of something baking in Mom’s oven

As I was looking for new inspiration for Thanksgiving leftovers, I lucked out by crossing paths with Lori Hirsch Stokoe,